[SDI-Africa] Stakeholders begin discussions on land reform in Southern Africa

[Kate Lance]

http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2007/August/REA/doc/Nb/Stakeholders%20begin%20discussions.doc
Stakeholders begin discussions on land reform in Southern Africa
About 120 land stakeholders from civil society, governments, NGOs, development partners and international organizations partook in a three-day sub regional consultative workshop (in Windhoek, Namibia, 29-31 August 2007) to reach consensus on the specificities of land tenure, distribution, utilization and security processes in Southern Africa.
Participants at the workshop identified key land-related issues in Southern Africa that can inform land policy and institutional reforms. They identified gaps in knowledge, institutions and resources with respect to existing land initiatives in southern Africa and agreed on the elements necessary for the development of benchmarks and indicators for assessing performance of land processes in the sub region.
The workshop is the first of five sub regional assessments planned by a consortium of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), to facilitate land policy reform in Africa and design a framework to secure land rights, enhance productivity and secure livelihoods on the continent.
The African Development Bank will develop a land policy informed by this ongoing proces.
 
See: http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2007/August/REA/meeting.htm


       
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