1. in the Context of National Food Security
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
in the Context of National Food Security
Ms Leila Shamsaifar
Food and Agriculture Organization
Addis Ababa, 30 May 2017

2. Unprecedented global momentum to work on tenure

3. INTERNATIONAL INSTUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVING LAND POLICIES
What should be in them!
Commitment!
Why and how?

5. Voluntary

6. Development of the Voluntary Guidelines
CONSULTATIONS
2009 – 2010
NEGOTIATIONS
2011 – 2012
(July, October, March)
ENDORSEMENT by CFS
11 May 2012

7. Guidelines

8. Guidelines for who?
The whole of society needs to be involved because tenure of land, fisheries and forest affects everyone in some way.
Cooperatives
States
Businesses and investors
Courts and agencies
Communities and people
Civil society
Tenure professionals
Academics

9. Tenure How people get access to natural resources.
Who can use what resources, for how long, and under what conditions.
Tenure

10. Public, private, communal, collective, indigenous and customary.
Ownership and other rights to use the natural resources.
All forms of tenure

11. Legitimate tenure rights
Some tenure rights are not recognized in formal laws.
They are recognized by society.
Legitimate tenure rights

12. Governance of Tenure

13. Responsible Governance is about doing the right thing
and doing it well.
Responsible
Governance

14. Land tenure Fisheries tenure Forest tenure
Tenure of other natural resources
Land tenure
Fisheries tenure
Forest tenure

15. Content
Know where to find the information!

16. Guidance which applies to all sections
Part 1: Preliminary
Sets the direction:
Objectives
Nature and scope
Part 2: General Matters
Provides overall guidance:
Guiding principles.
Tenure rights.
Policy, legal and organizational frameworks.
Delivery of services.

17. Part 3: Legal recognition and allocation of tenure rights
Safeguards
Public lands, fisheries and forests
Indigenous peoples and others with customary tenure
Informal tenure
Part 4: Transfers and other changes to tenure rights
Markets
Investments
Readjustments
Restitution
Redistributive reforms
Expropriation

18. Part 5: Administration of tenure
Records of tenure rights
Valuation
Taxation
Regulated spatial planning
Resolution of disputes over tenure
Transboundary matters

19. Part 6: Responses to climate change and emergencies
Natural disasters
Conflicts
Part 7: Promotion, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

20. Thank you for your attention
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21. Session 1: The VGGT What are the VGGT? Key facts
What is governance of tenure?
Contents
2. How can the VGGT be used?
- Experiences from around the world

22. An unprecedented agreement
“a milestone achievement.”
José Graziano da Silva, Director General, FAO
“An historical momentum.”
Alberta Guerra, Food Policy officer, Action Aid International
application encouraged by G8, G20, Rio +20, APEC, Francophone Parliamentary Assembly, UN General Assembly and Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit …
“We encourage private investment be carried out in a responsible manner with VG and PRAI being taken into account.”
Kazan Declaration on APEC Food Security

23. 4. Who do the VGGT apply to?
The whole of society needs to be involved because tenure of land, fisheries and forest affects everyone in some way.
Cooperatives
States
Businesses and investors
Courts and agencies
Communities and people
Civil society -
Tenure professionals
Academics

24. VGGT as a National Tool VGGT IMPLEMENTATION IMPROVED TENURE GOVERNANCE
Assess reality on the ground
Assess legal / policy / institutional framework
Design / revise policies and laws
Build capacity for implementation
IMPROVED TENURE GOVERNANCE
Provide access to justice
Safeguard and protect against threats
Prevent disputes, conflicts and corruption
Recognize
and
respect
Open inclusive discussion on what rights are legitimate
States - Government Agencies - Civil Society - Private Sector - Academia
VGGT IMPLEMENTATION

25. What issues regarding governance of tenure have you faced, as a group, individual or society?
Tenure of land, fisheries and forests. Tenure is the relationship among people with respect to land, fisheries, forests and other natural resources. The rules of tenure determine which resources can be used by whom, for how long and under which conditions.
Governance of tenure is the way in which access to and control over natural resources is managed in a society. It includes how competing priorities and interests of different groups are reconciled, how individuals and groups participate in decision making, how government is accountable to others, and how society obliges its members to observe rights, freedoms, rules and laws. Effectiveness in addressing tenure problems depends to a large extent on the quality of governance.

26. Thank you for your attention
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27. Complementarities: AU Declaration, the F&G and the VGGT
SESSION OBJECTIVES
Understand:
Complementarities: AU Declaration, the F&G and the VGGT
Key points about the VGGT
How LPI is operationalizing the implementation of the AU Declaration on land