Rights to land and resources are at the center of our most pressing development issues: poverty reduction, food security, resource management, conflict, urbanization, gender equality, and resilience. Secure Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) create incentives for investment, broad-based economic growth, and good stewardship of natural resources. Insecure property rights and weak land governance […]
Forested landscapes worldwide are increasingly integrated in global processes of trade, market development, resource exploitation and climate change. Site-based or community level approaches can no longer cope with these issues which exceed the local sphere of influence. Although landscapes are usually considered to be appropriate levels to negotiate land use options, they are rarely recognised […]
In 2015, USAID launched the Land Tenure and Property Rights Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Nearly 2,000 students from 107 countries joined this free university level course, featuring interactive discussions, self-paced video lectures, and expert case studies. MOOC will be organized again in 2017, starting on Jauary 23. This year’s course examines the issues, theories, evidence, […]
This free online course from FAO provides guidance on some of the main issues to consider when implementing a monitoring activity: from how to select the most appropriate approach or to identify the best data sources for monitoring to how to effectively communicate the results of the monitoring activity to maximize its effect on policy […]
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Lantmäteriet (the Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority) invite applications for the Advanced International Training Programme (ITP) on Applied Land Governance. This advanced international training programme (ITP) focuses on land related issues and aims for strengthened capacity among public institutions to increase trust for public services […]
Becoming more gender-aware in your scientific research will maximise your impact and global reach. Scidevnet is offereing a free online course "Integrating Gender into Your Scientific Research". The course will explore the implications for science and global policy agendas, including the climate change agreements and the Sustainable Development Goals. This course draws on a wide […]
The ESRC STEPS Centre is now inviting applications for its 2017 Summer School, which will take place from 15-26 Maym in Sussex University Campus, UK. Applications are invited from highly-motivated doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working in fields around development studies, science and technology studies, innovation and policy studies, and across agricultural, health, water or energy […]
The Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies is a unique programme offered by PLAAS at the University of the Western Cape. It is the only programme in the land and agrarian studies field at a South African university, accredited at NQF level 8. It offers: internationally recognised lecturers with established expertise in poverty, […]
Gender mainstreaming is a process for improving the relevance of development agendas and recent Sustainable Development Goals towards achieving gender equality, human rights, economic productivity and overall sustainability. Gender mainstreaming in IWRM aims to ensure that opportunities and benefits of water sector interventions will be equally available to both men and women. The objective of […]
In the past several years, a significant momentum has been created on the importance of access to justice in ensuring equitable and inclusive development. Against this background, and with their complementary exposure to practice and theory, School of Public Policy (SPP) of the Central European University, the Open Society Justice Initiative and Namati, in collaboration with […]
