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We envision a world in which land governance systems, both formal and informal, are effective, accessible, and responsive for all. This is possible when land tenure and property rights are recognized as critical development issues and when the United States Government and its development partners demonstrate consistent attention and a firm commitment to supporting coordinated policies and programs that clarify and strengthen the land tenure and property rights of all members of society, enabling broad-based economic growth, gender equality, reduced incidence of conflicts, enhanced food security, improved resilience to climate change, and effective natural resource management.
Mission Statement
The USAID Land Tenure and Resource Management (LTRM) Office will lead the United States Government to realize international efforts—in accordance with the U.S. Government’s Land Governance Policy—to clarify and strengthen the land tenure and property rights of all members of society—individuals, groups and legal entities, including those individuals and groups that are often marginalized, and the LTRM Office will help ensure that land governance systems are effective, accessible, and responsive. We will achieve this by testing innovative models for securing land tenure and property rights and disseminating best practice as it relates to securing land rights and improving resource governance within the USG and our development partners.
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Displaying 391 - 395 of 440Promoting Peace and Reconciliation in Violence-Affected Communities in Colombia
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The main objective of the Promoting Peace and Reconciliation in Violence-Affected Communities in Colombia project was to enhance the Government of Colombia’s (GOC) capacity for the design and implementation of a national public policy for restitution and protection of land and territories, through technical and financial support to strategic communities and government agencies in charge of these policies.
Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development: Central African Republic
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Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) contributes to the improvement of artisanal diamond miner and community livelihoods by piloting methods to achieve secure rights to land and resources. The project works closely with the Governments of the Central African Republic to strengthen compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a mechanism to trace conflict diamonds from the point of origin to processing. Objectives Clarify and formalize rights to land and natural resources; Improve monitoring the production and sale of diamonds; Increase the benefits accruing to mining communities; Strengthen capacity to mitigate environmental damage; and, Improve stakeholders’ access to crucial information. Outcomes Since 2009, the Government of the Central African Republic has certified over 2,849 artisanal diamond mining claims. In 2011, diamond production from PRADD project areas reached 68% of the total national production, up from 5.4% in 2010. 591 exhausted diamond mines have been rehabilitated for other productive uses; 361 have been converted into fishponds, 176 into vegetable gardens and 54 into fruit tree orchards. Household incomes in project groups are 9 times higher in 2011, compared with 2010 income figures.
Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity: Philippines
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With wealth concentrated in Metro Manila and a few other primary cities, secondary and tertiary cities must elevate their role in spreading economic development. The Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project is a five-year, $47.8 million project, which fosters the development of conditions for broad-based, inclusive and resilient economic growth for a critical mass of cities and surrounding areas outside Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao. SURGE assists cities and adjacent areas to plan effectively, guarantee basic public services, reduce business transaction costs, promote competitiveness, support sustainable development, and reduce disaster and climate change risks while ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth. SURGE is the flagship project of USAID’s Cities Development Initiative, a crucial component of the broader Partnership for Growth (PFG). A White House-initiated “whole of government” partnership between the U.S. Government and the Government of the Philippines, PFG aims to shift the Philippines to a sustained and more inclusive growth trajectory on par with other high‐performing emerging economies. Activities under SURGE focus on four key areas: Strengthening local capacity in inclusive and resilient urban development, including the promotion of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and ensuring access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services Promoting low-emission local economic development strategies together with streamlined administrative and regulatory procedures and improved infrastructure and transport system Expanding economic connectivity and access between urban and rural areas Strengthening multisectoral capacity to provide health and other basic services to ensure social inclusion In line with the Cities Development Initiative’s approach of providing a multi-faceted package of assistance, SURGE leverages and works with existing USAID projects in economic growth, environment, energy and climate change, health, and education. USAID also works in partnership with the cities of Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran, Zamboanga, and will cover additional cities in the near term. Within the objective of promoting local economic development, SURGE is also improving land tenure security and land information management in selected cities, including Antipolo City. SURGE will undertake the following activities: Develop comprehensive city land tenure profiles Provide assistance in the preparation of Land Tenure Improvement Plans and consolidated maps for pilot villages Assist selected cities in the inventory of government lands Conduct an international conference on land tenure to provide a venue for sharing and disseminating good practices on land tenure and property rights improvement. SURGE is currently conducting in-depth area assessments to inform the specific nature of assistance in each of the cities. Outcomes SURGE created and launched a Stakeholders’ Forum, a platform for engagement among the various city actors, in each of the Cities Development Initiative partner cities. Each forum enables regular dialogues among critical government and non-government stakeholders to discuss issues in urban planning, local economic development, and urban-rural linkages, and identify and implement priority actions for each city. Objectives Improve urban development and planning Promote low-emission local economic development Facilitate greater connectivity and access between urban and rural areas Promote social inclusion
Tenure and Global Climate Change: Vietnam
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Globally, the impacts of climate change and society’s response are significantly affecting resource tenure governance, the rights of communities and people, and their livelihoods. In turn, resource tenure and property rights issues are widely recognized as crucial in the success of many climate change-related initiatives. Interventions that strengthen resource tenure and property rights governance can help reduce vulnerability; increase the resilience of people and ecosystems in the face of climate impacts; and promote resource use practices that achieve adaptation, mitigation, and development objectives. Using policy engagement, pilot interventions, in-depth case studies, and quantitative and qualitative analysis, the USAID Tenure and Global Climate Change project is advancing knowledge and practice on how land tenure and resource rights relate to global efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Building on lessons from USAID’s deep history in land tenure and property rights, TGCC project staff are supporting USAID missions to assess marine resource tenure systems and develop interventions that lead to achievement of biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, and resource productivity objectives. The governance of marine resources affects the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally. The application of secure tenure and property rights to coastal and marine systems has the potential to strengthen programming and build the resilience of the people and institutions who rely on these resources. Within this coastal ecosystem, mangrove forests hold immense carbon stocks and face unique threats as they often have ambiguous and overlapping governance regimes among communities, government agencies and private sector actors. TGCC is supporting resource tenure analyses of mangrove systems alongside the development of pilot intervention activities in Vietnam.
Land Administration to Nurture Development: Ethiopia
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The Ethiopia Land Administration to Nurture Development (LAND) project works at the national and regional levels of government to further improve the legal and regulatory framework related to land tenure and property rights and thereby support the Government of Ethiopia’s and USAID’s goal of increasing economic growth, particularly agricultural sector growth, improving rural resiliency, and improving governance. LAND uses a variety of activities to strengthen capacity of land administration and land use institutions. In addition, LAND supports activities focusing on securing rights to community lands, strengthening capacity of community members to manage their natural resource assets. The LAND project builds on two previous USAID/Ethiopia projects – Ethiopia Strengthening Land Tenure and Administration Program (ELTAP) (2005-2008) and the Ethiopia Land Administration Program (ELAP) (2008-2012) – to improve land governance and land administration and strengthen land tenure rights in Ethiopia and thereby promote economic growth, increase agricultural productivity, reduce conflict and resource degradation and improve women’s rights to control and manage assets. Objectives Support national and regional governments to improve land administration and land use laws based on research findings and public needs Improve Government of Ethiopia’s land administration institutions efficiency in land use rights certification and transactions through trainings provided by higher educational institutions Encourage pastoral regions to introduce certification of communal land use rights and management of natural resources Expected Outcomes Appropriate land laws are prepared and enforced Regions are able to survey, map, register and certify rural parcels Linkages are created between higher education and land administration institutions Communal land use certifications are practiced in pastoral areas