Advancing Together

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Advancing Together

Advancing Together
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAND COALITION
CONTENTS
Editorial ....................................................................................................1
Land Coalition News .................................................................................2
Policy and Advocacy
Praia + 9, Mali, 17-21 November 2003 ........................................................2
EU Consultation on Land Policy ...................................................................2
Land Coalition at ECOSOC in Geneva...........................................................3
Programmes
Community Empowerment Facility 5th Project Aadvicory Committee meeting....4
Land Partnerships for Access to Land in South-East Asia ...............................4
Women’s Access to Land
Rural Women’s Access to Land and Property in Selected Countries..................5
Coalition Partners Work Together to call for Access for Women Farmers ..........5
Land, Water and Gender in Southern Africa..................................................5
Workshops and Conferences
Encuentro Internacional Campesinas y Sociedad Civil ....................................6
Regional Conference on Land and the Economy in Nicaragua November 2003 ..7
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Workshop at IFAD 15 Dec 03.............7
Land Issues in PRSPs LandNet West Africa October 2003 Lome Togo...............8
Territorio y Desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y Caribe junio 2003 ..........8
News from Coalition Partners
SDF Workshop to Strengthen Participation of Women in Developmental Work ..9
TWA/ALRD Challenges and Lessons Learned in securing access to forest land. 10
Land Coalition Publications and Website................................................. 12
EDITORIAL
Welcome
back
to
Advancing
Together, the newsletter of the
International Land Coalition and its
global
network
of
partner
organizations. In re-launching this
newsletter for 2004, the Land
Coalition hopes to provide a forum
in
which
organizations
and
institutions working on land issues
can share news and information on
their efforts to increase access to
land by poor men and women.
As many readers know, the
International Land Coalition was
formed in 1995 (then known as the
Popular Coalition) as an alliance of
civil society, governments and
intergovernmental
organizations
dedicated to improving secure
access to land and other key assets
and natural resources. Over the
past nine years, our partners
around the world have undertaken
to find new ways of working
together to achieve this mission,
recognizing
that
the
global
challenges of hunger and poverty
are too great for any one sector or
institution to address on its own.
The reasons for improving access
to land are compelling. Poverty
reduction,
sustainable
natural
resource
management,
conflict
prevention, food security and
production, and rural and urban
growth and migration are all
closely related to land.
Often,
powerful vested interests stand in
the way of change. Fortunately,
possibilities
for
change
are
emerging,
as
policy-makers
increasingly
understand
the
consequences of neglecting poor
men and women and denying them
access to productive assets and
resources.
The Coalition’s secretariat, hosted
in Rome by the International Fund
for
Agricultural
Development
(IFAD), serves as a focal point for
communication
among
organizations
with
diverse
interests, missions and, at times,
ideologies.
This diversity of
opinions and approaches is what
makes the character of the Land
Coalition unique, and what offers
us opportunities to encourage
and support new models of
partnership within and across
sectors.
The Coalition hopes that, as in
our other collective efforts,
Advancing Together will allow our
partners and other organizations
to
share
sustainable
development experiences, and to
strengthen our joint commitment
to improve land access by poor
men and women.
We would
welcome the submission of
articles, editorials, letters or
other comments, to make this
effort as fruitful as possible.
La Coalición para el Acceso a la
Tierra espera que el esfuerzo
colectivo generado por este
boletín informativo, Avanzando
Juntos, pueda brindar espacios
para compartir con los partners y
las
otras
organizaciones
experiencias
de
desarrollo
sustentable y para fortalecer
nuestro
compromiso
en
incrementar y facilitar el acceso a
la tierra para los y las sin tierras.
Serán bienvenidos artículos,
editoriales, cartas y otros
comentarios para poder hacer
este
esfuerzo
lo
más
provechoso posible.
La Coalition espère que, en tous
nos efforts collectifs, Advancing
Together
permettra
à
nos
partenaires
et
aux
autres
organisations de partager des
expériences de développement
durable, et de renforcer notre
engagement
collectif
pour
améliorer l’accès à la terre des
pauvres. Nous vous invitons,
donc,
à
soumettre
des
articles, des éditoriales, des
lettres
ou
d’autres
remarques, pour permettre à
cet effort d’être vraiment
fructueux.
International Land Coalition www.landcoalition.org – Advancing Together Newsletter No 1 Vol 1 February 2004
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COALITION NEWS / POLICY AND ADVOCACY
Secretariat Retreat - Sep 03
The staff of the secretariat of the
Land Coalition held a two-day
planning
retreat
from
29-30
September
2003.
During
the
retreat
they
discussed
the
implementation
strategy
and
identified key efforts and activities
related to the decisions on priority
areas and thrusts that were made
by the Assembly of Members in
February 2003.
Strategic Thrusts:
•
Documenting and sharing
knowledge
•
Building networks and
collective empowerment
•
Creating spaces for dialogue
•
Advocacy
•
Demonstration and integration
•
Coalition building
Priority areas:
•
Governance
•
Communication
•
Resource mobilisation
•
Building country perspective
•
Monitoring and evaluation
•
Secretariat capacity
has been a member of the Land
Coalition since its foundation.
La Coalición Internacional para el
Acceso a la Tierra tiene el agrado de
anunciar la llegada de Fernando
Eguren a la Secretaria en Roma,
para un periodo de cinco meses.
Fernando es el presidente de una
prestigiosa y comprometida ONG
peruana, CEPES – Centro Peruano
de Estudios Sociales. Fernando
brindará
a
la
Secretaria
conocimientos y experiencias para
consolidar el trabajo de la Coalición
en
la
región
latinoamericana,
construir iniciativas de intercambios
entre distintas regiones y apoyar en
la gestión operativa e institucional
de la Coalición. CEPES es miembro
de la Coalición desde cuando esta
ha sido creada.
