ASIA

ANNUAL

2016REPORT

ILC ASIA

FROM CHIANG MAITO TAGAYTAY

OUR GOAL : PEOPLE CENTERED LAND GOVERNANCEILC’s membership has defired 10 commitments to jointly realise this goal :

1. Secure Tenure Rights

2. Strong Small-scale Farming System

3. Diverse Tenure Systems

4. Equal Land Rights For Women

5. Secure Territorial Rights For Indigenous People

6. Locally-managed Ecosystems

7. Inclusive Decision Making

8. Transparent And Accessible Information

9. Effective Actions Againts Land Grabbing

10. Protected Land Rights Defenders

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01. Background and overview by the Regional Coordinator

02. Connect-Mobilize-Influence (CMI) in NES countries

2.1 Nes Countries

2.1.1 India

2.1.2 Bangladesh

2.1.3 Nes Cambodia

2.1.4 Nes Indonesia

2.1.5 Nes Phillippines

2.1.6 Nes Nepal

2.1.7 New Nes In Asia

0.3 Connect-Mobilize-Influence across countries in the region

3.1. Diverse tenure systems : Rangelands Initiative Asia

3.2. Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ land rights recognition

3.3. Ensuring gender justice in the land rights movement

3.4. 2016 Asia Land Forum and Asia Regional Assembly

3.5 Mainstreaming Land Rights as Human Rights in the ASEAN and SAARC

3.6 Establishment of a Regional Spatial Data Platform

04. Participation into global initiatives: a view from the region 4.1. The Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights (GCA), 4.2 The Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) 4.3 Women land rights: alternative reporting 4.4 Land and environmental defenders 4.5 ILC Global work on Indigenous Peoples

05. Communication, learning and monitoring in Asia

5.1 Communications

06. Regional Governance 6.1. Regional governance 6.2. Resource mobilization

07. Implemented budget (as of November 2016)

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Amidst these challenges, the implementation of ILC Asia work focused on a single country through NES are promising. Partners in development and government officials in six NES countries in Asia since the launching of this initiative in 2012, are beginning to recognize the role of ILC members in each country to support pro-poor land policies. Through tireless efforts and combination of connect-mobilise-influence of the members, the land agendas are back on the tables of the governments, although resistance from the landed elites are persistence.

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BACKGROUND/overview from RC

The 2016 ILC Asia Workplan and Budget as the integral part of the 2016 ILC Global Workplan and

Budget has been approved by the Coalition Council in December 2015 and by ILC Asia Steering Committee

(ASC) in February 2016. ILC Asia Steering Committee finally requested the Regional Coordination Unit (RCU)

and the ILC Global Secretariat (Secretariat) to work together to amend both the narrative and the financial

Regional Workplan so as to reflect the completeness of ILC work in Asia in 2016.

As the new element of ILC work, working across countries around 10 commitments are very challenging.

Although members are aware of the added value of working together as the member of ILC that shared the

same commitment, to translate this into action is not easy. Some members even requested to regroup during

2016 Asia Regional Assembly to refine their related CBI proposal. Therefore, more technical support is needed

to finalise the CBI proposals, as we are approaching the end of the year.

The new component of ILC work starting 2016 under the new ILC Strategy 2016-2021 is Commitment-Based Initiatives (CBIs), where members across countries are expected to work together around 10 commitments of People-Centred Land Governance (PCLG). Under the ILC Strategy 2016-2021, CBIs and National Engagement Strategies (NES –focused on a single country) are the two principle ways in which member collaboration is supported.

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To highlight some achievements from the

works of the members in relation to NES, are the

following: in India, members were able to influence

the Gujarat Government to withdrew its decision on

fencing common lands; in Bangladesh, members

were able to collect alternative proposals to the

Government’s Forest Amendment Act; in Cambodia,

community members, especially women and youth,

played an important role in mobilizing their villages

to share and discuss issues and to bring them to the

attention of local authorities at commune and

district levels; in Indonesia, wider civil society

platform called KNPA worked together to develop

their position consultatively in the White Paper, and

NES members have now been identified as key CSO

spokespeople, intervening in important government

processes for developing policy going forward.

Members in the Philippines already possessed a

strong platform, owing to years of working

cooperatively on land reform and related issues in

the country. Therefore, much of the connecting

work undertaken by members has been in

connecting with non-NES members of civil society

and government, including ‘champions’ in the

Philippine Legislature to lobby the government and

achieve specific outcomes regarding policy. Such

engagement also extended to the National Land

Use Act campaign, as well as the Land

Administration Reform Act process where

members came together to develop a common

position; in Nepal, 521 families have received

Joint Land Ownership covering an area of

192.33 ha of land. This has also enabled women to

own land. This greatly changes household and

social power dynamics and reduces the level of

gender injustices suffered by women.

