Count me in for planning my city

Networking Event, CODI, Cities Alliance, GLTN and partners

WUF V Rio de Janeiro, March 2010

GLTN contributes to the implementation ofpro poor land policies to achievesecure land rights for allwww.gltn.net

GLTN Secretariat, facilitated by PO Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, KenyaTel: +254 20 762 31 16, Fax: +254 20 762 42 65Email: gltn@unhabitat.org

GLTN Objectives

• Establish a continuum of land rights rather just focus on individual land titling;

• Improve and develop pro-poor land management as well as land tenure tools;

• Unblock existing initiatives;• Assist in the development of gendered tools which are affordable

and useful to grassroots, professionals and other stakeholders;

Core Values:: Pro-poor, governance, equity, subsidiarity, affordability, systematic large scale approach, gender sensitiveness and sustainability.

What is a Tool?• GLTN considers that a tool is a practical method to

achieve a defined objective in a particular context. More precisely, a tool facilitates decision processes based on knowledge to move from principles, policy and legislation to implementation.

• A land tool can be a guide, criteria, software, training package, manuals, guidelines, frameworks, etc.

GLTN Themes and Tools

3. Land Management, Administration and Information

3a. Spatial units 3b. Modernising of land agencies budget

approach4 Land law and enforcement 4a. Regulatory framework for private sector4b. Legal allocation of the assets of a

deceased person (Estates administration, HIV/AIDSareas)

4c. Expropriation, eviction and compensation

5. Land Value Capture5a. Land tax for financial and land

management

1. Land rights, records and registration1a. Enumerations for tenure security1b. Continuum of land rights 1c. Deeds or titles 1d. Socially appropriate adjudication1e. Statutory and customary1f. Co-management approaches 1g. Land record management for

transactability1h. Family and group rights2. Land use planning2a. Citywide slum upgrading2b. Citywide spatial planning 2c. Regional land use planning2d. Land readjustment (slum upgrading

and/or post crisis)

Interaction between GLTN goals, cross-cutting issues, themes and tools

Process• Working with partners in

participatory manner for knowledge development

• Scoping study (Jean du Plessis)• Writeshop; community

organisations, land professionals, academics, government officials, facilitators, editors and artists

• 3 publications: book and 2 policy briefs

Existing uses

• Community empowerment• Alternatives to forced eviction• Relocation and resettlement• Recognition of informal rights and claims• Support saving and credit

Novel applications• Land administration• Land adjudication• Enumeration after conflicts• Local planning and development• Land taxation• City-wide slum upgrading

(example of CODI)

Important challenges and issues to keep in mind:– Importance and complexity of community

empowerment– Importance of the context– Gender– Partnerships and co-management– Power relations and disputes– Scaling-up

A way forward (1)

A way forward (2)

• Explore the potential for land management and administration further

• Explore how to make use or participatory enumeration for broader urban management purposes (urban governance, planning, finance, economic development, etc)

• Explore models for knowledge dissemination, increased awareness of various actors and training and capacity building

Thank you for your attention!

GLTN SecretariatUN-HABITAT, P.O Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya

Telephone: +254 20 762 5199, Fax: +254 20 762 4256

E-mail: gltn@unhabitat.org

Web: www.gltn.net

This presentation has been developed by: Danilo Antonio and Clarissa Augustinus (GLTN/ UNHABITAT) and Saskia Ruijsink (IHS), March 2010.