Events and meetings on land tenure
18/9
2019
20/9
2019
Digitally Enabled Development for a Sustainable Future in Eastern Europe
Vrdnik (Serbia), 18/09/2019 - 20/09/2019
The Conference is jointly organized by the Republic Geodetic Authority (RGA), European Commission's Joint Research Centre (EC JRC), the World Bank (WB), the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management in Europe (UNGGIM-Europe) and the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
9/9
2019
13/9
2019
UNCCD 14th session of the Conference of the Parties
09/09/2019 - 13/09/2019
During a high-level session at the close of the UNCCD COP 14 (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties), a declaration to focus on land-based solutions to combat climate change was adopted. In the declaration, the relevance of the VGGT was reaffirmed for better access, control and stewardship over land and equitable tenure security.
26/6
2018
29/6
2018
Capitalization Meeting of the EU Transversal Project
Rome (Italy), 26/06/2018 - 29/06/2018
The meetings are organized to assess progress in the implementation of the projects of the EU Land Governance Programme across 18 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Transversal Project “Support to and capitalization on the EU Land Governance Programme”.
5/10
2017
7/10
2017
5th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (Italy), 05/10/2017 - 07/10/2017
FAO, together with relevant stakeholders and partners, and with financial support from the European Union, organized a technical thematic forum from 5 - 6 October 2017 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the VGGT. This forum was followed by a high-level event on 10 October 2017 where the outcome of the technical thematic forum was reported.