Este manual é o primeiro volume da série Promovendo o Desenvolvimento Econômico Local (DEL) através de Planejamento Estratégico. A série está dividida em Volume 1 – Guia Rápido, Volume 2 - Manual, Volume 3 – Conjunto de Ferramentas, e Volume 4 – Guia de Ações. O manual foi desenhado como uma referência para guiar partes interessadas e a equipe local de planejamento de DEL, passo a passo, através de um processo de estratégia de planejamento. Oferece uma estrutura de iniciação, análise a situação econômica local de cidades e comunidades, e estabelecimento de um consenso a respeito das prioridades de DEL, objetivos, estratégias e ações.

O processo no Manual desenvolveu-se em dez passos para um planejamento de excelência, e cada um desses passos é explicado e ilustrado detalhadamente. O manual pode ser utilizado para facilitar um processo de planejamento de estratégia participativo para DEL das partes interessadas, além de ajudar no desenho e na condução de oficinas de treinamento. A serie de quatro volumes DEL é um recurso para governos, empresas e organizações da sociedade civil locais preparados para iniciar e implementar intervenções de DEL através de um processo de planejamento estratégico cujos pertencimento e direcionamento sejam locais.

This guide presents a general overview on institutional harmonisation processes, i.e. the various factors and tools included in fostering institutional harmonisation in a sector. The experiences informing this document mainly result from the tacit knowledge of the land sector in Kenya by UN-HABITAT and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN).

They are complemented by experiences from other sectors (such as water, governance and decentralisation), African countries and from state as well as nonstate actors. Non-state actors include civil society organisations, the private sector and professional associations.

This manual provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for administrators and technical personnel on how to set up and operate a Geographical Information System in a municipal context using ArcGIS software.

Different GIS products may be used, though the procedures may change as a result. Rather than replacing existing policies and guidelines, the manual provides clear instructions on operationalizing GIS development.

L’élaboration de nouvelles politiques foncières peut prendre du temps et se heurter à bien des difficultés. C’est d’autant plus vrai lorsque ces politiques se veulent favorables aux pauvres- c’est-adiré dans les cas ou elles cherchent a corriger les désavantages dont souffrent généralement les pauvres dans bien des domaines de politique foncière.

Land, Property, and Housing in Somalia is a detailed and comprehensive report that focuses on the Somali legal frameworks and institutional systems relating to land and on the historical background of the current landholding and ownership patterns in Somalia.

It also looks at a much wider range of social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental contexts and examines some of the theoretical debates on land issues.

This publication from the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) belongs to a series of research reports examining the changing landscape of land tenure security in developing countries. The intent is to provide up-to-date information to land professionals and policy-makers working in the land sector and to raise awareness on what is being done at the country level.

This study focuses on how Ethiopian land law has been implemented in practice. In particular, it examines how the position of women, in cases of divorce or death of their husbands, may have changed and whether the new laws have impacts on the empowerment of women. Gender impacts are also captured by comparing the situation of female-headed househoulds. This report is an abridged version of the full research paper available on the GLTN website.

The purpose of this report is to provide an assessment of land disputes in Crimea. The report highlights the principal weaknesses and gaps in institutional capacities of the authorities in the region. It also makes recommendations for addressing deficiencies and ensuring equitable and transparent administration of housing, land and property in Crimea.

The report recommends a UN-HABITAT presence in Crimea to assist the domestic institutions in developing a response to the problems identified. Although these do not flow from a post-conflict or natural disaster situation, disputes over land could lead to considerable inter-ethnic tension between the majority of the Russian population and the Crimean Tatars, which could generate instability. The report, therefore, proposes the development of a preventive approach to avoid the aggravation of these disputes.

Throughout history, conflicts have been waged over land. Confrontations over territory, border disputes, occupation of the territory of one State by another, or grievances stemming from inequitable access to land invariably have dramatic consequences for human settlements. Never before has this been truer than with today?uss very different types of conflict which are increasingly taking place within nations.

Many of these conflicts have direct effects on the control over land and the rights of people relating to land and cause innumerable denials of housing, land and property (HLP) rights. These are human rights under international human rights law, and are increasingly recognised as such within the domestic laws of all countries by formal, customary and other national legal structures. To one degree or another, these rules enable most individuals to avail themselves of some degree of rights over particular land parcels, whether regulated officially under statutory rules or governed by customary land arrangements.

This report was commissioned by UN-Habitat to review the laws and land tenure of a selected number of southern African countries. It involved the appointment of country specialists who researched and produced country chapters for their respective countries namely, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia.

A regional expert was appointed to produce a regional overview to serve as a source document for the country reports, as well as provide overall coordination of the project. The project was carried out over a period of roughly one year, which began in March 2004.

This book is a cross-cultural endeavour to promote global strategies for enhancing security of tenure in the Muslim world. It addresses the gap in both the human rights and Islamic literature on land and property issues.