land rights and business
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အမျိုးသားမြေဥပဒေရေးဆွဲရေးလုပ်ငန်းစီမံချက် ဆိုင်ရာ စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းများနှင့် အွန်လိုင်းဆွေးနွေးပွဲ
ဒီဇင်ဘာလ ၁၇ ရက်တွင် မြန်မာ့ စီးပွားရေးကဏ္ဍ တာဝန်ယူမှုရှိရေး အထောက်အကူပြုဌာန (MCRB) မှ “မြန်မာ့မြေဥပဒေများ - လက်ရှိပြသနာများ၊ အလားအလာရှိသော အဖြေများ” ခေါင်းစဥ်ဖြင့် အွန်လိုင်းဆွေးနွေးပွဲကို(အင်္ဂလိပ်၊ မြန်မာ နှစ်ဘာသာဖြင့် နှစ်ချိန်ခွဲ၍) ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့ကြပါသည်။
အမျိုးသားမြေယာဥပဒေမူကြမ်းရေးဆွဲခြင်း လုပ်ငန်းအစီအစဉ်မူကြမ်းနှင့်ပတ်သတ်သည့် သဘောထားသုံးသပ်ချက်များအား MCRB မှ တင်သွင်းလိုက်ခြင်း
MCRBထံမှ သဘောထားသုံးသပ်ချက်များ တောင်းခံထားမှုအား တုံ့ပြန်သည့်အနေဖြင့် MCRBသည် အမျိုးသားမြေယာဥပဒေမူကြမ်းရေးဆွဲခြင်း လုပ်ငန်းအစီအစဉ်မူကြမ်းနှင့်ပတ်သတ်သည့် သဘောထားသုံးသပ်ချက်များအား ပြည်ထောင်စုရှေ့နေချုပ်ရုံးသို့ ပေးပို့လိုက်ပါသည်။
MCRB Expresses Concern About the Impact on Responsible Investment of the Amendments to the Virgin, Vacant and Fallow Lands Law
MCRB has sent a letter to the Chair of the National Land Use Council expressing concerns that the rapid implementation of the amended VFV Lands Management Law will cause significant problems for investors seeking to operate responsibly in Myanmar.
MCRB has submitted a set of bilingual comments to the Parliamentary Committees currently considering a new law to replace the 1894 Land Acquisition Act.
A near-final Myanmar translation is available of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO’s) Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security...
On 22nd May 2018, MCRB held a consultation in Yangon to obtain comments on the draft ‘Land Rights and Business in Myanmar’ briefing paper, an update of MCRB’s 2015 Land briefing paper.
MCRB/OXFAM workshop on Responsible investment in plantation agriculture, with a focus on land
On 27 April, Oxfam and MCRB hosted a multi-stakeholder discussion on ‘Responsible investment in plantation agriculture' in Yangon.
MCRB and the Thilawa SEZ Management Committee and JICA Expert Team held a seminar for the Yangon Regional Government staff on ‘Good Practice Approaches to Land Acquisition and Resettlement Peri-Urban and Urban Environments’.
The IFC has published the workshop summary and presentations for a multistakeholder workshop it held on defining good practice approaches to land acquisition and resettlement in Myanmar in May.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living drafted a set of Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based evictions and Displacement in 2007 which are now available in Burmese.
MCRB has published a briefing paper on land issues in Myanmar, is part of an occasional series. It is intended to assist businesses investing in Myanmar that are conducting due diligence on land and seeking an understanding of the current landscape...
On 11-12 December 2014, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) hosted a training session in Yangon on “Land Rights Documentation” in response to a request from various farmers’ networks.
On 21 July, MCRB facilitated a discussion in Yangon between Swedish telecoms company Ericsson and around 20 representatives of trade unions and civil society organisations who have a focus on business and human rights issues such as land, community engage
On 22 March 2014, the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business hosted a workshop entitled “Promoting Inclusive and Responsible Business: Experiences of Myanmar, Singapore and Across ASEAN” at the ASEAN People’s Forum on Business and Human Rights.
On 29 December, the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business hosted a workshop at the Myanmar People’s Forum on Business and Human Rights at Myanmar Convention Centre in Yangon.