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Asia members are also very active involving in the ILC Global Initiatives such as Global Call to Action on

Indigenous and Community Land Rights (GCA), the Land Matrix Initiative (LMI), Alternative reports to CEDAW,

Land and Environment Defenders (LED), and Global works of ILC on Indigenous Peoples. Through

communication, learning and M&E, members are communicating each other and sharing perspectives and

experiences both through direct interaction such as Regional Assembly and Asia Land Forum and online media

like ILC Asia Newsletter and MemberNet, ILC Asia Twitter and Facebook.

Participation of Asia members in the Regional events such as Asia Land Forum and Regional Assembly are also

encouraging. In 2015, 100 percent attended the Regional Assembly, while in 2016, almost 100 percent

attended (43 out of 45 members). Membership fees payment in Asia is the highest in all regions.

On the Commitment Based Initiatives (CBI), Asia members are implementing Rangelands

Initiative Asia (Commitment # 3 Diverse Tenure Systems), Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ land rights

recognition (Commitment # 5 Secure territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples), Ensuring gender justice

in the land rights movement (Commitment # 4 Equal land rights for women), mainstreaming land rights

as human rights (Commitment # 10 Protected land rights defenders and Commitment # 9 Effective

actions against land grabbing), and Establishment of a Regional Spatial Data Platform (Commitment #

8 Transparent and accessible information).

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ConnectThe NES platform in India has grown last year, and as of today can count on more than 30 implementing

partners and a much higher number of organisations, researchers and movements collaborating and

consulting on issues prioritised by ILC members. Connections with local government and magistrates,

particularly for the commons component, are also established and regularly taking place. Several meetings and

conferences have taken place at regional and national levels, allowing to build new alliances and join forces for

common objectives. Those on Commercial Pressures on Land, that brought together an average of 100 actors

per event in Kerala, Gujarat and Delhi, and the one launching the process for a policy on the commons, also

held in Delhi in March, are significant examples.

MobiliseSeveral campaigns, meetings and trainings have been organised this year, overall involving, particularly for

what concerns the mobilisations, thousands of people and organisations. These again focused on promoting

the drafting of a National Level Policy on the Commons, on campaigning for cancelling the resolution on

Grazing Lands in Gujarat or restoring pro-poor provisions in the LARR, or on raising awareness on existing land

related laws such as the LARR and other legal texts, on the Forest Rights Act and related procedures for

application, both to inform communities and to train staff of NGOs and various movements. Communities have

also been trained on the FAITH gardens to improve household food security and in the frame of the work on

the FRA, a facilitation centre has been established in the Kaimur District to assist villagers in filing claims under

FRA. Finally, around the CPL priority, more than 300 participants from various institutions have been mobilised

and a compendium on land acquisitions in India has been published and is now available for activists to

support advocacy against land grabbing.

InfluenceThrough mobilisation and national campaigns, members were able to influence a decision by the Gujarat

Government who withdrew its decision of fencing common lands, and to reassert the LARR as it originally was

in 2013.

In India NES contributed to Commitments: 1, 3, 5, 9

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CONNECT-MOBILIZE-INFLUENCE (CMI) in NES Countries There are 6 NES processes ongoing in the region following countries: Bangladesh; Cambodia; India;

Indonesia; Nepal and the Philippines. More recently in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, members have met to discuss

how to engage into a NES process.

2.1.1. INDIA

2.1. NES Countries

Highlights

The NES India focuses its efforts in different thematic areas, including securing the commons, forests,

Livelihoods and land acquisitions.

Particularly worth mentioning this year the

successful restoring of the original provisions

of 2013 LARR after the 2015 cancellation of

pro-villagers provision thanks to mass

mobilization; the blockage of Gujarat

government resolution on Grazing Land of

2015, resulting in more than 557 family and

3675 pastoralist and marginalized

community members not losing their more

than 1200 acres of land; the beginning of a

large consultative process to advocate for a

National Policy on Commons and the

publication of a compendium on land

acquisition cases in India.

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Highlights

2.1.2. BANGLADESH

Joining a regional discussion on forest laws, NES Bangladesh co-leading member ALRD organized a roundtable to discuss, share and collect alternative proposals to the Government’s Forest Amendment Act, 2015. The 148 participant including environmentalists, indigenous leaders, land rights defenders and policy makers agreed on the need to make an Indigenous People and forest dwellers friendly reform similarly to the India’s Forest Rights Act, 2006.

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Connect NES Bangladesh members – ALRD, CDA, ARBAN and Kapaeeng Foundation - created opportunities for dialogue,

mutual learning and joint action by organizing a number of seminars, roundtables and conferences involving

institutional stakeholders and other organizations beyond the NES Platform. For instance, as part and host of the

secretariat of the Water Rights Forum (which includes Nijera Kori, BNPS, Nagorik Uddyog, BELA, Incidin Bangladesh,

and CCDB), ALRD organized the National Water Rights Conference on 20-21 March 2016. Among other keynote

speakers, there was the Ministry of Water Resources Anisul Islam Mahmud and other special guests such as AKM

Fazlul Haque, member of the parliamentary standing committee on Water Resources Ministry; and Md Yasin Ali,

member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Environment and Forests Ministry.

