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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 440Improvement of Municipal Cadastral Procedures: Paraguay
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The Mejora de los Procedimientos Catastrales Municipales project aims to promote the improvement of the institutional links between the National Cadastre and municipalities in the generation, processing, evaluation and integration of the cadastral system information.
Promoting Peace through Land Dispute Management: Rwanda
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The Promoting Peace through Land Dispute Management project aims to manage and mitigate land-related conflict by improving the capacity and effectiveness of local institutions in managing land disputes. The project will also create a safe space for communities to discuss issues before they escalate into conflict. Applying a people-to-people approach, this program builds on the success of existing programs and local institutions to facilitate the handling of land disputes. The project will train Community Resource Persons (CRPs) to facilitate land dispute management and community dialogues. Community dialogues will provide a safe space for diverse groups to discuss land issues, allowing participants to break down barriers through exchange and discussion of common interests. These dialogues will also help increase the understanding of land issues that communities face, while stimulating a search for community-driven solutions. In turn, these discussions will provide important insights about land-related issues that will inform broader policy debate, providing the government information to make more informed and more responsive land policies. In collaboration with local organizations, the National Women’s Council and Haguruka, the project will focus on achieving the following objectives: Objectives Creating an institutionalized network of CRPs trained to manage land disputes in their communities Improving the legal, policy, and institutional framework for land dispute management by making it more responsive, participatory, and better informed Outcomes Held 21 community dialogues that brought together over 450 participants to increase their understanding of land issues Peacefully resolved 89 intra-household land disputes involving women at the community level Trained over 1,700 people on conflict resolution and women’s land rights Aired 25 episodes of the Ubutaka Bwacu radio show on land rights and land disputes Completed a land dispute mapping exercise in the Eastern Province to improve data on land conflict
Property Rights and Resource Governance: Global
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The Property Rights and Resource Governance (PRRG) Project was a six-year global program focused on efforts to support property rights and natural resources governance. This program included the development of analytical tools that USAID used to support land tenure and property rights (LTPR) programming. Specifically, these focused on LTPR assessments, LTPR impact evaluations, LTPR sequencing, and the specific nuance associated with LTPR and women/vulnerable groups, and LTPR and post-conflict/stabililzation settings. This program also contained a strong knowledge management component, dedicated to helping the Agency capture and learn from lessons and best practices evolving in this realm of international development. This program also developed training courses and tools for USAID and US Government programming personnel and their partners in Washington, D.C., and in USAID programming regions worldwide.
Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Peace and Equity: Uganda
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The purpose of the USAID/Uganda Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Peace and Equity (SAFE) program is to support peace building and conflict mitigation in Uganda by strengthening mechanisms for resolution of conflicts over land, oil and ethnic diversity. This project will further enhance the capacity of local actors to prevent violent conflict and transform them into peaceful outcomes while promoting reconciliation. Through training, technical assistance and providing grants to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), SAFE will focus on the oil rich Albertine region, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) affected Northern Uganda, and Central Uganda as primary entry points. SAFE will use a two pronged approach; first, it will strengthen systems of land administration; reinforce both formal and informal dispute resolution mechanisms and create awareness of the systems. Secondly, it will support local actors to prevent and transform emerging conflict into peaceful outcomes. Working with community networks, faith based organizations (FBOs), local government structures and CSOs, where appropriate, SAFE will build indigenous capacity for conflict prevention and reconciliation in Uganda. Objectives Make institutions for land administration and dispute resolution more accountable and accessible Make administrative land management and legal aid services more efficient Increase legal awareness on land matters Improve Non-State Actor Oversight Transform emerging violent conflict into peaceful outcomes Enhance processes for community reconciliation
Knowledge Management and Technical Support Services: Global
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The Knowledge Management and Technical Support Services (KMTSS) project provided Knowledge Management support to the Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) Division based on needs identified through a consultation process; and assisted in the development and implementation of a communication strategy. USAID’s LTPR Division had produced a significant amount of information over the past decade, which was continually being built upon and enhanced. From 2010-2011 alone, the LTPR Division more than doubled in size. Previous efforts to make information accessible had been challenging and costly. USAID staff, partners, and others engaged in international development activities require tools to more effectively share critical data and work together seamlessly. Implementation of a proper Knowledge Management (KM) programmatic approach improves performance, enhances competitive advantage, drives innovation, and enables sharing of lessons learned. KM allows integration and continuous improvement of the organizational operations. Additionally, While KM is important, it is not sufficient to meet the needs of broadcasting best lessons and methodologies to address land tenure challenges. Therefore, the development and implementation of a communication strategy was essential to complement KM programmatic approach. Objectives Review of LTPR web portal and recommendations for improved design, accessibility and performance; Implementation of recommendations to improve land tenure portal; Content for the portal describing USAID land tenure activities and programs; Review and reprogram portal to link with other web platforms that will allow blogging and other types of communication interface; Reduced time and cost for posting USAID briefs and other publications to the portal; New information management strategies developed to better communicate USAID’s land tenure programs, and linking these strategies to other internal and external web systems; Database of USAID’s land tenure programs, and tracking mechanism for report approval process; Develop database and report format to track LTPR Unit achievements, and develop marketing strategy for improved visibility of the Unit’s work; In collaboration with LTPR unit, develop Communication Strategy, and implement it. Implementation will be measured by development of at least one marketing campaign and placement of not less than 25 blogs, articles or publications in new and old media per year. Outcomes Conducted a portal scan and assessment, including feedback on content, structure, and key messages from the LTPR Division and from the public; Built a new website in the Drupal content management software; Created 116 commentaries, three USAID FrontLines articles, and six USAID IMPACT blogs; Managed portal content and organizational structure; Developed a social media strategy, which was approved and implemented, resulting in 507 tweets and 1,399 referrals to the portal; Provided framework and support for the development of new communication strategy for Division; Developed a Deliverable Approval Tracking System, a web-based platform for uploading, monitoring, reviewing, revising, and approving project documents and reports under the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR) contract mechanism; Developed a Partner Portal for STARR implementing partners to access project reports from current and previous USAID LTPR programs.