The EuroSDR International Workshop on challenges in relation to the United Nation (UN) Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA) took place on June 16 and 17 2025, at IGN in Saint-Mandé (France). This EuroSDR event supported by UN-GGIM: Europe and EuroGeographics brought together thirty participants from ten 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 surveys;
• 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 geospatial 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 exchange experiences of effective land administration. They agreed that FELA is an overarching guide, not an implementation document, and also a living document which could be a very useful compass for self-assessment. They expressed the wish to continue the discussions, particularly around the study of standardised self-assessment tool following the nine pathways of the FELA.