1. MATT SOMMERVILLE CHIEF OF PARTY, TGCC PROGRAM TETRA TECH MARCH 2018
COMMUNITY RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION FROM USAID EXPERIENCES IN ZAMBIA, VIETNAM, PARAGUAY, GHANA AND BURMA
MATT SOMMERVILLE CHIEF OF PARTY, TGCC PROGRAM TETRA TECH
MARCH 2018
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2. DECEMBER 2017

4. PARTICIPATORY RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION
Consolidation of claims of IPs to support risk assessment – Paraguay
Community rights evidence of pre-existing rights and future advocacy – Myanmar
Community user group resource rights for planning – Vietnam
Household documentation for local administration – Zambia
Customary tenancy arrangement “contracts” for cocoa rehabilitation – Ghana
20 MARCH 2018
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5. PARTICIPATORY RIGHTS OUTCOMES
Paraguay – 600+ IP claims accessible on public platform managed by IP association
Myanmar – 59 villages and seven CSOs with boundaries and resources mapped
Vietnam – First district-level coastal spatial plan, inclusive of multiple sectors
Zambia – 16,000 household land certificates from five chiefdoms and 650+ villages
Ghana – Multinational cocoa buyers integrate tenure into farm rehabilitation finance
20 MARCH 2018
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6. WORLD BANK LAND AND POVERTY CONFERENCE
WHY DOCUMENT?
Formal recognition
Tool for planning
Tool for advocacy
Tool for conflict resolution
Tool for decision-making
What’s the legal framework?
At what scale?
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7. GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT
Supportive and engaged
Supportive, but lacking methods / experience
Ambivalent, but willing
Ambivalent, but resistant
Against
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8. WORLD BANK LAND AND POVERTY CONFERENCE
PRINCIPLES
Documenting, not changing custom
Creating space for inclusiveness
Paper and digital
Locally administered
Transparent
Low cost
Consistent with gov’t standards (where possible)
Interventions with a legislative or scaling goal
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9. APROACHES & KEY CONSIDERATION
Consolidation of existing information
Comparability
Community boundaries
Dispute resolution
Resource rights
Overlapping rights on land
Household rights
Data management
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10. LESSONS: VALUE OF A TENURE ASSESSMENT
Ghana example, identified the role of “abunu” arrangements
Vietnam example, identified areas of ambiguity in contract terms
Zambia example, identified changing matrilineal practices
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11. LESSONS: APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
Digital
Paper
Training & Capacities
Locally-led processes with international backstopping
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12. LESSONS: INFORMATION STORAGE
Locally
Nationally
Globally
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13. LESSONS: USE OF MAPS Spatial awareness / advocacy Local administration
Productivity / eligibility for financing
Safeguards
Land-use planning
Incorporation into national land information systems
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14. RESOURCES – LandLinks.org
USAID TGCC Program Final Report
Lessons Learned in Paraguay on a Platform for Reviewing Indigenous Claims to Land and Forests
Lessons Learned from Burma Community-based Activities
Improving Tenure Security to Support Sustainable Cocoa – Final Report & Lessons Learned
Our Coast – Our Future: Examination of Lessons Learned in Vietnam
20 MARCH 2018

15. Matt Sommerville Matt.Sommerville@tetratech.com
20 MARCH 2018
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