FIG Regional Conference 2024
The second objective is to foster collaborative partnerships among national and regional institutions, academics, and professionals from various organisations, including non-state actors, Non-Government Organisation (NGOs) and private sector, to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogues, knowledge sharing and technology transfer at the regional level.
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15 Dec 2023 - 6 Jul 2025
GRF high-level side event: Secure Housing, Land and Property rights – From emergency response to durable solutions
This event presents a tremendous opportunity for UN Member States and other actors to reflect on the strong human rights dimensions of secure access to housing and land for refugee and returnee men, women and children – with an outlook towards creating sustainable pathways to durable solutions and long-term development outcomes.
The event further serves as a key part of efforts geared toward inspiring renewed political will, resource mobilization and additional in-kind support for addressing tenure-related challenges among forcibly displaced populations and their host communities.
Recognizing the already compelling case for more predictable, equitable, and sustainable systems of response to the housing, land, and property challenges facing refugees, returnees, and their host communities, the programme seeks to build on this – drawing on the experiences of key State and non-state actors and bringing together a diverse and high-powered panel of speakers and discussants, whose contributions to this area of work standout as notable models and promising practices in our quest to bring displacement to end.
12 Dec 2023 - 6 Jul 2025
3rd Land Governance and Societal Development Conference
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) together with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in China and University of Bayreuth (UB) in Germany, with the usual support of the HSF Shandong office in China are in collaboration to host the 3rd Land Governance and Societal Development Conference.
Theme: Land and Societies in the context of Innovation, consolidation and revitalization.
The hybrid conference would convene on the following dates and times: 12th to 13th December 2023, from 8 am – 11 am German; 9 am – 12 pm Southern African Time; 3 pm – 6 pm Chinese time of each day.
The 2-day Conference will engage global stakeholders and further the discussion on land governance within societal development discourse to continue to diagnose and promote knowledge exchanges on societal concerns and explore solutions for improvements within the land sector in urban, peri-urban and rural areas.
Virtual and physical participation available.
19 Dec 2023 - 6 Jul 2025
Fifth Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development
The Arab Forum for Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (AMFHUD) has been established as a biannual regional consultative mechanism on housing and sustainable urban development issues hosted by one of the Arab countries and organized in partnership with the Ministerial Council for Housing and Construction of the League of Arab States, relevant Ministries of the Arab member states and the technical support of UN-Habitat-ROAS.
The forum aims at discussing and presenting new Arab visions and finding innovative solutions and effective mechanisms to meet the current and emerging challenges at the urban, economic, social and environmental levels in the Arab world. The forum aims at spreading awareness about sustainable urban development, exchanging valuable experiences among Arab countries, and presenting leading initiatives to highlight best practices in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing and urban development plans and strategies.
The Fifth Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development will take place in Tripoli, Libya from 19-20 December 2023. Download the programme and the flyers for two GLTN sessions in English and Arabic.
Downloads:
Programme: Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development (English)
Programme: Arab Ministerial Forum on Housing and Urban Development (Arabic)
Session flyer: ‘Why is it so expensive to have a house?’ (English)
Session flyer: ‘Why is it so expensive to have a house?’ (Arabic)
Session flyer: Land Administration and Land Rights for peace and development in Libya (English)
Session flyer: Land Administration and Land Rights for peace and development in Libya (Arabic)