Mobilise The NES platform meeting on 22 December 2015, was the occasion for the 21 partners and other concerned

organization to discuss coordinated initiatives on marginalized communities’ land rights to prevent land

grabbing. The participants agreed on joint mobilisations through direct dialogue with institutions and other

stakeholders, connection with the National Human Rights Commission and creation of pressure groups at the

district level.

Influence Within the NES Bangladesh work plan, a three-days training on “Land Use Policy and Protection of Agricultural

Land” was organizing in Dhaka from 26-28 April 2016. The participation of government representatives from

the Ministry of Land, NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh and local authorities granted the opportunity to

strengthen their relationship with civil society actors and to recognize grassroots organizations as key

interlocutors and partners in achieving land governance for and with people.

In Bangladesh, NES contributed to Commitments: 1, 5, 9

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Highlights

Connect Building on the experience gained in the partnerships with MLMUPC and MOE during its first year of

implementation, NES Cambodia further engaged with the MAFF and the MOI.

Supported by ILC, Steering committee members of NES Cambodia – GVO, RAO, NGO Forum, WVC and ADIC –

extended their outreach by involving other local key organizations such as CHRAC, CMDP, UPDWD, CVS and

KKKHRDA. This extended network of cooperating organizations engaged with key ministries like the MAFF and

the MLMUPC, building and improving relationship and trust between government institutions and civil society

organizations.

At the regional level, NES Cambodia co-leading organization STAR Kampuchea joined the Land Watch Asia

campaign by providing data on land monitoring collected at the national level.

2.1.3. NES CAMBODIA

The attitude of the national and

local government institutions towards

the NES Platform improved resulting in

a more active and responsive

collaboration. The engagement went

beyond the activities planned under the

NES Cambodia: the parties also

cooperated on the occasion of the Joint

Forum on Youth, Land and Housing

Rights and of the National Consultation

Workshop on Land Conflict Resolution

Mechanism and they jointly hold

consultations on the “Land Use and

Analysis for zoning and mapping on land

use technical guidelines”. Community

members, especially women and youth,

played an important role in mobilizing

their villages to share and discuss issues

and to bring them to the attention of

local authorities at commune and

district levels.

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Influence

Mobilise NES Cambodia have been supporting land affected communities through evidence based advocacy and

legal assistance in Banteay Meanchey and Svay Rieng provinces. As a result, seven victims were released

from detention centre and local and national authorities committed to resolve the land conflicts in the

provinces.

concerns and provide inputs to government officers who recognized them as necessary interlocutors and

partners in achieving land governance for and with people.

The long awaited issue of the draft Law on

Agricultural Land Use and Management

was delayed by the MAFF to carry on more

consultations with the involved

stakeholders. NES Cambodia took this

opportunity to include civil society actors

such as its cooperating organizations and

farmers representatives in this process.

As a result, community members and

target populations could raise their

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communities’ experiences, members came together in workshops and effectively developed a research report.

Members seek to understand how the MP2EI relates to the Widodo governments’ mid-term national

development planning. Finally, mobilisations also took the form of mass mobilisations to influence the Land Bill

draft being prosed and discussed by the Indonesian government. Concerned civil society organisations

connected around the KNRA alliance developed out of the KNRA conference, and rejected the Land Bill draft,

as it was not in line with the Basic Agrarian Law (BAL) 1960 and the principles developed by this alliance.

Influence

NES members as the KNRA alliance mobilised around a number of public hearings which successfully

influenced the government, by ensuring that in its contemporary form, the Land Bill Draft would not be passed.

Beyond Parliament, NES members continue to connect around the development of a Ministry of Agrarian

Affairs and Spatial Planning/BPN proposal for a President’s Regulation on Agrarian Reform Implementation

(Perpres RA). Lead organisation, KPA connected with AMAN in order to intervene on the drafting of the Perpres

RA, and have now been given a key seat at the negotiating table, with ample room to influence

decisions-makers with a CSO version of the Perpres RA that has been developed.

Members have come together for the promotion of a National Commission for Agrarian Reform and Agrarian

Conflicts Resolution, mobilising to prepare a policy brief, organizing public discussions about the need for a

new institution, and undertaking mass-mobilisations in order to influence policy-makers through the KNPA

alliance which has developed from the aforementioned KNRA conference. Advocacy has been mainly aimed at

the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning. Advocacy on this matter continues, as preliminary

recommendations by CSO groups has been rejected and the Ministry has asked groups to utilise the existing

means of conflict mediation which has been deemed by members to be inadequate.

