Around forty representatives from CSOs, research institutions, government and international organizations from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,  Philippines and Vietnam met last 21-22 April in Quezon City, Philippines in a 2-day workshop on land monitoring initiatives with the theme, Towards an Accountable Governance on Land.

The workshop was jointly organized by ANGOC, LWA, International Land Coalition (ILC) Asia, and Global Land Tool Network (GLTN).

The workshop aimed to:

1. present and discuss the country land monitoring reports;
2. enhance the land monitoring framework in the light of pressing issues and global initiatives (i.e., post-2015 sustainable development goals, Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible governance of Tenure of Land, Forests and Fisheries); and
3. explore ways forward to continuously build a regional platform for common action towards an accountable and effective governance on land.

On 23 April, LWA members were able to discuss and plan on how to continuously strengthen the campaign towards enhancing capacities of CSOs in partnering with communities in defending their rights to land.