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Background
What is a justified trade off between global food and energy security, versus local livelihoods and environmental protection? Who is involved in such decisions? Are there opportunities for creating employment and wealth? Or are these land grabs causing displacement and undermining governance and accountability?
Rights to land and natural resources are at the heart of sustainable development and social justice. When addressing food security, rural development, private sector development, climate change, or gender and social justice issues, land governance needs to be taken into account.
Course aims
Development professionals are increasingly dealing with these issues in their work. Land governance is an issue to be taken into account in fields such as food security, rural development, private sector development, gender and social justice policies, and climate change policies. The aim of this course is to strengthen your capacity to deal with land and natural resource governance issues. At the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Identify, analyse and address priority issues with respect to land and natural resource governance
- Assess strategies for change
- Locate relevant sources of information and expertise
- Challenge the impact of one’s own intervention.
Course participants
This interactive course is for professionals in the public or private sector, development agencies, NGOs, or multilateral organizations who are not yet specialized in the area of land and natural resources governance but who want to increase their competencies. The course offers concise information and first-hand insights into trends and developments, emerging practice and challenges in relation to land and natural resource governance.
Course organizers
The course is organized by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), the University of Utrecht and LANDAC (IS Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development).
