Addis Ababa, 14 November 2014 (ECA) – Land issues should no longer be considered as too politically sensitive, to the extent that States remain inert and miss out on opportunities to use the indispensable factor of production for the benefit of their people, a landmark policy conference concluded today.
Addis Ababa, 14 November 2014 (ECA) - Experts attending the inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa concurred that the African Union-led Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa should serve as "the blueprint for improving land governance on the continent and be contextualized and operationalised in their respective countries."
Addis Ababa, 13 November 2014 (ECA) - Continental efforts to adopt land policies that leverage on land as a strategic resource for inclusive and sustainable development took a step forward with the official launch of the African Union Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa (LSLBI).
Addis Ababa, 12 November 2014 (ECA) – African Parliamentarians from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), regional legislative Assemblies, and National Assemblies play a critical role in the development, implementation, and monitoring of appropriate legal and legislative frameworks that would enable African countries to fully benefit from their land resources.
Addis Ababa, 12 November 2014 (ECA) - The inaugural conference on land policy in Africa opened Tuesday evening at the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia with a strong call for a robust deepening of land governance on the continent and an appeal for promoting policy and regulatory environments that advance large scale agricultural production and productivity.
Addis Ababa, 10 November 2014 (ECA) - In prelude to the inaugural Conference of Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) to run from 11 to 14 November in Addis Ababa, a group of journalists from across the continent today expressed their enthusiasm to push the land reform agenda but called for continuous support from key advocacy institutions such as the Land Policy Initiative (LPI).
What: The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB), will organize the inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa.
Theme: The next decade of land policy in Africa: ensuring agricultural development and inclusive growth
When: 11 to 14 November 2014
Where: African Union Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 8 November 2014 - The inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) will be held from 11 to 14 November 2014, at the African Union Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The CLPA 2014 is organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI), a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB), under the theme “The next decade of land policy in Africa: ensuring agricultural development and inclusive growth”.
Beijing, 28 October 2014 (ECA) - Experiences from Asia, Latin America and European countries 'in transition', which have some similarities in terms of land governance systems to Africa’s own systems, were extremely useful to Africa as the continent formed its agenda on land policy, and would continue to be critical to Africa’s success in developing frameworks, policies and tools to address land governance issues, said Ms. Joan Kagwanja, Chief of the Land Policy Initiative of the Economic Commission for Africa.
Addis Ababa, 21 October 2014 - The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) will organize an Experts’ Group Meeting (EGM) to lay the ground for piloting the LPI Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework. The EGM will serve as a platform for dialogue on strengthening the synergies between the LPI, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Results Framework, and other relevant programmes. The meeting will be held on 23 and 24 October 2014, at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.