Rumyana Tonchovska, Senior Land Administration Officer - IT, FAO of the UNGulnara Roll, Head of Housing and Land Management Unit, UNECEKathrine Kelm, Senior Land Administration Specialist, World Bank

IMPROVING GOVERNANCE OF TENURE IN UNECE REGION

FAO/WORLD BANK/UNECE/EU JRC PARTNERSHIP

2015 Land and Poverty Conference

DOING BUSINESS 2015WHERE IS EASY TO REGISTER PROPERTY

14 UNECE COUNTRIES RANKED IN THE TOP 20 (189 ECONOMIES SURVEYED)

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56 member countries47 million square kilometres

Countries from Europe, North America (Canada and United States), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and Western Asia .

1. Georgia 2. New Zealand 3. Belarus 4. United Arab Emirates 5. Norway 6. Kyrgyz Republic 7. Armenia 8. Denmark 9. Lithuania10. Azerbaijan 1011. Slovak Republic 12. Russian Federation 13. Estonia14. Kazakhstan 15. Rwanda 16. Switzerland17. Bahrain 18. Sweden19. Oman 20. Saudi Arabia

The first global

soft law

instrument on

tenure

Negotiated by

governments;

With

participation of

civil society and

private sector

Consensus on

“internationally

accepted practices”

that already exist.

A reference for

improving the

governance of land,

fisheries and forest

tenure

The overall framework for Tenure Work

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Part 7: Promotion, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Part.7, Section 26calls on States for the implementation and

encourages them to:

set up multi-stakeholder platforms and frameworks at

local, national and regional levels or

use such existing platforms and frameworks.

This process should be inclusive, participatory, gender sensitive,

implementable, cost effective and sustainable

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Assess reality on the ground

Assess legal / policy /

institutional framework

Design / revise policies and laws

Build capacity for implementation

IMPROVED

TENURE

GOVERNANCE

USE of the VGGT: National perspective

Provide

access

to justic

e

Safeguard

and

protect

against

threats

Prevent

disputes,

conflicts and

corruptio

n

VGGT IMPLEMENTATION

States - Government A

gencies - Civil S

ociety - Priv

ate Sector - Academia

Recognize

and

respect

Open inclusive discussion on what rights are legitimate

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VG Part 7: PROMOTION, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

THE ROLE OF THE STATES:

26.1 In accordance with the voluntary nature of these Guidelines, States have the responsibility for their implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

26.2.....In carrying out these tasks, States may seek technical support from regional and international bodies.

THE ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS and UN AGENCIES: 26.3 Development partners, specialized agencies of the United Nations, and regional

organizations are encouraged to support voluntary efforts by States to implement these Guidelines, including through South-South cooperation. Such support could include:

technical cooperation

financial assistance

institutional capacity development

knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences

assistance in developing national tenure policies and

transfer of technology

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Implementation

Programme - 5 Pillars

Awareness raising

Capacity development

Support to countries

Partnerships

Monitoring

10 Awareness raising workshops in progress around the globe

17 Country-level workshops requested

53 Briefings in 33 countries completed

So far :

Building on the consensus 1 AWARENESS RAISING AROUND THE GLOBE

Capacity development: Technical Guides

Available/Forthcoming Underway

1.Gender (e/s/f)

2.Governance of forest

tenure

3.FPIC

4.Governance of small

scale fisheries tenure

5.Agricultural

Investments

6. Legal implications

7. Pastoralism &

Rangelands

8. Tenure of commons

9. Enabling technologies

10.Private sector

11.Registration

www.fao.org/nr/tenure/

e-learning

Coming laterComing later

Introduction to the responsible governance of tenure

Addressing corruption in the tenure of land, fisheries and forests

Addressing disputes and conflicts over the tenure of natural resources

Tenure issues in the context of natural disasters

Monitoring and promoting policy change

Planning and administering for better governance of tenure

Markets and investments

Making tenure rights more secure

Assessing country situation with respect to the VGGT

Gender and land

E-learning

Available in English, French and SpanishAvailable in English, French and Spanish

Available in English, French and SpanishAvailable in English, French and Spanish

Monitoring

LGAF as VGGT M&E tool

LGAF as VGGT M&E tool

GDWGL

UNECE methodology for Benchmarking land administrations as VG M&E tool(testing planned in 2015)

UNECE methodology for Benchmarking land administrations as VG M&E tool(testing planned in 2015)

Partnerships

Plus Partnerships with stakeholders developed through the FAO Office for Partnerships (OPC)

GDWGL

FAO/WB/UNECE/EU JRC JOINT ACTIVITIES IN 2014

AWERENES RAISING

World Bank Land and Poverty conference in Washington, March 2014

EU 2014 INSPIRE conference in Alborg, June 2014 – Joint FAO and World Bank session on Technology Contribution to improve governance of tenure in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

UNECE Workshop "The Socioeconomic Potential of Land Administration Services", Copenhagen, May 2014

Joint UNECE/WPLA, World Bank and FAO workshop on "Benchmarking of land administration systems and implementation of Land Governance Assessment Frameworks (LGAF) in the UNECE region”, Baku, November 2014

Joint EU JRC, World Bank and FAO Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructures and Open Data in Central and Eastern Europe in Belgrade, Serbia, November 2014

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FAO/WB/UNECE/EU JRC JOINT ACTIVITIES IN 2014

CAPACITY BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING...

Joint webinars

Using UAS for fast and low cost spatial data capturing – in English

Gender and Land – FAO/WB/Landesa – in English

Monitoring VG implementation at country level – in Russian and in English (sharing best practices from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova) – participants from UNECE region and Africa

Joint Innovation projects: Improving Governance of Land Tenure: Unmanned Aerial Systems improve development

projects

Land and Gender: Improving data availability and use in the Western Balkans

Joint EU JRC/FAO/World Bank Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure and Open Data

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FAO/WB/UNECE/EU JRC JOINT ACTIVITIES IN 2014

...CAPACITY BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Joint papers and videos:“Drones for Peace” at the 2014 World Bank Land and Poverty conference;

Article “Albania uses UAS for development projectsin”, Geospatial World magazine;

A leaflet describing the Gender program in the Western Balkans with links to the available

articles and gender disaggregated reports form six countries:

Video for potential use of UAS for decision makers and project managers;

Video for potential UAS operators, such as private surveyors, local municipalities or other technical staff;

Video with a general Overview of the innovation UAS project in Albania: This video presents the project and key benefits;

A documentary video “Understanding customs and peoples’ lives Land and gender in the Western Balkans”

15 interview clips with Gender teams form 6 countries

Delegation from Nicaragua paid a visit to Croatia and Macedonia in September 201415

FAO/WB/UNECE/EU JRC JOINT ACTIVITIES IN 2014

MONITORING AND EVALUATION VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES IMPLEMENTATION

Joint UNECE/FAO/World Bank workshop on benchmarking land administration systems

and the implementation of the Land Governance Assessment Framework in UNECE region

Using LGAF as VG monitoring tool – methodology developed and tested in 3 UNECE

countries and two webinars organized to present the experience

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FAO/WB/UNECE/EU JRC FUTURE SUPPORT

1. Promoting awareness among all stakeholders;

2. Promoting regional, sub-regional and national networks of stakeholders;

3. Support to mainstreaming land policies and governance of tenure in the strategies and programs of the institutions at headquarters, regional, sub-regional and national levels;

4. Capacity building;

5. Identifying, documenting and disseminating successful and innovative experiences and good practices in the region and across regions;

7. Promoting the monitoring and evaluation of land policies and governance of tenure.

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