Event Type: Event

World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2017

Event
Start Date: March 21, 2017
End Date: March 25, 2017

The World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty has become one of the largest international events on land governance. It brings together over 1,200 participants from across the globe—including representatives from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector—to discuss new research, innovations, practices, and policies to strengthen land and resource governance.

At this year’s conference, LandLinks will be highlighting how USAID is advancing new frontiers in:

Public-Private Partnerships
Evidence-Based Programming and Data
Science, Technology and Innovation
Resource Tenure
Customary and Community Tenure

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Attending the conference? Make sure to stop by USAID’s booth in the Atrium anytime during the week to say hi and have a hands on demonstration of the mobile technology powering USAID’s Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure. You can also sign up for E3/Land’s newsletter and register for the Land Tenure and Property Rights MOOC! USAID’s work will be featured in the following presentations and innovation fair from Monday, March 20 to Thursday, March 23, 2017.

Agenda and Presentations

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Monday
  • Panel Discussion: Accountability – An Innovative Tool for Land Governance Issues
    Presentation: Private Sector’s Experience Addressing Land Issues
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Social Media

Follow @USAIDEnviro on Twitter and the hashtag #LandConf2017 for updates leading up to and during the conference. Want to join the conversation? Take a look our social media toolkit as well as the images below and feel free to use them and make sure to tag @USAIDEnviro!

Artisanal Mining, Property Rights, and Development

Event | Online
Date: December 13, 2016

Join USAID LandLinks and leading experts in artisanal mining for an interactive online discussion about the challenges faced by small-scale and artisanal miners around the world, as well as emerging lessons from global development programs that work with artisanal mining communities across different sectors.

Watch the Webinar

While in the U.S. the term ‘artisanal’ is generally associated with high-quality, specialty products, the reality for small-scale miners in the developing world is vastly different. Worldwide, between 20 and 25 million artisanal miners labor under generally archaic and difficult working conditions. Many live in extreme poverty, often receiving less than nine percent of the retail price of the stones they extract. The production and commercialization of minerals has driven conflict in countries like Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Peru, and Sierra Leone with property rights struggles often at the core of these conflicts.

This online event will explore the key issues around artisanal mining, including its relationship to land rights, conflict, economic growth, as well as how artisanal mining may have devastating environmental consequences. And we’ll delve into how local and regional contexts for different mining commodities—such as diamonds and gold—may change how development practitioners address issues faced by artisanal communities. Register today to attend this event.

Join the discussion live on Tuesday, December 13 at 10 am EST and connect on Twitter using the hashtag #ArtisanalMining.

Moderator

Jane Dennison
U.S. Department of State

Panel

Kim Thompson
USAID/DRC

Catherine Picard, PhD
Tetra Tech/ARD

Maina Martir-Torres, PhD
USAID/Peru

Webinar Wednesday: Land Tenure in Kosovo

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Event | Online
Date: November 09, 2016

Join USAID to learn more about land tenure and property rights country by country, starting with Kosovo. In this 30 minute webinar we will examine land tenure and property rights in Kosovo, and explore USAID’s recently updated Land Tenure Country Profile for Kosovo with Dr. Maureen Moriarty-Lempke, the country profile’s primary author.

Join the discussion live on Wednesday, November 9 at 9 am EST (3 pm Kosovo Time GMT+2) and connect on Twitter using the hashtag #countrybycountry as well.

Discussion Moderator

Maureen Moriarty-Lempke, PhDMaureen Moriarty-Lempke, PhD

Independent Land Tenure and Property Rights Specialist

Dr. Lempke specializes in land tenure and property rights issues in conflict-affected areas, including Afghanistan, Haiti, Kosovo, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Ukraine. She served as a visiting lecturer at Duke University’s Program in International Development Policy, teaching courses related to land, conflict and conflict mitigation and the connection between land tenure, property rights and issues including food security, climate change, natural resource management and urban informal development.

This event has ended, but the recorded webinar is available below under “Learn More.”

Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) Brown Bag

Event | In-person
Date: August 07, 2013

On Wednesday August 7th, 2013 USAID hosted a Brown Bag with Dr. Catherine Picard, Environment and Natural Resource Officer for the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. State Department; Pete Chirico, Research Geographer at the US Geological Survey; and Tim Fella, Land Tenure and Conflict Specialist within the Land Tenure and Property Rights Division at USAID. In cooperation with the State Department and USGS, USAID provides support to the US Government on the Kimberley Process; an initiative intended to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds. USAID recently concluded the PRADD project; an activity designed to reduce conflict, strengthen property rights and improve livelihoods of artisanal miners, and is finalizing plans for a follow on activity. The Brown Bag focused on the PRADD activities in Liberia, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire and the Central African Republic, as well as on the support provided to the Kimberley Process and the collaborative efforts of multiple USG entities.

Presentations:

USGS Diamond Assessment Project Scientific Investigation’s Reports (SIRs)

USGS Project Publications on Alluvial Deposit Modeling

U.S. Forest Service International Programs Seminar Series: LandPKS

Event
Date: February 12, 2016
Location:

1 Thomas Circle, NW, Suite 400 Washington DC-20005
U.S. Forest Service International Programs Seminar Series presents:

WHAT: The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS): mobile apps and cloud computing for supporting land management decisions, inventory, monitoring and evaluation
WHO: Jeff Herrick, soil scientist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
WHERE: U.S. Forest Service International Programs (near McPherson Square Metro)

The Land-Potential Knowledge System and two new mobile applications (LandInfo and LandCover) were recently launched in Kenya, Namibia and Ethiopia to enhance rangeland management and monitoring. The applications can be used together or alone for vegetation inventory, impact evaluation design (selection of paired controls where randomization is not possible), and land cover monitoring using Android smart devices and a central cloud storage system. Future versions will allow users to access and share management information specific to their type of land and climate, and to collect other monitoring data, including crop production and livestock condition. The session will include a hands-on demonstration with Android phones available for use*.*iPhone and Windows version available early 2016.

For the past year,U.S.Forest Service, International Programs has been consulting closely with Jeff Herrick to adapt LandPKS to Ethiopian pastoral areas. The issue is important because it integrates innovative technology into field monitoring practices, ultimately allowing land managers to obtain comprehensive access to baseline data on rangelands in East Africa that will inform grazing management decisions and land use allocation. U.S.Forest Service scientists have started utilizing the smart phone application in Ethiopia and will be involved in updates to the system in 2016. We will also provide a grant to New Mexico State for further LandPKS developments this year.

Please R.S.V.P. to Pari Henkai 202-644-4587 or phenkai@fs.fed.us

CONNECT REMOTELY: If you cannot attend the seminar but would like to hear it using ADOBE CONNECT, please see the instructions below.

  1. Connect your computer/mobile device to the Adobe Connect web meeting:https://usfs.adobeconnect.com/ip100
  2. Select “Enter as a Guest” (you do NOT need a login and password)
  3. Type your name or location (if multiple people are joining together) into the “name” box
  4. Click “Enter Room”
  5. If the audio is not working, please dial-in to the conference line USA Toll-Free:1-888 844- 9904 Access code 9040400. Feel free to send in any questions for the speaker in the chat or Q & A box. For technical issues, please contact Adobe Connect at 800-422-3623

For more information on US Forest Service International Programs, please visithttp://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/international-programs

The Digital Landscape: Technology and Land Rights

Event
Date: February 11, 2016
Location:
600 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
On February 11, join USAID, Cadasta Foundation, Geospatial Media, and Thomson Reuters for an exciting discussion on the intersection of technology and land rights. This event is free and open to the public.

Watch the recorded webinar >>

8:30 AM EST Networking and refreshments for in-person attendees
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Bhanu Rekha, Geospatial Media

Panel:
Ioana Bouvier, USAID
Frank Pichel, Cadasta Foundation
Lisa Kay Lewis, Thomson Reuters

Innovative tools and emerging technologies in the land sector offer new potential to improve the lives of women and men around the world. Rapid developments in technology are making it possible to solve development challenges in ways that seemed impossible just a few short years ago. Tools—such as smartphone apps that help people map and certify land; an open-source database that connects farmers, pastoralists and scientists across the globe; and participatory mapping programs that help clarify and secure tenure in customary settings—are making it easier for governments and local communities to efficiently manage land and resources and for individuals to understand and exercise their property rights.

Learn some of the keys for success in ensuring that technology solutions are context-appropriate, flexible, effective and sustainable. And find out from our expert panel what exciting possibilities lay ahead for technology in the land sector.

