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Capacity Development in Land Administration. Trends to Date State-of-Affairs in International Training Supply. Dr. Babette Wehrmann, International L.anD-Net, 29.1.2007. Land Administration: A Need for Transparency – A Need for Training. Programmes Available at TU Munich.
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Capacity Development in Land Administration Trends to Date State-of-Affairs in International Training Supply Dr. Babette Wehrmann, International L.anD-Net, 29.1.2007
Land Administration: A Need for Transparency – A Need for Training
Programmes Available at TU Munich • Master’s Programme Land Management and Land Tenure • Short Term Training-Courses:- Global Frame of Land Management and Land Tenure- Urban and Rural Development- Land Tenure and Land Law- Land Administration- Land Management- Land Policy- Land Conflict Management
Characteristics of a Programme on Transparency in Land Administration • Target groups- Policy makers- Decision makers in land administration- Staff in land administration- Lecturers at universities and training centres- NGO staff- Journalists
Characteristics of a Programme on Transparency in Land Administration • Objectives- Awareness raising - Being acquainted with possible solutions (measures to improve the situation)- Sharing international experiences- Being familiar with ways of implementation- Being aware of the limits and risks- Establishing international network
Characteristics of a Programme on Transparency in Land Administration • Topics- Importance and scope of the subject- Consequences of intransparency- Benefits of transparency- Types of corruption- Concepts of good governance- Principles of transparency in L.A.- Measures to take- Good practices (detailed!)- Guidelines, indicators
Characteristics of a Programme on Transparency in Land Administration • Format- Theory/Concepts- Case studies (status quo/weak governance)- Case studies (good practices)- Exercises (e.g. customer survey)- group work on country cases (participants’ countries): situation analysis and action- plan/land policy • Duration1 day to 4 weeks
Impacts of International Capacity Building Programmes on National/Regional Processes • Experts have the chance to look at their countries’ situation from a distance – becoming more analytical, more objective; learning ways on how to deal with it • International support networks • Putting transparency on the agenda • Impact is generally limited to petty/ burocratic corruption and does not reach grand corruption/state capture
The Strength of International Programmes: Learning from Each Other and Building Networks