Cadasta Foundation and Global Land Alliance (GLA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to mutually support and advocate for land tenure security for vulnerable and marginalised communities around the world.
Speaking during a webinar organised by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies to discuss African land rights in the time of the coronavirus, Kagwanja said COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of millions of rural people across the continent raising the need for more transparency and accountability in land governance across the board.
The first round of Cadasta Foundation’s Data Accelerator Grant has been released to three organisations to advance land rights and tenure security for vulnerable populations around the world. The recipients are Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform (CMAP), Spatial Collective, and Youth Advocates for Change.
The project is organised around nine interdependent components, which will eventually lead to the setting up of an Integrated Urban Land Administration System (IULAS). This will form a common basis for the various public authorities involved in the land administration chain.