Land policies for East Africa: Technological Innovations, Administration and Patrimonial stakes
Makerere University, Uganda in collaboration with other partners on November 3rd and 4th 2011 is organizing an international conference that is aimed at promoting scientific exchanges involving researchers and stakeholders dealing with land issues.
A call for papers has been issued from French, Ugandan and other experts to share their work and experiences in order to assess land strategies and policies within a comparative framework. The idea of such a conference was initiated by Uganda and French researchers from the Institute for Development and research (IRD, France) and the University of Makerere (Kampala, Uganda). Many local and international researchers in East Africa have documented land-related issues and wider scientific exchanges are expected to stem from this meeting.
This conference will give the participants an opportunity to present research, to question different categories of social and economic actors and representations related to land. It will also be policy oriented, highlighting the specific role of the State in the control and formalisation of access to land and associated resources. Dealing with different countries in East Africa and the Indian Ocean (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, etc.), a comparative perspective will enhance exchanges between researchers and open the discussion to other stakeholders and actors of the current changes.
The conference will explore the following themes
Panel 1: the digitalization of land registries and legal land privatisation
Panel 2: Investments and pressure on land
Panel 3 (two sessions): Patrimonial strategies to secure access to land
Panel 4: Public Policies
Collaborations:
– Makerere University, Kampala Uganda
– Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kampala, Uganda
– Alliance Française, Kampala
– Ambassade de France, Kampala
– IRD, Institute for Research and Development
– IFRA, French Institute for Research in Africa, Nairobi
– IGN- France International
– CIRAD, International Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement
– French private sector.
Last date for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2011. For more information and details, please visit this link.
