Tag: MOOC
Register now! NELGA Exchange Forum on the MOOC “Land Tenure and Development” by the Comité Foncier Technique et Développement (CTFD)
We are delighted to invite you to the NELGA Knowledge Exchange Forum (NEx), scheduled to take place on November 15, 2023, from 12:00 to 13:15 (GMT). This virtual event, hosted on MS Teams, presents an excellent opportunity to delve into the realm of distance learning in the context of land governance in Africa.
The NELGA Knowledge Exchange Forum (NEx) serves as a dynamic platform uniting land specialists, policymakers, practitioners, students, and other stakeholders invested in land governance in Africa. Our primary goal is to facilitate the seamless exchange of information, ideas, and best practices concerning land administration in the African context. In this edition, we are excited to have the Comité Foncier Technique et Développement (CTFD) showcase their MOOC, “Land Tenure and Development.” Registration for this MOOC is now open and completely free! You can sign up via the link provided below (launch scheduled for Monday, November 13!): Registration link.
Speakers:
- Hélène Julien (AFD, CTFD co-president)
- Aurore Mansion (Gret, CTFD scientific secretariat)
To participate and secure your invitation, kindly send your request to info@nelga.uneca.org.
** Please Note that this edition of the Nex will be held entirely in French**
For additional details, please click here.
University of Yaoundé I Launches Massive Open Online Course on Land Conflicts in Africa
Under the auspices of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA), the University of Yaoundé I (UoYI) coordinates a network of academic institutions, civil society organisations, and researchers focused on land governance issues in Central Africa. One of the network’s mandates is to promote knowledge creation and dissemination, as well as capacity building initiatives in the field of land governance.
UoYI has created a “Massive Open Online Course” (MOOC) on the topic of land conflicts, with the goal of spreading tools to help Africans understand, prevent, and resolve land conflicts. The MOOC addresses generic concepts related to the aforementioned themes and contextualises them to Central African realities. The project was carried out with the financial assistance of GIZ and the technical assistance of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).
AUF oversaw the project’s overall technical implementation, drawing on the expertise of NELGA land experts from several Cameroonian universities: the University of Yaoundé I, the University of Dshang, the University of Maroua, and the University of Yaoundé II.
With the MOOC now complete, AUF, UoYI, and GIZ are planning a joint launch to encourage NELGA students and stakeholders to use the MOOC.
The goal of the launch event is to situate the MOOC within the broader context of African land conflicts, with a focus on Central Africa. It will also provide the general public with an overview of the MOOC’s content, address some technical aspects of the e-learning initiative, and announce the opening of the DAAD/NELGA call for research proposals on land and conflict for the next graduate course.
The MOOC can be found at https://conflits-fonciers.auf.org/. On March 30th, 2023, the online event will take place on MS Team.
To attend the launch, send a request through the contact us feature on the website, a DM on Twitter or a comment on Linkedin.