Land Coalition Council – Oct 03
The
2nd
Session
of
the
International Land Coalition Council
was held in Rome from 6-7 October
2003. At the meeting, an update
on programmes and activities was
presented and issues related to
governance,
resources
and
monitoring and evaluation were
discussed.
Furthermore
the
Strategic Plan 2004-2006 was
examined. In order to strengthen
and clarify the plan the two main
objectives and the strategic thrusts
were identified.
Main objectives:
Secretariat at the retreat from left to right
Lucia Angelucci, Andrew Fuys, Barbara
Codispoti, Charlotte Pedersen, Jing de la Rosa,
Alessandra Goberti, Bruce Moore
and Annalisa Mauro
Welcome Fernando Eguren
The Land Coalition is pleased to
announce that Fernando Eguren
will join the Secretariat in Rome for
a period of five months. Fernando
is the president of a prestigious
and committed Peruvian NGO CEPES (Peruvian Centre for Social
Studies).
He will bring
the
Secretariat
knowledge
and
expertise to consolidate the Land
Coalition’s work in the Latin
American region, build initiatives to
exchange knowledge with other
regions and support the Land
Coalition
institutional
and
operational management. CEPES
1
2
Enhance
capacities
of
members and partners
securing access to land
its
in
Facilitate the opening of spaces
for dialogue
Strategic thrusts:
• Build the capacities of Land
Coalition members and partners
towards improving land tenure,
securing support services and
enhancing
rural
poor’s
participation in decision-making
through
activities
such
as
documentation/
sharing/upscaling and replication, building
networks and capacity building
on advocacy.
• Facilitate the opening of spaces
for dialogue through efforts to
build
spaces
(i.e.
LAND
Partnerships), advocacy on, i.e.,
land tenure, support services and
people’s
possibly
Watch.
participation,
establish a
and
Land
• Maintain a country perspective
bearing in mind the different
political and social settings.
The next session of the Council is
anticipated for June 2004.
POLICY AND ADVOCACY
Praia+9, Mali, 17-21 Nov 03
Last November the International
Land Coalition participated in the
Regional Forum on Rural Land
Tenure
and
Sustainable
Development in the Sahel and
West Africa (Regional Forum
Praia+9).
Attended
by
approximately 200 participants
from
government,
donor
agencies,
NGOs
and
intergovernmental organisations, the
Forum
was
organised
by
Permanent
Interstates
Committee for Drought Control in
Sahel (CILSS) in Bamako. It
defined new policy guidelines for
the sub-region for the next
decade to strengthen secure and
equitable
access
to
land
resources
and
sustainable
management
of
natural
resources, including strategic
orientations towards a subregional charter on rural land
tenure.
LandNet West Africa played an
important role during the Forum
having Mr Hubert Ouedraogo,
Coordinator of LandNet West
Africa, as the main rapporteur of
the Forum. A copy of the
proceedings and report from the
Forum can be found on the
CILSS website: www.cilssnet.org
In support to the follow up of the
Togo LandNet West Africa SubRegional meeting, the Land
Coalition
provided
technical
assistance to LandNet West
Africa in organising a Side Event
on Networking in West Africa.
The Side Event was well attended
and generated much interest
among West African institutions
to organise networking activities
around
land
issues.
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POLICY AND ADVOCACY
Electronic Consultation on Draft
EU Land Policy Guidelines
In February, the Land Coalition
launched a four-week electronic
consultation on the Draft Land
Policy Guidelines of the European
Union (EU). These guidelines aim
to establish a common framework
for the design and support of land
policy programmes by the EU and
its member states.
This consultation, now underway,
seeks to provide civil society
organizations
and
other
intergovernmental
agencies
an
opportunity to provide comments
and
recommendations
to
the
European Commission (EC). The
EC is one of the Coalition’s
founding
members,
and
is
currently one of 14 organizations
represented on the Coalition’s
governing body, the Coalition
Council.
If your organization would like to
participate in the consultation
process,
please
email
the
secretariat at
[email protected]
before
12th March 2004. More information
about the consultation, including
copies of the EU Draft Policy
Guidelines, can also be accessed at
www.landcoalition.org. The Draft
Guidelines are available in English,
French and Spanish.
Consultation électronique sur la
version préliminaire des lignes
directrices de politique foncière
de l’Union européenne
En
février,
la
coalition
Internationale pour l’accès à la
terre a lancée une consultation de
quatre semaines sur la version
préliminaire des lignes directrices
de politique foncière de l’Union
européenne
(UE).
Ces
lignes
directrices ont pour bout la
création d’une structure commune
pour concevoir et supporter les
programmes de politique foncière
dans l’Union européenne et ses
états membres.
Cette consultation cherche de
fournir aux organisations de la
société civile et aux autres agences
intergouvernementales
une
opportunité
de
fournir
des
commentaires
et
des
recommandations à la Commission
européenne.
La
Commission
européenne est une des membres
fondateurs de la Coalition, et
actuellement est une des 14
organisations qui sont représentées
dans la structure administrative de
la Coalition, le Conseille de la
Coalition.
Si
votre
organisation
veule
participer
au
processus
de
consultation, envoyez-vous une
email au secrétariat à la suivante
adresse
[email protected]
avant le 12 mars 2004. Des
informations
additionnelles,
y
compris des copies de la version
européenne,
peuvent
être
consultées
à
la
page
www.landcoalition.org. La version
européenne est disponible en
anglais, français et espagnol.
