The document discusses the International Land Coalition, a global alliance that promotes equitable access to land. The ILC has 118 members across intergovernmental organizations, farmers' organizations, research institutes, NGOs, and CBOs. Its strategic objectives include influencing national land policies, global land processes, building land governance knowledge, and strengthening the ILC. A cornerstone is developing national engagement strategies in 5 African countries to address land governance challenges, existing frameworks, law implementation, reform support needs, and defining interventions with a roadmap for change.

2. ILC Africa Land Forum
Yaoundé, Cameroon
7-8 November 2012
Working for people-centred
land processes at national
level

3. International Land Coalition:
A global alliance
• A global alliance to promote secure and
equitable access to and control over land for
women and men
• Vision: Secure and equitable access to and
control over land reduces poverty and
contributes to identity, dignity and inclusion
• Global Secretariat hosted at IFAD (Rome)
• Regional Nodes: Manila (Asia), Kigali (Africa),
Lima (Latin America)
• Focus on policy dialogue, knowledge
genneration, capacity building and advocacy

4. 118 members, including intergovernmental organisations, farmers’
organisations, research institutes, NGOs and CBOs

5. Strategic objectives
1. Influence the formulation and implementation of
national land policy for the benefit of rural people;
2. Influence global and regional land-related processes
and systems in favour of pro-poor land policies and
governance;
3. Build the world’s leading knowledge network on land
governance, contributing to substantive
improvements in the monitoring, sharing, and uptake
of land-related knowledge; and
4. Strengthen ILC as a vibrant, solid, and influential
global actor on land-related issues.

6. Cornerstone of Objective 1:
National Engagement strategies:
– Togo
– Kenya
– DRC
– Malawi
– Madagascar
To focus on…

7. Land governance-related
challenges

8. Adequacy of the
existing land
governance
framework

9. Implementation of existing land
laws

10. Need for support to
land reform
beneficiaries

11. Interventions by
ILC members and
others

12. … A roadmap for change with
roles by different actors