Rural Housing Summit 2021

Rural Housing Scotland is partnering with UN-Habitat, Ecology Building Society and partners across the UK, Ireland and beyond to organize the Rural Housing Summit, an online event that will run from 21st to 27th February 2021. The Summit will be structured around a mix of panel discussions, interactive workshops, webinars and one-to-one sessions and will be complemented by the publication of resources and re-recorded content across the seven days.

Expert Group Meeting on land tenure security and socio-economic development especially for women in the Arab region

In collaboration with the UN-Habitat/ Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees (UAWC), based in Ramallah, Palestine will hold an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on evidence-based linkages between access to land and socio-economic development and empowerment, especially for women, in the Arab region. The EGM will bring together experts and key stakeholders of these topics, to exchange and share experiences and empirical evidence and to fill knowledge gaps.

Expert Group Meeting on Pastoral Lands and Range Lands in the Arab region

In collaboration with the UN-Habitat/ Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) is organizing and carrying out an online Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘pastoral and range lands’ in the context of the Arab region. Its main purpose is to fill knowledge gaps in existing studies as well as to allow experience exchange among experts, professionals and organizations working on the topic.

Expert Group Meeting on land governance and climate change in the Arab region

In collaboration with the UN-Habitat/ Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) is organizing and carrying out an online Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘land governance and climate change’ in the context of the Arab region. Its main purpose is to fill knowledge gaps in existing studies as well as to allow experience exchange among experts and organizations working on the topic.

Training on Monitoring Land Governance and Land Tenure Security in the Arab Region

Jordan-based organization Rasheed (Transparency International-Jordan). is hosting a three-day online-training event on monitoring land governance in the Arab region. The aim of this event is to support national stakeholders with the development of their capacities in collecting, analysing and reporting on land-related data as provided for by the joint module for collecting data and reporting on SDG indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1.

Webinar: Securing Women’s Land for Peace in South Sudan

This webinar will provide critical information on the status of women’s land rights for peace building in South Sudan Key research findings and project outcomes in securing women’s land rights for peace and stability in South Sudan will be disseminated Outcomes, challenges and opportunities in the ongoing project will be shared and new areas of collaboration, partnerships and synergies explored.

8th GLTN Partners Meeting

GLTN Partners will hold the 8th biennial Partners’ Meeting from Tuesday 1st December to Friday 4th December 2020. The focus of the online meeting will be on strategic decisions and policy directions of the Network, discussions on the implementation of the GLTN programme in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and strengthening partnership and collaboration within the Network.

Second Arab Land Conference 2021

Partner Webinar Series: The Effect of COVID-19 on Indigenous People’s Organizations and Local Communities

Webinar - What Works for Women's Land and Property Rights?