LAND ADMINISTRATION

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The long-term development objective of the Land Administration Project (PRODEP) is to improve the security of land tenure and thereby boost investment in agriculture, contribute to social fairness, promote the sustainable use of natural reosurces, and increase revenue collection and facilitate planning at the municipal level. The project's medium-term objectives are to develop the legal, institutional, and technical framework for the administration of property rights, and to demonstrate the feasibility of a systematic land rights regularization program, initially in rural areas. There are six project components: 1) policy and legal reforms, including a land policy framework,legal and regulatory changes, and procedural and operational manuals; 2) institutional decentralization and strengthening, particularly support to the land policy directorate of the agriculture ministry (MAGFOR), strengthening of property rights administration, support to grassroots organizations and other actors, and capacity building on municipalities in land-related activities; 3) titling and regularization services, including alternative conflict resolution training; 4) demarcation and consolidation of protected areas; 5) demarcation of indigenous lands, including a focus on the regulatory land rights framework; and 6) an upgrade to an integrated information system, including a project financial and management information system and project impact monitoring and evaluation systems.