1.
Implementing the AU Agenda on Land
ALPC Progress & Plan for 2018-2022
Joan Kagwanja, ALPC
FAO/ALPC Capitalisation Meeting
- June 2018

2.
Land Policy Initiative
Land Policy Initiative
Unsustainable/
inadequate
financing/technical
capacity
Cross-boarder aspects
of land related
disputes/issues
Incoherent
involvement
of actors/partners
Inadequate lessons
learning in policy
formulation/
implementation
Low political
will/commitment
by African govts
Continental platform for
dialogue, advocacy,
consultation, consensus,
commitment on land agenda
Partnerships/synergies/
coherence/
commitment in support of
land governance
Evidence, tools, frameworks –
basis for political
will/commitment - land reforms
(policy, institutions, tracking)

3.
Key Achievements of LPI:
Setting agenda/coordinating
implementation/building capacity
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4.
Political & Public will  AU Agenda on land set
SDGs: 1-No Poverty, 2-Zero Hunger & Sustainable Agriculture, 5-Gender Equality; 8-Inclusive Eco.
Growth,11-Sustainable cities, 16-Peace
AU Goals: 1-Quality of life; 5-Agriculture; 6-
Environment; 13-Peace/security; 17-Gender
Equality
10-Year Implementation Plan:
Implement LPI/ALPC, use F&G to Secure land rights; use
GPs on LSLBI to improve land investments; domesticate
land targets(Malabo )
Malabo targets on land governance: secure
land rights for investments/sustainable agric.
CAADP-MALABO Business plan
Develop strategic Framework/good practice tools; High
quality capacity building tools; demand driven support
to MS, RECs; coordination/accountability mechanism
Develop comprehensive policies; build
financial, human & institutional capacity;
secure land tenure for all; resolve women’s
land rights challenges (national)
-Build regional platform for sharing best practices;
integrate land governance in common protocols
(regional)
-Establish institutional & monitoring mechanism and
fund (continental)
--Establish ALPC
--M&E on Land governance
--30% documented land rights for women
--apply GPs on LSLBI
-launch/institutionalise ALPC
-MELA pilots
-strengthen ALPC Gender, Women, Land programme
-Assess status Land investments; Develop
Guidelines; Build Capacity; Monitor progress;
develop appropriate policy frameworks
Specialised
Technical
committee

5.
UN-Habitat
Landesa
IDEP
AWEPA
FAO
EC/EUD
Member Govt
PAFO
Private sector
UN
EU
AfricanPeople
Direct Support flow
Continental
Regional
National
Global
LPI SC Member
LPI core partner
Other-Donor or Dev. partner
Other partner/-Stake holder
LPI Institutional
landscape
ILC
CSO Platform
Improving synergies and coordination

6.
Knowledge generated, frameworks/tools
developed
Frameworks
Tools…
Evidence …
Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the implementation of the AU Declaration on Land Issues
and Challenges
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
FRAMEWORK FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AU
DECLARATION ON LAND ISSUES
AND CHALLENGES

7.
Platforms for knowledge exchange
synergies, coordination established/enhanced
Decision: Enhanced platforms for knowledge sharing/ dissemination/
coordination
Coordination
• LPI/ALPC– SC members
• Development & implementing partners platform
• FAO/ALPC Platform for country-level capitalisation of VGGT and F&G
• Land-agriculture committees/task force at country level in 6 countries
Knowledge exchange/coordination
• Conference on Land Policy in Africa- CLPA
• Regional (REC level) platforms – IGAD regional platform on LG
• African Land Commissioners Platform
• Land investment negotiators platform
• Forum for African Traditional Leaders (FATA)
• CSP-CSO platform on land

8.
Highlights of progress:
ALPC select programme presentations to follow

9.
Land policy development - Zambia pilot project
• Agenda Setting/Political Will: AU
Declaration on Land Issues and
Challenges 2009; AU Specialized
Technical Committee on Water,
Agri. & Env.
• Knowledge/Tools: Continental
Regional Assessment Reports ;
Zambia Land policy review
• Capacity/Institutional
Strengthening: Multi-stakeholder
platform established
• Synergies and partnerships: Dev.
Partners Platform established;
USAID/LPI-ALPC support to Land
Policy Stakeholder Consultations -
Provincial, Chiefs; Farmers

