1. International Land Coalition: Ongoing and planned work on land governance
World Bank Land Administration Mini-Retreat
November 19-20, 2007
Michael Taylor
Programme Manager Land Policy & Africa

2. ILC Mission (SF )
A global alliance of civil society and intergovernmental organizations working together to promote secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men through advocacy, dialogue and capacity building

3. ILC Vision
Secure and equitable access to and control over land reduces poverty and contributes to identity, dignity and inclusion.

4. Strategic thrusts of SF2007-11
Refocus ILC at the national and local levels for impact
Forge strategic coalitions for advocacy
Expand and diversify ILC’s membership and strengthen the role of members
Strengthen and focus ILC as a knowledge network
Results-based and gender mainstreamed planning and management

5. 1. Regionalisation
Regional meetings in Asia, Africa, Latin America to define process
Envisage regional platforms/nodes in 2008
Decentralisation of some secretariat support functions
Regional definition of priority work areas, budgets, workplans

6. 3. A ‘member-led’ coalition
Increase in number and diversity of membership (36 → 60 Nov ’07)
Widening of donor base
Stronger definition of mutual expectations of/by members
Strengthen focus at regional & national levels
Re-alignment of secretariat support
Strengthening communication

7. Key activities: promoting and upscaling innovation
Finalisation of WB-funded Community Empowerment Facility
49 local-level projects since 2002
Growing emphasis on innovation, lesson learning, exchange, networking and upscaling innovation
New mechanism currently under design

8. Key activities: LAND partnerships
Latin America: Guatemala, Bolivia, Honduras
Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal
Africa: Uganda, Niger, Madagascar, Benin, Zambia (and AUC/ADB/UNECA land guidelines on a continental level)

9. Key activities: knowledge and advocacy
Research and policy dialogue on women’s access to land (IDRC, Makerere, PLAAS)
Legal empowerment of communities on land rights (FAO, Gruppo ALLPA)
Toolkit on legal empowerment of pastoralists (with IUCN)
Community mapping as a tool for empowerment (CTA, etc)
Guidelines for UN-CSO collaboration on land governance (UNDP-DDC)
Communication platforms for member-member collaboration
FAO’s efforts for a more evidence-based discussion on communities’ legal empowerment – Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala and Cameroon

10. Indicators for secure access to land:
Existing:
Common property (CAPRi)
Latin America landwatch (CEPES)
Landwatch Asia (ANGOC)
Combined efforts of members and partners (IFAD, WB, Habitat, MCC, AUC, etc)
Emerging:
Review/stocktake/sharing of member work on indicators
Possibly leading to facilitating collaboration and consensus building on indicator development

11. Challenges ahead
Coalition building between IGO and CSO members on specific issues in specific country contexts
Facilitating a deepening debate and commitment to ‘pro-poor’ land and tenure reform …