Mika-Petteri Törhönen Senior Land Policy Specialist Environment, Natural Resources Management and Land Unit (ECSEN) Europe and Central Asia Region, the World Bank
20+ Years of Land Projects in ECA 1989 2013: Total 40 LAMPs 16 on-going, 23 countries 1989-2002: Land reform. The assignment of property rights; 2000-2010: Land administration. The protection of property rights ; Facilitation of the real estate market through efficient registration services; 2010-2020: Land and natural resources management Influenced by the global trend to focus on land governance Emerging approaches to identify and react on vulnerabilities including gender issues
Gender and Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure Gender equality ensures the equal right of women and men to the enjoyment of all human rights, while acknowledging differences between women and men and taking specific measures aimed at accelerating de facto equality when necessary. States should ensure that women and girls have equal tenure rights and access to land, fisheries and forests independent of their civil and marital status. Source: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, Principle 3.B.4.
Gender and Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure States should consider the particular obstacles faced by women and girls with regard to tenure and associated tenure rights and take measures to ensure that legal and policy frameworks provide adequate protection for women and that laws that recognize women s tenure rights are implemented and enforced. [...] States should develop relevant policies, laws and procedures through participatory processes involving all affected parties, ensuring that both men and women are included from the outset. Source: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, from paragraphs 5.4 and 5.5)
ECA initiative; Gender Action Plans in Western Balkans Greater than Leadership (GTL) Program with WBI; Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality Workshop in Montenegro; cross sector country teams from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia Produced Gender Action Plans Implementation support by Bank Task Teams Social Experts Follow up workshop after one year lessons learned
Gender Actions; Land Registration Legal and policy reform: include related services in the law Publicity and education: people to know their rights Awareness raising among officials and staff: to motivate staff to take actions to address the problems faced by women First registration (systematic or sporadic): mix of male and female staff Procedures: remove impediments to women s acquisition and use of property Services directed at women, specific target groups: consider women s advice services, extended hours and women-only service sessions. Office design and staffing of offices: design offices in a way that makes them more accommodating for customers, including interview rooms Training: conduct training for staff in the needs of women
Gender Action Plans in Western Balkans; Sample Actions Increase the number of women using registration services in a pilot municipality by 5 percent (Serbia). Increase awareness of rural population and register officers on the need for registering real property rights to women (Montenegro). Increase the number of women registered as property owners from 16 to 20 percent in a pilot locality(macedonia). Increase the number of real properties registered under the name of women or both spouses in two zones by 2 percent (Kosovo). Increase the number of registration applications including women in a pilot municipality by 5 percent (Bosnia, Srpska Republika). Increase the number of women who have queried property rights information in the local government units, notaries offices and Immovable Property Registration Offices in two pilot regions by 5 percent (Albania).
ECA land records are online Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine 8 PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ALL!
Producing Gender Aggregated data in Western Balkans Follow up UFGE Grant; Supporting the production and processing of gender and age disaggregated data about real property rights in the Western Balkans. Why? In Albania 29% of registered real estate owners are females In Kosovo 15 % of registered real estate owners are females Women live longer; Aren t most real estate owners in the World actually women?
Gender and BH RERP Bosnia and Herzegovina Real Estate Registration Project; IDA 34 million USD, 2012-2017 Objective to harmonize land register and cadastre records in all urban Bosnia and Herzegovina Vulnerability mapping Social monitoring concept applied PDO indicator - Gender beneficiary rate (registered female owners) Intermediate indicator Analytical reports with gender disaggregated data
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