Drafting workshop sets out the pan-African framework and guidelines for effective land policy making

Abstract

A team of around 30 land experts and key stakeholders from African governments, centres of excellence, civil society, farmer's organizations and UN development partners are gathered at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa from 10 to 20 September 2008 to draft a comprehensive framework and guidelines on land policy for Africa. The workshop is part of activities of the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) process which was initiated in 2006 by a Consortium of three Pan-African organizations including the African Union, the African Development Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa.