1. Capacity Building, Research Networks and Priorities in Land Management in SSA Kombe, W.J Ardhi University Washington DC 17 th March, 2016 1

2. Data Sources First Draft Report on Training Capacities in SSA on land administration commissioned by LPI (2015/16) Preliminary analysis of training needs assessment Data (Regional Centre Mapping and Resources for Development, Nairobi) – 2016 African Urban Research Ininitaitive (AURI) - Reports/workshops Internet sources 2

3. Capacity Building - Training programmes on Urban land management & related disciplines Stand-alone programmes on land management Land management issues integrated in other disciplines - geography, law, environmental management etc. Land management – land use planning, and land tenure (surveying, registration, titling, valuation and taxation) 3

4. Training programmes on urban land management and related disciplines University level degree programmes – 4 years, Bachelors Polytechnic level training- two years, Bachelors 25 Universities in SSA – offering BSc degrees and 2 yrs. Masters degree programme (incl. KNUST (Ghana), Bahir Dar (Ethiopia), ARU (Tanzania); Nairobi, Kenya etc.) – Some offer 3 years Masters degree – Western Cape SA – Professional Masters degree 1 year. – Standard Masters, degree - 2 years Relatively few doctoral studies in land management or related disciplines: » Minna in Nigeria, » KNUST (Ghana), » Nairobi (Kenya), » Western Cape (SA), » ARU (Tanzania), 4

5. Training in Land Administration &Management & Economic Aspects of Land  Land aministration;l and management; land economics; real estate … Bachelors & Masters degrees: Land Administration; Bachelor s/Land Administration and Management; Bachelors degrees: Land Economics, Land Management; Real Estate; Masters degree s: Real Estate and Valuation; Masters Real Estate Studies; Master Land Governance; Masters Land Management and Valuation  Surveying & Geomatics Bachelor: Land Surveying; Bachelors Geomatics; Bachelors Geomatic Engineering; Bachelors Geomatic Science 5

6. Training in Land Administration &Management & Economics cont.  Urban (Spatial) Planning & Development Bachelors Urban Masters Urban and Regional/Rural Planning; Master Urban Planning and Management; Masters Spatial and Regional Planning; Bachelors Town and Country Planning; Science;  Main focus in land administration, management & economic aspects of urban land development  Increasing incorporation of technological aspects of land -ICT  Varying names, generally similar contents within groups 6

7. Subject specialised programmes – Land rights – Universite Gaston Berger Saint Louis Senegal - Environmental law; Town planning law & Land law Polytechnics and technical colleges – train middle cadre and technicians – Land surveying cadastral & topographical – Digital cartography etc. – Land administration incl. records management – Town planning 7

8. Tertiary training capacities – students enrolment Undergraduates  28 (RECTAS Nigeria Polytechnic of Namibia) - 4480  6 Universities (950 – 1530 students)  6 Universities – focused in training in land related: 150 students Postgraduate training MSc. on average 50 students (except SA) (varies significantly - Polytechnic of Namibia MSc. students and 2 MSc. at Mzuzu University, Malawi) Doctoral studies - 93 doctoral studies in land/land related programmes (in Universities) - No. of doctoral/University 1 - 32 students (average of 10 students per University) 8

9. Qualification of academic staff members profile (21 reviewed Universities) – 403 full time staff – 25% PhD holders – 50% MSc. holders – Rest – BScs; post-graduate diploma or Higher National Diploma – 37 part-time staff (3 PhD holders, 23 MSc. 1 other qualification) 9

10. Training background of academic staff members – Few at home Universities (for BSc; MSc & PhDs) – Mainly trained outside the country:  United Kingdom, Sweden, South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, (ITC Twente), Canada,  European Partner Universities playing role in:-  External examination al)  Visiting lecturers  Joint postgraduate training, research & publication activities 10

11. Capacity building contn. Examples: SPRING Masters Programme – Ardhi University (TZ) & Technical University of Dortmund (GE); KNUST (Ghana) – GIZ and DAAD support the joint MSc. program) Ardhi University – Royal Institute of Technology (KTH -Stockholm); SLU; LUND and Chalmers in Sweden (Sida funding capacity building in training and research in the land sector) New cooperation agreement 2015/2015 – several universities in the sub-region 11

12. External Capacity Building Support cont. – Bahir Dar University – Sida – Ardhi, Makerere University – Sida; – Ardhi, Nairobi & KNUST – DAAD, KAAD, GIZ – KNUST, Nairobi, Ardhi, Ethiopia Universities, – Burkina Faso University – the Netherlands – Gaston Berger Saint Louis (Senegal) – France 12

13. Training support facilities – Most universities have Wi-Fi on campus – Libraries poorly-stocked, i.e limited up-to-date materials – 50% of the Universities have e-library access – 50% have Departmental libraries on land matters  Wide scope of partner universities offers potential for (international) networks  Significant expansion in students enrolment over the last ten year 13

14. Research and Policy Networks cont… I. AURI – African Urban Research Initiative (2013) - Largely operated by African Planning Schools - Support African-based research centres to inform and enhance policy actors and networks - Focus on applied research and capacity building - Network, exchange knowledge, know-how/expertise (vs. local realities but with broad conception) - Identify, analyse and share best practices (Shared understanding of urbanisation and transition in Africa) Partners - Several public tertiary and research institutions in East, West, Southern and Central Africa. 14

15. Research and Policy Networks cont… Funders - Rockefeller Grant in 2011 - Cities Alliance – workshops, regional meeting Output - Since 2013, AURI with support of Cities Alliance developing Website - http://www.africancentreforcities.nethttp://www.africancentreforcities.net 15

16. Research and Policy Networks cont… III Regional Networks in Africa (a) Training and research in land administration – land use planning, cadastral, land information, land tenure, land value/taxation Undergraduate/postgraduate studies - West African land administration network – several Universities - East African land administration network - 13 Universities External collaboration - ITC – Twente University - KTH – Stockholm - United Nation University, Tokyo 16

17. Research and Policy Networks cont… IV. Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) V. Eastern Africa Land Administration Network (EALAN) V. Potential research areas Cadastral individualization/of title vs. future of customary land tenure (what happens to customary land tenure) Land disputes and resolution Land vulnerabilities – gender and access; land grabbing and rights of the marginalized Information management, maintenance and revenue mobilsation Informality and SDGs 17

18. Key challenges – High unemployment among graduates - restrained employment by government; despite severe skilled personnel deficits – Limited impact and cooperation between research-policy - action – Resources paucity – for research, training incl. in- service retraining and modernising land adm. etc. – Limited capacity to institutionalisation of ICT-base land management i.e.information, analytical tools – Poorly equipped learning and working environment i.e. unmaintained facilities physical space; reference materials – e-books, journals etc. 18

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