Rumyana Tonchovska, Sr. Land Administration-IT Officer, FAOKathrine Kelm, Sr. Land Administration expert, World BankAanchal Anand, Junior Professional Associate, World Bank

GENDER INFORMED AND INCLUSIVE LAND SERVICE DELIVERY:

CLIENT-LED REGIONAL PLATFORM TURNED INTO PIECEMEAL

CASES FROM SERBIA, MACEDONIA FYR, AND KOSOVO

EQUALITY FOR WOMEN IS PROGRESS FOR ALL 2015 Land and Poverty Conference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3qGkLOJH14

WHAT TOOLS DO WE USE

TO HELP GOVERNMENTS?

We have:

The Guidelines, negotiated by the UN

Governments with participation of civil

society and private sector and

endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 11 May 2012, set out

principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices.

www.fao.org/nr/tenure/information-resources/en/

We have:

Technical Guide: “Governing land for

women and men” is now available in English

and Spanish

This Technical Guide includes examples and suggested monitoring indicators to improve

gender equity and activities involved in land

tenure governance.

FRENCH IS COMING SOON

Part 7: Promotion, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Part 2: General matters

Gender equality is a

core principle of the Guidelines

Part 7. Art. 26

Calls on States for the implementation

Set up multi-stakeholder platforms and frameworks at

all levels of government

Or

Use such existing platforms and frameworks.

The Guidelines Implementation

Checklists Facilitate Easy Multi-stakeholder Participation6

Ensuring gender-equitable land information systems

Improving gender equity in land policy-making

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

CREATING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER TEAMS AND SETTING THE GOALS

7 Multi-stakeholder reform teams established in 2013 in 6 countries

Team Composition:

•Government policy makers

•Government Technical Experts

•Private sector (notaries)

•NGOs

Each team developed 11 month plans.

Main objectives:

Streamline gender equality through building capacity

Generate gender disaggregated data from the Land Administration IT systems

Use data for evidence based policy making

8

IMPROVING GENDER EQUALITY

Key issues identified by the reform teams in June 2013

Voluntary Guidelines, para 17.4 Records of tenure rights to be available to State agencies and local governments to improve their services.

Main Benefits ICT in the land tenure sector could increase the involvement of the “Third Sector” ofnon governmental and local organizations, including those representing women.

Lack of awareness of key stakeholders

Lack of gender disaggregated data to convince the key stakeholders and guide decision making.

% of mortgages, registered on women’s names

Example from MONTENEGRO

% of property that have a woman’s name registered as owner or co-owner

Gender Disaggregated Data

CLICK HERE FOR THE LEAFLET AND FULL REPORT

Mainstreaming gender equality in the design of new land projects: Serbia Real Estate Management Project (USD$50M)

Project Mechanisms to Address Vulnerabilities:

Mobile services Serve those with less accessibility to local registration offices;

Office renovations

Build ramps for people with physical disabilities;

Capacity building

Train staff in local offices;

Communications

Run public awareness campaign accompanied by publicity in the field;

Generation and use of gender-disaggregated data

Empower women to access, own and inherit properties.

Mainstreaming gender equality as part of ongoing land projects: Example from Macedonia FYR

Project Mechanisms to Address Vulnerabilities:

Conducted survey on women’s land and property ownership

Achieved pilot municipality’s commitment to address woman’s access to property ownership;

Incorporated women’s access to property ownership integrated with municipal strategy for development;

Involved local councilors in providing consultation services to women

Held “Open Day for the Cadastre”

Organized workshop to promote gender education for children

Organized of a regional conference to share results and experiences of GTL program

Included representatives of cadastral offices, gender institutions, notaries and relevant

Supported the municipality of Aerodrom to draft the annual action plan

Mainstreaming gender equality as part of ongoing land projects: Example from Kosovo

Project Mechanisms to Address Vulnerabilities:

Several activities have helped create a more gender-equitable land information system and policy-making

Increased real properties registered under the name of women or both spouses

Increased the % of women’s applications in registration offices

Conducted fee exemption campaign for couples who jointly register properties

Ran public awareness campaigns

Additional Presentations:

KCA’s work on gender equality through property registration

RECAP+ Randomized Control Trial (RCT) background, context, and results thus far

“REALIZING HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IS NOT A DREAM, IT IS A DUTY OF GOVERNMENTS, THE UNITED NATIONS AND EVERY HUMAN BEING.” Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General

    The experience in the Western Balkans

shows that the CHANGE IS POSSIBLE!

Thank you for your attention

Newsletter on the Responsible Governance of

Tenure

Subscribe at: VG-tenure@fao.orgWebsite

www.fao.org/nr/tenure

www.worldbank.org