Land Governance in the Urban-Rural Nexus (single phase)

Land governance policies have generally suffered from multiple implementation deficits across contexts and continents: pro-poor, gender-sensitive and large-scale tools are missing, or too expensive and inappropriate to cover the range of identified land tenure issues. Major capacity gaps have also been identified among public authorities (national and decentralized levels) and private stakeholders (professionals, academia/research, CSOs).

While land governance challenges are located in urban or rural areas, there is a need to foster communication, learning and capacity development across the urban-rural nexus in light of the speed and scale of the urbanization process in developing countries. Increased pressures on land and other natural resources also need to be addressed within a conflict-sensitive approach, since uncoordinated interventions on land governance may not be supportive to food security and/or peace building objectives.

International partner organisations and key (public and private) stakeholders are better able to improve land governance interventions in the urban-rural nexus through strengthened conflict-sensitive multi-stakeholder partnership and coordination.

Local and national stakeholders involved in land governance interventions in developing countries through GLTN international partners (67 from bilateral agencies and foundations, professional bodies, training/research institutions, multilateral institutions and CSOs).

• Increased knowledge and awareness of challenges and opportunities related to land governance and tenure security interventions in the urban/rural nexus context through the development of land tools, guidelines and approaches within a conflict-sensitive approach.
• Strengthened capacity of key stakeholders in addressing land governance and tenure security challenges through a conflict-sensitive approach.

Results from previous phases:  

• GLTN’s tools and approaches are well captured in global and regional land governance interventions (World Bank’s Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF), CFS-led Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure VGGT, AU/AfDB/UNECA Land Policy Initiative (LPI);
•  GLTN’s experiences in fragile and post-conflict situations (DR Congo, Liberia, Uganda, Iraq) will be an asset for the proposed intervention.

Phase 1 01.07.2015 - 31.12.2017   (Completed)