This document summarizes land reform efforts and a partnership in Zambia between various organizations including UN-Habitat/GLTN. It outlines key land challenges such as conflicting interests over land titling and a lack of a national land policy. Interventions included technical support for land reforms, capacity building, and implementing tools like STDM to document land rights. Over 18,000 land records were captured in one area and 538 certificates will be issued in another. Lessons highlighted the need for stakeholder engagement and evidence to influence policy. The action plan calls for engaging the government to review laws to accommodate new approaches and scaling up tools to provide more evidence for national policy changes.

1. ZAMBIA
SUPPORT TO LAND REFORMS IN ZAMBIA
Charity Chinsenda - Kalombo
Tuesday 24th April 2018
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2. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
INTRODUCTION
• National land reforms dates back to
2006 with different stakeholders
supporting the initiatives
• 2017 “Support to Land Reform
Initiatives in Zambia” partnership
with UNHABITA/GLTN.
• Support to Occupancy License for
Kanyama ward 10
• Securing Tenure rights in customary
setting- a case of chamuka village

3. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
KEY LAND CHALLENGES
• Multiple and complex stakeholders;
• Conflicting interests e.g. mass titling on state &
customary land vs. restrict to state land;
• Limited information e.g. on alternative methods
of registration and recognition of rights
(Customary land)
• Limited financial resources in the midst of
demands to expedite the policy formulation and
legislative review processes.
• Lack of the national land policy
• The high rate of urbanization leading to slums.
• Customary land is the least secure type of
tenure largely due to the absence of clear
boundaries and documented evidence

4. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
KEY INTERVENTIONS
• Technical Support towards the
development of the Land reforms
initiatives
• Financial support (A.o.C signed for LCC,
PPHPZ, MLNR & Un-Habitat/GLTN)
• Capacity building at National, Local and
community levels in GLTN tools
• Knowledge exchange and stakeholder
meetings convened with financial support
from UNHABITAT/GLTN.
• Implementation of the Social Tenure
Domain Model (STDM) to map and
document land rights in Chamuka
chiefdom.
• Implementation of STDM in informal
settlement-Kanyama, Lusaka
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5. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
PARTNERSHIPS
USAID/Tenure and Global
Climate Change Program
human
resource &
implementation
Technical back stopping and financial
support

6. KEY PROCESSES
Launching of the policy
Launching of the policy
Stakeholder
engagement/validation of
the policy
Drafting of the policy
Resource mobilisation
Internal Consultation and
engagements
Drafting proposals,

7. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
538 customary
tenure certificates
to be issued in
Chamuka
chiefdom
Continue dialogue on Land
Policy with key
stakeholders
18,400 records
captured during
enumeration in
Kanyama

8. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
EMERGING OUTCOMES
• Areas for potential collaboration and support for
the National Land policy identified
• Areas for further consultation with Chiefs on
Customary land identified;
• Contentious points/subjects being transformed into
terms of reference for studies to contribute to
policy development
• Customary land successfully documentation in
selected chiefdom

9. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
LESSONS LEARNED
• Dialogue/consultations with all stakeholders
involved is important
• Community/stakeholder capacity building pivotal for
success
• Isolated/localised implementation not sufficient
evidence to influence policy
• Understand stakeholders and use an approach that
is suitable for engagement with them;
• relationships with stakeholders to avoid complete
deadlock.

10. GLTN BRIEFING AND PROGRAMME
ACTION PLAN
• Engage government to review current legislation to accommodate
Fit-for-purpose land tools and approaches. E.g. the Deeds and
Registry Act and the Survey Act.
• Scale up coverage of application of the Tools to gather sufficient
evidence to influence national policy/legislation
• Build capacity among key stakeholders e.g government at central
local authority levels
• Awareness creation of Fit-for-purpose land tools and approaches.
• Government to harmonize/provide guidelines to ensure alignment
of tools and approaches to national standards e.g. the NSDI.
• Customization of tools and approaches to fit in to national
legislation

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