The World Bank Land and Poverty Conference is glad to welcome poster session presenters. You have been selected by the land conference team to present your poster to an interested audience at the conference. The posters will be on display at the Atrium of the World Bank main building on the whole Tuesday March 21 and Wednesday March 22. There will also be a prize awarded by the conference organizers to the best rated poster. Please view the instructions on the conference website on how to upload poster in your Conftool account. The deadline for submitting your poster is 11:59 PM on February 22, 2017 (Eastern Standard Time). The size requirements for posters are as follows: Size A1 vertical: 841 x 594 mm (height x width) or 33.1 x 23.4 inches (height x width) Please consult the following formatting template below when preparing your poster.

Enhanced Delivery of Land Services Land Administration Reforms for Enhancement of Delivery of Land Services in Uganda Richard Oput Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development oputjr@aim.com +256 772 412 702 Introduction Land reforms have taken Centre stage in the agenda of East, Central and South African Countries. The reasons behind these are basically social, economic and political and include among others: The need to right historical wrongs The need to rationalize distortions in land relations particularly as regards tenure and distribution The need to resolve internal conflicts arising from inefficiencies within the existing tenure relations Government of Uganda is implementing a number of land reforms aimed at attaining a middle income status by 2020. These reforms have been guided by the Land Sector Strategic Plans (LSSP). The LSSP is designed to provide the operational, institutional and financial frameworks for the implementation of sector wide reforms and land management. The LSSP strategies require new innovative approaches to be designed and adapted to meet Ugandan requirements. Results Enhanced Delivery of Land Services Ascertaining of land rights under SD based on fit-to-purpose techniques Lira Ministry Zonal Office Conversion of maps/scanning In order to fast track these Reforms, there was need to develop Policies and enact Laws governing Land. Among these included: The Land Act 1998 as amended The Uganda National Land Policy The Uganda National Land Use Policy The Physical Planning Act The Housing Policy The Land Regulations The Registration of Titles Act etc Issuance of Certificates of Customary Ownership Open Registry Consultative days The Land Administration Reforms currently being implemented under CEDP facilitate the continuation and scale-up of the land reform process carried out under the Land Sector Strategic Plan I through the World Bank funded project; the PSCP II. CEDP therefore supports the implementation of the Uganda Land Sector Strategic Plan (LSSP) II. Reference layer for LIS Database Rehabilitated cadastral map Re-organized strong room Torn cadastral maps Materials and methods Operationalization of a comprehensive Land Information System based on open source software and LADM Reference framework (CORS) Aerial Photography Disorganized Registry Housing Policy Physical Planning Act Registration of Titles Act Land Regulations National Land Use Policy Physical Planning Act National Land Use Policy Housing Policy Land Regulations Registration of Titles Act Physical Planning Act Land Regulations Conclusions The implementation of the interventions above has led to: Interventions in the areas mentioned above will help address a number of land administration issues including: low documentation of land rights in rural areas – only 5 percent of rural land is registered and only 18 percent countrywide a high level of land disputes; an inefficient land administration; An ineffective land use planning system; and a high level of informality in urban areas, with a large urban population living in slums. Reduction in pending transactions in the system from 98.2% in March 2013 to 14.3% in December 2016 Decentralization of land services to 21 Zonal Offices Others include: Promotion and implementation of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Development and implementation of a Gender and IEC Strategy on land Development of the National Physical Development Plan Strengthening the Institute of Surveys and Land Management which is responsible for training of Land Management technocrats Capacity building of Land Management Institutions in order to create efficiency and effectiveness in LHUD processes An improved business environment, measured by a reduction in the time taken to transfer property, from 52 days to less than 30 days (for the stock of registered land), primarily in urban areas. Total revenue generated till December 2016 is USD 88,083,000 A total of USD 28,000,000 invested in LIS Development The total revenue generated since launch of the LIS in February 2013 till December 2016 is USD 88,083,000 Decentralization of Land services Improved access to financial services by clients due to improved service delivery Creation of a strong foundation for scaling up the titling of rural land to strengthen land tenure security, better manage government-owned land, and promote more sustainable land use. Increased land tenure security and the associated investment incentives by current owners (and invigorated rental markets) to boost agricultural productivity The Land Act, 1998 The Land Act, 1998 Acknowledgements Government of Uganda (MLHUD) The World Bank and other Development Partners All Ugandan Land stakeholders Literature cited Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. (2002, 2013). Land Sector Strategic Plan I & II. Kampala: Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. (2016). LIS Annual Progress Reports. Kampala: Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.