Current Activities

• Strengthening the policy, legal and regulatory framework for land governance by providing advisory support and recommendations for land policy and legal and regulatory reforms;
• Providing the public with information on proposed reforms;
• Conducting policy research;
• Improving human and institutional capacity for land governance by supporting institutional transition to the Liberia Land Authority;
• Conducting action research to support provisions of the land rights policy and land rights law that recognize customary land rights;
• Supporting women’s land rights initiatives;
• Supporting the Surveyors Association;
• Assessing media options for publicizing legislation and institutional reform agenda; and
• Developing and managing grants supporting civil society and private sector entities engaged in land governance activities.

Accomplishment To Date

• Comprehensive review of legislative reform agenda and proposals made for future policy, legal, and regulatory reform;
• Institutional audit and assessments completed for the Center for National Documents and  Records Agency, the Department of Land Survey and Cartographic Services, the former Land Commission, and County Land Commissioners;
• Transition plan for the Liberia Land Authority drafted;
• Learning agenda for customary land rights implementation developed;
• Gender strategy for inclusion of gender responsive program activities developed; and
• Surveyors Association reconstituted, by-laws adapted, and leadership elections held.

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.