Consulta electronica sobre el
borrador de las directrices de la
política agraria de la Unión
Europea (UE)
En
febrero,
la
Coalición
Internacional para el Acceso a la
Tierra ha convocado una consulta
electrónica de cuatro semanas
sobre el borrador de las Directrices
de la Política Agraria de la Unión
Europea.
Estas directrices tienen como fin
establecer un marco común para la
UE con miras a apoyar, por
conducto de la Comisión y los
programas
bilaterales
de
los
Estados Miembros, la formulación
de los procesos de reforma de la
política agraria en los países en
desarrollo.
El objetivo de la Coalición no sólo
es incluir en el proceso a la
sociedad civil y a los miembros
intergubernamentales,
sino
también conocer la opinión de la
sociedad civil en su conjunto. La
Comisión Europea fue uno de los
fundadores de la Coalición y es una
de las 14 organizaciones que
actualmente
forma
parte
del
Consejo de la Coalición, es decir,
su órgano rector.
Si
su
organización
quesería
participar al proceso consultivo
puede enviar un correo electrónico
a
la
dirección
siguiente:
[email protected] para el
12
de
marzo
de
2004.
Informaciones
adicionales,
incluyendo
las
copias
del
borrador de las directrices de la
política agraria de la Unión
Europea en ingles, español y
francés pueden encontrarse en la
pagina web de la Coalición
www.landcoalition.org
Land Coalition at the United
Nations Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva
1 July 2003, Geneva
Ministerial
level
government
representatives,
intergovernmental and civil-society
Land Coalition partners attended
the
ECOSOC
High-Level
Ministerial Breakfast Roundtable
Discussion on Land Use Practices
and their Impact on Rural
Development convened by the
International Land Coalition, in
conjunction
with
IFAD
(International
Fund
for
Agricultural Development)
The Roundtable provided an
opportunity for the participants
to deliberate in-depth the topic of
land use practices, land access
and their importance to rural
development. The exchange of
experiences and perspectives on
these topics provided a valuable
contribution to the promotion of
an integrated approach to rural
development
for
poverty
eradication and sustainable land
use
which
was
a
critical
consideration
for
the
2003
Substantive Session of ECOSOC.
It
was
stated
that
the
International Land Coalition is a
mechanism
that
can
assist
governments
to
engage
in
participatory processes and to
help governments open more
space for stakeholder dialogue.
Issues Paper and Summary of
the Proceedings are available on
our website.
27 June 2003, Geneva
The Land Coalition collaborated
with the Conference of NGOs
(CONGO) to bring Land Coalition
partners in Geneva to participate
at the NGO Forum prior to
ECOSOC. Four partners took part
from Guatemala (Byron Garoz
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PROGRAMMES
from Coordinación de ONG y
Cooperativas), Philippines (Don
Marquez from Asian NGO Coalition
for Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development), Uganda (Harriet
Busingye
from
Uganda
Land
Alliance) and Zimbabwe (Abby
Mgugu from Women’s Land and
Water Rights in SADC). Land
Coalition
partners
provided
presentations during the panel
discussions
and
debates
highlighting the importance of
access to land for integrated rural
development. The summary report
prepared by CONGO is available
from: [email protected]
29 June 2003, Geneva
The Land Coalition and IFAD jointly
convened
a
workshop,
in
collaboration
with
Women’s
Environment
and
Development
Organization and the Platform on
Women’s Land and Water Rights
in SADC, on the linkages
between land, water and gender
issues the outcome of which was
13 points of recommendations to
the
High-Level
Segment
of
ECOSOC.
The emergence of
discussing the inter-connections
is seen as an important step for
both sectors to work together. A
copy can be found on our
website:
www.landcoalition.org
PROGRAMMES
Community Empowerment Facility (CEF) 5th Project Advisory Committee Meeting
On 8th October 2003, the 5th Project Advisory
Committee for the Community Empowerment Facility
Programme met in Rome to evaluate projects. The
committee was comprised of three civil society
members: Mr Don Marquez – Asian NGO Coalition for
Agrarian Reform and Rural Development; Mr Ignace
Coussement - International Federation of Agricultural
Country
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA
Producers; Mr Menotti Bottazzi - Secours Populaire
Francais; and two Inter-Governmental organisations: Mr
Paul Munro-Faure - Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations; and Ms Sheila Mweanundu International Fund for Agricultural Development. Mr John
Bruce from the World Bank participated as an observer.
The committee approved the following seven projects.
Organisation
Centro de
Investigación,
Promoción y
Desarrollo de la
Ciudad
FUNDACION TIERRA
Title
Recuperación de tierras agrícolas en la ribera del rio arque para mejorar la seguridad
alimentária de los agrícultores de las cooperativas agricolas del municipio de Sicaya.
Winning back cultivable lands along the banks of the River Arque to enhance the food
security of farmers working in rural cooperatives in the Municipality of Sicaya.
Difusión en Bolivia de la Plataforma común para el acceso a la tierra - construcción de
escenarios de dialogo entre sectores involucrados en la problemática rural
A Common Platform on Access to Land in Bolivia – Creating spaces for dialogue in
sectors involved in rural questions.
CAMEROON
BIRDLIFE
Promoting participatory natural resource management by indigenous communities in
Ngovayang Forest.
CHILE
ANTU
Proyecto Campesinos sin tierra de los fundos Tilama, Los Condores, Panguesillo,
Tambo. Tahuinco, Bellavista - El Almendro, El Durazno y San Pedro de Quiles de la
Cuarta Región de Coquimbo.
Securing land access to previously settled peasants.
Federación Nacional
de Cooperativas
Agropecuarias y
Agroindustriales
Aseguramiento de la propriedad rural y fortalecimiento de servicios agropecuarios.
