FIG Congress 2022 Keynote: Urban Rural
Partnership
Holger MAGEL, Robert LEWIS-LETTINGTON
Instead of a paper we would like to share with you a series of video
recordings from the keynote sessions of FIG Congress 2022 in the coming
months.
In this recording that is offered to you in this "Video of the Month
Series" Holger Magel and Robert Lewis-Lettington speak about
Urban Rural Parnership.
Urban Rural Partnership is more urgent than ever in the
light of an ongoing or even increasing urban rural divide in
developed as well as in developing countries. Central
elements are the need for comprehensive land policies,
reflecting a priority on spatial and economic integration,
and the importance of considering governance, infrastructure
and local capacity. Join our two distinguished keynote
speakers through the urban rural land linkages.
Holger Magel: Urban Rural Partnership - Its a matter of
territorial justice and status of mind!
Urban Rural Partnership is more urgent than ever in the
light of ongoing or even increasing urban rural divide –
around the world but even in rich countries like Bavaria,
Suisse and Austria. Why does this still happen despite a lot
of wonderful papers and promising policies? An urban rural
battle for financial resources is threatening! In times of
climate crisis and loss of biodiversity on the one side and
ongoing digitization and growing remote working and
communication chances on the other side it is time to start
a new urban rural partnership in the urban surroundings but
also in the hinterland.
Robert Lewis-Lettington: The GLTN Approach to Urban Rural
Partnership
FIG’s previous commitments in the Marrakech Declaration in
2003 / 2004 remain as valid today as they were then. The
need for comprehensive land policies, reflecting a priority
on spatial and economic integration, and the importance of
considering governance, infrastructure and local capacity
within these are central elements in what Global Land Tool
Network (GLTN) Partners have recently also described as
Urban-Rural Land Linkages (URLLs). National land
administrations generally are, and should remain, unified
with common methods and standards for land administration.
At the same time, we need to recognise and appropriately
manage the particular situations and priorities that arise
in rural, urban and peri-urban locations. GLTN’s defining
issue – achieving security of tenure for all – is a concern
in all of these locations in all corners of the globe,
regardless of development status or income level.
Watch and be inspired by the keynote session here:
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About the keynote speakers
Prof. Holger Magel
- FIG Honorary President and TUM Emeritus of Excellence
Prof. Holger Magel (1944) holds Dipl.Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees of
TU Munich and has passed the civil service examination. He was
Director General of Rural Service in Bavaria and Full Professor and
Director of TUM Institute for Geodesy, GIS and Landmanagement. He
was Founder and Director of the international Masterprogramme Land
Management and Land Tenure in urban and rural areas. From 2009-2013
he was member of the advisory board „Territorial development“ of the
german government and from 2014-2018 he was Member oft the
parliamentary Commission of Inquiry „Equivalent Living conditions in
whole Bavaria“ . After more than 30 years of Vicepresidency and
Presidency (1983-2019) he is now Honorary President of the Bavarian
Academy of Rural Areas.
Mr. Robert Lewis-Lettington
- UN-Habitat/Global Land Tool Network
Robert Lewis-Lettington is Chief of the Land, Housing and Shelter
Section at UN-Habitat. He is also Secretary to the drafting
committees of UN-Habitat’s governing bodies and UN-Habitat
representative to the Human Rights Council and human rights treaty
bodies. Robert is a lawyer by training and has worked in both public
and private international law for more than twenty years. Robert’s
principal areas of expertise are international institutions and
processes, human rights and humanitarian law, environmental law,
science and technology law and urban development. Robert is also an
experienced programme and project manager having worked in most
geographic regions and a number of countries. Robert also plays the
bagpipes badly.
