Contribution of technology for the improvement of governance of tenure in ECA Region
Rumyana Tonchovska & Kathrine Kelm
The world today faces many complex challenges including the adaptation and mitigation of climate change; rapid urbanization; increased demand for natural resources; growing food, water and energy insecurity; increased natural disasters; and resolution of violent conflict. Many of these challenges have a clear land dimension: unequal access to land; insecurity of tenure; unsustainable land use; and weak institutions for land administration, dispute and conflict resolution, etc. Responding to these challenges is particularly difficult when the governance of land is weak. In response to growing concerns for international instruments to improve the governance of tenure, FAO and its partners developed the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (www.fao.org/nr/tenure/en), which has been endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012. These Guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices. They allow government authorities, the private sector, civil society and citizens to judge whether their proposed actions and the actions of others constitute acceptable practices.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013
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