SOUTH AFRICA
Free State Rural
Development
Association
Land Restitution to Claimants Communities: Promoting Land Rights.
ZAMBIA
Zambia Land Alliance
Multistakeholder project for a Land Policy Review process.
NICARAGUA
Supporting rural women by securing their land tenure and their local institutions.
For additional information on the CEF programme please visit our website www.landcoalition.org/main_cef.htm. The
6th PAC meeting is scheduled for April 2004.
LAND Partnerships for Access to Land in South-East Asia
In October 2003, Coalition partners in the Philippines
and Indonesia were joined by the secretariat
coordinator to initiate the Land Alliances for National
Development initiative, or “LAND Partnerships.”
Roundtable discussions in the Philippines, co-hosted by
the Department for Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the
Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development (ANGOC), resulted in an agreement among
key government, civil society, international institutions
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WOMEN’S ACCESS TO LAND
and donors to share their analyses of the current
challenges facing the agrarian reform movement.
A mapping research study is now underway, a joint
effort led by government and civil society to identify
common ground in the land policy debate, with a
focus on the processes through which agrarian reform
is now being implemented.
A series of national
dialogues is scheduled for July to strengthen working
partnerships for implementing access to land
programmes, drawing on the mapping study’s
findings.
In Indonesia, meetings among key government
departments and international agencies introduced
the Land Coalition’s work at the global level and
reviewed existing partnerships between government
and civil society, including initiatives by the
Consortium for Agrarian Reform (KPA).
With a nationwide process now underway to revise
the country’s Basic Agrarian Law, KPA and the
National Land Agency (BPN) are working with people’s
organizations,
other
government
departments,
intergovernmental
agencies
and
multi-stakeholder
working groups to support citizen participation in
revising land and agrarian policies, and to encourage
greater policy coordination at the national level.
Launched at the WSSD in 2002, LAND Partnerships
seeks to enhance collaboration among national
governments, civil society and international agencies in
their efforts to increase access to land by poor men and
women. The Government of the Netherlands is
contributing to LAND Partnership pilot activities in four
countries, Guatemala, Indonesia, the Philippines and
South Africa.
There have been more requests and
interests for new LAND countries. Governments, donors,
NGOs and other partners are encouraged to contact the
Land Coalition to join this initiative.
For further
information
contact:
[email protected]
or
[email protected].
WOMEN’S ACCESS TO LAND
New Publication: Rural Women’s Access to Land
and Property in Selected Countries
The International Land Coalition, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and
International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) have completed a study on progress in
improving women’s access to land, including women’s
rights to inherit property.
This study is based on the periodic country reports
submitted under the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
from 1997-2003, specifically relating to Article 14 that
deals with the status of rural women and Articles 15
and 16 that relates to women’s rights to property,
inheritance and access to land. The report is an
important resource for people working to advance the
rights of women and women’s access to land.
CEDAW is the only human rights treaty that deals
specifically with rural women and their rights related
to the issues of land, development, social services
and participation. The document can found on our
website www.landcoalition.org/main_re.html
Land Coalition Partners Work Together to call
for Access for Women Farmers
At the International Federation of Agricultural
Producers (IFAP) International Conference on Women
in Agriculture held in November 2003 in Manila Philippines, Land Coalition partners called for
strengthening alliances to increase women farmers’
access to land.
(ANGOC) represented the Coalition and noted that while
global alliances can be an important tool for building a
common platform on women’s access to land, the
realities of women farmers at the national and local
levels must also be reflected in international women’s
platforms. More than 60 women farmers attended the
IFAP conference on women in agriculture, for which the
main theme was to “empower women farmers for
sustainable development.” The final report is available in
English
and
French
www.ifap.org/issues/2confwom03/report.html. A Paper
was prepared by the Land Coalition Secretariat as a
contribution to the discussion, is available at
www.landcoalition.org/main_events.htm
Land, Water and Gender in Southern Africa
The International Land Coalition is supporting a project
of the Women's Land and Water Rights in southern
Africa, involving analysis of the linkages between land,
water, gender and integrated rural development in four
Southern African countries; Lesotho, Mozambique,
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
This initiative is anticipated to provide a regional and
Afro-centric perspective and a process that will
contribute to ongoing research on integrated water
resources management, land and agrarian reform, as
well as gender mainstreaming at various levels of policy
formulation and implementation. The project outcomes
will include national reports from the four countries and
case studies on the interplay of regulatory frameworks,
laws and policies on land and water and their effect on
women’s
rights,
food
security
and
poverty.
Don Marquez, Executive Director of Asian NGO
Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
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WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Resultados del Encuentro Internacional de Organizaciones Campesinas y Sociedad Civil “Uso de la
Tierra y Desarrollo Económico”
Managua Nicaragua 27-29 November 2003
La concentración de la tierra en pocas manos revela inequidad e injusticia social para la mayoría de los productores
del campo, pero también ineficiencia económica de la gran empresa agropecuaria. Es un hecho que la producción
familiar de pequeña y mediana escala es más eficiente en términos económicos.
Esta síntesis quiere presentar los resultados del encuentro de Managua en términos de propuestas y considerando
los puntos de vista sea de las organizaciones campesinas que de los organismos internacionales.
INICIATIVAS PROPUESTAS POR LOS DIRIGENTES DE LAS
ORGANIZACIONES CAMPESINAS
PRIORIDADES POR LOS REPRESENTANTES DE LOS ORGANISMOS DE
COOPERACIÓN
¿Cómo corregir la concentración de la tierra en pocas manos?
Diálogo nacional que contemple
•
Participación de un grupo mediador idóneo.
•
Creación de un marco jurídico agrario descentralizado.
•
Promoción de experiencias exitosas de la agricultura
campesina.
•
Educación y socialización.
