4TH CAPITALIZATION MEETING 22 – 24 NOVEMBER 2016 SUPPORT TO AND CAPITALIZATION ON THE EU LAND GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME IN AFRICA 4TH CAPITALIZATION MEETING 22 – 24 NOVEMBER 2016

The Transversal Project FAO to provide transversal support to in-country implementing partners Awareness raising and dissemination of VGGT and F&G Support to capacity development Support to specific country demands Support for M&E Platform for lesson learning and experience capitalization Lesson learnt in VGGT and F&G implementation as inputs to AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges

CAPITALIZATION MEETINGS Meetings of key stakeholder from the ten in-country project implementing agencies and government representatives for purpose of: Enhancing coherence and alignment of the in-country projects in improving governance of tenure in the framework of VGGT and F&G Strengthening capacities of in-country project teams Sharing and capitalizing on experiences and lessons learnt and progress of in-country projects It is a project requirement to attend capitalization meetings

Capitalization meetings Capitalization meetings are not isolated events Linked to and mutually supportive of other transversal support activities: Targeted capacity development Use of Knowledge Management platform Joint monitoring and evaluation Joint communication activities Collating and disseminating lessons learnt

Objectives of the meeting Review progress of implementation at country level particularly as they relate to implementation of the VGGT and F&G Increase technical and soft skills in improving governance of tenure in the following areas: Multi-stakeholder processes Experience capitalization Documenting and communicating lessons learnt Gender equitable governance of tenure Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Provide inputs for communication materials to promote success stories at country, regional and global levels Provide inputs to 5th Anniversary celebration of VGGT

Expected Outcomes Good exchanges among the implementers in sharing experiences and lessons in implementation of in-country projects Capacity developed in technical and soft skills in improving governance of tenure Inputs provided for documenting success stories of VGGT and F&G implementation at country level Inputs provided for the celebration of the 5th Anniversary of VGGT