Africa Task Force Dr Diane Dumashie Chair FIG

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

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

You delivered – Thank You! Workshop manual 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 Task Force report 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 • 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…… 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) 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…. . ATF Roundtable – KL 2014

Land Issues: Complexity and diversity of land issues across the continent--continental prioritization of issues is problematic Land governance priorities across regions West Africa • National resources • Climate change • Insecurity of tenure • Vulnerable populations Central Africa • Natural resources • Informal settlements • Vulnerable populations • Conflict North Africa • Environmental degradation • Security of tenure • Gender inequality • Low productivity on land resources East Africa • Legal pluralism • Protection of the environment • Women and vulnerable groups • Conflict Southern Africa • Inequality of access • Security of tenure • Dualism • Harmonization of policies Though there 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

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…. 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 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 ATF Roundtable – KL 2014

The Future we want to shape (…and How ATF will operate - if at all? ) Deliberations/ Voting: 1. Do we want to continue? 2. What is the most beneficial delivery Platforms 3. Enabling logistics - Venue location etc 4. Format & Content • Rapporteur • Next steps 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) ATF Roundtable – KL 2014

Vote 1 - Continuing ATF Motion: That the ATF should continue, subject to agreeing in what format? • Yes • No 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) 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: Leadership 4 Change, piloted in Ghana and UK…. . ATF Roundtable – KL 2014

CPD a Two part approach: • Science/ Hard skills; means systematic analysis of the problem solving • Art/ Soft Skills; interpersonal skills, • L 4 C = Listen, Create, and innovatively Deliver, leadership change skills for you and your institutions 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) ATF Roundtable – KL 2014

QA&O- Enabling Venue and Country Hosts • Thanks to ISK, PLATO/ UCT/ Gh. IS, 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)? 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) 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? (3 rd 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 format and content? E. g. aim to lobby and influence organisations such as AU ATF Roundtable – KL 2014

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

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

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

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

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