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Stakeholders Seminar on ISLA & CIM Overview &Achievements of the Implimentation of Land Administration System in Amhara Region Getahun Alemenh EPLAUA May 11-12, 2009 Bahir Dar. Contents Organizational Structure & Problems Legal framework & Publication Capacity Building
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Stakeholders Seminar on ISLA & CIM Overview &Achievements of the Implimentation of Land Administration System in Amhara Region Getahun Alemenh EPLAUA May 11-12, 2009 Bahir Dar
Contents • Organizational Structure & Problems • Legal framework & Publication • Capacity Building • Legal Development • Registration & Certification coverage • Investment & Land Supply • Resettlement Programm • Succees Factors
Old organizational Structure Manager • EPLAUA Deputy manager LARD (9) LUD (26) EPPRD (10) LAT LRT. Desks(106) LAUC(2900)
Background Jan.2002 – Jun.2005 Man power situation • Number of positions 9 • No EPLAUA representative at the zone initially but one expert end of 2005 • Woreda EPLAUA organized Desk level subordinated to WOoARD with 7 positions
Past problems of EPLAUA Major issues of the period • Limited No. job positions • Shortage of human resource in terms of quantity & quality • Problems related to organizational structure and power
Legal framework & publication • Rural Land Administration and use (RLAU) Policy formulated in July 2000 • RLAU Proc. 46/2000 enacted and was in force of action since 2006.
Legal framework & publication • Proc.46/2000 implementation directive is also made in force of action • Directive for the Acquisition of rural land for Investment purposes • Directive for free Acquisition of rural land for Forestry development
Legal framework & publication • Registration & recording of data into book of register and coding system guideline
Legal framework & publication • 3.5 million Book of Holding & 30,000 Book of Register were published (state financed)
July. 2005 – Dec., 2008 • Dep. structure is revised & job positions were increased to 25 • Agreement made between EPLAUA, BDU & KTHfor thetraining of professionals • Accountability is shifted from BOARD to President office
July. 2005 – Dec., 2008 • At Zone & Woreda the same pattern is followed • Zone & Woreda become an independent offices with (14 &19 positions) January 2009 to date • Change of LARD to RLASDWP • The work process has 29 job positions • Zone EPLAUO has 8 positions • Woreda EPLAUO has 7 positions • Kebele level 1 expert
Capacity Building • Land Admin. piloting is done & lessons have been drawn that enable the dev’t of the way of working • Koga Irrigation project & • Among others 23 Surveyors trained by international trainer, • Computerized registration system developed and functional • System is functional in 33 Woredas
Capacity Building • 15+2 staff members graduated from KTH MSC level in Land Management • BDU is chosen as a center of Excellence for land Administration. • The efforts made Surveying Equipments, vehicles, computers software available
Capacity Building • EPLAUA served as a center of experience exchange for other regions Legal Development • Due to various reasons the land law in force was revised & replaced with Proc.133/2006 • Regulation No.51/2007 enacted & come in to force
Legal development • Implementation directive for the revised Proc.& regulation is reached grass root level • Irrigable land surveying, registration, mapping & distribution directive • Land Valuation & compensation Directive
Legal Development • Registration procedure & guideline Future need • Legal framework study conducted • Land Registration & Surveying Regulation (Draft state)
Registration & Certification Status • 3,447,267 holdings registered, • 1,974,881 Primary book of holding • 1,612 Secondary book of holding is issued to holders
Effects of Certification • The trust built among holders is most recognized • Results from rural survey conducted in 2003, 2006 & 2008 is the evidence
Investment & Land supply • EPLAUA role is preparation of land & making land -lease contract with investors and administration of contracts. • 683 investors took land lease contract to investment on 187,083 ha
Investment & Land supply • 291,009 ha of land is Identified & surveyed for investment promotion • Surveying & delivery of map for individual investment farms
Resettlement program Task: surveying, demarcation of land for housing and cultivation and allocation of land for settlers . • 77,498 families are resettled • 3,388.31 ha for housing and homestead cultivation and • 86,535.46 ha for crop cultivation is allocated.
Success factors • Land holders demand • Political commitment • SARDP/SIDA support • Experience gained ”learning by doing” & Indegious system • Donors Conference held in 2005 able to draw donors attention Example • Austria Development cooperation • AMREW- USAID Project • ELAP-USAID support • SLM- world Bank support • Irrigation Projects