Topic: Land and Property Rights

Course

Gestión de Instrumentos Base Suelo de Financiamiento para el Desarrollo Urbano en América Latina

May 7, 2018 - May 11, 2018

Lima, Peru

Free, offered in Spanish


Este curso tiene como objetivo fortalecer la capacidad de formación en gestión de la valorización del suelo urbano de educadores en América Latina que enseñan temas de planificación como un vehículo para mejorar la formulación, el debate y la implementación de políticas de suelo. Los participantes, junto a un grupo de profesores de amplia experiencia en el tema, discutirán a través de casos y evidencia empírica los fundamentos de la movilización de plusvalías y los principales dilemas que subyacen las políticas de suelo en América Latina. El curso proveerá herramientas conceptuales y pedagógicas para abordar, desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria, temas críticos de políticas de suelo que inciden en los incrementos del valor del suelo por concepto de cambios en las normativas urbanísticas o las inversiones en infraestructura urbana y servicios, así como en las mejoras de las ocupaciones precarias y su regularización, y otros factores generadores como las expropiaciones, reajustes de suelo y otros instrumentos.

El público objetivo de este curso de actualización para docentes son principalmente educadores que enseñan temas relacionados con la gestión de la valorización del suelo a planificadores y gestores urbanos en América Latina, ya que se busca encontrar oportunidades para mejorar la currícula y pedagogía utilizada en universidades e instituciones educativas de la región. Sin embargo, también está dirigido a profesionales interesados en urbanismo, planificación, gestión urbana y políticas de suelo.

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Details

Date
May 7, 2018 - May 11, 2018
Application Period
February 7, 2018 - February 26, 2018
Selection Notification Date
March 12, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Location
Lima, Peru
Language
Spanish
Cost
Free
Registration Fee
Free
Educational Credit Type
Lincoln Institute certificate

Keywords

Land Value, Public Finance, Urban Development, Value Capture

Course

Informal Land Markets and the Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America

December 3, 2017 - December 8, 2017

Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil

Free, offered in Spanish


The impact of informal settlements and land markets that have emerged in Latin American and Caribbean cities can be addressed through robust land policies.  This week-long professional development course provides participants with a unique opportunity to (1) expand their knowledge of the informal urban economy; (2) systematize their understanding of that economy; (3) develop instruments for the economic analysis of informality, land markets, and price formation; and (4) craft public policy proposals to prevent and/or mitigate the impact of these informal settlements on cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through the analysis of case studies of cities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions, participants will deepen their knowledge of the economic dimension of urban informality, the availability of technical intervention mechanisms, current methods for planning and scaling program management, and successful strategies for land tenure regularization. The course is developed in collaboration with the United Nations Program for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat) and the Municipality of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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Details

Date
December 3, 2017 - December 8, 2017
Application Period
August 1, 2017 - August 28, 2017
Selection Notification Date
September 15, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Location
Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
Language
Spanish
Cost
Free
Registration Fee
Free
Educational Credit Type
Lincoln Institute certificate

Keywords

Favela, Informal Land Markets, Poverty, Slum, Urban Upgrading and Regularization

ILCN 2018 Global Congress, Santiago, Chile

January 24, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Santiago, Chile

Free, offered in English

The 2018 Global Congress will build upon the momentum, conversations, collaborations, and relationships that have emerged over the past several years, including at the First Congress of the ILCN, held in Berlin, Germany in October 2015 and at the Workshop on Emerging Innovations in Conservation Finance, held in Santiago in September 2016.

The Congress will explore a range of topics, focused on how attendees may take specific actions in their home countries to advance private land conservation, as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead for private land conservation. In addition, the Congress will include a field trip that features several important Chilean conservation stories, allowing hosts to share their successes and participants to build relationships in an informal atmosphere.

The ILCN is actively soliciting workshop presentations and panels. Please see the call for presentations below. Submissions must be received by July 21, 2017.


Details

Date
January 24, 2018 - January 26, 2018
Registration Period
January 26, 2018 - January 26, 2018
Location
Hotel Noi Vitacura
Santiago, Chile
Language
English
Registration Fee
Free
Cost
Free

Keywords

Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Conservation, Conservation Easements, Easements, Environment, Environmental Management, Environmental Planning, Land Trusts, Water

Fellowships

2017 David C. Lincoln Fellowships in Land Value Taxation

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2017 at 11:59 PM

The David C. Lincoln Fellowships in Land Value Taxation were established to encourage academic and professional interest in land value taxation through support for major research projects. This program honors David C. Lincoln, founding chairman of the Lincoln Institute, and his long-standing commitment to land value taxation studies by encouraging scholars and practitioners to undertake new work on the theory of land value taxation and its application to contemporary fiscal systems.

Projects may address either the basic theory of land value taxation or its application, domestic or international. Proposals may deal with land value taxation from the perspective of economic analysis, legal theory and practice, urban planning and practice, political science, administrative feasibility, valuation techniques, or other approaches that contribute to a better understanding of its potential contributions and applications to contemporary fiscal systems. This year, the Institute particularly invites proposals considering (1) land value taxation and economic inequality; (2) land value taxation as an instrument of “value capture,” or the recovery for public purposes of some portion of the land value increment due to public investment; or (3) a comparison of land value taxation with other taxes and revenue tools as a means of addressing social and political issues. 

For information on present and previous fellowship recipients and projects, please visit David C. Lincoln Fellows, Current and Past.


Details

Submission Deadline
September 1, 2017 at 11:59 PM

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Keywords

Appraisal, Assessment, Cadastre, Development, Economic Development, Henry George, Inequality, Land Reform, Land Value, Land Value Taxation, Land-Based Tax, Local Government, Municipal Fiscal Health, Property Taxation, Public Finance, Tax Reform, Taxation, Urban Development, Valuation, Value Capture, Value-Based Taxes