FPP - From Local to Global

General

The aim of this particular project is to ensure the participation of leading civil society organizations on land rights in the activities of the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights and more specifically the Bern-conference: Scaling Up the Implementation of Community Land and Resource Rights, that will take place on September 30th and October 1st. The Bern conference provides an important opportunity for ensuring Southern participation in the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights and mobilizing and broadening the scope of the campaign. The expected results are: •12 leading Southern CSO’s will participate in the Bern Conference and the meeting of the steering committee of the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights. •250 representatives of national, regional and international CSO’s, IGO’s, multilateral organizations, researchers and land rights activists will attend an interactive debate at the Bern conference: Making Community Land Rights a Global Priority. Leading African CSOs will contribute to this session. •50 participants will participate in a strategy meeting on the Global Campaign on Indigenous and Community Land Rights. Leading African CSOs will contribute to this session. •Finally the project proposal also aims to ensure that women’s land rights and property rights are prioritized in the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights.