The discussions highlighted two complementary elements of partnerships in land governance. The first emphasizes their importance in underpinning multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) in land policy processes. These platforms provide spaces for dialogue and negotiation while combining resources, expertise, and legitimacy. Throughout Africa, civil society organizations and communities have stressed the need to unify their voices through multistakeholder platforms. Through this joint effort, partnerships contribute to land policy reforms that are more responsive to people’s development needs and grounded in principles of justice.

The second element focused on partnerships in supporting inclusive land reform processes. No single actor can meet these challenges alone. Stronger partnerships are essential to deliver effective and equitable support to land reform initiatives, and to upscale support that is often delivered individually by development partners into a coordinated effort.

During the workshop, participants highlighted five key points to guide next steps:

• Increased technical and financial support to land reforms is needed, along with improved coordination. To achieve this, dedicated coordination platforms should be established for development agencies at national, regional, and global levels. These platforms should also be aligned with existing national multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) at country level.
• Despite their critical role in fostering inclusive, transparent and evidence-based land governance, many multi-stakeholder platforms remain under-resourced, and their effectiveness is often affected by limited institutional capacity, irregular funding, and short-term donor support.
• To build momentum, track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and ensure accountability it is essential to secure reinforced country-level commitments on land tenure security, agreed upon by all actors within existing frameworks. These commitments should be supported by regular follow-up, facilitated through multi-stakeholder platforms at national, regional, and global levels, and underpinned by robust evidence and data.
• Collaborative processes should build on lessons learned from in-country experiences. This includes strengthening peer-to-peer learning on partnerships and systematically documenting challenges and outcomes.
• To achieve progress at the required scale and pace, increased international and national funding for tenure security and land governance is needed.