3 - 4 Mar 2026
5th International Land Management Conference
The 2026 5th International Land Management Conference will highlight work that engages with and yields insight on the political economy of land governance under 4 interrelated themes:
Theme 1: Improving understanding of the political economy factors that influence land governance
Theme 2: Power and agency in land governance
Theme 3: Widening perspectives for land governance
Theme 4: Changing approaches to the economics and financing of land governance
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Land International Network for Knowledge (LINK) invites the submission of abstracts and presentations under the above themes.
The deadline for submission is 1 January 2026
26 Nov - 3 Dec 2025
Training on Land governance and sustainable urban development, IUTC, Korea
This training, hosted by UN-Habitat and the International Urban Training Centre (IUTC) in collaboration with Gangwon State, Republic of Korea, is designed for land governance practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region, offering a hands-on approach to planning and implementing sustainable land governance strategies.
The programme will combine theoretical insights with practical exercises. Participants will explore both quantitative and qualitative methods, work with tools and templates, and engage in interactive group discussions that include the development of presentations.
The content will be tailored to the backgrounds and contexts of the participating cities and countries, accommodating a diverse mix of city teams.
The overall goal of this training is to equip urban practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to promote responsible land governance as a foundation for sustainable urban development in Asia-Pacific cities.
27 Nov 2025
Workshop: Building Capacity and Collaborative Approaches for Effective Land Administration
Date: 27th November 2025
Time: 90 minutes (2:30-4 pm GMT, 3:30-5 pm WAT)
Venue: Virtual Teams (Registration)
A Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) approach offers a pragmatic and efficient solution for effective land administration which is crucial for achieving secure tenure, sustainable development, and economic growth.
This workshop on 27th November 2025 will provide a critical platform for land administration experts, policymakers, and practitioners to address the systemic gaps related to a shortage of skilled personnel, outdated institutional structures, and fragmented efforts across various governmental, non-governmental, and private sectors.
The workshop seeks to initiate a focused conversation on designing targeted capacity development programs and establishing resilient collaborative frameworks that can accelerate the adoption and upscaling of FFPLA principles globally.
It will address capacity gaps and promote multi-stakeholder collaboration for effective land administration. It aims to assess current deficits, explore successful collaborative models and formulate actionable capacity-building strategies, in creating an enabling environment for sustainable FFPLA implementation.
This workshop targets land administration professionals, policymakers, government officials, academics, civil society organisations, development partners, and students interested in land governance, institutional reform, and human resource development.
10 - 14 Nov 2025
2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa
The Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) is organised biennially by the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC), a joint initiative of the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank.
The Sixth Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) will be held 10-14 November 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa on the theme 'Land Governance, Justice and Reparations for Africans and Descendants of People of the African Diaspora'.
The theme provides an opportunity for African citizenry and the African diaspora to build a common position in the pursuit of justice and reparations for historical crimes and mass atrocities committed against Africans and people of African Descent, including through slavery, colonization, apartheid, genocide and neocolonial practices.
Registration is currently ongoing.
29 Apr - 1 May 2026
World Bank Land and Property Research Conference 2026
The 2026 Land and Property Research Conference will take place 29 April–1 May at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC, USA.
The keynote speech will be by Daron Acemoglu, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economics.
25 Sep 2025
Launch of the Teaching Essentials For Responsible Land Administration (TERLA) Book and MOOC
The Strengthening Advisory Capacities for Land Governance in Africa (SLGA) Programme, through the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA), in collaboration with the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), is pleased to invite you to the Joint Launch of the Teaching Essentials for Responsible Land Administration (TERLA) MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) and Book.
This event marks a milestone in the global effort to promote responsible land administration teaching resources. It will celebrate the transformation of the TERLA from a knowledge product into a global public good available in multiple formats — an evolution that started as from draft document, then developed into an e-learning, and then to book and now to MOOC.
Webinar Agenda
Date: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Time: 14:00-16:00 (EAT) / 13:00-15:00 (CET) / 12:00-14:00 (GMT)
Virtual Event: MS Teams (link available on the downloadable invitation)
28 Jul 2025
Land-Based Finance learning session 'Land Value Capture models in Latin America – experiences from Colombia and Argentina'
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN- Habitat) and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), in partnership with the Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) of the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), have the pleasure of introducing the fifth series of learning sessions on the theme of “Land-Based Finance: Policy Innovations and Implications for Leveraging Land for Building the Social Contract, Service Delivery, and Governance”.