In Indonesia, NES activities contributed to Commitments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10

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Connect

Indonesian members worked collaboratively in a number of ways,

through the year to September 2016. In a spirit of broad

collaboration across civil society, they worked within the KNPA

alliance in order to consolidate a CSO position on agrarian reform

in the country with a coherent vision for change in government

policy and implementation. This wider civil society platform

worked together to develop their position consultatively in the

White Paper, and NES members have now been identified as key

CSO spokespeople, intervening in important government

processes for developing policy going forward.

2.1.4. NES INDONESIA

Mobilise Members mobilised their expertise, to consolidate a platform to clarify a CSO position on the controversial

MP3EI development plan. Using a consultatory evidence-based approach which was informed by local

This mobilisation of expertise also took the form of trainings undertaken by members, to improve

advocacy skills, increase women’s ability to participate in agrarian reform, and for affected communities

to undertake participatory mapping. Members therefore effectively connected with local people who

could benefit from training on these matter, in order to strengthen capacities including those for

advocacy, to improve awareness and facilitate the implementation of people-centred land governance

from the bottom up.

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Connect Members in the Philippines already possessed a strong platform, owing to years of working cooperatively on

land reform and related issues in the country. Therefore, much of the connecting work undertaken by

members has been in connecting with non-NES members of civil society and government, including

‘champions’ in the Philippine Legislature to lobby the government and achieve specific outcomes regarding

policy. For example, members developed a post-CARPer scenario, calling for a Draft Bill law on Agrarian Reform

and Rural Development, for which a position paper was developed. Philippine members also came together to

call for the issuing of a new administrative order to speed up delineation of municipal waters for the 864 costal

delineation pending in the Philippines. Such engagement also extended to the National Land Use Act

campaign, as well as the Land Administration Reform Act process where members came together to develop a

common position.

Mobilise Members have mobilised to advocate for the extension of CARPer, mobilising support widely, including through

the national mobilisation Lakbayan ng Magsasaka. This was successful to some extent in influencing

policy-makers in the Philippines legislature, but members’ efforts were unfortunately hampered by the

Philippine electoral cycle, which effectively put a brake on enactment.

Mobilisation has also entailed a mobilisation of member resources, with members for example organising paralegal trainings, or organising learning experiences for its fisherfolk member organisations. This has also entailed the enhancement of the basic sector’s

capacities to demand and defend their rights and resources, with members building a curriculum together,

pilot testing the curriculum, and using this learning programme to inform the national land use database.

Also, members came together to enhance skills and competencies on conflict management and resolution to enable members to better defend their own territories. Such trainings were

also carried out on negotiation, the latter systematising expertise within the NES platform and establishing

campaign clinics.

In this second sense, members have mobilised their expertise to develop a comprehensive and coherent land

data system which in the first instance strengthens the land monitoring work being carried out, but is also

intended to influence policy and advocacy work by providing a sound evidential basis for claims. Specifically, the

work that has been carried out attempts to complement previous work which was undertaken that was for IP

territories with spatial data regarding agrarian reform.

Members have also mobilised to contribute cases related to human rights violation to farmers, fisherfolks, and

indigenous people in preparing the 2014 CSO land reform monitoring report. Providing a landscape view of

resource conflicts affecting agrarian, ancestral and coastal areas, the report delivered an evidence-based

approach in pursuing advocacies for the three sectors.

2.1.5. NES Philippines

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NES Philippines members were also supported to participate in lobbying and advocacy activities including in

CLUP Now Campaign activities such as network meetings, strategy sessions, technical working group, and

committee hearings in senate to influence decisions-makers to pass the NLUA.

Influence Through these various activities, it was members’ intention to influence a number of the policy frameworks

mentioned above, but policy breakthroughs were hampered by factors beyond members’ control, and efforts

to influence the Philippine government’s land agenda have been renewed in the NES 2016 proposal.

On another note, the NES has engaged the Commission on Human Rights for the proposed follow-up work on

addressing human rights violation brought by resource conflicts.

In the Philippines, NES activities contributed to all Commitments: 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8

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Connect Throughout the period, NES members have increased their advocacy in civil society, with collaborative work

which has enhanced civil society voice within Nepal. This has led to the aforementioned policy process wins,

particularly in being welcomed to the land-related policy drafting committee, enabling members to have a

greater say in the content of policies which affect land rights in the country. Furthermore, NES members have

reported the following as successful outcomes of engagement with policy-makers and relevant actors,

providing a sense of the vibrancy with which members have been acting in NES Nepal.

Facilitation and coordination of the National VGGT Workshop.

Involvement in the revision of the land use policy, amendment of land reform act, guthi

act, birta act, and National Land Policy.

Debating and including land issues in relation to the constitution.

Tenancy, Birta, Guthi policy is under revision.

Intervention on the debate around the land use policy at the academic level, as well as

at the policy level.

The publication and wide dissemination of the Joint Land Ownership report.

Engagement with more than 2000 policymakers involved in the policy debate

Mobilise Mobilisations have taken a number of forms. Firstly, NES members have come together to mobilise their

expertise on land in a number of ways. NES members have undertaken research and developed a Joint Land

Ownership and Women’s Land Entitlement study, which has now been widely published and circulated.