•
Enfoque de género y familia.
•
•
•
•
•
•
Marco jurídico adecuado
•
Incentivo sobre uso adecuado de los recursos.
•
Control de tierras ociosas.
•
Impuesto sobre grandes extensiones.
•
Acceso vía compra de grandes fincas por pequeños
productores.
Medidas específicas para la administración de la tierra
•
Formas jurídicas flexibles para la organización
•
económica de los productores.
•
•
Enfoque integral que propicie la asistencia técnica y
•
financiera.
•
Transparencia de registro y catastro.
•
Educación en derecho agrario.
¿Cómo evitar la reconcentración de tierras en pocas manos?
Control social
•
Diagnóstico del potencial de los suelos, uso actual,
distribución y situación legal.
•
Descentralización en el poder local: consejos comunales
y leyes municipales.
•
•
•
•
Creación de alianzas de ONG en nombre de sus contrapartes.
Incidencia sobre los gobiernos del Norte, Banco Mundial y
FMI.
Apoyar en las diferentes reflexiones y análisis.
Promoción de experiencias exitosas de la agricultura
campesina.
Educación y socialización.
Enfoque de género y familia.
Asistencia técnica y económica.
Formar personas en el campo jurídico (becas).
Organizar seminarios para capacitar a los funcionarios del
catastro.
Realizar un diagnóstico que fundamente el discurso.
Apoyo en la actualización del catastro con la participación de
los actores locales.
Influir en la redacción de la ley municipal.
Apoyo en la divulgación y sensibilización a nivel local,
nacional e internacional.
Otras medidas
•
Fortalecimiento a las organizaciones campesinas a través de
•
Fortalecer a organizaciones campesinas de base a nivel
proyectos y encuentros.
nacional.
•
Hacer intercambio de experiencias para favorecer el diálogo.
•
Política fiscal acorde con el desarrollo del campo.
•
Regular el mercado de tierras tomando en cuenta a las
organizaciones.
•
Control colectivo sobre el uso de la tierra y recursos bajo
distintas modalidades.
¿Qué se debe hacer para asegurar la viabilidad de la producción familiar?
•
•
•
Conocer el mercado para que la producción responda a
la demanda.
Definir mecanismos de intercambio basados en la
economía solidaria.
Desarrollar mercados locales y no sólo de exportación.
•
•
•
•
•
Conseguir cooperación de organismos multilaterales.
Apoyar la diversificación de la producción.
Apoyo con créditos y asistencia técnica la transformación de
los productos.
Hacer promoción del comercio justo.
Favorecer la cooperación de grupos de consumidores con los
productores.
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Regional Conference on Land and the Economy in Nicaragua
In November 2003, representatives of more than 100
Central American civil society organizations and
academic institutions, along with international and
bilateral organisations, took part in a Regional
Conference on Land and the Economy.
The conference was organised by Unión de
Campesinos Organizados de San Dionisio (UCOSD),
Matagalpa;
Central
Cafetalera
del
Norte
(CECOCAFEN), Matagalpa, Cooperativa agropecuaria
Rafaela Herrera, Chinandega, Comisión para el
desarrollo rural (CODER), Chinandega, Unión de
cooperativas de Miraflor (UCA Miraflor), Estelí, Unión
Nacional de Agricultores y Ganaderos (UNAG PCAC/Las Segovias). Supporters of the conference
included International Land Coalition, European
Union, Accion Hambre Centro America, Trocaire,
Institut de Recherches et d'Applications des Méthodes
de Développement (IRAM), MS Denmark, French
Cooperation. The following key issues related to land
access in the region were identified:
• Legal Security of Tenure is Basic. Support to land
mapping and the other elements in the titling
processes is essential. This can take various forms
and should not only be seen as individual titling of
plots.
• Contribution of the Peasant Economy.
It is
necessary to undertake analysis, action research
and economic assessments in order to validate the
contribution of the peasant economy
national economic development.
to
overall
• Dialogue Spaces are Essential.
Civil society and
farmers organizations see a real need to widen the
space in which campesinos and farmers’ needs and
concerns can be brought before decision-makers.
• Defending Compliance. Governments must be held
accountable for decisions they have taken on land
issues, particularly those made in international
agreements
and
summits.
These
include
commitments concerning the reform of national laws
to protect the rights, access and security of tenure of
poor rural households.
• Land Reform has a Human Face. The struggles and
human violations that have and continue to occur
need to be told within and outside the region. The
abuse of peoples’ rights to the level of significant
numbers of murders should not remain silenced.
The conference included direct testimonials by Central
American campesinas and farmers, and presentations on
the comparative experiences of increasing access to land
in Central America and in Europe. A formal conference
report is being prepared by the organizers, based on the
debate and synthesis sessions at the conference.
The overall theme for this conference was access to land
and economic development, or “uso de la tierra y
desarrollo economico.”
Additional information on the
conference is available from our website
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Workshop at IFAD
The International Land Coalition chairs the round table on “Access to land and related resources”
On 15th December 2003, a one-day workshop with
four members of the Permanent Forum of Indigenous
People was held at International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) in collaboration with the
Department of External Affairs of IFAD, the
International
Land
Coalition
and
the
Global
Mechanism. The hosts of the convention to combat
desertification joined IFAD staff to share information
about the mandate, scope of work and programmes
of the Forum and to familiarize themselves about the
work of IFAD and partner agencies related to
indigenous issues.
In the workshop, the Land Coalition secretariat
discussed the numerous links between securing
access to land and indigenous peoples’ issues.