As in the first four series, the overall purpose is “Bringing together partners, experts and implementers to learn about advances, good practice, innovations and challenges, and to create opportunities for collaboration.”
The fifth learning series aims to foster active participation and ownership among participants of the Learning Series to explore innovative practices by inviting professionals, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to submit their proposals to present experiences, share lessons, or discuss specific challenges related to land-based finance.
The first session of the fifth series of our Land-Based Finance learning sessions with the title ‘Land Value Capture models in Latin America – experiences from Colombia and Argentina’ is scheduled to take place on 28 July 2025 from 17:00 to 19:00 (EAT).
Concept Note (paste the link onto a browser)
English: https://gltn.net/sites/default/files/2025-07/LBF%20LEARNING%20SESSIONS%20-%20SERIES%205%20concept%20note_English.pdf
Spanish: https://gltn.net/sites/default/files/2025-07/LBF%20LEARNING%20SESSIONS%20-%20SERIES%205%20concept%20note_Spanish.pdf
15 Dec 2023
GRF high-level side event: Secure Housing, Land and Property rights – From emergency response to durable solutions
This event presents a tremendous opportunity for UN Member States and other actors to reflect on the strong human rights dimensions of secure access to housing and land for refugee and returnee men, women and children – with an outlook towards creating sustainable pathways to durable solutions and long-term development outcomes.
The event further serves as a key part of efforts geared toward inspiring renewed political will, resource mobilization and additional in-kind support for addressing tenure-related challenges among forcibly displaced populations and their host communities.
Recognizing the already compelling case for more predictable, equitable, and sustainable systems of response to the housing, land, and property challenges facing refugees, returnees, and their host communities, the programme seeks to build on this – drawing on the experiences of key State and non-state actors and bringing together a diverse and high-powered panel of speakers and discussants, whose contributions to this area of work standout as notable models and promising practices in our quest to bring displacement to end.
12 - 13 Dec 2023
3rd Land Governance and Societal Development Conference
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) together with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in China and University of Bayreuth (UB) in Germany, with the usual support of the HSF Shandong office in China are in collaboration to host the 3rd Land Governance and Societal Development Conference.
Theme: Land and Societies in the context of Innovation, consolidation and revitalization.
The hybrid conference would convene on the following dates and times: 12th to 13th December 2023, from 8 am – 11 am German; 9 am – 12 pm Southern African Time; 3 pm – 6 pm Chinese time of each day.
The 2-day Conference will engage global stakeholders and further the discussion on land governance within societal development discourse to continue to diagnose and promote knowledge exchanges on societal concerns and explore solutions for improvements within the land sector in urban, peri-urban and rural areas.
Virtual and physical participation available.
19 - 20 Dec 2023
Fifth Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development
The Arab Forum for Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (AMFHUD) has been established as a biannual regional consultative mechanism on housing and sustainable urban development issues hosted by one of the Arab countries and organized in partnership with the Ministerial Council for Housing and Construction of the League of Arab States, relevant Ministries of the Arab member states and the technical support of UN-Habitat-ROAS.
The forum aims at discussing and presenting new Arab visions and finding innovative solutions and effective mechanisms to meet the current and emerging challenges at the urban, economic, social and environmental levels in the Arab world. The forum aims at spreading awareness about sustainable urban development, exchanging valuable experiences among Arab countries, and presenting leading initiatives to highlight best practices in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing and urban development plans and strategies.
The Fifth Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development will take place in Tripoli, Libya from 19-20 December 2023. Download the programme and the flyers for two GLTN sessions in English and Arabic.
Downloads:
Programme: Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development (English)
Programme: Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development (Arabic)
Session flyer: ‘Why is it so expensive to have a house?’ (English)
Session flyer: ‘Why is it so expensive to have a house?’ (Arabic)
Session flyer: Land Administration and Land Rights for peace and development in Libya (English)
Session flyer: Land Administration and Land Rights for peace and development in Libya (Arabic)