1. Helping Ukraine complete its journey towards transparency in the land sector
Klaus Deininger, World Bank, US
Denys Nizalov, KEI at KSE, Ukraine
20 March, 2018, Washington, DC

2. Background: WB involvement with land reform in Ukraine
2003 – 2013: Rural Land Titling & Cadastre Development Project
: Land Governance Assessment Framework
: IDF Capacity Development for Evidence-Based Land & Agricultural Policy Making in Ukraine
Understanding the institutional background and collecting data/evidence
Building coalition and confidence
Supporting design and monitoring reforms 1

3. Transparency of Land Governance
Multi-Donor Trust Fund "Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine"
Objective: to assist the Government of Ukraine to create the preconditions for transparent functioning of agricultural land markets to enhance efficiency of resource use and provide a basis for investment in the rural sector
Transparency of Land Governance
Providing for monitoring of land governance
Promoting the use of monitoring results
Facilitating evidence based policy dialog
2. Completeness of Cadaster and Registry
Supporting registration and error correction
Digitization of privatization records
Registration of public land
3. Effective Land Management
Supporting registration of administrative boundaries
Remote sensing of agricultural land use
Supporting better protection of protection of land related rights

4. Implementation arrangement
Multi-Donor Trust Fund "Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine"
Implementation arrangement
5 pilot village councils (April-Sept 2018) – methodology development, support in improving normative base
Building infrastructure for transparency – land governance monitoring, remote sensing, digitization of records
Rolling out to 100 village councils and amalgamated communities ( )
M&E of improvements in land governance
Two target regions: Kyiv and Mykolaiv oblasts for selection of pilot villages

5. Examples: digitization of privatization records
Multi-Donor Trust Fund "Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine"
Examples: digitization of privatization records
Expected Outcomes:
Delineation of public and private land
Facilitation of registration and error correction

6. Examples: supporting registration of administrative boundaries
Multi-Donor Trust Fund "Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine"
Examples: supporting registration of administrative boundaries
Expected outcomes:
Decrease probability of boundary conflicts
Increase investment attractiveness
Increase local budget revenue
Support sustainable land management
Boundaries based on: 
Area, ha
Former village council areas
12677,97
District administrative boundaries
12766,82
Index-cadastral map
12766,91

7. Examples: facilitate better protection of land related rights
Multi-Donor Trust Fund "Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine"
Examples: facilitate better protection of land related rights
SMS-warning system for changes in registry of rights
Upgrading capacity of free legal support
Upgrading capacity of the ombudsman for human rights (for protection of land related rights)
Expected Outcomes:
Higher level of land security
Lower number of conflicts
Higher value of land
Use of land as a collateral
Higher wellbeing of rural population

8. Decreased opportunities for corruption
Multi-Donor Trust Fund "Supporting Transparent Land Governance in Ukraine"
Expected outcomes:
Normative base and procedures for more transparent, efficient and equitable use of land resources
Decreased opportunities for corruption
Increase in local budget revenue
Increase in private investments
Increase in sustainability of land use
Increased value of land and wellbeing of rural population