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GOV 2 Towards better land governance

GOV 2 Towards better land governance. Discussant Willi Zimmermann GTZ. The Land Governance initiatives are direct responses to the governance crisis around the world and put land in a new context. 5 years back the UN convention against corruption entered into force

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GOV 2 Towards better land governance

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  1. GOV 2Towards better land governance Discussant Willi Zimmermann GTZ

  2. The Land Governance initiatives are direct responses to the governance crisis around the world and put land in a new context • 5 years back the UN convention against corruption entered into force • Only now, since there are some indicators available, CSD Thematic Area LAND is elaborating on progress in land policy and land tenure and not just on land cover and land use. • 5 years back it has become obvious that in most countries the design of land policies can not contribute to the challenges, unless there is progress in good governance • Where there is no progress in good land governance there will be highest risks for corrupt practices in the land-related carbon credit market in future

  3. GCB 10 B: How serious do you think the problem of grand or political corruption in land matters is in yourcountry? (69 countries, 73 000 people interv.) Number of countries, where for more than 40 % of the interviewed people the above question a very serious problem is: 34 Number of countries, where for more than 50 % of the interviewed people the above question a very serious problem is: 20

  4. We must face realities • My long experience in countries with systemic political corruption is that corrupt high level government officials may see reform and plunder as complementary. Reform initiatives are blocked at a very late stage, just before implementation. (see also U4 and TI documents) • The land policy / land governance community is an exclusive club where always the same organisations and people meet. What about the other 100 countries and organisations? (Majority of countries of (1) the League of Arab states, (2) Central Africa, (3) Central America, (4) Central Asia) ?? What is needed for more inclusiveness?

  5. The LGAF indicators:3 Topics for discussion or consideration • Thematic area 1: The status of land legislation. There is an urgent need for reforming the land law in many countries in view of human right principles and sustainable development. How can we better capture the topic? • Thematic area 2: The issue of sporadic or speculative land conversion where there is no zoning or land use planning • Thematic area 3: The issue of land concessions (inventory) on public land

  6. IFAD UN-Habitat World Bank Doing Business ILC AU-ECA-ADB Transparency International World Bank CPIA WBI UNDP (Oslo- Governance center) WB LGAF PBAS Performance-based allocation system household survey on land tenure security steps, time, and cost involved in registering (transferring) property Land Reporting Initiative, handbook with 20 ind. Land Policy Initiative including LPI benchmarks TI GCB 2009 , incl. land questions 10 A and 10 B Property rights as one of 16 areas Global governance indicators for six dimensions Discussion of Land Tenure Security (LTS) indicators 22 land governanceindicators and 80 dimensions 11 widely used indicator initiatives around measurement of land governance status

  7. What needs to be done ? There are excellent initiatives, but at the same time perhaps too much duplication in land governance indicator development, insufficient harmonisation and standardisation of indicators and little synergy and little indicator exchange for scaling up. Urgent need: round table with the Land Governance Indicator community for generating synergies, division of tasks, standardisation and design (commitment) of a joint global action program The Partnership model !!

  8. Elements of the Land Governance global campaign and partnership model • FAO Voluntary Guidelines are recognized as international umbrella with formal mandate • Where appropriate, further development and refinement of the VG towards code of conduct at country level • WB with partners: MoU on streamlining and harmonizing the LGAF indicator development • WB and partners: Agreement on import / export of complementary indicators where appropriate • Joint Action plan for applying up to 50 LGAF country programs within 5 years as global initiative (UN family, WB, ADB, AU, EU, bilateral donors, country initiatives) • Awareness raising initiative with the “other 80 to 100 countries” and organizations • Building the human resources (internal and external) • Coaching and monitor performance

  9. Develop capacity building strategy and multilingual course material for practitioners Best Practices: FAO Right to food course This course, entitled "Right to Food Curriculum outline" developed by FAO that offer guidance and hands-on advice (interactive self-paced learning environment for practitioners) http://www.fao.org/righttofood/index_en.htm

  10. Building external partnerships: Anti-corruption Bureau Auditor general University network Action Research NGO`s PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION BUREAU Tanzania THE INCIDENCES OF CORRUPTION IN THE LAND SECTOR DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH, CONTROL AND STATISTICS, PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION BUREAU, DAR ES SALAAM Supported by UNDP

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