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LandAware General Assembly on 23 January 2026

Save the date for Friday, 23 January 2026 at 2:00 pm UTC, for the LandAware General Assembly!

During the LandAware Workshop 2025, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 17–19 September 2025, a General Assembly was held to welcome the new president and the new members of the executive committee.
A continuation of that Assembly is scheduled for Friday, 23 January 2026 at 2:00 pm UTC.

The aim of the General Assembly is to discuss future activities of the LandAware network. The status of the Working Groups currently active will be discussed, and new Task Forces will be presented.

If you want to propose new working groups or task forces, or other activities to be carried out within the LandAware network, this will be the occasion to present and discuss with all members.

The General Assembly will be held online on the Teams platform.

See you online!

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First General Assembly of LandAware done!

The first General Assembly (GA) of the LandAware network was held online on Friday, December 2, 2022.

After a brief recounting of the genesis of LandAware and its first two years of activities, the GA discussed the reorganization proposal made by the Executive Committee (EC), particularly regarding the working groups (WGs).

The proposal unanimously voted by the GA participating members is the following:

  • WG1, WG2 and WG6, to be closed within a few months, after having finalized ongoing activities;
  • WG3, WG4, WG5, WG7 and WG8, to continue the activities with current Chairs and co-Chairs;
  • The Communication-Networking activity (former WG2) will be carried out directly by the EC, more specifically by a Secretary in the EC;
  • The new EC for the period 2022-2024 comprises: all past members but Fausto Guzzetti and Dalia Kirschbaum; new member Ben Mirus;
  • Michele Calvello was re-elected as LandAware’s president for the period 2022-2024, Stefano Luigi Gariano was nominated LandAware’s secretary for the period 2022-2024;
  • New task forces may be created in the coming months in some WGs. The leaders of active task forces will be invited to participate in the EC meetings. In particular, a specific task force dedicated to training activities in south Asia was proposed by Thom Bogaard and approved.
  • The current members of LandAware will soon be asked to confirm their willingness in continuing being members of the network, filling a new registration form.