1. 2018 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY
Costs in community land delimitation: sustainability, innovation and shared responsibilities for an inclusive and effective land administration system in Mozambique José Monteiro, Emídio Oliveira, António Inguane
2018 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY
March, 19th – 23rd , 2018
Washington DC

2. iTC Objectives
Register and protect community land and natural resources rights, as a contributionn for economic development
iTC strenghten the capacity of rural communities so they can be actors of their own development, particularly through the sustainable use of land and natural resources

3. Community land delimitation: iTC methodology
Community organization to manage land and natural resources

4. Key advantages of “Community land delimitation first”
Empowerment, ownership e leadership:
Registry of community lands in cadastre;
Comunities leading development processesses;
Community organization
Land conflicts mitigation
Community Consultation
Participation and representation
Presentation of vision and development aspiration of the community;
Participatory discussion of investments plans
Land management
Good land use practices
Resource use planning
Involvment of communities in decisions

5. iTC Results (2006 – 2017) Land Delimitations: 1,066
Covered area: 10 milhões de hectares
Land Demarcations: 850
Covered area: 51 mil hectares
NRMC: 1,176
Community Agendas: 629
Total beneficiaries: 3 milhões
Individual titling (pilot exercise): 5000

6. Costs

7. Cost evolution Average cost: US$ 4,500 ± 1,400 Projects analysed: 37
Delimitation covered: 297
Exchange rate: 60 Mt/US$
Average cost: US$ 4,500 ± 1,400

8. Cost Distribution
Cost effective approaches, including synergies to deliver community land delimitation are required to improve community involvement in sustainable use management

9. Community Land Delimitation: Challenges at community level
Community Organization
Structure: Representation sna leadership assistance;
Relations with other local entities;
Responsibilities and duties
de juri recognition and protection
Community capacity
Land and natural resources management
Planning and negotiation;
Mitigation of land conflicts;
Integration of gender
Register of rights
Busines management
Tools
Community Agendas
Land use plans and zonning maps
Gender and diversity
Territorial planning (at community level)
Forest monitoring
Partnership tools

10. Institutional challenges
Land information management system
Access to information: community land information management + Tecnology
Quality controle during the community land registration process
Capacity + infrastructures
Tools and mechaisms for territorial planning at community level
Rural to urban transformations
Community land delimitation first
Conflits mitigation and reduction + preparation for inclusive businesses

11. Tackling Delimitation costs
Scalability
Focus on land pressured regions
Quality processes
Synergies (resources allocation, methodological combination)
Sustainability
Quality control systems (technology)
Planning supporting tools (geospatial)
Capacity building and involvement of communities
Shared responsibilities
Government: quality control + enforcement + facilitation
Private sector: land use planning + tenure security + inclusive business
Civil Society: securing rights + capacity building of rural communities

12. Innovative approaches
Technology development
Improving quality control (reducing errors)
Delivering community based land information
Delivering efficient land delimitation
Open data:
Access information for better planning an decision-making (local and national level)
Satellite images and transference of knowledge
Community land information system
Infrastructure and capacity to produce, deliver and manage community land information
Support land-based investments through fair, inclusive and sustainable consultations

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