Securing Rights to Land for Peace and Food Security

The International Land Coalition Conference and Assembly 2009 takes place from 21-24 April 2009 at the Yak & Yeti Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal18. marts 2009
The International Land Coalition (ILC) will hold its 2009 Conference and Assembly of Members in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 21-24, 2009. The international conference, titled Securing Rights to Land for Peace and Food Security, will bring together some 150 stakeholders from 40 countries, including policy makers, technical experts, practitioners, activists and researchers. Together, they will share knowledge, assess global progress on land issues over the past biennium and plan future collaboration.
The ILC Assembly of Members will be held on the final day of the event. The Assembly is the ILC’s highest governing body and the forum for members to review performance and plan the future activities of the Coalition.
Nepal was chosen as the site of the 2009 ILC Conference and Assembly in recognition of the challenges and opportunities presented by political transformation following the end of a decade-long armed conflict. Land reform is an important topic in Nepal’s peace and development agenda, as evidenced by the Comprehensive Peace Accord of November 2006, the Interim Constitution of 2007, and the Joint Manifesto of six major political parties.
Working with local host organization Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) and a Nepal Coordinating Committee, ILC will invite Nepali government officials and civil society representatives to draw on a wealth of experiences from the ILC global network. Global delegates will also learn Nepali experiences, including successful experiences with grassroots land rights movements (through the National Land Rights Forum - NLRF) and social forestry (through the Federation of Community Forest Users Network – FECOFUN).
The 2009 ILC Conference and Assembly comes at a critical moment in the global land context. The ways in which land is accessed and used are rapidly changing around the globe. Increased demand for agricultural commodities and ecosystem services including carbon sequestration are driving significant and sustained increases in land values.