1. Land Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Consolidating and Harmonizing Monitoring Initiatives
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018

2. Land and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Platform
Launched in September 2017 together with the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), with support from the Omidyar Network.
Aim: make information related to the land indicators in the SDGs widely available.

3. Monitoring land-related indicators 8 Targets & 12 Indicators
The platform covers:
1.4.2 on land tenure security including perception of tenure rights;
2.3.1 and on smallholder farmers, what they earn and how much they produce;
2.4.1 on agriculture area;
5.a.1 on ownership and share of land rights of women;
5.a.2 on legal frameworks for women’s land rights;
11.1.1, and relating to sustainable urban tenure and open spaces; and
15.1.1, and relating to forest areas, biodiversity and degraded lands.

4. Tracking Tier Status
The platform provides a quick overview of the Tier status of each indicator.
Tier 1: Established and data being produced
Tier 2: Established but no regular data
Tier 3: No established methodology

5. A timeline tracking important decisions

6. Indicator Details Each detailed indicator provides:
A narrative description describing the indicator, methods for measuring the indicator, why the indicator is important and who is working on the indicator.
The Tier status and key dates in the life of each indicator
Links to the custodian agency and partners
Official links
Visualization of related data on the Land Portal
A table of related indictors
Links to library resources on the subject
Related news and blogs

7. Example 1: Indicator 1.4.2 on perceptions of tenure
Indicator includes a range of indicators from the Global Property Rights Index – PRIndex, including:
Rate of property documentation
Perceived tenure security
PRIndex currently covers 8 countries; As PRIndex expands to cover an additional 36 countries in 2018, this data will be integrated in the platform.

8. Example 2: Indicator 5.a.1 on women’s land ownership
The Land Portal includes a wealth of data on women’s land ownership from diverse sources, including:
Restricted Resources and Entitlements from the OECD SIGI
Distribution of agricultural land area owned by sex from the FAO Gender and Land Rights database
Formal recognition of women's rights from the World Bank's LGAF
And many more…

9. SDGs Blog Series
The SDGs blog series is a partnership of the Land Portal, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), the UN Sustainable Solutions Network (UNSDSN) and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
It is an opportunity for key thinkers on issues related to land and the SDGs to share ideas and solutions.

10. Harmonizing Global Initiatives: What can the Land Portal do?
Collaborate with Global Donor Platform to track land and the SDGs in a sustainable way.
Partner with the Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) initiative adopts open data models.
with the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII) in building the capacity of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) to track land indicators.
Support Custodian agencies, such as the World Bank and UNHABITAT, to track progress and gaps in the measurement of land-related indicators.
Shine a light on alternative indicators such as those tracked by the ILC Dashboard.
And much more…

11. Thank you! Laura.meggiolaro@landportal.org
Recapping what was discussed in the workshop
Gaging interest in capacity building workshop later in the year in India
Feedback & Thoughts?