Conference E-Library

This section presents links to publications and other references and resources related to the programme sessions.

<strong>HIGH LEVEL SESSIONS</strong>

High Level Session 1: Land management in time of crisis
PUBLICATIONS
Land and Conflict in Jubaland: Root Cause Analysis and Recommendations
How to do a Root Cause Analysis of Land and Conflict for Peace Building
Land, Tenure and Climate Vulnerability
Land and Conflict Report: Lessons from the Field on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance and Peacebuilding
Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict: Towards UN System-Wide Engagement at Scale (English)
Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict: Towards UN System-Wide Engagement at Scale (Arabic)
Sustaining Urban Land Information: A framework based on experiences in post-conflict and developing countries
UN SG Guidance Note on Land and Conflict (English)
UN SG Guidance Note on Land and Conflict (Spanish)
UN SG Guidance Note on Land and Conflict (Arabic)
Land and Natural Disasters: Guidance for practitioners
جائحة من الانتهاكات HIC-HLRN
A Pandemic of Violations HIC-HLRN
Land, Environment and Climate Change: Challenges, Responses and Tools


High Level Session 2: Modernization and reform of land administration
PUBLICATIONS
Designing a Land Records System for the Poor
Designing and Implementing a Pro-Poor Land Recordation System
Guide to Valuation of Unregistered Lands
Les Registres Fonciers Urbains: Systèmes d’Informations foncières, Outils de Gestion Municipale, Taxation Foncière et de Renforcement de la Maîtrise d’ouvrage Locale (Benin Guide)
Land and Property Tax: A policy guide
Innovative Land and Property Taxation


High Level Session 3: Women and Land
PUBLICATIONS
GLTN Gender Strategy
Women and Land in the Muslim World (English)
Women and Land in the Muslim World (Arabic)
How Responsive is Your Land Programme to the Needs of the Youth?
Les critères d’évaluation du genre pour les outils fonciers à grande echelle: Comment décider si un outil foncier correspond bien aux besoins des femmes comme à ceux des hommes? (French)
Gender evaluation criteria for large-scale land tools: How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs? (English)
Gender evaluation criteria for large-scale land tools: How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs?” (Arabic)
A Training Package: Improving Gender Equality and Grassroots Participation through Good Land Governance
تصورا ت المرأ ة عن ضمان الحيازة (Prindex)
Women perceptions of land tenure (prindex)
Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective: A Training Package for Land Professionals

<strong>TECHNICAL SESSIONS</strong>

Technical Session 1: Technologies and smart solutions for land management
PRESENTATIONS
Building Capacity in Geodesign: Alternative futures for Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Naeema Al Hosani, Carl Steinitz
Technologies and Smart Solutions for Unconventional Adaptive Form Generation in Office Buildings; Al-Basrah, Iraq, Manal Mandeel
Moving to the Smart Land Registry as a fundamental underpinning for adopting blockchain, Dave Stow, Anthony Beck – Ordnance Survey
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure as a tool to improve land use efficiency and as a guide for preparing and implementing sustainable development strategies in the Arab countries, Ahmed Helmy

PAPERS
Building Capacity in geodesign: Alternative futures for Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2050, Naeema Al Hosani UAEU, Abdelgadir Abuelgasim UAEU, Marwan El Mubarak UAEU, Carl Steinitz Harvard GSD and CASA University College London, Carsten Bjornsson Esri, Hrishi Ballal Geodesignhub, Tess Canfield Landscape Architect
Technologies and Smart Solutions for Unconventional Adaptive Form Generation in Office Buildings; Al-Basrah, Iraq, Manal Mandeel, Zeyad El-Sayad, Ali Bakr
Moving to the Smart Land Registry as a fundamental underpinning for adopting blockchain, Dave Stow, Anthony Beck – Ordnance Survey
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure as a tool to improve land use efficiency and as a guide for preparing and implementing sustainable development strategies in the Arab countries, Ahmed Helmy


