The International Workshop on challenges in relation to the UN Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA)  took place on June 16 & 17 2025, at IGN in Saint Mandé, Paris. This event who had also the support of UN-GGIM: Europe and EuroGeographics brought together 30 participants from 10 countries across Europe (and Americas for a remote keynote).  The aim of the workshop was:

• To discuss the findings of the project on FELA, undertaken by EuroSDR, focusing on the results of the online survey component.
• To discuss the findings of the project on FELA, undertaken by EuroSDR, focusing on the results of the online survey component.
• To discuss how countries and current land administration systems can benefit from FELA;
• To discuss what are the main challenges related to the implementation of FELA principles/upgrade land administration systems;
• To look at examples of best practices in land administration and to explore how these innovations can be brought into practice in other countries, particularly in the context of national mapping and cadastral agencies;
• To discuss what are the future development trends of national land administration considering all nine FELA pathways;
• To discuss how EuroSDR, EuroGeographics, UN-GGIM: Europe and the broader international community can contribute to the development of contemporary land administration.

Over the course of the event, keynote, breakout sessions presentations and panel discussion allowed participants to have fruitful exchanges and return on experiences on effective land administration. They agreed on that FELA is an overarching guide, not an implementation document, and also a living document which could be used as a very useful compass for self-assessment.

Presentations from the workshop are available here.

Thank you to all the participants and the workshop organisers