1. Establishing a land governance monitoring System in Rwanda Results from stakeholders’ consultations Thierry Hoza Ngoga

2. Context  Policy, legal and institutional framework in place  Over 10.4 million parcels registered and mapped  Over 7 million land leases issued  Use of modern technologies in land administration systems  Establishment of a sustainable land administration system  High demand of land related data

3. Key stakeholders Sixteen different organisations/institutions consulted including:  Government ministries and departments  Central bank  Academic and research institutes  Private sector  Civil society organisations  Development partners/donors  Support projects

4. Key findings: Types of land indicators needed?  Land ownership: disaggregated gender data (e.g. proportion of land owned by women/men; size; location etc)  Land market: sale prices, mortgage, size, location ect  Land use: proportion of land by types of use, land use change history (e.g from agriculture to residential); size  Land transactions: e.g. proportion of land transferred through inheritance, sale, exchange, ect  Taxation: Proportion of land where property tax and ground rent is required

5. Key findings: Why establishing a LGMS?  Support various sector planning processes  Basis to address key policy issues/draw policy recommendations based on reliable data  Increase accountability  Transparency  Respond to data gaps in the land administration systems  Ease of information exchange  Assess land’s role in economic development  Feed into regional and international initiatives

6. What types of land data are needed?  Land ownership: proportion of land owned by women/men; size; location etc  Land market: sale prices, mortgage, size, location  Land use: proportion of land by types of use, land use change history (e.g from agriculture to residential); proportion of current land use versus proposed land use s  Proportion of land under disputes  Proportion of land expropriated  Land transactions: proportion of land transferred through inheritance, sale, exchange, ect  Taxation: Proportion of and where property tax and ground rent is required

7. What is next?  Raise awareness amongst decision makers  Establish reporting mechanisms and set standards  Establish land data sharing framework  Set regular reporting  Data analysis –policy recommendations

8. Examples

9. Land registered in women’s names  Women’s as sole owners: 18% all parcels (1,958,058) covering 3,358,954 sq/m  Men’s sole owners: 10.6% (1,135,254 parcels)  joint ownership: 48% (5,093,156 all parcels)