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First High-Level Forum Meeting of Presidents of Land
Professional Associations in Africa
20-24 November 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Chair of FIG Africa Regional Network (ARN), Mohammed Mamman Kabir
invites attendees and potential sponsors to the First High-Level Forum
Meeting of Presidents of Land Professional Associations in Africa.
This meeting will take place 20-24 November 2023 at the African Union
Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Attendees will be presidents of
FIG member associations, other associations as well as representatives
from other organisations and entities.
Sponsorships
Potential sponsors are invited to take part in this special meeting,
which gives you the opportunity to present yourself and your company and
gives you direct access to the African associations, their presidents
and to become part of the development in Africa.
It has been decided that the participation is complimentary hoping
to get as many associations, institutions and organisations represented
as possible. Organising such an event is however not without costs. We
are therefore highly dependent on sponsorship contributions and we do
hope that you will help us herewith.
Read more about sponsorships
Invitation and background
FIG and the Chair of the FIG Africa Regional Network Mohammed Mamman
Kabir are pleased to invite presidents and other relevant stakeholders
engaged in geospatial information management in Africa to this First
High-Level Forum Meeting (HLFM). The meeting is convened by
International Federation of Surveyors- Africa Regional Network in
collaboration with the Africa Land Policy Center. It shall hold as a
pre-event of the Fifth Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) from
20-24 November 2023 at the Africa Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. The HLFM is convened to address capacity development
challenges facing Africa land professionals in their tasks of ensuring
that land information in Africa is not only comprehensive, timely and
integrated, but also demand driven and delivered in a form and manner
that it can be used in making decisions while involving minimal cost and
effort at all levels of African societies. This objective is in tandem
with the mission of FIG-ARN and supports the Africa Union towards
attainment of Africa Agenda 2063, the Africa We Want.
The meeting shall establish working groups and standing committees
which will, among other tasks, produce blueprints that will usher-in new
era of networking and coordination among Africa’s disparate land
professional associations; promote development of common standards and
interoperability in land information management; and make African land
professionals more visible and positioned for better service delivery to
their societies. These outcomes shall, in-turn, leverage towards
emergence of the much-needed Africa Land Professionals Charter. The
Charter shall provide one of the springboards for Africa to leapfrog to
a data driven, spatially enabled, interconnected, peaceful and
prosperous continent by the year 2063 The HLFM is expected to be
attended by representatives of Africa Union Commission; the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa; Africa Development Bank; Africa
Land Policy Center; the President of the International Federation of
Surveyors; and the President of Federation of French Speaking Surveyors
(FGF).
Other distinguished personalities expected at the meeting include
country representative and presidents of land professional associations
in Africa in the fields of Land Surveying, Land Economy, Estate
Surveying, Building Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Town Planning, and
Architecture inclusive of their respective young and women networks. The
invitation is also open to Heads of Departments and Chief Executive
Officers of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies,
International Organizations, academia, corporate and individual sponsors
with interest in land matters. At the HLFM participants shall have the
rare opportunity for high level interface with leaders of industry, and
topmost policy making institutions on land matters in Africa during the
meeting and at the fifth Conference on Land Policy in Africa, CLPA,
which is jointly organised by the Africa Union Commission, Africa
Development Bank, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Participation in the CLPA is subject to prior registration in line
with the conference organisers’ specifications You are, by this letter,
honorably invited to i. register here (google form) and attend the First
HLFM ii. go to the meeting web site: iii. click here for voluntary
sponsorship or donations and view benefits iv. extend invitation to the
presidents and stakeholders in the relevant professional associations
listed in paragraph 3 above in your country/region attend the first
HLFM. Kindly note that registration to attend the HLFM is free and it
closes on Friday, 10 November, 2023 please.
Read more and register here
Louise Friis-Hansen
14 September 2023
