Mekong Region Land Governance Project

2nd Regional Stakeholder Consultation Workshop

Mercure Hotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR23-24th February 2016

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Morning Agenda8.30 - 8.45 Opening key note8.45 – 9.00 Development Partner Introduction 9.00 – 9.35 MRLG update9.35 – 10.20 MRLG question time10.20 – 10.30 Group Photo

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee11.00 – 12.00 Regional L&A activity Presentations

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

Afternoon Agenda

13.30 – 13.45 M-LIKE and Knowledge Products presentation13.45 – 14.15 IF Gallery Walk

14.15 – 14.30 Introduction to the group work.Coffee to be served during group work. 14.30 – 16.15 Thematic Group Work Action Planning and Coordination16.15 – 16.45 Present back to Plenary16.45 – 17.00 Closure for the day and house keeping 18.00 - 20.00 Tum Mua Reception Dinner – Mekong Riverside

Towards equitable and secure access to land and natural resources

for family farmers in the Mekong Region

Towards joint planning and alliance building with

the aim of improving policy and practice for

smallholder farmer tenure security.

Workshop Objectives

Expected Workshop Outcomes

• Strengthening and enlarging alliances along the key MRLG thematic priorities.

• Commitment to participate in an action agenda toward policy and practice influencing through regional and country level actions.

Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG)

• Switzerland added another USD 4m, now 13m

The project design provides flexibility for additional donors to join:• German contribution increases funds in the

QDF & IF, and provide 1 full-time & 1 part-time staff through GIZ (EUR 3.5m)

• Luxembourg will provide EUR 1m into the Grants Facility from early this year onwards

Expected Project ResultsDevelopment Result:

Family farmers in CLMV countries, especially those belonging to ethnic minorities, have secure and equitable access to and

control over agricultural land, forest, and fisheries.

Outcome 1: Reform actors in the CLMV countries are more

effective in promoting and protecting family farmers’

tenure rightsOutcome 2: Improved policies and practice on land use and land related investment that promotes and protects family

farmer tenure security.

Project Implementation Unit across CLMV

Project Structure

Coordination & Facilitation

- Country facilitation- Learning opportunities and

identifying learning pathways- Space for dialogue- Nurturing new engagements

Facilitating a common understanding / strategy Effective Reform Actors

Knowledge Management

- Assisted thematic / policy learning

- Capitalisation of experience - Producing / disseminating

knowledge- Information Platform

Developing evidence base for common understanding / strategy Strengthened advocacy and

decision making

Grant Facility

- Quick response projects - Innovative medium term

projects- Coordinating exchange

experiences / lessons

Investing in opportunities Improved land governance

scenarios

Project Steering Committee (14 Member Advisory Council)

Enlarging national and regional networks and alliances

Enlarging the alliance & networks

& knowledge sharing

Linking L&A, QDF and IF

2014 2016 2017

Learning and Alliance Building

20182015

Stakeholder Identification

Stakeholder Consultations

Alliance building

Policy Dialogue

Up to 10 new Innovation Fund Projects (Nov 2016 – Nov 2018)

Linking L&A, QDF and IF

QDF_2

10 Innovation Fund Projects(Dec 2015 – Dec 2017)

Policy Dialogue

QDF_4

2014 2015 2016 2017

QDF_1

Learning and Alliance Building

2018

QDF_7,8

QDF_3,5, 6

Future QDFs (policy influencing)

Future QDFs (Urgent)

Large Scale Land Acquisition & Responsible

Investment

Recognition of Customary Tenure

Alliance Priorities

(Regional and Country level)

Learning and Alliance Building

• Providing venue and experts for discussing key issues and strategies

• Conducting and supporting research• Jointly supporting learning activities

– Case study tours, exchange visits• Providing training (future options) • A platform for instigating QDF and IF project proposals

L&A Year 1 instigated activities-national level-

• Laos – Dialogue with MONRE and CSOs on the Communal Land Registration and Titling. Another group working with Ministry of Justice on legal education. Third group working with Ministry of Planning and Investment and Private Sector companies on Corporate Social Responsibility in land based investments.

• Vietnam – 4 separate multi-stakeholder activity groups undertaking case studies, dialogue and workshop series, addressing issues of forest governance, resettlement compensation, women’s rights awareness and people’s participation in monitoring land administration.

L&A Year 1 instigated activities-national level-

• Cambodia – Star Kampuchea were engaged to conduct case studies on land conflict, Seminar was organised on 22nd Dec to discuss the cancellend Economic Land Concessions with Government, Academia and NGOs. MRLG contributed to NGO forum reporting on the ‘land situation’ during the National Advocacy Conference in early November, and a 3rd group are receiving training on community strengthening for Indigenous People’s communities.

