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Land Governance – Key Outcomes of
Learning Event and Next Steps
Luisa Prior, SLGA
16 November 2018
Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 15 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Land Governance Policy Learning Event
Recap for PPARD Working Group

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Learning Event: Recap
Background
• SNRD biannual regional conference 2017 in South Africa
• SNRD study on land governance in GIZ projects in Africa
• Kenya learning event on policy processes in Agriculture in 4/2018
→ Lesson Learnt: Tackle the role of land governance in GIZ
programmes and projects in African countries

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Learning Event: Recap
GIZ POLICY LEARNING EVENT: INTRODUCTION TO LAND
GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
12 – 15 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
→presentations, discussions, video lectures and interactive
activities
→22 participants from Namibia, Togo, Cameroon, Ethiopia,
Kenya and Germany
→Presenters from GIZ, GLTN, USAid, CIFOR

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Learning Event: Recap
Day 1: Setting the Scene
• What does land matter to you? Participants presented the
situation of land governance in their own countries, the
challenges they faced and the importance of land
governance
• Tenure Security and its role and its role to broader
development goals– is titling the solution? Presented by
Jean Du Plessis, GLTN
• International and Regional Land Policy Instruments:
Safeguarding legitimate tenure rights with the VGGT and
the AU agenda on land. Presented by Leila Shamsaifar

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Learning Event: Recap
Day 2: Deep dive into the matter
• Land use planning for tenure security – how
collaborative planning and recording methods add value.
Presented by Jean Du Plessis, GLTN
• Land use policy and planning in Ethiopia. Presented by
Zemen Haddis, USAID.
• Introduction to recording tenure rights. Presented by
Jean du Plessis, GLTN
• Case Study: The urban land reform and flexible land
tenure system in Namibia. Presented by Judith
Middleton, GIZ.
• CAADP and land governance – how two GIZ projects
are mainstreaming land policy at a continental level
Presented by Hannah Scheuermann and Luisa Prior, GIZ.

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Learning Event: Recap
Day 3: Vulnerable groups and interlinkages
• Gender and land: key principles and the REFACOF
initiative, Rosette Mbenda Epse Leunke, GIZ
• Case Study: Women’s access to communal land in
Namibia – from high level consultntions to grassroot
awareness raising. Presented by Judith Middleton,
GIZ.
• Youth and Land – improving access to land for the
youth. Presented by Sven Braulik, GIZ.
• Land tenure in forestry development. Presented by
Habtemariam Kassa, CIFOR.

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Learning Event: Recap
Day 4: Managing disputes and investments
• Resolving land disputes through conflict resolution
techniques, presented by Babette Werhmann.
• Introduction to responsible agricultural
investments, presented by Bayeh Dessie, GIZ
• Access to finance without land titles – Parking Lot

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Key Takeaways
Participants recognize the following:
• Good land governance is starting point for effective and sustainable agriculture
• Tenure security is more than a land title.
• Spatial planning underpins integrated approaches and is key to managing disputes and conflicts.
• A focus on youth open new opportunities.
• Transformative gender approaches in land governance accelerate development- beyond gender
sensitivity
• Connecting the dots: tenure of land, forestry, fishery
• Start with technology: Innovative tools and fit for purpose for broad impact!
• Good land governance is an opportunity, not a challenge

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Key Takeaways
Skills for advisors in land governance issues:
• Avoid complexity
• Create a positive narrative
• Technically sound
• Facilitation skills
• Communication: focused, to the point
• Solution-oriented: we can do it!
• Fit for purpose x one size fits all

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Sector Network Rural Development (SNRD) Africa
GIZ INTERNAL POLICY LEARNING EVENT:
INTRODUCTION TO LAND GOVERNANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 – 16 November 2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Policy Processes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PPARD)
Way Forward – Identified opportunities to improve good land governance
• Application of innovative tools and approaches in GIZ projects: opportunities to contribute
to more successful implementation projects and programmes
• Integration of targeted land components in GIZ programmes (e.g. with focus on youth,
gender and marginalized groups ! beneficiaries)
• Use support mechanisms at HQ level
• SLGA: visibility and promotion of NELGA as a best practice for improving land governance
via capacity building of higher education and other institutions

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Thank you!