Fit for Purpose Land Administration:Country Implementation Strategy for Addressing Uganda´s Land Tenure Security Problems

The Republic of Uganda is one of the five countries within the East African region. Uganda’s efforts to increase land productivity are hampered by land tenure insecurity related problems. For more than ten years, Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) pilot projects have been implemented in various parts of the country. Uganda is now in advanced stages of developing a country strategy for implementing a fit for purpose approach to land administration, to define the interventions, time and cost required to transform the existing formal (western type) land administration system into an administration system that is based on FFPLA principles. This paper reviews three case studies to investigate how lessons learnt from pilot projects informed a FFPLA country implementation strategy. The review is based on data collected during the development of the FFPLA strategy, in which the authors directly participated. The data collection methods included document review, field visits and interviews with purposively selected respondents from the pilot sites and institutions that had piloted FFPLA in Uganda. The study identified that pilot projects are beneficial in highlighting specific gaps in spatial, legal and institutional frameworks, that have potential to constrain FFPLA implementation. Pilot projects provided specific data for informed planning, programing and costing key interventions in the FFPLA country implementation strategy. The lessons learnt from the pilot projects, informed the various steps and issues considered while developing the national strategy for implementing a FFPLA approach in Uganda. On the other hand, the study identified that uncoordinated pilot projects are potential sources of inconsistencies in data and products, which may be cumbersome to harmonize at a national level. In order to implement a fit for purpose approach for land administration at a national level, it is necessary to consolidate the lessons leant from pilots into a unified country implementation strategy

PROVIDNG SECURE TENURE FOR ALL:A Country Implementation Strategy for Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration. The case of Uganda

In this paper, we present and discuss the principles, approach and provisions for a country implementation strategy for Fit for Purpose Land Administration in Uganda. The Fit–For-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) concept has gained recognition by governments, global professional bodies and international development agencies, as a complementary approach to conventional land administration.  FFP LA puts into consideration the cultural, social, economic and political context of a country to build the components of land administration so as to benefit all the members of society.  In Uganda, conventional Land administration approaches have only managed to record 500,000 parcels (2%) out of the estimated 23 million parcels country-wide, and this has taken more than 100 years. Yet, more than 80% of the land is held customarily and is characterized by underdevelopment, land conflicts, land grabbing and overlapping land rights. Uganda is therefore in need of faster, flexible and low cost approaches for land administration. With Support from GLTN - UN Habitat, Uganda developed a country implementation strategy for Fit for Purpose Land Administration. It was developed through a bottoms up approach that utilised a combination of review of the country's land administration context, use of GLTN published guidelines for Fit for Purpose country level implementation, consideration of international best practices and local stakeholder consultations and endorsements. The overall goal of the strategy is to improve the existing complicated, sporadic, bureaucratic and expensive approaches to Land administration that have not delivered the expected impacts on national development at the desired levels. The Strategy will be implemented over a period of 10 years, divided into 4 phases at a cost of US $500 million. An estimated 23 million parcels will be planned, mapped, documented and land administration infrastructure established at sub-county level. The cost of registration of each parcel is estimated at US$ 10 while the cost of rapid physical planning appraisal and establishing land administration infrastructure across the entire country is estimated at US $ 11 per parcel

Uganda's experience in Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness, 2018-2019.

BACKGROUND: Since the declaration of the 10th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in DRC on 1st Aug 2018, several neighboring countries have been developing and implementing preparedness efforts to prevent EVD cross-border transmission to enable timely detection, investigation, and response in the event of a confirmed EVD outbreak in the country. We describe Uganda's experience in EVD preparedness. RESULTS: On 4 August 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) activated the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) and the National Task Force (NTF) for public health emergencies to plan, guide, and coordinate EVD preparedness in the country. The NTF selected an Incident Management Team (IMT), constituting a National Rapid Response Team (NRRT) that supported activation of the District Task Forces (DTFs) and District Rapid Response Teams (DRRTs) that jointly assessed levels of preparedness in 30 designated high-risk districts representing category 1 (20 districts) and category 2 (10 districts). The MoH, with technical guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO), led EVD preparedness activities and worked together with other ministries and partner organisations to enhance community-based surveillance systems, develop and disseminate risk communication messages, engage communities, reinforce EVD screening and infection prevention measures at Points of Entry (PoEs) and in high-risk health facilities, construct and equip EVD isolation and treatment units, and establish coordination and procurement mechanisms. CONCLUSION: As of 31 May 2019, there was no confirmed case of EVD as Uganda has continued to make significant and verifiable progress in EVD preparedness. There is a need to sustain these efforts, not only in EVD preparedness but also across the entire spectrum of a multi-hazard framework. These efforts strengthen country capacity and compel the country to avail resources for preparedness and management of incidents at the source while effectively cutting costs of using a "fire-fighting" approach during public health emergencies

PROVIDNG SECURE TENURE FOR ALL:A COUNTRY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR FIT-FOR-PURPOSE LAND ADMINISTRATION. THE CASE OF UGANDA

In this paper, we present and discuss the principles, approach and provisions for a country implementation strategy for Fit for Purpose Land Administration in Uganda. The Fit–For-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) concept has gained recognition by governments, global professional bodies and international development agencies, as a complementary approach to conventional land administration. FFP LA puts into consideration the cultural, social, economic and political context of a country to build the components of land administration so as to benefit all the members of society. In Uganda, conventional Land administration approaches have only managed to record 500,000 parcels (2%) out of the estimated 23 million parcels country-wide, and this has taken more than 100 years. Yet, more than 80% of the land is held customarily and is characterized by underdevelopment, land conflicts, land grabbing and overlapping land rights. Uganda is therefore in need of faster, flexible and low cost approaches for land administration. With Support from GLTN - UN Habitat, Uganda developed a country implementation strategy for Fit for Purpose Land Administration. It was developed through a bottoms up approach that utilised a combination of review of the country's land administration context, use of GLTN published guidelines for Fit for Purpose country level implementation, consideration of international best practices and local stakeholder consultations and endorsements. The overall goal of the strategy is to improve the existing complicated, sporadic, bureaucratic and expensive approaches to Land administration that have not delivered the expected impacts on national development at the desired levels. The Strategy will be implemented over a period of 10 years, divided into 4 phases at a cost of US $500 million. An estimated 23 million parcels will be planned, mapped, documented and land administration infrastructure established at sub-county level. The cost of registration of each parcel is estimated at US$ 10 while the cost of rapid physical planning appraisal and establishing land administration infrastructure across the entire country is estimated at US $ 11 per parcel