📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2014.0126.4
Status:
running project
Responsible organizational unit:
1740 African Union
Contact person:
dr Arno Sckeyde arno.skeyde@giz.de
Partner countries:
Global Projects, Convention/Sector/Pilot Proposals, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, South Africa
SUMMARY
Goals:
African institutions and professionals implement improved land policies that strengthen the rights of marginalized groups such as smallholders, pastoralists and women in selected countries.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Financier:
not available
PROJECT VALUE
Overall project:
47 746 500 euros
Current project:
47 746 500 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREDECESSOR PROJECTS
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECTS
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
11/19/2014 - 11/30/2026
Current project:
11/19/2014 - 11/30/2026
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
GCI - Dr. Schindler
CONTACT
project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Participatory Development and Good Governance:
Project result level: Project component aims at PD/GG
Protection of the environment and resources, ecological sustainability
Project not aimed at environmental/resource protection or not (yet) to be marked
Gender Equality
Project has a proven positive impact on gender equality
poverty orientation
Overarching poverty reduction at macro and sector level
CRS KEY
43040 Rural Development
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (EN)
Initial situation
Insufficient land regulations and insecure land rights are obstacles to rural development in many African countries. Despite political efforts towards socially and environmentally compatible land policy, practical implementation is still in its infancy. There is often a lack of specialists to advise decision-makers in the responsible institutions. The African Union (AU) has recognized this challenge. It has therefore entrusted the African Land Policy Center (ALPC) with the implementation of its Agenda on Land.
Objective
The African states implement environmentally and socially compatible land policies with qualified people and institutions.
method
The project is part of the special initiative "One World Without Hunger" (SEWOH). Together with ALPC, it supports the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) in order to efficiently implement the AU land agenda.
In addition, the project promotes training and further education opportunities in the field of land management and land policy in Africa.This is supported by a scholarship program in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).The project strengthens the skills of the NELGA partner organizations
for scientific advice on land policy processes and facilitates access to data to be able to monitor land po
