Kindly note that the online registration for the inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa will be closed on Sunday, 26 October 2014, at midnight UTC. We thank you for your interest in the Conference, and look forward to your participation.
The Annual General Meeting of the Eastern African Land Administration Network (EALAN) will be co-organized with the Land Policy Initiative (LPI), Bahir Dar University and the USAID-funded Land Administration to Nurture Development (LAND) project.
Joint Press Release: Addis Ababa, 13 July, 2015 - The United Nations Economic Commission (ECA), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the World Bank, today signed a Declaration of Intent to establisha new Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) to better secure land rights across Africa.
NELGA will complement and support the Land Policy Initiative (LPI), a tripartite partnership of the African Union Commission (AUC), African Development Bank (AfDB) and ECA.
The workshop will bring together Civil Society Organizations working on the land policy issues in Zambia. It will be hosted by the Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) under the auspices of the ECA/LPI funded project aimed at enhancing awareness and engagement of the CSOs in support of the Land Policy process.
An inaugural Multi-stakeholder land technical committee is scheduled to take place on 24 June 2015. The meeting will be organized by the Zambia Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Planning (MLNREP) in the auspices of the ECA/LPI supported project aimed at supporting the development/review of a land policy. Outcomes of the technical committee on land will feed into discussions by the Sector Advisory Group (SAG) on land and environment.
The African Union Commission (AUC) and African Heads of State and Government are committed to providing a conducive environment for economic growth, poverty reduction and equitable sustainable development. In this context, the quality of governance of land and natural resources is an important factor. Accordingly, better performance of land policies and institutions is required to deliver development goals. Land reforms must equitably address the needs of all land users, including smallholder farmers, the private sector, the urban poor and slum dwellers.
Addis Ababa, 12 November 2013 (ECA) - The second Steering Committee Meeting for the AU-ECA-AfDB Land Policy Initiative (LPI) for 2013 was held at the AU Conference Centre on 4 November 2013.
Addis Ababa, 11 May 2015 (ECA) – The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) Steering Committee met on Friday 8 May at the African Union Commission (AUC) and approved a consolidated work plan for 2015. The Chair of the LPI Steering committee, Mr Abebe H/Gabriel of the AUC Commission noted that for the first time since its inception in 2006, the LPI