1. Ethiopia Monitoring Rural Land Governance

2. Certification and updating Bahir Dar Zuria (Amhara) Wondo Genet (SNNP) Year registration started20032012 Year registration completed20122013 Year issuance of certificate started20062013 Year completed20132014 Number of certificates issued12274 (holding level)33303 (parcel level) No. under the name of female (joint or alone)NA2726 No. of kebeles with updating systemALL3 out of 10 No. of registered transfers over the past 5 years212413 Number of registered transfer in 201447311

3. Pilot woreda characteristics Bahir Dar Zuria (Amhara) Wondo (SNNP) No. of Kebeles3215 No. of landholding households4281318469 Of which, share of female headed households (%)25.877.93 No. of landholding hh per required perm. staff14992842 No. of landholding hh per actual perm. staff17693452 No. of landholding hh per actual temp & perm. staff16982237 No. required permanent staff28.606.60 No. of actual permanent staff24.205.60 Of which, with diploma and above24.205.60 Of which, with GIS skill01.60 No. temporary staff15.60 No. of motorcycle11 No. of car0.600.00 No. of computers25

4. Manpower Resources of the Woreda LAUD

5. Landholding HHS per Staff at the Woreda Level

6. Process of subsequent registration Bahir Zuria Woreda (Amhara) KLAU office Holder submits application to KLAU Display notice for 15 days KLAU expert Process the transaction Woreda LAUD Approve and issue new certificate Wondo Genet Woreda (SNNP) KLAC Holder applies to KLAC KLAC check and send to woreda court Woreda Court Both the KLAC and woreda court documents are then sent to Woreda LAU core process Woreda LA Issue new certificate

7. Kebele level data that can be collected from the Woreda Land Desk Bhair Dar Zuria (Amhara) Total Keble population Total number of landholding households Female headed landholding households Total area of the kebele (individually cultivated land, communal land, government land) Number of parcels of individual holdings Information on land registration and certification No information on land disputes (Woreda court might be an option) Wondo Genet (SNNP) Total Keble population (with number of adults, number of households, female headed households) Total number of landholding households Female headed landholding households Total area of the kebele (individually cultivated land, communal land, government land) Number of parcels of individual holdings Information on land registration and certification No information on land disputes (Woreda court might be an option)

8. Conclusion Opening kebele land administration offices: Brings services closer to the landholders Facilitates updating of the land register Facilitates monitoring of land governance indices

9. Recommendations Other regional states in Ethiopia consider opening up kebele land administration offices; Serious effort be made to promote the culture of updating the land register via training of land administration officers and creating awareness among rural landholders Efforts be made to record land dispute adjudication via ADR The judiciary keeps track of land disputes appearing before the courts and report the statistics on a regular basis