| Grant Profile: |
| Project Title: |
Land Sector Reforms: Rehabilitation and Reform of Land Rights Registration and Related Matters |
| PCF/LICUS/SPF: |
SPF |
Status: |
Open |
| File Number: |
| Region: |
AFR |
| Sector: |
Law and justice and public administration |
Country: |
Liberia |
| FY approved: |
2009 |
Grant Theme : |
Rule of law |
| Keyword(s): |
Administrative and civil service reform |
Approved Amount: |
$2,982,000.00 |
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Grant Recipient:
Governance Commission/Land Commission
Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, CNDRA
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Grant Purpose:
The development objective of the project is to improve land tenure security in Liberia by recommending specific reforms to the Liberian land law and restoring the land administration system.
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Grant Activities:
Component 1
After twenty years of conflict and disorder, information on land law, land administration practices and customary land law is extremely thin and therefore studies are an effective means of informing the ongoing discussion about land policy reform. In terms of Component 1 activities, the project would finance three key studies carried out by consultants under contract with the Governance Commission. Each study will take approximately four months to complete. The primary outcome of the studies would be that Land Commissioners and the land institutions, as well as the public, are better informed about the land issues facing the country thereby enabling sound decision-making regarding land policy reform.
Component 2
The grant will also finance a technical advisor an international specialist in land tenure policy and law. The technical advisor will be responsible for assisting the land institutions (Land Commission, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, etc) in the coordination of work plans, in an assessment of the quality of the studies, and will provide policy advice and direction to the institutions, the steering committee and the project coordinator. Under this component, the soon to be created Land Commission will also be supported. The role of this commission is national (to coordinate the land reform agenda and build consensus among the public for land reform). Although the Land Commission is not yet formed, it is likely to be within the first 6 months of the project. The funding will support essential training for the commission. The SPF will also support other activities of the Land Commission that will benefit or are related to this project, including workshops on land law reform and public awareness activities on land disputes.
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