Members have mobilised their joint resources to develop a final document on Common Property Resources

and the Poor with Policy Analysis of the gaps in forest tenure rights and case studies on violation of inter and

intra group forest tenure rights of community forest user groups. Finally, research was undertaken on

Innovative Pro-poor land governance was disseminated among 115 participants in two districts. This has been

written up as a report, and been the focal point of national level workshops

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2.1.6. NES NEPAL

Highlights While local government institutions remain weak, NES

members in Nepal have nevertheless made great

headway in facilitating people-centred land

governance in the country. At the level of legal

frameworks, NES members successfully advocated

the inclusion of land issues in the draft constitution.

Importantly, they have been included in the

land-related policy drafting committee giving civil

society a larger voice at the policy-negotiating table. At

the level of individual land rights, members have been

actively reaching out to raise awareness about land

rights. With the facilitation of CSRC and NLRF, a total

of 315 families received 36.5 ha land. This has meant

that shelter has been secured and has provided a

basis for access to public services like bank loans,

electricity and the undertaking of livelihood initiatives

for families. Additionally, a total of 762 land-poor

families have utilized 57.78 ha of public land for the

long-term purpose to improve their livelihoods.

After receiving access to the land, the families have begun to undertake agricultural production like vegetable

farming, fishery. Furthermore, 521 families have received Joint Land Ownership covering an area of

192.33 ha of land. This has also enabled women to own land. This greatly changes household and

social power dynamics and reduces the level of gender injustices suffered by women.

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Secondly, the land rights movement facilitated by NES members has emerged as an active and influential civic

group representing people's voices and concerns. The group mobilized 35,000 land-poor people from 44

districts demanding a new constitution especially embedding provisions for land rights. They also held dialogue

with senior political leaders, reminding them of their long-standing commitment for land reform and

comprehensive peace accord. The very group held a dialogue with the parliamentary committee on agriculture

and water resources and urged there to be land and agrarian reform in Nepal. The chair of the committee has

provided a positive response and extended assurances in this regard.

Influence NES members have been encouraged by the greater responsiveness of the government to civil society actors.

This has included continued and expanded opportunities to consult with the Government of Nepal (GoN). For

example, the GoN has nominated six land rights leaders in the Landless Problem Solving Committee and NES

member, NLRF has continued on the Steering Committee on formulating national land policy. Furthermore,

NES members have been approached by the GoN and international agencies like the UNDP, International

Organization for Migration (IoM), Niti Foundation among others, for their knowledge and information about

good practices on land and agrarian reforms at the national and international levels.

NES members have provided inputs on several policy documents including the amendment of Land Reform Act

6th amendment and formulation of new Land Acquisition Act and ToR for Landless Problems Solving

Commission. On top of this, NES member CSRC has provided inputs on the agriculture development policy

during this period.

With the lobbying of NES member CSRC, the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights

(ICESCR) Committee recommended that the GoN implement the land reform on behalf of landless, tenant and

women farmers. Similarly, the committee also directed to the government of Nepal to implement the policy on

women's access to land, land rights of Dalits and indigenous people, and housing rights of the people with no

forced evictions.

In Nepal, NES activities contributed to Commitments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8

ILC members in Kyrgyzstan met in Bishek City and organised initial meeting to start connecting each other and

mapping relevant stakeholders and processes that would allow a NES Strategy make a difference in the

country. Members in Mongolia also shared their interest to initiate NES process in their country.

2.1.7. NEW NES IN ASIA

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3.1.Diverse tenure systems : Rangelands Initiative Asia

The following summarize the anticipated short-term outcomes of the Rangelands Initiative for 2016-2017:

1. Strengthened cooperation between ILC members and other partners such as:

• Governments, engaged through NES platforms where in place;

• Regional organisations, like SASEC (South Asia sub-Regional Economic Organization) and CAREC

(Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Organization);

• Other existing platforms, such as Maldhari Vikas Sangthan (Pastoralist Alliance), and SAPA (South

Asia Pastoral Alliance);

• Corporate sector;

2. Mapping and scoping study prepared and consolidated

3. Regional Strategy developed with clear and strengthened engagement of Asia Rangelands platform.

4. Sharing of experiences and lessons learned. As part of the communications strategy, activities in the

next 6 months shall cover:

• Creation of a dedicated website which will be established and managed by MARAG

• An Asia section of a bi-monthly ILC Rangelands e-bulletin and contributions to an annual

hard-copy bulletin on Making Rangeland Secure (available also in SPA and FR)

• Use social media including Twitter to share information on rangelands land issues.

• Contributions to Making Rangelands Secure publication sets including Issue Papers, Manuals

Reports and Briefs.

• Presentation of papers at international conferences (e.g. World Bank Poverty and Land

Conference (annual).

