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Promoting the provision of legitimate land tenure rights using VGGT in the context of national food security for conflict displaced communities, including small scale rural farmers, pastoralists, and internally displaced persons in the Greater Darfur region of the Sudan

4th Capitalization meeting 22nd -24th November 2016 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Background

Current situation in Darfur

• The protracted conflicts in Darfur region exacerbated the

problem of environmental governance.

• Competition over the natural resources.
• As access to land is often related to social identity, the land

rights of certain social groups may be contested in relation to national and ethnic identity, providing a breeding ground for the potential political exploitation of tension.

• Land related disputes has turned increasingly violent and

resulted in population displacement when new comers gain access to community land in a manner that does not follow customary rules.

Background

Land Tenure Governance in Sudan

• The legal framework governing land in the Sudan is a complex mix
• f statutory law and customary law with limited coordination

between the two.

• No uniform policy on land tenure in the Sudan.

Action Required

• Resolving tenure disputes.
• The use of VGGT in transforming violent conflict into settled

resentments by focusing on community agreements to inform policies for enforcement.

• Build the capacity of DLC and land use related institutions to take

leadership in governance of land, water, forest, fisheries resources,

Objective:

• To support the Government of the Sudan to reform its land laws,
• To develop practical solutions to secure access to and use of crop

land, livestock routes, range and pastures including the provision of adequate and practical dispute resolution mechanisms; and assist DLC, VRRC, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Animal Resources, Ministry of Housing and Public Infrastructure at state and locality levels,

• To promote the provision for legitimate land tenure rights to

conflict displaced communities including small‐scale rural farmers, pastoralist, and IDPs in Darfur region

Geographic Coverage

• Five Darfur

states

• 4 localities in

each states

Beneficiaries

• Communities in 20 localities in 5 Darfur states,
• Government institutions:

– Darfur Land Commission (DLC), – Voluntary Return And Resettlement (VRRC), – Ministry of Agriculture, – Ministry of Animal Resources, – Ministry of Housing and Public Infrastructure at state and locality levels, – Forest National Corporation at state level,

Output 1: Effective enabling environment for rural social stability established, through responsible Governance of land tenure

• Enhance stakeholders knowledge on VGGT for better mainstreaming of

tenure issues in Darfur,

• Revive/establish Community Based Peace Negotiation Platforms to

structurally address community based land disputes and reduce tensions over land use,

• Facilitate negotiations between community to community dialogue to Resolve

Communal Land Disputes,

• Support DLC to enforce Community Agreements,
• Identify gaps to build the capacity of DLC, VRRC and other land related

stakeholders on land resources management.

Output 2: VGGT resource competition and environmental protection principles and instruments applied

• In mapping community resources through participatory methods

and information generated will be used to inform national land use maps under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation,

• Developing Community Action Plans on natural resources

management (NRM),

• Synchronize Community Land Use Plans and investments with

DLC plans,

• Facilitate DLC and DRA implement land use mapping to clarify land

use,

Output 3: Voluntary return of conflict displaced people of Darfur Region facilitated and basic services enhanced

• Ensure peace and stability in return sites determined

under the Darfur Development Strategy.

Output 4: Operational Framework for Land Tenure developed based on the principle of the VGGT.

• Follow up national VGGT workshops on lessons learned

and steps forward,

Project Overview

VGGT (Instrument of Soft Laws)T Rural Social Stability (Community Based Peace Building) Reduced Resource Competition and Environmental Protection Rural Economic Opportunities (sustainable agriculture & Livestock Based)T Voluntary Return of IDPs

Responsible Governance DRA, DLC, MOA, MoAR, MOE,

Achievements

• Endorsement of the project by the

Government of Sudan, through formal signature,

• Consultation with beneficiary institutions,
• Recruitment of project personnel,
• Preparation underway for Project launching,

Linkages with other Programs

• Lessons learnt (Peace and Stability),
• National VGGT Stakeholder Workshop and Way forward (MoA, DLC,

UNAMID, Darfur Parliamentarians (96 participants),

• DDS- Assessment and Technical Support to Darfur Land Commission

And Addressing Land Concern at Return Sites (UNDP, UN-Habitat and FAO, DRA, DLC, VRRC),

• DDS-Water Facilities (UNOPs and FAO, MoW),
• National Agriculture Investment Plan (MoA, MoL, MoEF),
• Comprehensive Livestock Census( MoL, BOS)
• National Food Security and Nutrition Policy-Food Security Technical

Secretariat (MoA)

• National Soil Mapping, (ARC),
• Seed multiplication in Nyala (MoA),