CASLE Conference held in Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 13-17 March 2006
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Dr.
Diane Dumashie and Vice President Ken Allred at the
Conference in Bagamoyo. |
Vice President Ken Allred and Diane Dumashie, chair of
Commission 8 represented FIG at a recent Africa Regional conference of
CASLE in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The conference theme was Promoting
Sustainable Land Management in Africa and was held during the week
of March 13-17 in the historic town of Bagamoyo about an hours drive
north of Dar es Salaam.
Nearly fifty papers addressed sub themes such as innovative land
tenure systems, equity issues, access to land, and land titling to name
a few. Speakers and delegates represented most of the British
Commonwealth countries in Africa as well as the United Kingdom,
Malaysia, Sweden, Germany and Canada. Approximately 200 people were in
attendance. |
Many of the issues raised in Bagamoyo were similar and followed the theme
of the FIG conference held the previous week in Accra, Ghana. It is clear
from the discussions in both Accra and Bagamoyo that the land tenure and
housing issues facing sub Saharan Africa are complex and in need of very
careful analysis and strategic direction in order to make the most of
limited resources.
The conference was organized by the Commonwealth Association of Surveying
and Land Economy, UN Habitat and the African Real Estate Society and
co-hosted by the Institution of Surveyors of Tanzania and the Tanzanian
Institution of Valuers and Estate Agents. |
