Implementing LGAF in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone And Tanzania

Louis-Marie Nindorera, Zerfu Hailu Gebrewold, Collins Odote, Thierry Ngoga, Peter Kaindaneh, Ringo TengaCountry Coordinators

LGAF Implementation - Burundi

Map : Burundi in Africa

BURUNDI

Surf. : 27.834 km2

Pop. : 9,823,828

Density : 379 inh./km2

Public lands : 141,445 ha

LGAF Implementation - Burundi

Land scarcity

Public land Management

LGAF Implementation

Population growth

Agrarian economy

Land governance

Extreme Poverty

Reform underway

Public Land Management

Reform underway

Public Land Inventory

Reform underwayNo-cost change :• Changing and enforcing management tools• Setting priority• Putting NLC work under public scrutiny•

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Ethiopia LGAF- March 23 2015

Highlights from LGAF Implementation in Ethiopia

Zerfu Hailu (PhD)

• In the highland areas rural land holding certificates are given for more than 10.2 million households (First level registration)

• Mapping of small holder parcels initiated and is in progress using government own resources and supported by development partners

• Strengthening tenure security is expected to contribute for increased productivity and environmental rehabilitation

• When land is taken for public interest, compensation paid is low and some time delayed

• None of the federal and regional proclamations encourage collateral of land use rights for small landholders

• There are a number of land administration projects operating in the rural land sector. It will be very important to establish a feedback loop from LGAF monitoring exercise to contribute for the performance of the projects in the direction of Rural Land Governance

RURAL LAND ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES

• Ethiopia is one of the most rapidly urbanizing countries in the world. According to recent estimates, the urban population of Ethiopia is expected to triple between 2010 and 2040, growing at an average rate of 3.5% per year

• The government estimates that the current housing deficit is between 900,000 and 1,000,000 units in urban areas.

• Integrated Housing Development Program (IHDP) brought astonishing result by constructing 171,000 housing units

• Formalization and regularization of unauthorized settlements is in progress

• Urban expansions take land from the adjoining rural lands. The interface has to be given a serious attention to monitor the land governance issues in terms of participation, transparency, compensation valuation and the likes.

URBAN LAND ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES

• According to the conventional classifications, about 60% of Ethiopia’s landmass falls in lowland ecology, which is below 1500 meters above sea level

• This is an area dominantly occupied by pastoral communities. Based on population projection data obtained from CSA for 2014 the population of the pastoralists is estimated to be 12 million, which means about 14% of the total populations of the country

• This figures indicate that the pastoral areas are sparsely populated. The federal and regional governments are promoting large scale agricultural investments in the pastoral areas

• The federal government has established a new institution called Agricultural Investment Land Administration Agency, which is not yet fully capacitated

• Monitoring the land governance issues and informing the Federal and Regional Governments to make informed decisions and to make the necessary adjustments, if needed, is highly essential and LGAF's contribution will be significantly important in the areas of large scale agricultural investments.

Large scale agricultural investments perspectives

USING LGAF TO SUPPORT KENYA’S LAND REFORM PROCESSES

Collins Odote

Context

Land reform key part of Kenya’s history for over 70 years but realization of change has been elusive

2007-8 PEV underscored urgency of land reforms. Post- conflict processes(AU led mediation and land prioritisation

2009 1st National Land Policy 2010 Land Chapter in Constitution- far-reaching proposals, including

recognition of Communal Land Tenure and creation of National Land Commission Land

2012 adoption of new land laws Despite legal, policy and institutional reforms, strong disquiet in

country on lack of traction in resolving land question Land the subject of many institutional mandates leading to

fragmentation & conflicts Status quo beneficiaries & other vested interests opposed to change Corrupt sectors – illegal and irregular land allocations

Importance for LGAF for Kenya

LGAF assessment and methodology: Provide objective basis for reigniting land governance reform

discourse Objective Generated useful information on some progress, e.g on speedy

compensation to land owners for land compulsory acquired for investment(LAPSSET corridor and Standard Gauge Railway

Revealed lack of up to date and reliable data on key issues, amount of titled land, categories of land holding (public, private and Community)

Key Lessons: 1. Land governance is more than just policies and new

institutions. Must result in real positive impact to citizens2. Importance of reliable data for objective engagements in land

reforms3. Land reforms is for the long haul and cuts across many

sectors.

LGAF for sustainable land administration system in Rwanda

Land registration and titling countrywide; Very good LGAF scores

What is next? Assess full enjoyment of land rights (e.g. women) Economic benefits of LTR (e.g. land market) Land data supporting other sectors – towards monitoring (e.g.

taxation) Maintenance of the land register and ensure data quality Ease access to information (use of modern technologies where

possible) Capacity building Awareness raising

SIERRA LEONE - CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CHANGE MIND SETS IN ON LAND GOVERNANCE

PETER KAINDANEH

Africa LGAF- March 23, 2015

Issues

The Role of CSOs in Monitoring of Agreements

The Case of SiLNoRF and Addax How Panel 5 discussions saw an

opportunity for Government to include CSO findings into the policy dialogue

Monitoring of Agreements

Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) and Addax

Green scenery and Soficin Why is the Addax model not

filtering down to other LSLIs

SiLNoRF and Addax

There is an increase in the number of workers employed by Addax written work contracts providing medical treatment in case of accidents.

Addax provides skills training through its Farmer Development Programme. NAMATI is representing the interests of the farmers to renegotiate the lease

agreements Addax has been able to resolve its problems with Woreh village by

accepting not to use the fertile bolilands. With NAMATI’s assistance which was sought by SiLNoRF, Addax also signed

a new which reduced the size of land to be leased from 2796 t0 626 Not all is rosy at ADDAX though. It’s minimum wage is at USD 9, which is

less than the what the Government stipulated at USD 144 Communities expressed disappointment that their expectations were raised

and then dashed Communities are concerned about the lack of enforceable written

commitment from Addax on these issues

Green Scenery and Sofcin

According to Green Scenery, the Communities in Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun District hold the view that SOCFIN is squeezing them out of their communities by depriving them of all access to land resources; and to turn them into ‘‘their slaves’’ by depriving them of all possibilities to make a living through any other means possible

Too many skirmishes. Why have these not been resolved?

How could Government take the good lessons from the ADDAX experience?

WHY LGAF IN TANZANIAUnderstanding LG

Peculiarity of LGAF

Its application in Tanzania & Burning Issues

Managing Commons

Formalisation of the Deemed Right of Occupancy

Informal Tenure in Urban Areas

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