The workshop session focuses on the use of data and technology in enhancing transparency and accountability in land governance. The workshop session will include the following presentations:
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Presentation 1Title: The Dashboard for People-Centered Land Governance: Indicators for Transparency in the Land Sector
Topic: The International Land Coalition (ILC) is currently piloting the Dashboard Tool for People-Centered Land Governance Monitoring. Based on common indicators and methodologies developed in consultation with members, the Dashboard gives priority to the people, communities and concerns underrepresented in existing data.
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Presentation 2Title: Secure Tenure Rights and Engage Local Communities with Technology in Madagascar
Topic: Transparency International – Initiative Madagascar developed a land-surveying application called Cadastre Registry Inventory Without Paper (CRISP), to engage the community to survey their land. This application creates a transitory Land –certificate, which can increase the bargaining power of the community in relation to the state.
Title: A Workflow Platform to Improve the Land Acquisition in Zambia: The Process Approach
Topic: Transparency International Zambia developed a workflow platform to document, visualize and popularize processes of land acquisition in Zambia. It will enable the public to navigate and search within processes, find information and attachments, and submit reports about a specific step directly to the authority in charge. This will shed light on the processes and help fight corruption and improve the processes at every level
Title: Citizen led social accountability anti-corruption initiatives: what is working in the land context?
Topic: With this presentation, Transparency International Rwanda will highlight the experiences made with regard to citizen participation and their impact on fighting corruption in service delivery on land. They will present a set of lessons learned from an established social accountability system which relies on collective efforts.