• Myanmar Youth organisations working with a Customary tenure expert to be trained in documenting customary tenure practices.

• Released a research study on the political economy of land governance in each country & regional synthesis, www.mrlg.org.

• Online resource of land governance publications, grey literature, annotated bibliographies, synopsis of key thematic topics. http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/mlrf/

• The Mekong Land Research Forum will have it’s inaugural meeting on 24-25th February– Aim is to contribute toward evidence-based progressive policy reform

in key areas of land governance.

Changes in L&A Process• Year 1&2 was ‘demand’ driven short term activities (learning

and advocacy), conducted by groups of interested “like minded” organisations

• Year 3&4 focus towards Alliance/ Coalition building with long term action agenda– Need to build broader coalitions, including government,

Private sector… – What are the current contributions, and by who (most people

here today) & – what more be added, and who is not here! ?

Ongoing MRLG Capacity Assessment Survey (CAS)

Reform ActorsSelf assessment about their knowledge, core functions and functional capacities

Completed: Viet Nam and CambodiaTo do, in March: Laos and Myanmar

Other StakeholdersInterviews and focal groups discussions by Land Governance specialist

Commenced: Laos and CambodiaTo do, in March: Viet Nam, date TBC Myanmar.

Where are we?• Analyzing, results will be presented to the Reform actors in

workshops• Preliminary findings:

– Good knowledge about the Legal texts. – Less understanding about institutional functions. – Diversity of CSOs working on land governance issues, requiring

technical strengthening for land governance processes: • Registration or recognition of land rights• Protection of existing rights • Advocacy

– Academia is teaching focused rather than research focus.

Expected CAS Outputs

• Draft training plan for Reform Actors • Stakeholder Working Profile• Identification of potential service providers for

sharing and teaching on approaches to improved land governance & core function training.

Is there something more than workshops … …

Information Platform for Knowledge Exchange

Moderated web-portal focused around solutions and repackaged targeted information.

Linking and supporting dialogue platforms and alliance building

The Mekong Land Information Knowledge and Engagement Platform (M-LIKE) is dedicated to bringing together communities, private sector,

government officials and civil society organizations to dialogue around new knowledge and solutions

so as to ensure the secure land tenure of small holders in Lao, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Myanmar.

Let’s talk Grant Facility … …

Funded QDF ProjectsWorking Title Proponent USD Status

INRM for Food Security - Capacity Development Framework for an Integrated Approach, Laos PDR

LIWG, Village Focus International

$49,265 Complete

CSO Pre-consultations on Myanmar National Land Use Policy, Myanmar

Land Core Group

$50,000 Complete

Rubber Baron Accountability Project: Preparing and Assisting Affected Communities for Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) Process, Cambodia

Equitable Cambodia

$33,076 Complete

Recommendation for Draft Decree V-1 on Land Policy, Vietnam

S-CODE $48,505 Complete

QDF Projects ongoingWorking Title Proponent USD Status

Representing IP Community in Orona Village against the Encroachment on the Collective Registered Land, Cambodia

Vishnu Law Group

$40,571 Ongoing

Establishment of Community Forest for Cancelled ELCs in Stung Treng Province, Cambodia

RECOFTC $ 42,980 Started …

Facilitating Private Sector Leadership to Address Land Governance Issues in the Lao Eucalypt and Tea Sectors, Lao PDR

Earth Systems Laos

$ 49,860 Under contract

negotiation …

Strict urgency or policy intervention criteria must be met.A maximum of 18 QDF projects can still be funded.

Cambodia29%

Laos14%

Myanmar7%

Vietnam24%

Regional Projects

26%

Innovation Fund 1st Call Proposals Received

Round 1

58 proposals received.

20 longlisted – AC evaluation.

11 shortlisted – PSC approval

10 awarded.

9 commenced.

Innovation Fund Projects Implementing partners include …

• CAP-IPSARD in Vietnam• Oxfam with Landa, ForLand

in Vietnam• RECOFTC in Vietnam• Inclusive Development

International with Equitable Cambodia, in CMV

• Oxfam-Novib, in CLMV

• Land Core Group with Namati, in Myanmar

• Earth Rights International with Puang Ku, Myanmar

• Forest Trends, with many partners, CLMV

• Open Development Mekong, in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos

2nd Innovation Fund CallCall opens … 14th March 2016

Preference towards proposals from government institutions, private sector organizations or other organizations jointly implementing with

government and/or private sector organizations.Innovative project proposals must:

• pursue multi-stakeholder collaborations • improve the tenure security of family farmers • Thematic focus on: land rights and customary tenure

recognition; regulation of large scale land acquisition; and responsible land-based investments; and land conflict transformation

www.mrlg.org