Scaling-up effective land administration in urban DRC: A case study of a pilot project in Beni, North Kivu

Lobo Ngumba Aime, Serges Kakule Vutegha,Gracien Ahadi Senzeru, Kahindo Mwirima Nicole, Kyle Luke Hamilton, Oumar Sylla, Danilo Antonio, Armand Ndilmbaye, Christol Paluku

While DR Congo’s ongoing volatility has many layers and factors, insecure land tenure persists as important source of antagonisms, violence and insecurity, as well as an impediment for development and economic growth. This paper argues that land interventions aimed at scaling an improved Land Information System in DRC requires fostering commitment, cooperation and coordination between the land administration, various levels of governmental authorities as well as a broader of community actors. In making this argument, this paper analyzes the lessons learned by a multi-actor collaboration in Beni, DR Congo, where state and non-state actors are partnering to implement a contextualized version of GLTN's Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM), which is complemented by the creation of a Land Stewardship Committee designed to serve as an avenue for communication and action between all land agents.

Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018

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