📋 Tender Overview
Equitable land rights are key to sustainable and resilient food systems. The International Land Coa-lition (ILC) is a global network of organisations working on people centred land governance in over 85 countries. ILC's vision is a world where everyone has secure access to land and natural resources. ILC, including through its 35 national land coalitions, promotes many Swiss interests, such as peace-ful and democratic societies, and addresses growing inequalities – including gender inequalities.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Global
Agriculture & food security
Governance
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Agricultural land resources
Democratic participation and civil society
Human rights (incl. Women's rights)
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2027
CHF 3’000’000
The project in brief
Background Tenure security is a critical foundation for human develop-ment and the sustainability of our planet. Tenure security and equal land rights are critical to address four major global chal-lenges: addressing the climate and environmental crisis; strengthening sustainable and resilient food systems; building peaceful and democratic societies; and overcoming extreme inequalities. Global instruments supported by Switzerland since many years, such as the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT), constitute im-portant normative and reference frameworks. However sub-stantial gaps remain to their implementation. ILC, founded in 1995, is a global alliance with 323 organisations (110 in Af-rica) representing 84 million people (64 million in Africa) in 85 countries (32 in Africa). ILC, working on people centred land governance aims at securing land rights for people who live on and from the land and thus contribute to close this gap. Evidence shows that secure tenure rights allow farmers to make better agricultural investments, leading to increased productivity and improved food security and nutrition.
Objectives Secure land rights by responding to the needs and pro-tecting the rights of those who live on and from the land; and by prioritizing women, whose leadership brings the greatest change.
Target groups Women, youth, peasant farmers, pastoralists, forest dwellers, Indigenous Peoples and peo-ples’ organizations
Medium-term outcomes
Enhanced people-centred land governance and tenure security
More targeted data that respond to People’s need is produced and used and governments are held more accountable
Advanced regional and global political commitment to people-centred land governance and tenure security.
Results Expected results:
National Land Coalitions (NLCs) as a force for change towards people-centred land governance: 40 NLCs established and vibrant
Fulfilling ILC’s pledges to gender justice and defending the defenders: Stand for her Land (S4HL) campaigns in 14 countries
Data produced and used to hold governments accountable: LandEx indicators track progress and inform policy dialogue
Recognition of the importance of la