With the goal of building a network of organisations

to protect the diverse tenure and production

systems upon which pastoral and other rural

peoples’ livelihood depends, the Rangelands

Initiative has gathered 11 ILC members from Central

Asia (lead by JASIL) and South Asia (lead by MARAG).

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CONNECT-MOBILIZE-INFLUENCEacross countries in the region03

• Establishing and maintaining linkages with other information sharing rangelands-focused

networks, including Pastoralist Knowledge Hub (FAO) and Land Portal and Land Matrix.

There is clear evidence to suggest that rangelands will increasingly get attention in the coming years –e.g

the campaign to declare a UN International Year of Pastoralists and Rangelands–. The Rangelands Initiative

Asia is already involved through lobbying with the Mongolian government to support the initiative. The

initiative will look for complimentary funds for activities that committed members have been

implementing, as well as cost-sharing. A fundraising strategy will be further developed in 2016-17. The

mapping of ILC members and their current donor relations that will be carried out with scoping study over

the next six months will feed into this.

3.2. Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ land rights recognition

This initiative lead by AIPP (Asia

Indigenous Peoples Pact) brings together

ILC member and partner organizations to

collaborate and work hand in hand to

advancing the recognition of indigenous

peoples’ land rights in Asia region through

evidenced based advocacy. It's also an

effort to support the Global Call to Action

on Indigenous and Community Land

Rights).

This project aims to contribute to existing

initiatives where ILC members are heavily involved

such as the Geospatial Data Initiative in Asia led by

PAFID as well as the Land Mark Initiative. In

addition, data on land grabbing produced through

the intervention of this project will be shared

widely to ILC members and network, more

importantly in supporting the Land Matrix

initiative facilitated by the AFA. This initiative in

particular is contributing significantly to NES

agendas through supporting multi-stakeholder

platform for policy dialogue and knowledge

sharing among others.

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The strategic objectives of this initiative are the following, accompanied by the activities planned for the first

year of implementation:

1. CONNECT: Raise awareness of and enhance support to indigenous peoples’ organizations and

communities by the wider civil society organizations and networks, media and academic

institutions on issues relating to the land rights of indigenous peoples.

• Establish a civil society platform for advocacy on land rights of indigenous peoples at

regional level;

2. MOBILISE: Increase the capacity of indigenous peoples and civil society and social movements in

Asia for advocacy of IPs land rights.

• Produce and disseminate information materials including documentation of the status of

indigenous peoples’ land rights in Philippines, Nepal, India and Cambodia

• Provide technical and financial support to indigenous communities for community

mapping trainings in Philippines and India

• Produce community maps through standardized methodology in Philippines and India;

• Conduct regional learning exchange workshops

3. INFLUENCE: Strengthen and sustain the advocacy and campaign of indigenous peoples on their

land rights in partnership with wider civil society organizations and networks to engage with

governments and private sector at different levels using evidence based materials, especially for

the recognition of their customary lands in law and practice.

• Provide support to community mobilization and campaign activities, including specific

campaigns against project violating indigenous peoples’ land rights and their right to Free,

Prior and Informed Consent in Philippines, Nepal, India and Cambodia

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Equal access to land and other resources in the Asia region. The objectives of this initiative are the

following:

• To enhance leadership capacities of women leaders promoting land rights for women at the

micro and macro level through usage of sensitization and awareness-building tools, exchange of

ideas, sharing of best practices, exposure facilities.

• To effectively use documentation with regard to gender segregated data on land rights to build

advocacy at local, national and regional level.

• To influence advocacy actions on Women’s Land Rights through knowledge sharing and exchange

among ILC members and others interested in the issue.

Member organizations of ILC belonging to countries in the Asian region take positive initiatives to ensure equal

land rights advocacy, awareness, implementation, monitoring which aims to initiate positive actions on behalf

of the government and other stakeholders. Also to install capacities in the local social systems so that they take

initiatives in their respective situations to ensure a gradual situation of gender justice with regard to ownership,

control, monitoring, management and decision-making on land and land-based issues faced by women.

Women’s Land Rights is such a crucial issue that it is an inherent cross cutting issue for all the 9 other

commitments – both at the local, national, global and regional level. The contribution of women being

maximum towards land based initiatives, it becomes obvious that whether strong small scale farming

systems or inclusive decision making or any other commitment, the participation of women is crucial.

Unless women are a part and process of securing the rights, the purpose of securing land rights for all would

be incomplete. On the other hand, as a part of this commitment 4, thrust would be on improving awareness,

advocacy and capacity building on the broad aspects of all the other commitments. In order to promote a

holistic approach towards women’s land rights it is important to generate information and awareness on all of

the issues covered in the commitments.

3.3. Ensuring gender justice in the land rights movement

Despite all these progress in Asia in terms of women’s

land rights, there has been no efforts done so far in

finding complementarities of each in order make the

impact bigger and significant at a regional scale. The

existence of these national programs could be

utilized and maximized starting with constant and

effective knowledge management mechanisms

which include learning exchanges, among others.

