1. Stakeholders Seminar on ISLA & CIM
Overview &Achievements of the Implimentation of Land Administration System
in Amhara Region
Getahun Alemenh
EPLAUA
May 11-12, 2009
Bahir Dar
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2. Contents Organizational Structure & Problems
Legal framework & Publication
Capacity Building
Legal Development
Registration & Certification coverage
Investment & Land Supply
Resettlement Programm
Succees Factors
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3. Old organizational Structure
Manager
EPLAUA
Deputy manager
LARD (9)
LUD (26)
EPPRD (10)
LAT
LRT.
Desks(106)
LAUC(2900)
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4. Background Jan.2002 – Jun.2005 Man power situation
Number of positions 9
No EPLAUA representative at the zone initially but one expert end of 2005
Woreda EPLAUA organized Desk level subordinated to WOoARD with 7 positions
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5. Past problems of EPLAUA
Major issues of the period
Limited No. job positions
Shortage of human resource in terms of quantity & quality
Problems related to organizational structure and power
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6. Legal framework & publication
Rural Land Administration and use (RLAU) Policy formulated in July 2000
RLAU Proc. 46/2000 enacted and was in force of action since 2006.
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7. Legal framework & publication
Proc.46/2000 implementation directive is also made in force of action
Directive for the Acquisition of rural land for Investment purposes
Directive for free Acquisition of rural land for Forestry development
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8. Legal framework & publication
Registration & recording of data into book of register and coding system guideline
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9. Legal framework & publication
3.5 million Book of Holding & 30,000 Book of Register were published (state financed)
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10. Dep. structure is revised & job positions were increased to 25
July – Dec., 2008
Dep. structure is revised & job positions were increased to 25
Agreement made between EPLAUA, BDU & KTH for the training of professionals
Accountability is shifted from BOARD to President office
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11. July. 2005 – Dec., 2008 January 2009 to date
At Zone & Woreda the same pattern is followed
Zone & Woreda become an independent offices with (14 &19 positions)
January 2009 to date
Change of LARD to RLASDWP
The work process has 29 job positions
Zone EPLAUO has 8 positions
Woreda EPLAUO has 7 positions
Kebele level 1 expert
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12. Capacity Building
Land Admin. piloting is done & lessons have been drawn that enable the dev’t of the way of working
Koga Irrigation project &
Among others 23 Surveyors trained by international trainer,
Computerized registration system developed and functional
System is functional in 33 Woredas
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13. Capacity Building
15+2 staff members graduated from KTH MSC level in Land Management
BDU is chosen as a center of Excellence for land Administration.
The efforts made Surveying Equipments, vehicles, computers software available
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14. Capacity Building Legal Development
EPLAUA served as a center of experience exchange for other regions
Legal Development
Due to various reasons the land law in force was revised & replaced with Proc.133/2006
Regulation No.51/2007 enacted & come in to force
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15. Legal development
Implementation directive for the revised Proc.& regulation is reached grass root level
Irrigable land surveying, registration, mapping & distribution directive
Land Valuation & compensation Directive
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16. Legal Development Registration procedure & guideline Future need
Legal framework study conducted
Land Registration & Surveying Regulation (Draft state)
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17. Registration & Certification Status
3,447,267 holdings registered,
1,974,881 Primary book of holding
1,612 Secondary book of holding is issued to holders
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18. Effects of Certification
The trust built among holders is most recognized
Results from rural survey conducted in 2003, 2006 & 2008 is the evidence
2003
2006
2008
Trust/sense of land right security
27%
82.8
92.9%
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19. Investment & Land supply
EPLAUA role is preparation of land & making land -lease contract with investors and administration of contracts.
683 investors took land lease contract to
investment on 187,083 ha
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20. Investment & Land supply
291,009 ha of land is Identified & surveyed for investment promotion
Surveying & delivery of map for individual investment farms
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21. 77,498 families are resettled
Resettlement program
Task: surveying, demarcation of land for housing and cultivation and allocation of land for settlers .
77,498 families are resettled
3, ha for housing and homestead cultivation and
86, ha for crop cultivation is allocated.
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22. Success factors Land holders demand Political commitment
SARDP/SIDA support
Experience gained ”learning by doing” & Indegious system
Donors Conference held in 2005 able to draw donors attention
Example
Austria Development cooperation
AMREW- USAID Project
ELAP-USAID support
SLM- world Bank support
Irrigation Projects
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23. Thank you
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