Technical Session 2: Private sector participation in land management
PRESENTATIONS
Private Sector Investment in Informal Settlements: Partnerships for Innovations and for Creating Investment Opportunities, Anna Sobczak, Juliette Page
Self-organized communities, Urban Governance and the City: Lessons learned from Muscat, Oman, Ruaa Elzain, Shaharin Annisa
The Role of Private Real Estate Developers in Land Development in Egypt – PPP Model in New Urban Communities: Potentials and Constraints, M.Sc. Eng. Reham Reda
Analysis of managing and transferring of ownership of public land assets in Egypt: TSFE ‘The Sovereign Fund of Egypt’, Moustafa Haroun Ismael, American University Cairo
Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Involvement in Urban Planning Strategies, Aya Abdelmoaty, Dina Saadallah, Ali Bakr, Alexandria University

PAPERS
Private Sector Investment in Informal Settlements: Partnerships for Innovations and for Creating Investment Opportunities, Anna Sobczak, Juliette Page
Analysis of managing and transferring of ownership of public land assets in Egypt: TSFE ‘The Sovereign Fund of Egypt’, Moustafa Haroun Ismael, American University Cairo
Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Involvement in Urban Planning Strategies, Aya Abdelmoaty, Dina Saadallah, Ali Bakr, Alexandria University


Technical Session 3a&b: Land management and administration
PRESENTATIONS
The African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, Best practice of NELGA NA, Moha EL-AYACHI, Nabila ZOUHIRI
Fit-for-Future Land Administration: Sustainable Transformation, Dave Stow, Anthony Beck – Ordnance Survey
Recent land administration experiences from the Arab region, Kholoud Saad, Rohan Bennett, Eva-Mara Unger, Chrit Lemmen-Kadaster
New land governance approaches in Mauritania and Tunisia: From VGGT principles to change, Jean-Maurice Durand, Ingeborg Gaarde
Reshaping Land Management and Strategic Planning Relationship, Ahmad Ashour/Heba S. Moghaieb & Muhammad Fathi Afifi
A systematic approach to supporting and activating change decision making: Land use in urban development plans, Dr. Ahmed Helmy
Organization and management of land and its relationship to government-subsidized housing (Bashayer al-Khair), Shaima Hassan Ramadan Ali, Dr. Amira Adel Fathy, Professor Dr. Ali Fouad Bakr
Social Appeasement in Land Administration: Modernization and Reform of Land Allocation in Oman, Hamda Al Hajri

PAPERS
Fit-for-Future Land Administration: Sustainable Transformation, Dave Stow, Anthony Beck – Ordnance Survey
Recent land administration experiences from the Arab region: Findings from Egypt, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, Rohan Bennett, Kholoud Saad, Eva-Maria Unger, Chrit Lemmen
Syrian real estate system, prospects and challenges, Mr. Waddah Katmawi
New land governance approaches in Mauritania and Tunisia: From VGGT principles to change, Jean-Maurice Durand, Ingeborg Gaarde
Reshaping Land Management and Strategic Planning Relationship, Ahmad Ashour/Heba S. Moghaieb & Muhammad Fathi Afifi
Organization and management of land and its relationship to government-subsidized housing (Bashayer al-Khair), Shaima Hassan Ramadan Ali, Dr. Amira Adel Fathy, Professor Dr. Ali Fouad Bakr
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure as a tool to improve land use efficiency: A guide for preparing and implementing sustainable development strategies in the Arab countries, Dr. Ahmed Helmy
Social Appeasement in Land Administration: Modernization and Reform of Land Allocation in the Sultanate of Oman, Hamda Al Hajri

PUBLICATIONS
Framework for Costing and Financing Land Administration Services (CoFLAS)
Islamic Principles and Land: Opportunities for Management (Arabic)
How to Establish a Land Sector Non-State Actors Mechanism
Land, Law and Islam (Arabic)
Training Package Toolkit: Tools to support Transparency in Land Administration
Count me in: Surveying for Tenure security and Urban Land Management
Pro Poor Land Management: Integrating Slums into City Planning Approaches
Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions (English)
Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions (French)
Islamic Principles and Land: Opportunities for Engagement (English)