Highlighting the Land Coalition demand-driven and
bottom-up approach in dealing with indigenous
peoples’ matters and land related issues, the
Secretariat presented case-studies from its partners’
experiences within the CEF Programme:
1. The Amerindian Peoples Association in Guyana aim
to obtain recognition of land titles for eight
indigenous communities in Guyana, where a longstanding conflict between mining companies and
indigenous communities is occurring.
2. The
Philippine
Association
for
Intercultural
Development’s successful experience of 3-D mapping
ancestral
domains
is
supporting
indigenous
communities in filing their legal claims to land.
3. The Cameroon project supporting groups of Bagyeli
pygmies
in
conflict
resolution
with
Bantu
communities, who also depend on the same natural
resources.
4. The Codeca (Asociación Comité de Desarrollo
Campesino) - Guatemala project establishing a
juridical office to help in land conflict resolution
involving indigenous communities.
The workshop represented an important opportunity to
explore the form and nature that may be given to a
relationship between the Land Coalition and indigenous
peoples and these organisations.
More information on the Permanent forum on Indigenous
Peoples’ can be found on http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/
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Land Issues in Poverty Reduction Stategy Papers (PRSPs) LandNet West Africa, October 03, Lome Togo
Support to LandNet West Africa Sub-Regional Capacity Building
Workshop on Land Issues in the PRSPs held in Togo in October 2003
enabled the LandNet West Africa country focal points from Burkina
Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo to adopt
a work plan for the next three years.
Furthermore the workshop presented an opportunity for the members
of the network to prepare and coordinate NGO perspectives and
positions addressed to the governments attending the Regional Forum
on Rural Land Tenure and Sustainable Development (Praia+9) held in
Bamako in November 2003. A copy of the report can be requested
from Mr Hubert Ouedraogo at: [email protected]
Didi Odigie and Jerome Gefu (Nigeria), Jean
Pierre-Condé (Guinée), Larbi Odame and Mark
Yeboah (Ghana)
Informe final del Taller –
Territorio y Desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y Caribe
Colombia, 17-20 de junio de 2003
El tema del ordenamiento territorial en sus varias apelaciones está cobrando cada
día más importancia y esto se debe a varias razones: (i) por un lado, el tema
general del acceso a la tierra se ha presentado de nuevo en la agenda de un número
muy elevado de países, paralelamente a una reconcentración de la tierra a niveles
iguales si no superiores a lo que se constataban 40 años atrás, en el auge de la
época de las reformas agrarias; (ii) por otro lado, la multidimensionalidad de las
actividades realizadas en los territorios rurales y peri rurales ha llevado a buscar
soluciones al problema agrario en un conjunto de actividades no solamente de tipo
agrícola y/o rural; (iii) la poca valencia de los abordajes del pasado, de tipo
estatalista o mercantilista, están abriendo la puerta a una necesidad nueva de
búsqueda de un abordaje más pragmático (menos ideológico), más centrado en los
recursos humanos disponibles y que operan en el territorio.
Dos vertientes se han venido diseñando al respecto del tema territorial: los que privilegian un abordaje de tipo
geográfico-planificatorio centrados en las funciones administrativas que el Estado descentralizado debería cumplir.
Por el otro lado tenemos los que parten de un análisis distinto, donde la centralidad no es el territorio sino los
problemas concretos, a su distinta escala, que los actores encuentran en el acceso, uso y gestión del recurso
territorial. La dimensión cada día más presente con estos problemas es la creciente falta de confianza en las
instituciones que deberían ayudar en la solución del problema.
La conflictividad en el campo va aumentando, los recursos son cada día más escasos así como se hacen mas débiles
las capacidades del Estado, en sus centros locales, dar respuesta a estos problemas: lo que cada día más se
contesta es la capacidad misma del Estado de articular intereses individuales con prioridades de la colectividad de
ciudadanos, o sea su papel de mediador y articulador de intereses. Es por eso que es importante el restablecimiento
de confianza cobra su legitimidad en cuanto es uno de los motores del abordaje territorial hoy en día en la región.
En la discusión final en plenaria los organizadores del taller evidenciaron las principales perspectivas de trabajo al
interno de las propias organizaciones y en red con las instituciones presentes; en primer lugar Annalisa Mauro, en
nombre de la Coalición, y Paolo Groppo, como representante FAO, evidenciaron la importancia de dirigir las acciones
a un apoyo al dialogo social, al apoderamiento de las organizaciones de base y de los actores más débiles y a la
capacitación (también de las administraciones locales), para aumentar el poder contractual y fortalecer los procesos
y las propuestas desde abajo.
Paolo Groppo y Federica Ravera
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Social Development Foundation (SDF)
“We are here working hard on the project at Mau and recently organised a workshop in Delhi to chalk out a future
strategy. The wonderful part of it was that a fairly large number of women participated. Now they want participation
in development. The Mau project has opened avenues for fisherfolks, their women and small farmers. You will be
very pleased to hear that the farmers here are so happy with us that I cannot narrate. About 5000 acres of land has
been inundated in water and now the farmers are in full support of SDF and the Land Coalition. From Mau, we will
build a strong farmers movement in Uttar-Pradesh. I am looking beyond the CEF and now interested in
strengthening the land partnership issue in Uttar-Pradesh with active participation of women.
The next digging and cleaning phase will start in February/March. The CEF has given hope to thousands of
fishermen and farmers in terms of awareness it generated. We on our part fought this battle on both developmental
as well as ideological perception. We were clearer about our target. We know people need development and hence it
was natural for them to be with us.
VB Rawat”
Workshop on women empowerment (by staff reporter)
http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/09/stories/2004020908610300.htm
NEW DELHI, FEB. 8. A two-day workshop to strengthen the participation of women in the developmental work of
Taal Ratoy in the Mau district of Uttar-Pradesh was organised here recently by the Delhi-based Social Development
Foundation in which a number of fisher-folks, both men and women, along with small farmers participated.