American Evaluation Association 2015 Conference

Event
Start Date: November 09, 2015
End Date: November 14, 2015
Location:

Chicago, IL
USAID’s Land Tenure and Resource Management Office is conducting a series of rigorous impact evaluations in Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia and Zambia. Baseline finding for three of these were presented at the American Evaluation Association 2015 conference in Chicago during the panel on “Advancing USAID’s Learning Agenda – Land Tenure and Natural Resource Impact Evaluations in Africa.” Below are slideshows of the presentations.

Impact Evaluation of Conflict Diamond Program in Guinea

Community-Based Forest Management Program Impact Evaluation in Zambia

Randomized Control Trial Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure Certification in Zambia

Women, Land and Food Panel

Event
Date: October 27, 2015
Location:

2033 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006

On October 27, 2015, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT, USAID, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Landesa will host a panel event to discuss the intersection of women’s empowerment, land rights and food security at IFPRI’s headquarters at 2033 K St NW, Washington, DC. The panel event is open to the public and will be streamed live online. Register to attend in-person or online below.

Throughout much of the developing world women have fewer rights and less access to one of the most important livelihood assets: land. While situations vary across countries and contexts, in general, women own less land than men. Moreover, the land that women do control tends to be smaller in size and inferior in quality to land controlled by men. This often limits women’s economic opportunities and leaves them more vulnerable to poverty, hunger and displacement. Yet a growing body of evidence demonstrates a profound link between stronger women’s land rights and a variety of critical development issues, including enhanced food security and improved household nutrition. Acknowledging this, in September the international community officially adopted the Sustainable Development Goals – which included ending poverty, achieving food security and gender equality as Goals 1, 2 and 5 – and all included land rights and resources as a key underlying component. In the U.S., Congress recently passed the Girls Count Act, which built on USAID’s Gender Policy of 2012 and prioritizes women’s land and property rights in development programs.

Join USAID, IFPRI, and Landesa as we examine this intersection of women, land and food in international development n October 27, 2015.

Ask Ag Chat

Event
Date: July 22, 2015
Location:

http://bit.ly/AskAgLand
Main_EventPageAgrilinks, the USAID Bureau for Food Security’s Knowledge Sharing platform, will be hosting an “Ask Ag” online chat on July 22 (noon-1:00 PM ET) on the unique challenges of—and solutions to—land tenure issues. The chat will be hosted on the Agrilinks website and open to the public.

“Ask Ag” chats are synchronous online conversations that feature a panel of subject matter experts. This month’s “Ask Ag” discussion will explore the challenges and solutions associated with land tenure at both the project and policy levels. Participation requires that you are registered on Agrilinks beforehand.

The comments section is already open for questions and Agrilinks welcomes you to join the conversation now! Panelists include:

Mercedes_150M. Mercedes Stickler
Senior Land Tenure and Evaluation Specialist, USAID Land Tenure and Resource Management Office

Barthel_2Kevin Barthel
Practice Manager for Land Administration, Land Alliance, Inc.

Karol_150Karol Boudreaux
Land Tenure & Natural Resource Management Practice Lead, The Cloudburst Group

Tiernan_150Tiernan Mennen
Global Practice Lead on Land and Property Rights, Chemonics

For more information, to register, and to post questions visit: Agrilinks’ Ask Ag Chat

LandPKS Mobile Applications Launch

Event
Date: April 14, 2015
Location:

Seminar Room, North Tower, USAID, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC
On April 14, 2015 the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) program, which aims to increase access to global and local land potential knowledge, will host a brownbag/webinar marking the global release of its first two mobile applications: Land Info and Land Cover.
Event Details:
A recording of the event will be made available under Videos.
Brownbag/Webinar: LandPKS Mobile Applications
Speakers: Jeffrey Herrick, LandPKS Lead
April 14, 2015
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Seminar Room, North Tower, Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 

Mobile Solutions Matter for Land

LandPKS develops innovative mobile data collection and analysis methods and tools to support local land use planning and to optimize design and implementation of food security, land restoration, climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation programs. USAID is working with USDA’s Agriculture Research Service to support LandPKS development and field testing. This brownbag/webinar will feature the official release of the first two mobile applications (Land Info and Land Cover) – available on the Google Play Story – as well as a discussion of how these applications are currently being used in sub-Saharan pilot areas. The outlook for integrated development of other mobile application modules will also be discussed.