Technical Session 4a&b: Land management in time of crisis
PRESENTATIONS
Tenure security for Syrian refugees of Lebanon: The Occupancy Free Of-Charge programme in the Bar Elias locality, Nicole Tabet, Fondation Croix-Rouge française
Responding to land and housing rights in the aftermath of the Beirut Blast, Tala Kammourieh, UN-Habitat
Planning for Forced Displacement in Chronic Conflict Zones. A Settlement approach for Temporary Humanitarian Camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I), Layla Zibar, KU Leuven
How Place Making Creates Resilient Communities, Dr. Muna M. Eltahir
Legal problems of properties in the areas liberated from ISIS, Karwan Shareef, NRC
Land cover change induced by civil conflict and forced displacement, Harris Selod, World Bank
Land Administration and its Role for Reaching Food Safety and Peacebuilding in Syria: Towards a New Paradigm for Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban areas, Dr. Roula MAYA, Unversity of Sharjah
Recovery Plan for the Land and Water Settlement Commission from the COVID-19 Crisis, Ahmad El-Atrash, Mona AlQutob, UN-Habitat
Understanding water governance and tenure for addressing water scarcity and advancing climate, Dubravka Bojic, Sofia Espinosa Flor, Stephen Hodgson, Benjamin Kiersch, Domitille Vallee

PAPERS
Tenure security for Syrian refugees of Lebanon: The Occupancy Free Of-Charge programme in the Bar Elias locality, Nicole Tabet, Fondation Croix-Rouge française
Planning for Forced Displacement in Chronic Conflict Zones. A Settlement approach for Temporary Humanitarian Camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I), Layla Zibar, KU Leuven
Understanding water governance and tenure for addressing water scarcity and advancing climate resilience, Dubravka Bojic, Sofia Espinosa Flor, Stephen Hodgson, Benjamin Kiersch, Domitille Vallee
Power of Place-Making in the Creation of Resilient Places in Sudan, Dr. Muna M. Eltahir
Paper 1: Legal problems of properties in the areas liberated from ISIS_Karwan Shareef-NRC
Paper 2: Legal problems of properties in the areas liberated from ISIS, Karwan Shareef, NRC
Recovery Plan for the Land and Water Settlement Commission from the COVID-19 Crisis, Ahmad El-Atrash, Mona AlQutob, UN-Habitat
Land Administration and its Role for Reaching Food Safety and Peacebuilding in Syria: Towards a New Paradigm for Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban areas, Dr. Roula MAYA, Unversity of Sharjah

PUBLICATIONS
Land and Conflict in Jubaland: Root Cause Analysis and Recommendations
How to do a Root Cause Analysis of Land and Conflict for Peace Building
Land, Tenure and Climate Vulnerability
Land and Conflict Report: Lessons from the Field on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance and Peacebuilding
Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict: Towards UN System-Wide Engagement at Scale (English)
Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict: Towards UN System-Wide Engagement at Scale (Arabic)
Sustaining Urban Land Information: A framework based on experiences in post-conflict and developing countries
UN SG Guidance Note on Land and Conflict (English)
UN SG Guidance Note on Land and Conflict (Spanish)
UN SG Guidance Note on Land and Conflict (Arabic)
Land and Natural Disasters: Guidance for practitioners
جائحة من الانتهاكات HIC-HLRN
A Pandemic of Violations HIC-HLRN
Land, Environment and Climate Change: Challenges, Responses and Tools