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Other ILC members involved in the initiative are SAINS, RMI (Indonesia); ABHIYAN, CSRC (Nepal), PWESCR, BJSA,

SDF, SDDPA, AIPP (India); FNN, Star Kampuchea (Cambodia); and ARBAN (Bangladesh). The Highlander

Association of Cambodia and the Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association are also involved.

Hosted by ANGOC (Philippines) in September 2016 this initiative aims to contribute to ILC’s strategic

objective of Connecting (members to each other and change-makers beyond the Coalition, creating

opportunities for dialogue, mutual learning, and joint action) as well as enhance the governance and

institutional processes of the Asia regional platform. 2016 is an important year for the International Land

Coalition as it marks the start of the implementation of its 5-year institutional strategy. Building on the 2015

Asia Regional Assembly, this year will be convened to update the implementation of the work plan and the new

ILC strategic framework. The overall objective for the Asia Land Forum will be to provide an opportunity

for the members to share tools, approaches and strategies in protecting land rights.

3.4 2016 Asia Land Forum and Asia Regional Assembly

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As for the Asia Regional Assembly, the meeting shall review the implementation of the strategic framework and

discuss institutional concerns.

At the end of the two events, it is expected that:

Members and partners have enhanced their capacities in land rights advocacy through sharing of

experiences;

Reviewed and reframed (if needed) the three-year work plan of ILC Asia; and

Increased solidarity among ILC Asia members and partners.

Asia Land Forum on 5 September 2016 in the morning session aimed at engaging the Philippine government

on its land agenda. These including the policy settings on: Notice of Coverage (NOC) extension bill, Indigenous

Community Conservation Areas (ICCA) bill, and National Land Use Act (NLUA). Therefore, the theme of the

morning of Asia Land Forum (ALF) is “Shaping the Land Agenda in the Philippines”.

While in the afternoon session, members from Asia region and network beyond Asia shared the experiences

and perspectives in achieving food security through advancing land rights. Experiences and perspectives from

global members of ILC and other network such as FAO, ADB, IFAD Philippines, and the World Bank and also the

speech of the Vice President of the Philippines among others also enlightened the Asia Land Forum. Official

Representatives from Cambodia and Nepal shared the views of their governments on the issues of food

security in their respective land policies.

As the collective efforts, the Asia Land Forum produced “The Ortigas Declaration” which has the following

principles:

The CSO participants to the Asian Land Forum 2016, representing farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, civil

society organizations, and land rights advocates from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand, strongly call upon concerned States,

institutions and corporations to respect and adhere to the following principles:

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Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend on;

Ensure equitable land distribution and public investment that supports small-scale farming systems;

Recognize and protect the diverse tenure and production systems upon which people’s livelihoods depend, including the communal and customary tenure systems of smallholders and indigenous peoples;

Ensure gender justice in relation to land, taking all necessary measures to enhance the ability of women to defend their land rights and take equal part in decision-making;

Respect and protect the inherent land and territorial rights of the indigenous peoples, as set out in ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

Enable the role of the local land users in territorial and ecosystem management, recognizing that ustainable development and the stewardship of ecosystems are best achieved through participatory decision-making; and management at the territorial level;

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures, and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs, and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them;

Ensure transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages;

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water, and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations; and

Respect and protect the civil and political rights of human rights defenders working on land issues.

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On the issues of the amendments of ILC

Charter, during the Asia Regional Assembly

members contributed to the following six

areas:

(1) Regional Platform-article 49 and 50;

(2) Regional Assemblies-new;

(3) Regional Steering Committees-new;

(4) Regional Coordination Units-new;

(5) National Platforms-new; and

(6) Secretariat-article 54 and 55).

Meanwhile, on the issues of membership

strategy, ILC Asia members presented the

results of their discussions as stated below:

GROWTH, SIZE, & SUSTAINABILITY

TYPE & EFFECTIVENESSDISTANCE FROM STATE & PRIVATE SECTOR

Private sector and government must not

be considered members of ILC but may

be considered as part of the National

Engagement Strategies

INGOs and donors must be tapped at the

national level

ILC needs like-minded, action-oriented

organizations, policy research organizations

and social movements, CSOs, CBOs, NGOs,

IPs, grassroot level organizations, human

rights organizations, livelihood-based

organizations

Alternative media organizations and legal

support organizations are seen very

important

Countries suggested in the priority list: Laos,

Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor Leste, China,

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

However, is important to consider the

political situation in the country. Favorable if

the country has progressive land rights.

Must also look at existing competencies and

objectives of members at the country level

and see what organizations could

compliment growth or will lead to the

achievement of their goals

Need to monitor effectiveness of members

through M&E and set of indicators

Encourage members’ members to apply

Sustainability, vibrancy, engagement and

working together is more important than

size and growth

To increase membership, ILC must

enhance the movement

Diversity of membership is important

Expansion is good in maintaining vibrancy

and engagement of members

ILC Asia may consider 10% growth every 3

years

Number of members may be increased

based on issues the region wants to solve

(e.g. agrarian reform, gender, IPs). No

optimum size.

