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Land Governance Support Activity (LGSA)

(Liberia): With FY2017 resources, The Land Governance Support Activity (LGSA) will provide crucial support to the GOL's standing up and operationalization of the Land Authority that is in the process of consolidating Liberia's fragmented and ineffective regulation of the land sector. Specifically, LGSA will assist the Liberia Land Authority in the preparation of seven draft policies, regulations, and guidelines that are needed to improve land governance; support the Liberia Land Authority to develop a road map for the development of a well-functioning land administration system in Liberia; develop and field test customary tenure recognition processes and procedures in seven pilot communities; and continue awareness raising efforts through grants and direct outreach activities, particularly in relation to women's land rights, community negotiation skills in relation to concessions, and the criminal conveyance of land.

Objectives for Liberia: Planned Outcomes: Legislative and regulatory reform agenda adopted and implemented by the Liberia Land Authority; Decentralized land management and institutional capacity development established and functioning; Public informed of and utilizing Government of Liberia land governance institutions; Master’s-level training in land governance completed and graduates placed in Land Authority staff positions; Public outreach and awareness campaigns on land rights and governance developed and.implemented; Facilitation of community-led processes to strengthen community land governance, including capacity building of communities, local institutions, and stakeholders undertaken; Development of a procedure for the formalization of customary tenure rights; Civil society, private sector, and citizen engagement in land governance strengthened; Land related private professional organizations such as real estate association, bankers association, etc. established and functioning; and; Public-private partnership mechanisms for the provision of land administration services established.

Project ID

US-GOV-1-AID-669-TO-15-00003

Activity status

2 - Implementation

Aid type

C01 - Project-type interventions

% to Liberia

100.00

Organisations

Accountable

U.S. Agency for International Development

Extending

U.S. Agency for International Development

Funding

U.S. Agency for International Development

Implementing

ARD, Inc.

CRS code	%
Elections (15151)	4.14
Democratic participation and civil society (15150)	6.53
Legislatures and political parties (15152)	6.22
Legal and judicial development (15130)	82.74
Public sector policy and administrative management (15110)	0.38