The workshop was part of a two-year long developmental work initiated by SDF with the help of International Land
Coalition, Rome, under their Community Empowerment Facility programme. The CEF programme is a one-time aid
for communities to help them come up with their own solutions and reap the benefit of development.
In Mau, Taal Ratoy is huge lake spread over about 1,500 acres of which about 750 acres is under the legal rights of
the 22 Gaon Machchua Mallah Samiti which represents the fishermen community. Their condition is dismal in the
area with the lake not being taken care of properly. The project initiated by the SDF is using the indigenous
knowledge of the fishermen community in developing the lake. After it is deepened and cleaned, good fish
production would be ensured here through a fishermen's co-operative.
The entire project has been formulated by the fishermen community. "Mere forming of cooperatives will not work
unless women's participation is also ensured. The condition of women is worst among the fishermen community of
Mau and they are just confined to their households. Hence to ensure their participation, special awareness efforts
have been launched including a small school for girls which runs under the shade of the tree. SDF has also been
able to form an organization of the fishermen named as Tal Ratoy Machchua Jan Kalyan Samiti and formation of
women's groups in the area is also in the process,'' said Vidya
Bhushan Rawat, Director, SDF.
The women who participated in the Delhi workshop have never
travelled outside their area before and it was, therefore, a great
opportunity for them. Many spoke about their problems and sang
songs in Bhojpuri to narrate the pathetic condition of their
community including violence, dowry and alcoholism. Some spoke
about creating alternative employment so that they get an
opportunity to interact and speak. Seema Rajbhar mentioned that
when she started cycling in the village areas every one would
stare at her. Her husband would not allow her to go out for work.
But it was her determination which ultimately prevailed. Indira
Singh wanted that women be given equal opportunity so that they
can prove themselves.
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Transborder Wildlife (TWA) in Albania sharing information with Association for the Protection of
Landowners Rights (APLR) in Georgia
The following is an example of knowledge exchange between two Land Coalition partners, Transborder Wildlife
(TWA) in Albania and the Association for the Protection of Landowners Rights (APLR) in Georgia. Both organizations
are actively supporting rural households to increase their secure access to forest land and resources. This letter
from Stavri Pllaha of TWA identifies several challenges and lessons identified through the group’s experiences in
Albania.
“Dear Jaba,
Congratulations to APLR for starting the implementation
of the project titled: “Endowment for Community
Mobilization Initiatives in Western Georgia” .
After reading your project proposal I see that there are
many similarities between Albania and Georgia relating to
land reform and development of the community in decision
making.
During a 2 year period, through the support of the
International Land Coalition, TWA carried out a wide
campaign to raise the public awareness in forest and
pasture land management capacity. During the first
step peasants elected their commissions in each village,
which led them in the whole process of forest and
pasture transfer.
For the establishment of village commissions, open
meetings were held in each village. TWA helped each
community to organize the meeting but didn’t impact in
the election of the commissions. TWA was a facilitator
only. The village commissions were established in all
villages. During the past months the village’s commissions
with the assistance of TWA, defined the village’s confines
as well, which are signed by elders of each neighbouring
village.
TWA explained the law and regulations on forest and
pasture transfer in use by communes and the procedures
that must lead the whole process, since the establishment
of village commissions for the registration of forestland.
We worked on the preparation of a forest management
plan, distribution of future commune forest after forest
users (family or group families) and registration of forest
land. TWA in collaboration with Forest Service and
villages commissions finished the forest management plan.
Forest Service, commune and local people were involved in
the preparation of the commune forest management plan.
The establishment of CBO was very important for the
success of our project in the future.
Forest Users Association was established and
registered in Court as a legal organization. Forest Users
Association as a legal organization has to lead the
community in forest and pasture process in the future. For
the establishment of CBO it is very important that the
leadership must
be elected
directly
by
the
community. During the establishment of CBO we
encountered problems for the election of the leaders of
CBO. Local governance officials tried to intervene during the
election of CBO leaders. Some of them wanted people who
were close to them to be elected. It was a serious obstacle
for the success of the project and the future of CBO. We
tried to persuade the community that they must persist.
The leaders of the CBO will be their leaders and they
must be elected by them. After a lot of contacts,
meetings and discussions we tried to persuade them that
CBO will be their organization and CBO will represent
them. So, it was very important that the community had
to elect their leaders by themselves.
We think the establishment of CBO must be considered
seriously as the first step.
For the Establishment of CBO we realized:
•
A lot of contacts and meetings with local people, where
village commissions played an important role.
•
Preparation of the statute and approval by Forest Users
Association.
•
Election of CBO leaders by the community.
•
Registration of Forest Users Association in Court and
opening of a Bank account.
•
2 training sessions with Forest Users Association.
Other problems encountered during project implementation
There were conflicts for forest confines after families. Many
families didn’t agree with each other etc. Some other families
fear to use the forest, thinking they cannot protect it from
illegal cutting, paying different taxes etc. TWA organized
open meetings in each village especially in the villages where
there were problems. TWA explained that there are no taxes
or other similar problems but using the forest makes their
future better.
Another problem during the implementation of the project
was the registration of forestland. The Real Estate
Registration Office didn’t agree to register the forestland
for use by peasants. The reason was because in Albania the
state property (including state forest) is not registered yet.
So, it was impossible to register forestland for use by
peasants unless the state forestland is not registered.
Transborder Wildlife contacted the peasants and organized a
workshop with commune officials and representatives of
indigenous people to resolve that problem. Local people
agreed that it would be very important for them to have a
legal certificate from the Commune. For that purpose we
involved the commune officials to work for the registration
of forestland of the peasants and preparation of legal
certificate, which were signed by the Mayor.