Technical Session 5a&b: Land use
PRESENTATIONS
Urban growth and land policies in Saudi Arabia: The experience of the Future Saudi Cities Programme, Salvatore Fundarò
Development of desert lands in new cities by activating the principle of Eqta’a in Islamic law, Amira Atef Zaki
Impacts of the Land Use Development Policy on Unplanned Human Settlement Growth in Assiut Governorate, Egypt, Mahmood Abdelkader
Remodeling informality into sustainable housing prototype, Alexandria case, Egypt. Pakinam Nabil Barakat, Pharos University Alexandria

The role of urban governance in shaping the resilience of urban form, Alaa Mohamed Kassem
Reconsidering the Egyptian building code with regard to street widths and their impact on the daylight quality inside residential spaces, Alaa K. Abo Al yazeed, Mohamed Fikry and Zeyad El Sayad
The drivers of land use dynamics, Harris Selod, Gnanaraj Chellaraj, Siobhan Murray, Hogeun Park
The Hybrid Villa-Apartment as a Land-saving Housing Alternative: Case Study of Greater Khartoum, Sudan, Gamal M. Hamid, Ph.D

PAPERS
Development of desert lands in new cities by activating the principle of Eqta’a in Islamic law, Amira Atef Zaki
Impacts of the Land Use Development Policy on Unplanned Human Settlement Growth in Assiut Governorate, Egypt, Mahmood Abdelkader
Remodeling informality into sustainable housing prototype, Alexandria case, Egypt. Pakinam Nabil Barakat, Pharos University Alexandria

The role of urban governance in shaping the resilience of urban form, Alaa Mohamed Kassem
Reconsidering the Egyptian building code with regard to street widths and their impact on the daylight quality inside residential spaces, Alaa K. Abo Al yazeed, Mohamed Fikry and Zeyad El Sayad
The Hybrid Villa-Apartment as a Land-saving Housing Alternative: Case Study of Greater Khartoum, Sudan, Gamal M. Hamid, Ph.D

PUBLICATIONS
Tenure Responsive Land Use Planning Guide


Technical Session 6: Land, women and vulnerable people
PRESENTATIONS
The Exclusion of Women from Inheritance in Jordan, Dr. Myriam Ababsa, IFPRO
Womens ownership from inheritance and joint marital property, Nasreen Qawas
Land, Women and Socio-Economic Development in the Arab Region: A Literature Review within a Study on the Evidence-based Linkage between Access to, Use of and Control over Land and Women’s Empowerment and Socio-economic Development in the Arab Region, UAWC 2021
Perceived tenure security of women in the Arab region, Dr Joseph Feyertag, Shahd Mustafa and Elizabeth Tan

PAPERS
The exclusion of women from inheritance in Jordan. Social pressure, lack of land registration and subdivision, live donations, Dr. Myriam Ababsa
Achieving land ownership for women through inheritance and joint marital property. Between the entitlements and reality, Nisreen Qawas
How perceived tenure security differs between men and women in the MENA region: evidence from a global survey (Preliminary Draft), Joseph Feyertag, Shahd Mustafa, and Elizabeth Tan

PUBLICATIONS
GLTN Gender Strategy
Women and Land in the Muslim World (English)
Women and Land in the Muslim World (Arabic)
How Responsive is Your Land Programme to the Needs of the Youth?
Les critères d’évaluation du genre pour les outils fonciers à grande echelle: Comment décider si un outil foncier correspond bien aux besoins des femmes comme à ceux des hommes? (French)
Gender evaluation criteria for large-scale land tools: How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs? (English)
Gender evaluation criteria for large-scale land tools: How can we judge if a land tool is responsive to both women and men’s needs?” (Arabic)
A Training Package: Improving Gender Equality and Grassroots Participation through Good Land Governance
تصورا ت المرأ ة عن ضمان الحيازة (Prindex)
Women perceptions of land tenure (prindex)
Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective: A Training Package for Land Professionals
Exclusion and Norms: Enforcing Women’s Rights to Property in Jordan [Rules on Paper, Rules in Practice]
The Exclusion of Women from Property in Jordan: Inheritance Rights and Practices, Myriam Ababsa [Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World 15 (2017) 1–22]


