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24 November 2008: Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources Hakijamii and FIAN presented a civil society background paper to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation's (FAO) expert meeting to discuss the adoption of international guidelines on Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources. Representatives from indigenous peoples, peasants, fisherfolk, urban and women's organisations were sponsored by GLTN and FAO to attend. The Background paper together with the FAO discussion paper are attached. Downloads: |
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5 November 2008: Draft GLTN concept paper Hakijamii has prepared a draft concept paper to assist the Global Land Tool Network and partners in support grassroots participation in land management and administration, including scaling up grassroots land tools. provide comments by to malcolm@hakijamii.org Download: Grassroots Mechanisms  |
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5 May 2008: Launch of Evaluation of Kisumu Community Enumeration in Informal Settlements Today in New York at th eUN Commission on Sustainable Development, Hakijamii and GLTN partners launched the evaluation of grassroots enumeration of nine informal settlemnts in Kisumu, Kenya. The project was coordianted by SDI and the evaluation was conducted by Dr Huchzermeyer with the support of Hakijamii. The report shows that grasssroots groups can play a significant role in enumerating their settlements for development purposes but challenges remain in ensuring efffective participation and integration of data into official planning systems.
Download: Working Paper-Kisumu Enumeration |
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8 October 2007: FAO Guidelines on Compulsory Acquisition Hakijamii together with COHRE and FIAN submitted comments on the Compulsory Acquisition Guidelines being developed by FAO (UN Food and Agricultural Organisation). The comments centre around identifying properly the human rights obligations of States and ensure key issues are adeqautely covered, such as recognition of non-freehold tenure types, effective participatory planning and legal rights of appeal and remedies, adequate consideration of women’s rights and marginalised groups. The letter also called for wider consultation with grassroots organisations on the draft. The intervention in the process was done with the support of the Global Land Tool Network. Downloads: |
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