Amman | Johannesburg | London | Mexico City | Ramallah | Washington Land Investment for Transformation Programme (LIFT)- Ethiopia Department for International Development (DFID)

Outcome of LIFT Increase in land tenure security and a reduction in the constraints to accessing markets for rural communities will lead to:  Increased investment and thus incomes through the use of the land,  Improvement in gender equality and social capital,  Semi-autonomous land institutions for delivery of land administration services.

Outputs of LIFT  Deliver 14 million second level land certificates (SLLC),  Improve rural land administration (RLAS) in 140 woreda offices,  Support the development of the rural land sector to enhance productivity and investment on the land (M4P).

Overview of LIFT Project  Operational in 4 regional states,  140 woredas (collection of villages and towns),  Rural only,  ,  UKAID, Implemented on behalf of the GoE,  £40 Million - increasing  £3.26 per certificate,  Increase tenure security of 6.1 million households.

Second Level Land Certification

Public Awareness Raising Demarcation and Data Recording Digitisation and Data Entry Public Display Claims with no objections Claims with Objections Dispute Resolution or other mediation Approval for Registration Certificate Production Issuance of Certificates Process Monitoring The SLLC Process

Second Level Land Certification As of the 18 th December:  Operating in 18 woredas,  Demarcated 1 million parcels,  Entered 700,000 parcels IMASSREG,  Digitised 800,000 parcels,  Commenced Public Display in 67 kebeles,  56,000 land certificates approved and printed.

Rural Land Administration System  Clear procedures for recording transactions at the Woreda land office,  Refurbish and equip Woreda land offices,  Provide a computer system for recording transactions,  Technical support for land policy.

Rural Land Administration System  RLAS Manual completed and regionalised,  Refurbishment and Equipping complete in 8 woredas,  Training of trainers at regional level complete,  IWORLAIS to be established in first 8 woredas in December

Making Markets Work For the Poor (M4P)  Three sectors identified: 1.Land rental sector, 2.Access to finance sector, 3.Environment and conservation agricultural sector.  14 Interventions confirmed

Programme Management  Flexibility early on, accelerate once lessons have been learned from actual delivery.  Setting trajectories and milestones, rigorous monitoring, results and lessons communicated clearly to all stakeholders.

M&E Framework  Process Monitoring,  Household Survey,  Studies,  Institutional Assessment,  Impact Assessment.

Challenges Technical  Field work vs back office work,  Data quality as an ongoing consideration,  Differences between the regional states. Implementation  Cash flow of financial aid,  Aerial photography,  Improving Government of Ethiopia’s capacity to monitor.

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