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LESSONS LEARNT
•
Through the implementation of the project we tried to
learn how to build new policies and actions which could
diminish the poverty and stimulate increased productivity.
We learnt the main factors that lead to successful
results in forest transfer for use by local people are:
In Albania agricultural land distribution finished ten years
ago. The agricultural land is almost fully privatized. The
peasants have access to use and maintain agricultural land
but they are still poor, especially in mountainous areas.
The reasons are:
•
The land is insufficient.
•
The land is poor.
•
The land is fragmentized.
•
There is no irrigation system.
•
It is very difficult to use machinery and other
equipment.
So, other alternatives related to natural resources and
land reform must be implemented. For mountainous areas
Forest and Pasture Land Reform is very important. In this
framework communal forestry and pasture (in use of
community) must be taken into consideration.
The best steps to succeed were:
•
•
Contacting communities to know old traditions (before
socialism time) of indigenous people in forest and
pasture management
Establishment of forest and pasture commissions for
each village which will be responsible for distribution
of forest and pasture (the community of the villages
elected the village’s commissions).
Studying the social economic situation of local people
(land use, agriculture and husbandry, other economic
activities in the area, infrastructure and natural
resources).
•
Inciting the decision making of indigenous people. It
is very important that communities participate in the
whole process of forest transfer.
•
Partnership and accountability among the all groups.
•
Establishment by communities of CBO to lead them
in the future.
Better participation of the community in decision-making
ensures easier implementation of successful Land Reform.
Some constraints and obstacles for us, which must be
considered in the future:
•
The actual communal forestry policy is too centralized.
•
The lack of legal acts and regulations for communal
forestry.
•
Barriers and limitations on the rights of forest users
with reference to exploit forest and other natural
resources.
•
Obstacles caused by Real Estate Registration Office.
I hope we will have to share more information and experience
during the implementation of your project.
Regards, Stavri Pllaha Transborder Wildlife (TWA)”
PARTNERS’ PUBLICATIONS
Recent Publications available from our Partners which have been supported by the International Land Coalition
The People’s Campaign for Agrarian Reform Network (AR Now!)
Quezon City, The Philippines
Copies available from: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Land Advocacy in
the Philippines AR
Now! Experiences
and Learnings
December 2003
Mainstreaming
the People’s
Agenda
Advocacy
Handbook for
Agrarian
Reform and
Rural
Development
October 2003
Women’s Environment and
Development Organisation
(WED)) New York, USA
Copies available from
[email protected]
Common Ground
Women’s Access
to Natural
Resources and
the United
Nations
Millennium
Development
Goals December
2003
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LAND COALITION PUBLICATIONS AND WEBSITE
LAND COALITION
PUBLICATIONS
Email us [email protected]
for an order form for the
following publications:
Land Alliances for National
Development 18 pg En/Sp
the International Land
Coalition 68 pg Ar/En/Fr/Sp
Available Now!
Women’s Resource
Access Programme
Voices from the Field
in Cambodia – 16 pgs
It is the 4th in a series
of publications
sponsored by the
Government of Japan
Towards a Common Platform
on Access to Land 20 pg En/Sp
Voices from the field – WRAP
Women’s Resource Access
Programme – English only
Cambodia 16 pg, India 16 pg
Indonesia 12 pg, Nepal 12 pg
Whose Land 253 pg English
Plus limited quantities of:
Cloth bags, baseball caps and
lapel pins
WHAT’S NEW IN THE WEB
EVENTS
- IFAP International
Conference on Women in
Agriculture
- Advocacy Events
- ECOSOC Ministerial
Roundtable and final report
NEWS
Signing of Land Partnership
Protocol Philippines
International Land Coalition
enters formal agreement with
Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands
to develop LAND Partnership
New CEF Profiles
Regional Summary ASIA
Platform on Women’s Land
and Water Rights in Southern
Africa
International Land Coalition
IFAD Via del Serafico, 107
Rome 00142
Italy
Tel: 39 06 5459 2445
Fax: 39 06 504 3463
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.coalition.org
WEBSITE NEWS
Forum
In response to the feedback we received from our recent website survey,
we are currently developing a forum whereby members will have a space
in our website to place news, events or interesting topics for discussion.
Members’ messages posted in this space will be available to anyone who
accesses our website.
Our first use of this new medium will be with the Consultation of the EU
Land Policy Guidelines. Members and Partners can send comments about
the document to [email protected] where we will assemble them
for public viewing on our forum. The Forum and related documents are
on our home page.
www.landcoalition.org/
updated February 2004
FORUM (home page)
– Consultation on the draft
Land Policy Guidelines of the
EU (English/French/Spanish)
Email us your comments and
contributions
[email protected]
CONTACT US
COALITION SECRETARIAT
Bruce Moore, Coordinator
Annalisa Mauro, Programme Officer
Jing de la Rosa, Advocacy and LAND Partnerships Programme Officer
Andrew Fuys, Visiting Fellow – Policy and Programme Development
Julie Carle, Communications Officer
Barbara Codispoti, Assistant Programme Officer
Charlotte Pedersen, Assistant Programme Officer
Lucia Angelucci, Programme Assistant
Alessandra Goberti, Administration Clerk
Stefano Digessa, Intern
NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Advancing Together is published each February, June and October.
Copies can be seen on our website www.landcoalition.org/main_re.html.
Please distribute copies of our newsletter to interested parties.
The newsletter has been compiled by our editorial committee –
Julie Carle, Andrew Fuys and Charlotte Pedersen.
Contributions from members and partners for our June edition are
welcome and must be received before 10th May. Please email us at
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