The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a coalition of civil society and intergovernmental organizations promoting secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men thro
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The Conference was organized in response to the food crises of the early 1970s that primarily affected the Sahelian countries of Africa.
Misión
Promover, a nivel territorial, nacional y centroamericano, modelos incluyentes de desarrollo con enfoque de género, mediante servicios no financieros e intervenciones en cadena de valor, mejor gobernanza de la tierra y los recursos naturales, combinando para ello experimentación de procesos novedosos, generación de métodos, investigaciones, formación académica y profesional, e incidencia en políticas públicas.
Visión
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) pursuseds national interests and project the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.
JUNE 03, 2020 | 15:30 -16:30 (CEST)
Supporting the struggles of local land-users and communities to own, control and manage their land and natural resources is a long-term effort. It is complex, challenging and takes time. COVID19 has severely disrupted these efforts around the world, and the experiences of ILC members have already shown that the current crisis has a direct impact on land rights.Protecting land rights should be a part of the urgent task of mitigating the crisis and aiding the immediate recovery.Join us and some very special guest speakers who will take us through what ‘building back better’ looks like, by keeping land rights at the centre of the global discourse.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
- The role of land rights in RECOVERY from the current crisis
- The role of land rights in building RESILIENCE to future crises
- How the land community could contribute to ‘building back better’ for a more SUSTAINABLE future?
PANEL
Special guest: David Nabarro - WHO, Special Envoy on COVID19
Moderator: Marcela Villarreal - Director of Partnerships Division (PSP), FAO
Panelists:
- Joan Carling - Co-convenor - Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development, Philippines
- Selmira Flores - Research Programme Director, Nitlapan, Nicaragua
- Chris Penrose Buckley - Senior Land Policy Lead, DFID
- Paul Winters - Associate Vice-President, IFAD
THIS WEBINAR IS FOR:
- land rights practitioners
- activists
- policy-makers
- donors