10.
Land use planning - Niger pilot project
• Agenda Set/Political Will: AU
Declaration on Land;
• Knowledge/tools: guidelines for land
use planning; report of progress/Code
Rurale;
• Institutional dev: Mainstreamed land
governance in Niger’s Development
Plan; M&E framework; multi-
stakeholder platform
• Synergies/coordination: EU SDC,
ECA/SRO-WA, ECOWAS

11.
Monitoring & Evaluation of Land Governance in
Africa Agenda Set/Political Will: AU Declaration;
STC Decision;
Knowledge, data: Background document
on monitoring land policy
• Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Skills & expertise/Institutional
development: M&E Framework; MELA
Pilots; ALPC - Data, statistics and
monitoring programme
Synergies/coordination: IFPRI,ECA/ACS,
UN-Habitat/GLTN, FAO, World Bank, IFAD,
NPCA/RESAKSS, Landesa, CSO Platform
Country Pilot Countries

12.
Securing Women’s Land Rights-AU 30%
Campaign
• Agenda Set/Political Will: AU
Declaration on Land; AU STC (30% target-
documented land for women); NAP on
LSLBI
• Knowledge/tools: Regional assessments;
WLRs study on improving access to
land/tenure security; MELA indicators
• Skills & expertise/Institutional
development: Training-Gender and
grassroots participation; LPI Gender
Strategy; ALPC - Gender, Women and Land
programme
• coherence & synergies: ECA/ACG, RECs,
Civil Society Platform (CSP), Landesa, UN-
Hab./GLTN, FAO, WB

13.
Land in Agriculture-improving Large Scale Land Based
Investments
• Agenda Set/Political Will: Malabo
Declaration; AU Declaration; Nairobi
Action Plan, STC decision on GPs
• Knowledge data, tools: F&G; Assessment
report on LSLBIs; Policy brief on LSLBIs;
Guiding Principles on LSLBI
• Capacity Developed: Training (Bureaus of
investment; legal negotiators); sensitise
traditional chiefs
• Skills & expertise/Institutional
development: ALPC programme on
LSLBIs; Partnerships for capacity
development (CCSI- IIED; TRAPCA);
Establishment FATA
• Coherence & Synergies: AfDB; ALSF;
CCSI; IIED; IDEP; ECA- CDD; IDEP

14.
Land governance and Agriculture-Land in NAIP/CAADP
• Agenda set/political will: 2009 AU
Declaration on Land; 2014 Malabo
Declaration
• Knowledge/tools: LPI study (30 country
NAIPs); REC RAIPs; 6 reports on Land
governance in Ag strategies/NAIPs
• Skills & expertise/Institutional
development: Skills gaps assessed,
training programmes, land-Agric
Committees/Task Force; key actors
trained
• Data, monitoring: land in CAADP results
Framework; MELA Pilots
• Synergies: AUC, NPCA, IFAD, EU, BMZ/GIZ

15.
Regional - Land Policy Convergence/
Harmonization; Platforms for exchange
• Agenda Set/Political will: AU/2063, AU Decl, STC, Malabo Decl; REC
protocols, communiques
• Knowledge/tools: Regional assessment studies, F&G; – LPI study on
effective land administration systems in Africa; status of land
governance in IGAD, COMESA & ECOWAS countries-research; land
in RAIP; Convergence framework for ECOWAS, IGAD and COMESA
• Institutional development/ strengthening: strategy/business plan; –
Land expert; trained staff, M&E (IGAD, Ethiopia, Kenya), Regional
Knowledge/Multi-stakeholders Dialogue Platform Established
• Synergies and partnerships: ECA, AUC, AfDB, RECs, Member States,
academia, research, SDC, EU, ECA-SPODQ & DOA, ACS; REC, CSO
Platform; Farmers Platform (EAFF)

16.
Capacity Development – strengthening skills and Expertise
• Agenda Set/Political will Generated: AU
Declaration on Land; AU STC decision (2017)
• Knowledge/tools: Assessment report on capacity
Gaps; Capacity dev. Framework; Guidelines for
development/review curricula
• Skills & expertise/Institutional development:
Network of Excellence on Land Governance (NELGA) –
see map for current members;
• Capacity (Training and research): MSc, PhD
scholarships; training/short courses; research
fellowships
• Data, monitoring: KM/ Database; MELA
• Synergies/Partners/Collaborators: BMZ/GIZ,
World Bank, Universities, IDEP, RCMRD, UN-Habitat, EU,
AfDB, WB
NELGA Regional Nodes

17.
African Universities,
Centers of Higher
Learning and Research
NELGA
Network of Centers of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa
Training
Research
TechnicalAssistance
Monitoring
Strengthened Capacity
for Land Governance in Africa
(SLGA)
Enhancing capacity for land governance

18.
Conference on Land Policy in Africa
What: A policy and learning event
When: Biennial— Nov 2014; Nov 2017
Goal: To deepen capacity for land policy
development and implementation in Africa
through improved access to knowledge,
networks and innovation
Audience: Academia/Researchers,
governments, donors/development partners,
parliaments, civil society organization,
traditional authorities; youth and women’s
groups, private sector and media
Thematic Representation (2017): 96 scientific
papers presented, 20 round table dialogues,
11 side events, 3 master class, 5 pre-
conference events
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19.
Conference on Land Policy in Africa – Participation
Total number CLPA-2017: 445Total number CLPA-2014: 342

20.
FAO/ALPC/capitalization based on EU/donor
support at country level
• Key Interventions by LPI/FAO to
(initial) countries
• Agenda set: CFS/AU Decisions on VGGT,
F&G
• Knowledge generation/dissemination –
documenting/sharing promising practices
• Outreach and advocacy; Awareness
raising
• Skills & Expertise/ Institutional
strengthening
• Technical assistance
• Training
• Established continental platform for knowledge
sharing/ capitalization/learning of promising
practices

21.
2018-2022

22.
Decisions, milestones underpinning ALPC
• Multi-stakeholder Continental meeting (2006) - established LPI to lead
actors in developing framework for land policy
• AU Summit Decision (2009) -AU Declaration on land endorsed --establish
institutional framework to coordinate implementation
• LPI-Dalberg study (2013) - recommendations on appropriate institutional
mechanism, theory of change, business plan validated
• AU Specialized Technical Committee (STC) Decision-2015 - establish &
capacitate African Land Policy Centre to coordinate implementation of AU
Agenda on land; institutionalize ALPC in a manner that ensures financial
stability, operational efficiency and strong ownership; launched ALPC
• ECA Committee on Regional Cooperation & Integration (CRCI) Decision-
2015 - endorsed ALPC establishment; endorsed institutionalization of ALPC
• AfDB Board & Conference on ag transformation(2015): Developed Feed
Africa Strategy - implementation plan endorses ALPC to lead in securing of
land rights to boost agric

23.
ALPC Governance Structure
Africa’s land governance constituent
(RECs, PAP, NPCA, PAFO, CSO, Think
Tank)
AUC
UNECA, AfDB
Joint Working
Group on Land
Chair
Development Partners on Land
Governance (EU, FAO, IFAD, UN-
Habitat)
Steering
Committee
African Land Policy Centre
Observers
Secretariat

24.
Results Pathway: ALPC
Women’s
Land Rights
AUC, ECA, AfDB Goal
ALPC Outcome
ALPC Goal
(ALPC)
Enhanced socio-economic status and peace/ security for African
people particularly women and other vulnerable groups
Increased equitable access to land and security of tenure for all land
users especially women, pastoralists and other vulnerable groups
Agriculture
and invest
ments
NRM &
Conflict
Youth &
Employme
nt
Interventionareas/
immediateoutcomes
Improved land governance
Land Policies
Land
Registration
Land Valuation
Land- Use
planning
Dispute Resolution
Effective and Efficient AdministrationComprehensive and ResponsiveALPC
Intermediate
Outcomes
Advocacy: Political/public will and
commitment is generated and sustained
Knowledge generation/dissemination:
Policymakers & actors are equipped with
relevant knowledge & data
Capacity Development: Policymakers and
actors have requisite skills and expertise
Institutional Strengthening: Institutions &
systems are effective and well-resourced
Partnerships: Coherence and
collaboration among Initiatives/ actors
Urban dev
& human
settlements
MonitoringandEvaluation:MELA
Legal Frameworks
Policy
Convergence
& harmony
Gender mainstreaming
Thematic/regional specificities & considerations
Focus Areas

25.
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