Bahir Dar University (BDU)Institute of Land Administration (ILA)

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

28 May 2012

Content

• Short Background of BDU and ILA

• Current Status of ILA

• Eastern African Land Administration Network

Short Background of BDU

• In 1963 – Polytechnic Institute• In 1972 - Academy of Pedagogy (Bahir Dar Teachers

College)• In 2000, the government merged the two institutions

and established BDU• Currently, BDU is composed of – 4 Colleges– 3 Faculties – 3 Institutes– 1 School

Short Background of BDU…• BDU has – around 40,000 students– 2,400 staff (both academic and administrative)

• It is expanding its campuses -80 million USD– 4 new campuses are under construction

• ILA campus

Short Background of BDU…

Short Background of ILA

• Land has been a Federal agenda

• Federal and Regional Land Laws were enacted

• Institutions established • Human resources gap

– EPLAUA took the initiative to establish a link to KTH and BDU

– Trilateral agreement was signed and started to send students to KTH in 2004• BDU and EPLAUA

Short Background of ILA …

Short Background of ILA …

• B.Sc Land administration program started in 2006 in BDU– 65 students -first entry

• During January 2008 – upgraded to Institute – Support from the Swedish government through Sida– Government budget

Current Status of ILA

Vision• To be a centre of excellence in land administration

education, research and community service

• To serve as a model for establishing similar institutions in other regions of Ethiopia and in other countries in Eastern Africa

Current Status of ILA…

Staff Profile• Academic Staff– 37 academic staff including 3 Assistant Professors and 17

lecturers

– Among them • 6 are PhD students (3 at KTH, 1 at ITC, 1 in Australia, 1

in UNISA)• 7 are M.Sc students (4 at KTH, 2 AAU and 1 Milano)

• Support staff– 12 support staff

Current Status of ILA…Students

• 95 BSc graduates so far

Programmes Number of students

Regular 310

Evening 350

Summer 68

Distance 800

Total 1528

Current Status of ILA…

Academic Programmes

• Undergraduate – Existing• B.Sc Land Administration• B.Sc in Architecture

– New programs planned• B.Sc in Land Surveying and Geoinformatics• B.Sc in Real Estate Management• B.Sc in Urban and Regional Planning

• Post graduate planned– M.Sc in Land Administration/Management

Current Status of ILA…Facilities• New campus

• Surveying equipments

• Students in field practice

• Students in GIS lab

Current Status of ILA…

Partnership– External

• KTH• ITC• Aalto University

– Internal - MoU• BoEPLAU• BDCA• BoIUD to share staff,

do research together, capacity building

Current Status of ILA…

Board of Study • Advise the Institute • 17 members from different stakeholders• Meeting every 6 months

Eastern African Land Administration NetworkHow has it been started? • In September 2004 students from Ethiopia joined the M.Sc in Land

Management programme at KTH• In September 2007 students from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda join

this programme• KTH in consultation with these countries initiated the network in

2008

Objectives • Harmonized land administration curriculum in the region • Joint project proposals development for capacity building• Staff and student exchange • Eastern African Journal of Land Administration• Short courses

Eastern African….Meetings carried out so far• The first meeting was held from 5-18 October 2008 in

Stockholm, Sweden• It was organized by KTH with the support of Sida • Participants from – Kenya (KPUC)– Uganda (Makerere University)– Tanzania (Ardhi University)– Ethiopia (Bahir Dar University)– ITC– People from Sida

Eastern African….• There were presentations about – Cadastral survey in Sweden– Leasehold and property concepts (including 3D

property)– Property formation in Sweden– Regulations such as mining regulation – Study visits– Presentation about the current political status of the

Land Administration curriculum project– Report on land administration curriculum

• Uganda – Mosses Mukiibi• Kenya – Gordon Wayumba• Tanzania - Cletus Ndjovu

– Future plan

Eastern African….• The second workshop/meeting was held in February

2009 in Kampala, Uganda • Participants – Kenya– Uganda– Ethiopia – KTH

• There was – Presentation on curriculum of Kenya, Tanzania and

Uganda– They prepared a project proposal to present to EU for

supporting the network involving Sweden, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. However, it was not successful

Eastern African….

• The third meeting was held from 16-17 September 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya

• Participants – Uganda – Kenya (from different offices working on land

issues)– Ethiopia – ITC – KTH

Eastern African….

• In this meeting, there were presentations on – The Development of Land Administration Curriculum

in Kenya – An overview presentation of the Benfits of the new

Land Administration Curricula in the East Africa Region

– Overview Presentation of Land Management Training for East African students in Sweden (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania)

– Discussion on the progress of Maters in Land Administration Curriculum in East Africa

– Applications for PhD studies in Land Management in Sweden

Eastern African….

– Curriculum harmonization – comparative analysis• Bahir Dar University – Revised curriculum • Kenyan Polytechnic University College• Makerere University • Adhi University • ITC (about the network)• KTH (comparative analysis of the four countries curriculum)

– Joint MSc and PhD programmes in Eastern Africa– Establishing journal of land in Eastern Africa – Future prospects, Resolutions and closing of session– Tour of Nairobi National Park

Eastern African….

• The fourth meeting was held from 3-4 July 2011 in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

• Participants – Kenya (KPUC & Ministry of

Land)– Uganda– ITC– Sida – Addis Ababa City

Administration– Land Administration

Directorate – Other offices dealing on

land issues in Amhara Region

Eastern African….

• There were presentations on – Draft M.Sc curriculum in Land Administration, Bahir

Dar University– KPUC curriculum– Makerere University curriculum on Geomatics and

Land Management– Ardhi University LAU (by Liza)– About the network and ITC– National Land Policy of Kenya – The History of Land Rights in Ethiopia – Land Registration in Amahra Region – Land related problems in Addis Ababa City

Administration– Ethiopian Land Administration Association

Eastern African….

Issues of discussion • Doing research together• Joint MSc and PhD programmes • Staff and Student exchange• Short courses • Eastern African Journal of Land– Assign representatives to follow the journal issue

• KPUC (Gordon Wayumba)• Marerere University (Dr Mosses Musinguzi)• Ardhi University (E. Silayo)• Bahir Dar University (Seid Hussen)

– Discussion with E.Silayo about the journal

Eastern African….

• We discussed in November 2011 in Ardhi University about the Journal – The journal was registered - the ISSN No. of 18217575– The relevant thematic areas are • land service delivery, • property valuation and taxation, • land registration and titling, • cadastral surveying and mapping, • land information and inventory services,• land market, • physical planning, • GIS

Eastern African….

• land law and• information communication technology in so far as it

relates to land as property. – The issue of editorial board was also raised

• Makerere University of Uganda is organizing the fifth meeting in July 2012.

Member of the Network

Member….

Ruanda

Burundi

Aalto

Sudan

Thank you!