October Meeting 4-5 October 2012
Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines
Proposed Agenda and Format
(All suggested external presenters are provisional)
Location: Green Room, FAO Headquarters, Rome
Thursday 4 October
Session time
09.30-10.30
10.30-12.30
12.30-14.00
14.00-16.30
Topic/Speakers/invited speakers
Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary
Guidelines
 Director-General – Launching the
Workshop
 A Regional Perspective on Partnership in
Governance of Tenure – Joan Kagwanja
(LPI)
 Civil Society Perspectives on the
Importance of Implementing the
Guidelines – Sofia Monsalve (FIAN)
 A Professional Association’s Perspective
on the Importance of Implementing the
Guidelines – Teo CheeHai (President,
International Federation of Surveyors)
FAO: Progress and Plans for Supporting
Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines
 Presentation of Progress Report and
Background Concept Note (integrating key
messages from land, fisheries and forests)
 Discussion – Feedback on FAO progress
and plans
Lunch
Round Table: What needs to be done and how
can implementation be supported by partners?
 Country perspective:
 Country perspective:
 Financing institution perspective:
 Financing institution perspective:
 Donor perspective:
 Commentators:
o Civil Society
o Private Sector
o Professional Association (Notaries)
Chair/notes
Alexander Muller
(allow approx. 10
minutes per
presentation)
Tba
(allow 20-30 minutes
for presentation,
remainder for
discussion)
Tba
(allow 10 minutes
per main presenter;
5 minutes per
commentator;
remainder for
discussion)

16.30-17.00
17.00
Discussion - on presentations and Round
Table theme
Wrap-up: Paul Munro-Faure
Close
Tba
Friday 5 October
9.30-12.00
12.00-12.30
12.30
Round Table: Monitoring and Evaluating the
Status of Governance of Tenure – Examples and
Lessons Learned.
 Civil Society perspective: Review of
monitoring and evaluation of tenure
initiatives currently being developed
 Experience of monitoring and evaluating
governance of tenure: The Land
Governance Assessment Framework
 Experience of monitoring and evaluating
governance of tenure – the Asia Region
 Commentators:
o Country experience (Latin America
country)
o Country experience (Africa region
country)
o Country experience (Asia-Pacific
Region)
 Discussion - on presentations and Round
Table theme
Conclusion: Summing-up: Next steps and the way
forward – Alexander Muller
Closure of meeting
Tba
(allow 10 minutes
per main presenter;
5 minutes per
commentator,
remainder for
discussion)
Paul Munro-Faure