Platform Topic: Land Governance
GDWGL Work Plan 2025-2026
Michelle Tang2025-07-14T10:54:21+02:00The new Work Plan 2025-2026 of the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL).
Podcast | Ward Anseeuw, Chair, Global Donor Working Group on Land
Michelle Tang2025-05-16T16:24:30+02:00Ward Anseeuw is the Senior Land Specialist at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He also chairs the Donor Platform’s Global Donor Working Group on Land.  Land rights matter and is central to all aspects related to food systems transformation and rural development.
FAO: Collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa
Michelle Tang2025-03-26T14:37:07+01:00What are priority investments in rights to achieve long-term sustainability of forest areas? This report examines the link between collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa.
GDPRD 2024 Annual General Assembly Highlights
Michelle Tang2025-03-10T09:25:53+01:00The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) releases its 2024 Annual General Assembly (AGA) report, titled Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges. The emerging messages are especially significant in light of the rapidly evolving donor environment, and underscore the urgent need to rethink the financing agenda for 2025 and beyond.
UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4)
Michelle Tang2025-07-16T16:43:29+02:00The 2nd United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from July 28-30, 2025. Building on the momentum of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and the first Stocktaking Moment in 2023 (UNFSS+2), this event will focus on accelerating sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems transformation.
Exploring sustainable financing of land registration and land governance
Michelle Tang2025-01-31T16:50:43+01:00This webinar will explore sustainable financing mechanisms for land administration systems, including how these may be scaled successfully and balance financial viability with equitable access to land services.
Understanding the role of land rights for sustainable reconstruction in conflict and post-conflict settings
Michelle Tang2025-01-20T16:45:06+01:00Understanding the role of land rights for sustainable reconstruction in conflict and post-conflict settings - the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and what we can learn from the experience of Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria and Timor-Leste
The importance of mainstreaming land in development targets
Michelle Tang2025-01-13T15:01:54+01:00An interview with Ward Anseeuw, Chair of the Global Donor Working Group on Land and Lead of the Land Tenure Team at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
