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Towards a Framework for Land Policy in Africa

Towards a Framework for Land Policy in Africa. AUC-ECA-ADB led Initiative INTERNATIONAL LAND COALITION Assembly of Members Entebbe - Uganda 24 - 27 April 2007. Presentation. Why a pan-African Framework? Main features of the framework Guiding Principles and Benchmarks

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Towards a Framework for Land Policy in Africa

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  1. Towards a Framework for Land Policy in Africa AUC-ECA-ADB led Initiative INTERNATIONAL LAND COALITION Assembly of Members Entebbe - Uganda 24 - 27 April 2007

  2. Presentation • Why a pan-African Framework? • Main features of the framework • Guiding Principles and Benchmarks • Roadmap/Critical Steps • Stakeholders • Programme Structure • Operational Mechanisms • Operational Tool/MoP

  3. Why a pan-African Framework • Rooted in/within the framework of NEPAD --APRM • Land as a basis for investment and economic growth • Land as a means for reduction of poverty and inequalities • Better governance of land resources/renewal of institutions • Potential value added of an African wide approach in generating resources/ capacity to tackle land issues • Land policy in relation to environmental management and existing commitments • Decentralized land management as a means for broadening and deepening of democracy • Land policy and reform as a means of integration at different levels

  4. Main Features of the Framework • Providing a basis for political commitment by African nations, programmes of common action/sound land policies • Gaining commitment of the international community in establishing a lasting framework for funding land reforms • Developing clear guidelines and benchmarking of good practice for land policy, land reforms and land institutions. • Promoting constructive treatment of land issues within the CAADP framework to facilitate agricultural transformation • Promotion of programmes for securing urban land rights to support urban growth and development of peri-urban areas. •  Making land policies and the performance of land institutions subject to the African Peer Review Mechanism

  5. Guiding Principles/ Benchmarks • Protection of land rights • Transparency in land management • Improvements in land administration • Improvements in land access and distribution • Land management in conflict and post-conflict situations • Prioritization of land issues national development planning

  6. The process/critical path Heads of State Summit Land Ministerial meeting Regional consultations Consultative Workshop Individual initiatives on land

  7. Stakeholders • Land users: smallholder farmers, pastoralists, natural resource users, urban dwellers and investors • National level: sectoral ministries, land agencies and institutions, local government • Traditional authorities and customary institutions • Pan African institutions • African Union; Economic Commission for Africa; African Development Bank • Regional Economic Communities • Donor Agencies • Research and Training Institutions • Civil Society • Regional Networks

  8. Programme Structure Suggested principle programme components: • A facility to support agricultural development • A facility to strengthen urban and peri-urban property rights • Cross cutting facilities or programmes • A land administration/institutions facility • A programme of training and human resources development • A research development programme • A civil society support facility

  9. Operational Mechanisms • Core management group –AUC, ECA, ADB with High level panel of Experts on land policy • Platform/forum for Advocacy on policy coordination • Guidance and advice on implementation at regional/national level-align principles of framework • Mobilize resources-long term funding framework; interim arrangement • Facilitate exchange of information • Coordinate application of APRM to land policy, legislation and performance of land institutions • Convene high-level meetings to review progress-link to cycle of AU/NEPAD

  10. Operational Tool/ measurement of performance • The consortium (AUC-ECA-ADB) jointly with UN-HABITAT and in collaboration with the WB and other Partners to develop Land Policy Indicators for measurement of performance of countries in Africa. Approach: • Draw and build on existing global, regional, country initiatives • Engage a technical process to identify and develop indicators that based on sound and rigorous research and review • Engage a political process for buy-in and collective engagement at regional and country levels

  11. Challenges • Interactive linkages between institutions at continental, regional and national levels (linking to local existing processes for value addition at national level) • Proactive engagement from multi-stakeholder and unified issues raised by different groups (farmers, pastoralist, civil societies etc) • Timely and financial and technical resources

  12. Lessons Learnt • Good governance and shared economic growth should go hand in hand • Diverse, complex and politically charged set of arrangement • Capacity Issues • Knowledge and knowledge gaps • A long term process • Address sustainability for national land policy processes

  13. Je vous remercie!

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