As part of the Gabon My Land My Right initiative, a workshop opened in Libreville on April 23, 2013.
The members of the OSC platform, representatives of the Green Journalists Club, and FERN representative, Me An Bollen, will work for two days on:
- evaluating the GabonMyLandMyRight initiative and celebrating the Community Day of Social Justice
- in-depth reflection on the future of the GabonMyLandMyRight initiative towards improving land security and better recognition of customary rights and developing a strategy
- understanding the opportunities for available funding for the proposed strategy and identifying a strategic approach to develop various complementary proposals
- updating the platform on the FLEGT VPA process and the Sustainable Development Law
- reflecting on the potential of the VPA in terms of transparency and anti-corruption measures through the annex planned on public information
- understanding the platform regarding the ongoing dynamics of a network of experts, the link between the platform and the expert network, and more specifically the two working groups on the legality grid of the VPA and benefit-sharing
