Strengthening Land Management

Project Narrative

The objective of this project was to support the recently created General Authority for Land Survey and Urban Planning (GALSUP) to implement their consolidated responsibilities in land registration, public land management, and urban planning. LEI were responsible for strengthening government institutions through technical assistance and capacity building. This included revising and harmonising legislative texts on State Land and Real Estate Law, Land Registration Law and Urban Planning Law and formulating policies on public land management. In addition, the project supported the newly created agency by documenting land registration procedures, clarifying roles and responsibilities, identifying equipment requirements and preparing strategic plans.

Key services provided

LEI were responsible for providing institutional strengthening to the General Authority for Land Survey and Urban Planning.

This included:

• Preparation of regulations on land registration
• Developing a manual of land registration procedures, covering both systematic and sporadic procedures
• Drafting a Public Land Management Policy Paper and an Urban Planning Policy Paper
• Drafting a revision of the Public Land and Real Estate Law and the Land Use Planning Law
• Drafting an Organisational decree for the newly created GALSUP delineating mandates, roles and responsibilities
• Identifying priority equipment for the new agency
• Drafting a strategic plan for a model land authority branch office which was piloted in Taiz
• Drafting a strategic plan for a public land inventory in Taiz

LEI was also responsible for providing effective management of the project; ensuring outputs were delivered on time and within budget, ensuring project reporting requirements were met, ensuring all contractual requirements were met, ensuring quality assurance was maintained, managing team inputs and managing relations with the Client.