Africa Regional Network:2016 Africa FIG Regional network: West Africa Capacity development workshop16-18 November 2016 , Abidjan, Ivory CoastEnsuring Good Land Governance Practices in the Land Profession and What you can do about itWorkshop Organisation
In 2016, the ARN sought to partner with a sister organisation, and the opportunity arose to cooperate with President François Mazuyer, Fédération des Géomètres Francophones (FGF) who were scheduled to hold their annual African conference. Logistically support was provided by L’Ordre des Geometres-Experts de Cote d’Ivore (OGECI). The ARN program was designed in parallel with FGF activities, ensuring that we came together at various stages to join across Anglophone and Francophone networks, exposing land professionals to a greater and diverse number of people, and thereby creating an informative and productive meeting. It complemented the FGF conference theme: “Land management and sustainable development, which solutions for developing countries”. The FGF conference was attended by land professionals and exhibitors from across Francophone Africa.
The ARN workshop brought together 39 land professionals over the 2 day workshop, participants were drawn from several Anglophone and Francophone African nations with expertise across the range of land professional disciplines within FIG membership. Vice President Diane Dumashie chaired the meeting and designed and facilitated the training workshop. From the FIG family, the chair was assisted by Stephen Djaba (Geotech Ghana), Robinson Ndwiga Murithi (GEBCO Kenya), and Yacoba Hamed Dagnoko (OGECI) who was indispensably on logistics. Importantly ARN collaborated with the Young Surveyors from West Africa, led on this occasion by Yusuf Aro-Lambo, Adama Sarr, Daniel Brown and Chuck Onwuzuligbo. The network welcomed Dr W. Odame Larbi, FAO Africa (on secondment from AU LPI) who supported our deliberations. Workshop DeliberationsThe workshop focus sought to build the future resilience into land professional practices to improve governance of tenure by understanding the implementation opportunities referenced in the VGGTs that will ensure that people benefit from secure and equitable tenure rights. The key objective is to communicate action-orientated messages to multi-stakeholders of how land professionals can assist to improve governance of tenure drawing upon the VGGT principles. The VGGTs are important. As an international soft law there is consensus that equitable land governance and tenure security for all is the foundation for sustainable economic development. All participants recognised this and were expected to identify what they might do in their own place of work. The outcomes were further discussed at the FIG ARN roundtable held at the 2017 FIG working week in Helsinki. Over the two days, the participants’ task was to apply the VGGT principles by addressing ideas using a digital communication platform to develop messages for a statement for action, and to explore leadership skills within their own communities. Workshop OutcomeThe workshop successfully provoked thought and stimulated debate, along with achieving the following objectives:
The group’s video messages can be viewed here:
INVITATIONThis is a great opportunity to partner with the Federation des Geometres Francophione (FGF) and visit the Ivory Coast, a Franco-phone African nation. ARN will continue to build upon our previous successful workshops where you
Over the three day event, we will be holding the ARN workshop in English and will appeal to those wishing to have an understanding of the International land governance initiatives, and those working in land survey, valuation, QS, Urban management, planning, engineering, design and bridging across to societal benefit. The program will be designed in parallel with ARN and FGF activities, although we will come together at various stages to join across Anglophone and Francophone networks thereby exposing you to a greater and diverse number of people - it will be informative, productive and above all mixed with some fun as we will conclude with the opportunity of a joint sightseeing and field trip. Our partners are to be fully engaged:
We are all looking forward to welcome you in West Africa for highly stimulating days in the company of great networks. A preliminary program and registration form will soon be available, do
watch out for further updates in the next few weeks– Registrations will need
to be concluded by 9th September 2016. PROGRAMME
Workshop Documents:General Assembly Report: Workshop order of events:
FAO VGGT training modules:
Workshop video outputs:
Africa Land Professionals statement for Action: Workshop support materials
REGISTRATIONRegistration has
closed VENUEDistribution Pension fund (WAEMU), Abidjan Ivory Coast
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