India Land and Development Conference 2018

India Land and Development Conference 2018

19 - 21 February, 2018

India International Center (IIC), New Delhi

Introducing ILDC

The 1^st ILDC organized on April 5-6, 2017, saw active participation of 150 individuals and institutions from 15 states in India, and from Netherlands, Germany and France. The vibrant panels at the Conference involved representatives from Government of India, State Governments, International Institutions, UN agencies, bilateral donors, people’s representatives, media, academia, NGOs, researchers, consultants, practitioners. The two-day event witnessed inclusive conversations and sharing of experience, knowledge and practices over eight thematic sessions, two panel discussions and a special session, apart from two interesting plenaries. The presentations and deliberation were very well received and appreciated by the attendees. They are available at land portal and NRMC website and session wise video clips of presentations at YouTube

The second in this series of Annual Conferences expects to further this land platform to connect local and global issues, discourses and actors and also catalyze conversations around roles of technology, decentralisation and capacity with an  aim to improve land governance and land tenure security . 

Themes and Sessions of ILDC2018

CONNECTIONS

Communities in Rayagada district, Odisha discussing issues
around Land Rights and Entitlements

Sessions and participants at ILDC will connect land conversations taking place locally and globally around topics like SDG land indicators, NDC and forest tenures, Community and indigenous rights, Women land and farmers’ rights, forest rights, right of slum dwellers, land leasing, land record creation and updating with innovative technology and institutional arrangements, urban land governance and responsible and ethical investments etc. These land-connections would contribute to increased evidences, informed alliances and strategic network building for desired policy influence, coordinated actions and more informed and ethical investments.

ILDC Sessions around Connection:

S2:2: NDC & Forest Tenure

S5:3: Land Acquisition: Ensuring Equity and Business Sustainability

S5:2: Property Records in Urban India: Challenges and Opportunities

S6:1 : Land Leasing Reforms: State Experiences

S5:1:Tenure Security & Doubling Farm Income

S6:3:Opportunistic Governance of Urban Land: Emerging Issues of Political Economy

DECENTRALIZATION & INCLUSION

Community Members learning to read maps

With 30 years of promulgation of tribal self governance act PESA and 10 years of passing of Forest Rights Act,  ILDC2018 will witness deliberations around decentralized land governance is envisaged, highlighting the need of secured tenure, community, indigenous and women land rights. With DILRMP facing inclusion, integration and updation challenges alternate, community-based survey, mapping and land record syncing options will be discussed while deliberating on how technology can make land governance inclusive and effective and also aid/improve inclusive land use planning.

ILDC Sessions around Connection:

S2:1: Land Rights & Governance in Schedule Areas (5th and 6th Schedule)

S2:3:People Centered Land Governance - Ensuring Land Tenure Rights to marginalised and vulnerable communities

S3:1: Women’s land rights-policies and practices

S3:2:The Human Rights Approach to Land: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implementation

S3:3: The Legal and Political Economy of Land Rights in the Scheduled Areas of India

S6:2: Securing rights of women ‘farmers’–concerns and challenges

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS

Tribal Women in Odisha  mapping their land using DGPS and
Mobile Device

Digitization of land records with a target of conclusive titling being promoted through DILRMP by Government of India has been facing challenges around community participation, gender inclusion, additional information integration and also regular record updation. There are also several challenges around managing and disseminating of multi-sectoral and diverse land information. With information and technology expanding, new options like open data standards, block chain and drone technology being started to be used in land governance.

While there have been institutional innovations and options around landright-based approaches, advocacy and field actions, institutional engagements around entrepreneurial mode have been limited in land sector.

ILDC2018 will dwell on emerging alternate, disruptive, out-of-box, community-based and private sector solutions for syncing and maintaining updated land records as well as new knowledge around open data and standards. These engagements will highlight how technology can make land governance inclusive and effective and also contribute sustainable development through enhanced information access and monitoring.

Promoting community
land mapping leaders

ILDC Sessions around technology and innovations

S4:1: Alternate Models to Disrupt Land Governance

S4:2:Tenure Security through Digitization of Records: Issues and Road Ahead     

CAPACITY BUILDING

Based on the feedback of participants and the need of capacity building around land-related tools, processes and methodologies, we will organize Master Classes by experienced institutions and experts.

ILDC Master Class

M1:2: Open Data Awareness Raising

M2:1: Cadasta Platform,

M1:3: Social Tenure Development Model

M2:3: Planning Landscape Restoration: incorporating tenure into the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology: