Deadline: October 27th, 2023 | Call for EOIs: Scaling Up Community-based Land Registration And Land Use Planning On Customary Land In Uganda
| Title: | Call for EOIs: Scaling Up Community-based Land Registration And Land Use Planning On Customary Land In Uganda |
| Organisation: | UN-Habitat |
| Fund/Grant: | Funds |
| Deadline: | October 27th 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | Uganda |
In order to conduct a project in Uganda that will enhance tenure security and participatory land use planning for men, women, and youth on customary land in the Southwestern and West Nile regions, UN-Habitat is looking for expressions of interest.
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In order to participate in UN-Habitat operations and provide complementary resources (human resources, knowledge, funds, in-kind contributions, supplies, and/or equipment) to achieving shared objectives as listed below, national not-for-profit rural civil society organisations or universities are invited to submit expressions of interest.
For one sub-county in the West Nile region, the project will assist in the creation of a tenure-responsive land use plan that incorporates both host and refugee populations. Since West Nile is one of Uganda’s main refugee-hosting regions, project interventions will focus on enhancing the security of land tenure and land usage for both refugee and host communities. Additionally, the initiative will aid in building the capacity of organisations and people in charge of registering customary land and planning its usage.
The precise goals listed below will help the project reach its goal:
- Enhanced tenure security for young people, women, and men.
- Planning for land use that is sustainable, climate-smart, and inclusive.
- Enhanced capability and knowledge of important land stakeholders on land use planning and customary land registration.
Information on Funding and Duration
- Date of anticipated start: December 1, 2023
- Maximum amount requested in US dollars: $490,000.
- Project duration as estimated in calendar months: 18 months
Principal Products and Activities
- The Implementing Partner will be carrying out the following crucial interventions and activities, but not just those listed below, in close cooperation with UN-Habitat and the GLTN Secretariat, government agencies (MLHUD and JLOS), district and cultural authorities, and other land stakeholders:
- On Land Tenure Security: To engage neighbourhood groups as project partners in resolving concerns with tenure insecurity.
- To locate change agents and collaborate with them to enhance the tenure security of smallholder farmers in a few selected subcounties in the Kabale and Adjumani districts.
- To increase the security of the land tenure on customary land, choose relevant instruments and implement them.
- Encourage communities to submit applications for CCOs (certificates of customary ownership).
- Improved tenure security for at least 10,000 smallholder farmers, including men, women, and children, is the anticipated outcome.
- To address land use issues, mobilise the neighbourhood to work with you as a project partner.
- To guarantee inclusive and sustainable tenure responsive land use planning, use the relevant tools and implement them.
- Find change agents and collaborate with them to enhance land use planning in a chosen sub-county of the Adjumani area.
- Create a tenure-responsive land use plan for a chosen sub-county in the Adjumani area that includes both refugee and host communities and complies with legal and governmental criteria.
- One sub-county in the Adjumani district will be developed with sustainable, climate-smart, and inclusive land use planning and a tenure-responsive land use plan.
- Concerning capacity building and awareness raising:
- Stakeholder analysis and mapping should be done.
- Create and distribute educational and awareness materials.
- Customise the STDM (Social Tenure Domain Model) and other GLTN tools that are top priorities.
- Implement the gender-responsive and fit-for-purpose land tools and practises recommended by the GLTN.
- Improvement in the knowledge and skills of important land stakeholders regarding customary land registration and land use planning in at least 16 sub-counties in the Kabale and Adjumani districts is the expected outcome.
- Regarding coordination and management of programmes:
- To establish relationships at all levels and to ensure efficient working arrangements with the government, traditional authority, and other relevant land stakeholders and organisations.
- Implement feedback systems.
- To generate financial reporting for progress and monitoring reports
- To record and share important interventions, best practises, and knowledge gained.
Expected Outcome:
- Efficient and effective collaboration and project management.
Locations
- There are three (3) agro-production zones in Uganda: Zone 1 in the south-west (where potatoes are grown), Zone 2 in the Kyoga Plains (where lowland rice is grown), and Zone 3 in the Mt. Elgon Region (where potatoes and upland rice are grown). The project will also operate in one particular district in Uganda’s West-Nile region.
- Sites specific to this request for proposals are in the southwest, specifically in the Kabale District.
- District of Adjumani in the West Nile Region
- Sub-counties must be agreed upon in detail.
eligibility
- Urban Practises Branch’s Land, Housing and Shelter Section is the lead organisational unit.
- Organisations have a track record of successfully implementing project-related activities and the necessary applicable experience.
- Companies employ competent technical personnel with the knowledge and technical know-how needed for the project.
- Organisations have a strong and distinct connection to a constituency that is relevant to the project’s target demographic.
- Organisations have the necessary infrastructure, office supplies, transportation, etc. to carry out the activity.
- Organisations have formal processes in place to keep an eye on how projects are progressing (such as milestones, deliverables, and costs).
- Organisations must have been in existence for at least two years to show their financial viability and importance.
Notes
- Organisations who are interested in performing the services must provide documentation proving their suitability (a brochure, a description of comparable assignments, experience under comparable circumstances, the presence of staff members with the necessary abilities, etc.).
- The process outlined in the UN-Habitat IP Management policy and Standard Operating Procedures will be followed when choosing organisations.
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