GLTN PHASE 3 PROGRAMME (2019-2023)

The world faces housing, land and property rights challenges of critical proportions. Tenure insecurity affects the majority of the world’s people in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. The situation is particularly dire in developing countries, where in many cases over 90% of land holding is neither documented, administered or protected. Meeting this global challenge by achieving tenure security for all, is a crucial stepping stone towards sustainable human development. It is also essential for the realisation of human rights for all women and men.
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is underpinned by five fundamental concerns: people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets of this agenda are not achievable without a seismic change in land tenure security and land governance. As our populations grow and move, as we face the uncertainties of climate change, rapid urbanization and increased demand for food, we must design and implement land systems that work for all people and for the planet.

The approach and tools are grounded in intensive normative tool development, complemented by testing in a selection of illustrative, catalytic demonstration countries.GLTN’s suite of 26 land tools and approaches, which are in various stages of testing and implementation, address five thematic areas and eight cross cutting issues.

This includes 18 fully developed and field-tested tools being used in a growing number of countries; and which had by 2017 directly resulted in marked improvements of tenure security along the continuum of land rights for more than 200,000 households in 13 countries. The at-scale adoption, institutionalization and implementation of GLTN’s land tenure approach and tools by an ever-increasing number of partners and countries at both local and national levels, are essential for the success of Agenda 2030 and the attainment of the SDGs.
GLTN’s Strategy 2018-2030 sets out how the Network will support national and local governments and other key stakeholders to fulfil their obligations for inclusive development and meet their Sustainable Development Goals commitments and Human Rights Obligations on land and tenure security.

The strategy will remain a living document, subject to periodic review and improvement.

The focus of the Strategy is twofold:

To consolidate GLTN’s normative work on land tool development, testing and dissemination, focusing on urgently needed, priority tools
Through effective in-country partnerships, to promote and facilitate the adoption and develop the necessary capacity for fit-for-purpose implementation, at scale, of land tools and practices promoting tenure security.
The purpose of the Strategy is to enable GLTN to effectively respond to the emerging needs, challenges and opportunities in the land sector, and successfully deliver the tools and know-how to meet stakeholders’ needs and requirements.

By supporting governments and stakeholders to scale-up their approaches and efforts towards tenure security using tools, capacity development and communication, for more harmonized and institutionalized strategic interventions, GLTN will help achieve the impact required to improve tenure security for all; and promote the attainment of sustainable development.

The Strategy has:

A Strong Vision: A world in which everyone enjoys secure land rights.
An Inclusive Mission: Partners working together to develop and implement inclusive fit-for-purpose and gender-responsive land tools to improve living conditions for all, prioritizing women, youth and vulnerable groups in both urban and rural settings
A Strategic Goal: Improved tenure security for all, with a focus on women, youth and vulnerable groups.
A set of core values:
Social justice and equity
Strength in diversity
Reciprocity
Transparency
Aligned strategic objectives
Accelerate reforms of the land sector by fostering global, regional and national discourse on responsible land governance and transformative land policies.
Institutionalize inclusive, gender-responsive and fit-for-purpose land tools to scale up tenure security interventions.
Monitor land-related commitments and obligations by mobilizing international, regional and national partners to track progress and build evidence.
Share and develop capacities, knowledge, research and resources on land tenure security.