PROGRAMME 10 th International LANDNET Workshop Regional Consultation on Land Consolidation Legislation Skopje, FYR Macedonia 19-21 June 2018 Organized in cooperation with:
Introduction The 10th th LANDNET workshop will take place from 19 to 21 June 2018 in Skopje in FYR Macedonia. The workshop is at the same time a Regional Consultation Workshop for the FAO regional study on land consolidation legislation with focus on identifying regional best practice and developing generic guidance on the drafting of land consolidation legislation. The planned study was briefly introduced at the LANDNET workshop in Budapest in October 2017. The workshop will present preliminary results on the land consolidation study of joint WPLA/FAO/TUM research project. The workshop will be organized jointly between FAO and the UNECE Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) and is part of a wider cooperation on land consolidation between WPLA, FAO and other partners including the Dutch Kadaster and the Technical University of Munich. The objectives of the workshop are to: Present and validate the outcome of the FAO regional study on land consolidation legislation Present ongoing support to an operational national land consolidation programme in FYR Macedonia Present and discuss topics of mutual interest of LANDNET and WPLA Present and discuss gender principles and issues in land governance in Western Balkans Discuss progress on the ongoing development of LANDNET The final version of the workshop programme will be available before the workshop. We are looking forward to welcome all LANDNET partners, WPLA associates and others in Skopje! LANDNET, FAO, UNECE-WPLA June 2018
08.30 9.00 Registration of participants Session 1 Introduction and overview Chair: Frank van Holst, LANDNET Chair Tuesday 19 June 2018 09.00 09.15 Opening by Mr. Ljupcho Nikolovski, Minister of Agriculture of FYR Macedonia 09.15 09.30 09.30 10.00 10.00 10.30 Welcome by Morten Hartvigsen, FAO, and Rik Wouters, WPLA Overview of the Programme by Frank van Holst, RVO Netherlands / LANDNET Board Keynote presentation by Morten Hartvigsen, FAO REU: The status of FAO support to land consolidation in Europe and Central Asia Keynote presentation by Margret Vidar, FAO LEGN: Main principles of legislation on land consolidation 10.30 11.00 Coffee & Tea Break Session 2 Mainstreaming Land Consolidation in FYR Macedonia Chair: Perica Ivanoski, FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia: Mainstreaming land consolidation: Progress and issues at stake, 11.00 11.45 Vilma Daugaliene and Kristina Mitic, FAO MAINLAND project and Kiril Georgievski, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy Discussion on Mainstreaming land consolidation in FYR Macedonia: lessons 11.45 12.30 learned in setting up a proper legal framework Session 3 Country presentations on legal framework Chair: Tomas Versinskas, FAO Legal Consultant 14.00 15.00 Four Country presentations (15 min each) illustrating best practice which cover specific themes of legal frameworks of land consolidation: - Germany (Thomas Gollwitzer) - Netherlands (Maartje Lof) - Denmark (Niels Otto Haldrup) - Finland (Kalle Kontinen) 15.00 15.30 Q & A to the country presentations 15.30 16.00 Coffee & Tea Break Session 4 Country presentations on legal framework Chair: Maxim Gorgan, FAO Three Country presentations (15 min each) illustrating best practice which cover specific themes of legal frameworks of land consolidation: 16.00 16.45 - Spain / Galicia (Miguel Dubois) - Turkey (Fatma Gülsever) - Lithuania (Gintarė Tumalavičienė) 16:45 17.00 Q & A to the country presentations
Wednesday 20 June 2018 Session 5 Legal framework land consolidation Chair: Morten Hartvigsen, FAO Keynote presentation by Tomas Versinskas, FAO Legal Consultant and Kristina 09.00 09.40 Mitic, FAGRICOM: Preliminary findings of the Regional Study on Land Consolidation Legislation 09.40 10.00 Short plenary discussion 10.00 10.30 Coffee & Tea Break Session 6 Legal framework land consolidation Chair: Margret Vidar, FAO 10.00 10.15 Introduction of interactive session on legal framework for land consolidation 10.15 12.00 Interactive work in breakout groups to discuss the preliminary outcome of the Regional Study as part of the validation process 12.00 12.30 Presentation of the outcome of group work Session 7 Land consolidation study by WPLA and partners Chair: Rik Wouters, WPLA 14.00 14.25 14.25 14.45 Land consolidation narratives by Professor Walter de Vries, Technical University Munich Research on land consolidation by Technical University Munich professor Walter de Vries, Technical University Munich Land consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe a wish, a must or a luxury by Andre Kwitkowski, The Netherlands 14.45 15.15 Plenary discussion 15.15 15.45 Coffee & Tea Break Session 8 Other topics of mutual interest to LANDNET / WPLA Chair: Kalle Kontinen, WPLA Keynote presentation by Maartje Lof, Dutch Kadaster / WPLA: Solving land 15.45 16.15 registration problems integrated in the land consolidation process Tool to support small-sized urban land consolidation by Professor Chryssy 16:15 16.30 Potsiou, Technical University of Athens 16.30 17.00 Plenary discussion 19:00 Common dinner hosted by GIZ and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy (Hotel Holiday Inn, Skopje)
Thursday 21 June 2018 Session 9 Gender and land governance Chair: Adela Llatja, GIZ Keynote presentation by Margret Vidar, FAO LEGN: Gender principles and issues 09.00 09.30 in land governance in the Western Balkans including work on SDG indicator 5.a.2 09.30 10.00 Short pitches of six countries in the Western Balkans 09.45 10.30 Discussion 10.30 11.00 Coffee & Tea Break Session 10 Wrap up Chair: Morten Hartvigsen and Frank van Holst 11.00 11.45 Conclusions / topics for follow up 11.45 12.30 LANDNET s next steps