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Governance of tenure newsletter
05 - 2016

2016: Putting the Voluntary Guidelines into action Four years since the Voluntary Guidelines were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security as the global consensus on improving tenure, their principles and processes are inspiring people around the world to take action. With wide ownership by governments, civil society and the private sector, they represent an unbiased framework in which new conversations on tenure are taking place, new skills are being...

Governance of tenure newsletter
03 - 2016

General Recommendation on the rights of rural women On 3 March 2016 the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted a General Recommendation on the rights of rural women that identifies the Voluntary Guidelines as a standard for gender mainstreaming. The General Recommendation calls on states to integrate and mainstream a gender perspective in all agricultural and rural development policies, strategies, plans and programmes, enabling rural women to act...

Governance of tenure newsletter
02 - 2016

Albania The Immovable Property Registration Office in Albania has introduced several innovative solutions to help professionals make the best use of information technology in line with the Voluntary Guidelines. The team working on information technology took the initiative to share disaggregated data, including statistics, and information on the benefits of these innovations to help decision-makers. The team considered how an effective strategy can improve communication with internal and external users...

Governance of tenure newsletter
12 - 2015

Civil society and grassroots organizations: developing capacity to use the Voluntary Guidelines in countries In seven countries (Guatemala, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Senegal and South Africa), a training programme enabled civil society and grassroots organizations to increase their use of the Voluntary Guidelines. The joint development and testing of a modular framework helped participants to reflect on their own situations and how they could apply the Voluntary Guidelines. Guatemala and Nepal were...

Governance of tenure newsletter
10 - 2015

1. STORIES FROM COUNTRIES: USING THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES Improving tenure security in Kasese, Uganda On 27 July participants from central and local government institutions and civil society reviewed the work done in Kasese district on the digitization of certificates of customary ownership and developed plans for the way forward. Participants discussed ways for improvement in terms of participation, capacity development, awareness raising and technology. The workshop was held in Entebbe and...

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