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Africa Task Force

Africa Task Force. Dr Diane Dumashie Chair FIG Congress, Kuala Lumpu, Malaysia 16 th - 21 st June 2014. African Task Force www.fig.net/tf/africa. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014. Good morning. Past (2010 & 13), Present (2014) & Future (2015+). ATF Roundtable – KL 2014. Can We move on?.

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Africa Task Force

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  1. Africa Task Force Dr Diane Dumashie Chair FIG Congress, Kuala Lumpu, Malaysia 16th- 21st June 2014 African Task Force www.fig.net/tf/africa

  2. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Good morning • Past (2010 & 13), • Present (2014) & • Future (2015+)

  3. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Can We move on? What: We were asked & We did: A -Aspirational F - Fundamental R - Rewards I - Inspirational C - Connectivity A - Action

  4. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 You delivered – Thank You! African Workshop themes: • 2010: Workshop, Peri- Urban Development, Kenya, Round table, WW Marrakech, 2011 • 2011: Workshop, Resilience Women & Young Surveyors, Soth Africa, Round table, WW Rome, 2012 • 2012: Workshop, Environmental Agenda, Ghana, Round table, WW Abuja, 2013 • 2013: Pulling together recommendations, • 2014: Congress, Kuala Lumpur Publication #63 Workshop manual Task Force report

  5. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Aspirational The How and Why: For: • Sub-Saharan Africa Land Professional Member associations By • Devising innovative ways to engage How? • Do our Associations demonstrate societal contribution? and • Can we make our profession a global thought leadership? Why? • MDGs: Our societal responsibility

  6. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Fundamentally - We did • Workshop – 140 attendees over 3 workshops • Representation from West, East and Southern Africa (10 Nations) • Documented: Briefing, PPT, Ideas, Tool drafting, Proceedings, Review & Design, Engagement, and • Rewarding our community……

  7. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Fundamentally- More? What we’ve yet to do Past, Present (today) and the Term 2015- 2018…… The future You want: • Our Purpose: Social responsibility • You Recognise: opportunity to be Change Agents • Your Need: Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

  8. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Why? A continuing need for our network? • MDG’s expire in 2015 & much work ongoing led by UN Habitat To draft the SDG’s • UN Habitat - Think Urbanisation, focus Cities • MDG’s, now +2015 to evolve to the SDG’s … Sustainability is back & high on the agenda And • Africa Union initiatives…..

  9. Land Issues: Complexity and diversity of land issues across the continent--continental prioritization of issues is problematic Land governance priorities across regions • North Africa • Environmental degradation • Security of tenure • Gender inequality • Low productivity on land resources • West Africa • National resources • Climate change • Insecurity of tenure • Vulnerable populations • East Africa • Legal pluralism • Protection of the environment • Women and vulnerable groups • Conflict • Central Africa • Natural resources • Informal settlements • Vulnerable populations • Conflict • Southern Africa • Inequality of access • Security of tenure • Dualism • Harmonization of policies Though there are areas of commonality across the continent such as gender issues and tenure systems, the focus issues for land governance reform will vary by region, country, making a continental prioritization of limited utility Source: Dalberg analysis

  10. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 H. FIG President Professor Stig Enemark Inspirational to establish ATF • MDGs: Our social responsibility Recognised: • Flying High, the Big vision & global agenda, but • Keep feet on the Ground And • Rapporteur….

  11. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 ATF Recommendations, Our Path Ahead - Connectivty Working to influence for change; inequalities that are ethically indefensible, economically inefficient, and political destabilising • Communication • work with political and civic society, otherwise they will work with other Professionals • Working with the young and to delegate and mentor • Collaboration • Engage in the built and rural environment • Work to consider future trends, prepare and act responsibly • Understand and engage with historical context, traditional leaders • Connectivity • Ensure skills are developed that will reach out to all members of the public, private and civic communities. • Embrace the new and exciting times ahead

  12. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 The Future we want to shape (…and How ATF will operate - if at all?) Deliberations/ Voting: • Do we want to continue? • What is the most beneficial delivery Platforms • Enabling logistics - Venue location etc • Format & Content • Rapporteur • Next steps

  13. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Our Dialogue Process • Motion will be put forward, Q&A& observations, then • Vote with show of cards • Use the red and green cards to vote. • NB an abstention will not be recorded • Direction & deliberations recorded (Chatham House rules)

  14. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Vote 1 - Continuing ATF Motion: That the ATF should continue, subject to agreeing in what format? • Yes • No

  15. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Action What we need: TORs to GC for their consideration advised in 2016 Drafting under the headings of: • Continuation • Delivering Platforms • Enabling • Format and content • (To avoid deliberations being step- by- step)

  16. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 QA&O- Delivery Platform • Hosted by FIG • Finance has to be sourced, • Subsidy value circa 160-180 EU based on 60 persons • How many meets each year? • Current is 3 over 4 years (next 2015) • An alternative includes: Leadership4Change, piloted in Ghana and UK…..

  17. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 CPD CPD a Two part approach: • Science/ Hard skills; means systematic analysis of the problem solving • Art/ Soft Skills; interpersonal skills, • L4C = Listen, Create, and innovatively Deliver, leadership change skills for you and your institutions

  18. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Vote 2 – Delivery Platforms Motion: a) To host through FIG/ ATF (with or without funding) b) If not possible, To consider other platforms Vote: Yes or No to each, • A) • B)

  19. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 QA&O- Enabling Venue and Country Hosts • Thanks to ISK, PLATO/ UCT/ GhIS, We have been East, West and South • Continue with rotation and asking Member Associations to help? • Quantify annual, more or less? • Consider UK in August each year (or another month)?

  20. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Vote 3 – Enabling Motion: • a) To continue with current time line format: i.e one workshop each year in Continental Africa • b) Adjust the timeline format ? • C) allow for additional workshop in UK? • Vote: Yes or No to • A) • B) • C)

  21. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 QA&O- Format & Content • Capturing our outputs in a manual- helpful? • Agee 3 or 4 themes? If so link to SDGs? • Do we consider capacity development amongst LPs is enough? (3rd party cost implications) • Is the participatory design appropriate going forward? Should we hold more roundtables? • Will joint co-operations e.g. GLTN, AU be beneficial? • Other ideas for format and content? E.g. aim to lobby and influence organisations such as AU

  22. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Vote 4 – Format & Content Motion: Sub motions include, to: a) Record and document b) Thematic approach on SDGs c) Iinvite 3rd party stakeholders (cost?) d) Participatory design e) Co-operations f) Other issues? • Vote: Yes or No to each

  23. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Next steps Motion: • that Your deliberations be represented into a single proposition, and • Approved by You (end August)…. • Rapporteur Prof Enemark..

  24. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Action Summary Votes on: • Continuation • Delivering Platforms • Enabling • Format and content Wrap Up…

  25. ATF Roundtable – KL 2014 Housekeeping • Certificates? • Workshop Photos? • Ongoing communications (Email/ Linked-In)? • Closing

  26. A Big Thank You for a Productive & Energising Term 2009- 2014 32

  27. Keeping in Touch • WWW.fig.net/tf/africa • Email alerts • Chair: Dr D Dumashie • ddd@dumashie.co.uk African Task Force www.fig.net/tf/africa

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