Submission period

Thursday 30 September, 2021 - Thursday 14 October, 2021

Description

Title: “Community-based Land Registration and Land Use Planning on Customary Land in Kyoga Plain in Uganda”

Purpose of CFP: To implement a project in Uganda aimed at improving tenure security and sustainable land use for men, women and youth on customary land, in a participatory way in the Kyoga plains.

Submission Start Date: 30 September 2021

Submission Deadline Date and time: 14^th October 2021, 5 P.M. Nairobi Time

Project Key Information

• UN-Habitat Project Title: Scaling up Community-based Land Registration and Land Use Planning on Customary Land in Uganda
• Locations
  • Three (3) agro-production zones in Uganda, namely; Zone 1: South-western Uganda (Potato production area), Zone 2: The Kyoga Plains (Lowland rice production area) and; Zone 3:  Mt. Elgon Region (Potato and upland rice production area). In addition, the project will also work in one selected district in the West-Nile region of Uganda.
•  Specific Location Site for this Call for Proposal
  • Butaleja District in Kyoga Plain.
  • Specific sub-counties to be agreed upon.
• Anticipated start date: 1^st November 2021
• Maximum proposed value in US$:100,000
• Estimated duration of project in calendar months: Twelve (12) months
• Lead Organization Unit: Land, Housing and Shelter Section, Urban Practices Branch.

Brief Background of the Project

The Land, Housing and Shelter Section (LHSS), within the Urban Practices Branch of UN-Habitat, hosts the secretariat of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), which is a network of over 80 international institutions that was established in 2006 and since then, has been working to promote secure land and property rights for all, through the development of pro-poor fit-for-purpose and gender appropriate land tools within the continuum of land rights approach. Since 2012, GLTN has started working at country level to test and implement developed land tools and approaches, support land policy development and implementation, undertake capacity development initiatives and awareness and knowledge building initiatives in collaboration with government authorities and partners. In 2019, Phase 3 of the GLTN programme has started which has an overall goal of improving tenure security for women, youth and vulnerable groups.

Recently, the Global Land Tool Network has received funding from the Netherlands government through the Netherlands Enterprise and Development Agency (RVO) to implement a Project called “Scaling up Community-based Land Registration and Land Use Planning on Customary Land in Uganda”. Building on a successful pilot project “Securing Land Tenure for Improved Food Security in Select Areas in Uganda” funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the project aims to contribute to the development of a structured and scalable approach towards improved tenure security and sustainable land use for men, women and youth on customary land, in a participatory way. 

The project goal will be achieved through the following specific objectives:  

1. Improved tenure security for men, women and youth. 
2. Sustainable, climate-smart and inclusive land use planning. 
3. Improved capacity and awareness of key land stakeholders on customary land registration and land use planning. 

This call for proposal contributes to this project with an aim to improve land tenure security of about 2,800 rural smallholder farmers majority of whom are poor women, men, youth and vulnerable groups in the Kyoga plains. The actual target shall be discussed and agreed upon prior to commencement of the project. In implementing this project, UN-Habitat and GLTN tools and approaches are expected to be applied in collaboration with national, local and traditional authorities. This includes small holder farmers supported to register their customary land rights and to acquire Wetland Resource Use Permits, support the development of wetland management plan with considerations on climate change, natural resource management and environment protection. In order to achieve inclusive and sustainable change, capacity development and awareness raising on land registration and wetland/land use is needed, especially with attention to the position of women and youth. Also, the project aims to work through a participatory approach, and therefore stakeholders need to be engaged in the registration and wetland/land use planning activities. The project will also contribute in the development of standard operating procedures on customary land registration, alternative dispute resolution and land use planning; and in sharing lessons and capacities to other partners and stakeholders.