Technical Session 7: Land and property registration
PRESENTATIONS
Practical Solutions For The Remote Signing Of Contracts For Real Estate Transactions In The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi In Light Of The (Covid 19) Pandemic
Evolution of land tenure categories since the 1858 Ottoman Land Law, Rafic KHOURI
The challenges faced by the residents of the Gaza Strip in establishing ownership and registering land, Mona Abdel Aziz
Scalable ArcGIS and LADM Implementation, Katherine Smyth

PAPERS
Practical Solutions For The Remote Signing Of Contracts For Real Estate Transactions In The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi In Light Of The (Covid 19) Pandemic
The challenges faced by the residents of the Gaza Strip in establishing ownership and registering land, Mona Abdel Aziz
Scalable ArcGIS and LADM Implementation, Katherine Smyth

PUBLICATIONS
Designing a Land Records System for the Poor
Designing and Implementing a Pro-Poor Land Recordation System
Guide to Valuation of Unregistered Lands
Les Registres Fonciers Urbains: Systèmes d’Informations foncières, Outils de Gestion Municipale, Taxation Foncière et de Renforcement de la Maîtrise d’ouvrage Locale (Benin Guide)
Land and Property Tax: A policy guide
Innovative Land and Property Taxation

<strong>ROUND TABLES</strong>

Round table 1: Good land governance & land degradation neutrality
PRESENTATIONS
Rangelands and pastoral lands in the Arab region:Let the pastoralists tell their stories, Petra Samaha, LCPS
Pathways for integrating land tenure into land degradation neutrality, Dr. Jes Weigelt, Head of Programmes, TMG Research gGmbH
Success Stories of LDN & VGGT in Egypt: The Case of North Western Coastal Zone of Egypt. (The 1st Agro-ecological Zone), Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abd-Elati Ahmed / MALR – DRC – Egypt
Land consolidation and conservation actions an instrument to combat land degradation: Insights from country case studies of bridging the gap between VGGT and LDN – Tunisian experience, Wissal Gharbi, Agricultural Land Agency, Republic of Tunisia

PUBLICATIONS
Orr, B.J., et al. (2017). Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality. A Report of the Science-Policy Interface. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Bonn, Germany: UNCCD. Available at: https://www.unccd.int/publications/scientific-conceptual-framework-land-degradation-neutrality-report-science-policy

UNCCD Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Panel (2017). Land Rights for Sustainable Life on Land. Available at: https://www.unccd.int/publications/civil-society-organizations-cso-panel-land-rights-sustainable-life-land

UNCCD (2019). Decision 26/COP.14 Land tenure. UNCCD: ICCD/COP(14)/23/Add.1 Available at: https://www.unccd.int/official-documentscop-14-new-delhi-india-2019/26cop14

UNCCD(2019). New and Emerging issues: land tenure. UNCCD: ICCD/COP(14)/20. Available in Arabic and English at: https://www.unccd.int/official-documentscop-14-new-delhi-india-2019/iccdcop1420

UN Women, Global Mechanism of the UNCCD and IUCN (2019). A Manual for Gender-Responsive Land Degradation Neutrality Transformative Projects and Programmes. UNCCD. Available at: https://www.unccd.int/publications/manual-gender-responsive-land-degradation-neutrality-transformative-projects-and

Verburg, P.H., et al. (2019). Creating an Enabling Environment for Land Degradation Neutrality and its Potential Contribution to Enhancing Well-being, Livelihoods and the Environment. A Report of the Science-Policy Interface. Bonn, Germany: UNCCD. Available at: https://www.unccd.int/publications/creating-enabling-environment-land-degradation-neutrality-and-its-potential

FAO (2012).Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. Rome, Italy: FAO. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/i2801e/i2801e.pdf

FAO (2016). Governing Tenure Rights to Commons – A guide to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. Rome, Italy: FAO. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6381e.pdf

