Our Land Thoughts – The ‘DOS’ and ‘DON’TS’ of the land acquisition processes: navigating a just path to sustainable investments National development agendas usually commit to the building of new infrastructure at a significant scale – promising upgraded or new roads, ports, airports, rail and energy infrastructure, housing, or urban development. With these commitments inevitably comes a demand for land. Although the land requirements for such investments will usually be context-specific, we know certain types of investments have enormous land requirements regardless of location. Utility scale solar or wind farms, for example, necessitate large surface areas to produce energy, particularly vis-à-vis traditional energy sources such as coal. Given the finite character of land, and the growing competition for different land uses, public land that is readily available for such investments is in diminishing supply. Read more
Featured Project – How to design projects that establish or reform land transaction systems? From project to project, the answers are unlikely to be the same. Why? Because there is no one-size-fits-all approach to ‘good practice’. Because exciting new technologies can motivate project success, but also lead to project failure if they are not accompanied by processes that also motivate social, political and economic change. Because project windows are finite and project implementers need to define their own risk ‘comfort-levels’. Because information availability at the time of project design is never 100%, and we need ways to assess ‘what the absence of information means to investment design’. Read more
21 years of LEI’s Leadership, Design, Implementation and Monitoring of Land Projects LEI was established in 2001 with a goal of being inspirational in developing outcomes for its clients and stakeholders in the land sector, our motto being “sustainable development from the ground up”. We are proud that LEI has crossed a milestone in our history, celebrating 21 years of operation. We have maintained long relationships in countries where much of our work began: Indonesia, Philippines and in particular Lao PDR, where we continue to this day. Throughout the period we have encountered and grown alongside many counterparts, colleagues, and clients, learning, and evolving along the way. Read more
Adapting projects to COVID-19, written by Kate Fairlie and the PSP team There have been many articles about the impacts of COVID-19 in the international development space – perhaps best evidenced in our sector by the 100+ articles on land and COVID-19 on the LandPortal blog. Development partners and practitioners alike have needed an unprecedented level of adaptiveness and flexibility to continue activities alongside this global challenge. Now approaching two years into the pandemic, we can begin to take stock. And so, in this article, we want to explore just some of the measures taken in one of LEI’s projects, and what these measures have meant in terms of project delivery of intended outcomes. This ‘taking stock’ is also important as we look to the future of our sector: are there intrinsic lessons from the pandemic response that we will take forward? Read more
Our History Land Equity International Pty Ltd (LEI) (ABN 42 097 054 165) was incorporated in 2001 by Tony Burns, Chris Grant, Ian Lloyd and Chris Lunnay – the core members of the land titling team from Hatch Associates Pty Ltd. Since then, LEI has continued to provide quality consulting services in the land sector. From 2001 until 2018, Tony Burns was the Managing Director. Since then, Dr Kate Rickersey, who has been with the company since 2006 took on the Managing Director role in September 2018. Read more
Our Services LEI provides internationally recognised development assistance in the land and resource sector through our expert consulting and project management services. To deliver medium to large projects we associate with quality partners to expand our service delivery for broader development areas and to strengthen our services in the national contexts we work. Explore how our range of services can meet your needs. Read more
From Africa to the Asia-Pacific: LEI and MRLG representatives showcase projects in Washington D.C. The World Bank annual conference on Land and Poverty (20-24 March) was bigger than ever in 2017, drawing a record 1,300 participants from around the world. This year’s theme was Responsible Land Governance—Towards an Evidence-Based Approach. Read more
POSITION FILLED: Land Professional We are looking for our next dedicated colleague with experience in land tenure recording and registration, survey, and geospatial solutions for land administration. Read more
LEI celebrate International Women’s Day We are very happy to be supporting and promoting the global theme for the 2021 International Women’s Day: ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’. Here at LEI were pursue equality from within the organisation with women making up 2/3 of our leadership team. We are fortunate to have many long term staff who are driving us in our mission. We strongly believe in being an agile and flexible employer, offering full and part-time employment and flexible leave options to balance parenting duties and pursue higher education qualifications. Read more