Land Governance
Land is one of the most valuable resources a rural family can own to secure its livelihoods. Without secure land tenure, families and communities are vulnerable to expropriations and face many challenges to access natural and financial resources, markets and other services.
The combination of sharp increases in food prices starting in 2008 and continued volatility, together with the rapid expansion of land use for biofuels and growing concerns over climate change have led to a growing demand for land in emerging-economy countries. This has prompted many governments and development partners to increase their efforts to address land tenure and resource governance issues in developing countries.
One of the most celebrated results of this effort was the endorsement in May 2012 of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The VGGT are the first internationally negotiated and agreed soft-law instrument on the governance of land tenure. Established in 2013, the Global Donor Working Group on Land has been a key player in advocating the use of the VGGT, as well as in supporting dialogue spaces where land and development experts can share their lessons on the implementation of the VGGT. The Group also strongly advocated a substantial role of tenure issues in the Agenda 2030 and praised the inclusion of land indicators under Goals to alleviate poverty, to enhance gender equality and to promote sustainable cities and communities.
Committed to support improved land governance worldwide, the Global Donor Working Group on Land was established in 2013, facilitated by the Donor Platform and currently chaired by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Global Donor Working Group on Land is a network of 24 bi- and multilateral donors and international organisations cooperating on land-related issues worldwide. Its core functions are to allow for better coordination & knowledge exchange on land governance programmes, as well as to jointly advocate the relevance of land issues in policy processes which affect international development.
Strategic alliances between business, government and civil society are a growing feature of both developed and emerging economies.
One of the key challenges in achieving policy coherence on land rights is to overcome the gap between two groups of actors with different logics.
SYSTEMATIC LAND REGISTRATION IN RURAL AREAS OF LAO PDR
The publication released by BMZ and GIZ systematically summarises the years of experience the two institutions gathered from various activities in support to the development of standardised system for systematic land registration in rural areas of Lao PDR.
BMZ GUIDELINES ON LAND GOVERNANCE IN GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Secure access to land has become a major focus of German Development Cooperation, resulting in a growing need for appropriate orientation and knowledge for development practitioners. The publication discusses principles for dealing with land related problems.
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Policy Brief No. 14: SDG land indicator (PDF, 573.0 KiB)
During the last years, the land community has been mobilised to ensure that land rights are effectively addressed in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a member of the land community, the Global Donor Working Group on Land is committed to supporting the inclusion of land tenure security and associated indicators in such an important global agenda. -
Policy Brief No.13: VGGT Implementation (PDF, 259.8 KiB)
Members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL) actively supported both technically and financially the inception of the VGGT and their formulation. Since that time, the global land tenure community, including the CFS, has worked to put the VGGT into practice.
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Policy brief no.12: Land Indicator is Critical to Ending Poverty and Must Remain in SDG Goal 1 (PDF, 105.3 KiB)
The GDWGL acknowledges that the generally approved land rights indicator under Goal 5 (indicator 5.a.1) is very relevant for women's land rights. However, given the universal nature of tenure rights and large equality gaps also in this area, women will be better served if the land rights indicator remains under Goal 1.
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infoNote September 2014: Global Donor Working Group on Land (PDF, 231.1 KiB)
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Laurence Coste
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Land expert & Chair of the Global Donor WG on Land
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