FAO (2020). Strengthening civic spaces in spatial planning processes. Governance of Tenure Technical Guide No. 12. Rome, Italy: FAO. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/cb0422en/CB0422EN.pdf

FAO (2016). Responsible governance of tenure and the law. A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers. Governance of Tenure Technical Guide. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization. Available at : http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5449e.pdf

FAO (2020). Multi-stakeholder platforms. Inclusive partnerships, from smallholder farmers to parliamentarians. Rome, Italy: FAO. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/ca9800en/ca9800en.pdf

FAO (2020). Legal guide on land consolidation: Based on regulatory practices in Europe. FAO Legal Guide, No. 3. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/ca9520en/CA9520EN.pdf

FAO (2015). FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guide 4, Safeguarding land tenure rights in the context of agricultural investment. A technical guide […] for government authorities […]. Rome, Italy: FAO. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4998e.pdf

Petri, M.; Biancalani, R. and Lindeque, l. 2019. Guidelines for the national assessment and mapping of land degradation and conservation. (FAO, Rome). Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/ca3999en/ca3999en.pdf

The five LADA manuals. Available at: http://www.fao.org/land-water/land/land-assessment/assessment-and-monitoring-impacts/en/


Round table 2: Displaced women’s access to land
PRESENTATIONS
Displaced Women’s Access to Land: Opportunities and Challenges in Syria and Iraq


Round table 3: Land consolidation
PRESENTATIONS
Keynote: European experiences with land consolidation and support provided by FAO
Land consolidation in Sudan (Arabic)
Land Consolidation in Turkey
Land fragmentation in Egypt
Rural land consolidation in Morocco
The Tunisian land consolidation experience


Round table 4: Land Administration
CLOSED SESSION


Round table 5: Development Partners’ Agenda in the Arab region
CLOSED SESSION


Round table 6: Regional Flagship Report on Land
PRESENTATIONS
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PUBLICATIONS
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<strong>MASTERCLASSES</strong>

Masterclass 1: Capacity development progress in North Africa
PRESENTATIONS
Etude d’analyse des besoins en matière de formation, formation continue et recherche dans le domaine de la gouvernance foncière en Afrique Du Nord: Cas du système foncier au Maroc, Dr El Azrak Said
Les enjeux du système foncier en Mauritanie: Etude exploratoire, Pr. Ousmane WAGUE
De la gouvernance à la géogouvernance fonciére en Tunisie: Réalités et perspectives, Dr. Salwa Saidi
Capacity Development Reflection: Masterclass 1 Conclusions, Prof. Dr. Moha El-Ayachi

PUBLICATIONS
The Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa: Introduction to NELGA
The Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa: IAV Hassan II – NELGA Node in North Africa
NELGA Good Practices: African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
NELGA Scoping Study Executive Report: Land Tenure Systems in North Africa Consortium


Masterclass 2: Monitoring land governance and land tenure security
PRESENTATIONS
Monitoring Individual Land Rights: SDG 1.4.2 & 5.A.1, Sydney Gourlay, World Bank
Prindex, Land Monitoring Tool Masterclass
The Global Land Governance Index For People-Centered Data, LANDex

PUBLICATIONS
Prindex: How can citizens’ perceptions of land tenure security contribute to land governance reforms in the Arab region? Insights and issues from Prindex survey results, February 2021 (English)
Prindex: How can citizens’ perceptions of land tenure security contribute to land governance reforms in the Arab region? Insights and issues from Prindex survey results, February 2021 (Arabic)
Prindex Comparative Report, July 2020: A global assessment of perceived tenure security from 140 countries
Monitoring Security of Tenure in Cities: People, Land and Policies
Measuring Individuals’ Rights to Land
Land Tenure Security in Selected Countries – Synthesis Report
Comparative report-a global assessment of preceived tenure security from 140 countries PRINDEX
Land Tenure Security in Selected Countries – Global Report


Masterclass 3: Towards a Common Strategy for Capacity Development in the Arab Region
PRESENTATIONS
Towards a Common Strategy for Capacity Development in the Arab Region, Willi Zimmermann (Moderator)
Towards a Common Strategy for Capacity Development in the Arab Region, Ombretta Tempra (UN-Habitat-GLTN)
Ongoing Capacity Development Initiatives for Land Governance in the Arab Region, Prof. Dr. Doaa M. El-Sherif
Perspectives for FAO involvement and contribution to capacity development on land tenure in the Arab Region, Jean-Maurice Durand (FAO)
International Land Coalition Strategy for Building Capacities in Arab Countries, ILC
Regional center for Remote Sensing of North Africa States (CRTEAN), Prof. Abd-Alla Gad
Contribution au Renforcement des Capacités des Jeunes en Région Arab, Ameth Diallo (Yilaa)


Masterclass 4: Land as a Human Right
PRESENTATIONS
Land as a Human Right, Ahmed Mansour Ismail

PUBLICATIONS
Land in the Struggle for Social Justice: Social Movement Strategies to Secure Human Rights
The Land and Its People: Civil Society Voices Address the Crisis over Natural Resources in the Middle East/North Africa HIC-HLRN
Counting on Justice: Victims of Land Rights Violations and Supporting Reparations for Transitional Justice in Yemen – Executive Summary HIC-HLRN
التعويل على العدالة: ضحايا انتهاكات الأرض ودعم لجبر الضرر العدالة الانتقالية في اليمن HIC-HLRN
HIC-HLRN. “Bibliography on Israeli Apartheid
How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan
Lands of the Arab Spring
Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016
Joint Parallel Report to The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Israel’s Seventeenth to Nineteenth Periodic Reports
Situation of the Human Right to Adequate Housing in Lebanon

RESOURCES
Masterclass 4 resources: Publications on land issues by HIC-HLRN


Masterclass 5: Land registration and fit-for-purpose land administration
PRESENTATIONS
Fit For Purpose Land Administration, Christiaan Lemmen, Eva Maria Unger and Rohan Bennett
Fit for Purpose Land Administration in Violent Conflict Settings, Clarissa Augustinus, Ombretta Tempra
Fit for Purpose Land Administration: Benefits for Arab Countries, Kholoud Saad, Esri
Fit for Purpose Land Administration: How GIS technology can support, Carsten Bjornsson, Esri

PUBLICATIONS
The Social Tenure Domain Model: A Pro-Poor Land Tool (Arabic)
Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration: Guiding Principles for Country Implementation


Masterclass 6: Land-based financing
PRESENTATIONS
Land-Based Financing in the Arab World: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way forward, Mohamed Nada, Jean Du Plessis, Samar Adel, Magd Zahran

PUBLICATIONS
Land Based Financing for Local Governments – A Readers Guide
Where to Start? A Guide to Land-based Finance in Local Governance

RESOURCES
About Land-Based Financing


Masterclass 7: Informal Settlements: from Technical Solutions to Policy Dialogue
PRESENTATIONS
New way of learning, networking and sharing platform, PSUP
The development of slums in Egypt: A new approach to integrated development

PUBLICATIONS
Maximising Use Value for Upgrading Informal Areas: Manual Set – MUV Introductory Manual
Maximising Use Value for Upgrading Informal Areas: Manual Set – MUV 2
Knowing Local Community: Participatory Needs Assessment Manual


Masterclass 8: Displaced people’s HLP rights for durable solutions & return
PRESENTATIONS
Displaced People’s Access to land for Durable Solutions and Return: Opportunities and challenges in Lebanon, Iraq and Sudan


Masterclass 9: Land for affordable housing and land readjustment
PRESENTATIONS
Rethinking Urban Sustainability Transitions on land readjustment in Egypt, Ahmed M. Soliman, Alexandria University


Masterclass 10: Open Data training on access to information and land
PRESENTATIONS
Open data training on access to information and land, Land Portal