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ILC Asia Regional Assembly that conducted on 6-8 September 2016 after the Asia

Land Forum been attended by 43 out of 45 members in Asia region. Among key

achievements of the 2016 Asia Regional Assembly were: the approval of the Minutes of

2015 ILC Asia Regional Assembly, contribution from Asia members to the discussions on

the amendments of ILC Charter and membership strategy, almost 100 percent ILC Asia

members paid the membership fees, initial ideas of the workplan for 2017-2019 shared

among the members, and discussion on Asia regional strategy initiated. Status of regional

workplan implementation also shared among the members as part of the Regional

Assembly agenda, including the achievements and challenges of each program, mainly on

NES and CBI.

Tagaytay City, Philippines6-8 September 2016

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On the issues of the amendments of ILC Charter, during the Asia Regional Assembly members contributed to the

following six areas:

(1) Regional Platform-article 49 and 50;

(2) Regional Assemblies-new;

(3) Regional Steering Committees-new;

(4) Regional Coordination Units-new;

(5) National Platforms-new; and

(6) Secretariat-article 54 and 55).

Meanwhile, on the issues of membership strategy, ILC Asia members presented the results of their discussions as

stated below: In term of decisions and agreements, several points were generated from the ILC Asia Regional

Assembly as below:

1. Convened a forum of Regional Assembly.

2. Approved the Minutes generated from the previous Regional Assembly (2015).

3. Reviewed and provided specific recommendation for 2015-2016 Asia Annual report.

4. Provided input on changes in the ILC Charter.

5. Online consultation will also be provided to the members by the RCU.

6. Provided input on the draft Membership Strategy.

7. Formulated the Regional Strategy in 2017-2018 Workplan

8. KPA presented the 2018 ILC GLF preparation steps, based on Mr. Iwan Nurdin’s request, we have

sent our input as well, because at the end of the day, the host of the 2018 GLF is not only Indonesia

or KPA, but Asia region will be the host.

In 2013, land monitoring report which focus on land conflicts was initiated. The workshop organized by

ANGOC, Star Kampuchea, and ILC Asia held in Cambodia in 2014 in order present the land monitoring

report. One of the recommendation generated from the report is to develop working paper to link land

with human rights, and to start recognize land as basic human rights internationally. That the purpose

of the proposal. Afterward, based on feedback gained from the ILC Secretariat, post the Regional Assembly

held in Chiang Mai, this initiative must be linked with the land right defender.

3.5 Mainstreaming Land Rights as Human Rights in the ASEAN and SAARC

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The initiative is to prepare approach paper on how land can be included as human rights. There were two reports

being drafted, where one is designated for the South East Asia region, and the other one is designated for the South

Asia region. This report interest is on CBI #10 and is circulated to the South Asia members as CBI #10. Feedback

from South Asia members are now awaited. A workshop was held in August 2016 in Nepal, organized by CSRC, to

present the report.

Two regional approach papers are being drafted to depict the link of land as human rights. The Southeast paper is

being drafted by Dianto Bachriadi while the South Asia paper is being prepared by Professor Laya Prasad Uprety.

The regional workshop to present the reports (South Asia and South East Asia) will be held in Cambodia on 24-25

November 2016, organized by Star Kampuchea, ANGOC, Land Watch Asia (LWA) and ILC Asia.

3.6 Establishment of a Regional Spatial Data Platform

Lead by PAFID, this initiative shall build and sustain

previous initiatives and the consensus reached by

land rights advocates and support groups in the

Mapping Conference in Manila. While many

participants in the Manila Conference are affiliated

with the ILC-Asia (PAFID, PACOS-AIPP, JKPP,

BRIMAS-AIPP, KASAPI-AIPP), it is proposed that

invitations shall be broadened to include other

groups who have signified their interest and intent

to participate in activities addressing issues

regarding Commitment No. 8 (Transparent and

Accountable Information) of ILC’s People-Centered

Land Governance.

Lead by PAFID, this initiative shall build and sustain

previous initiatives and the consensus reached by

land rights advocates and support groups in the

Mapping Conference in Manila. While many

participants in the Manila Conference are affiliated

with the ILC-Asia (PAFID, PACOS-AIPP, JKPP,

BRIMAS-AIPP, KASAPI-AIPP), it is proposed that

invitations shall be broadened to include other

groups who have signified their interest and intent

to participate in activities addressing issues

regarding Commitment No. 8 (Transparent and

Accountable Information) of ILC’s People-Centered

Land Governance.

Transparent & Accessible Information

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The long-term goal is to establish a regional platform to provide a venue and a system for communities and

land rights defenders to share information and gain access to relevant and critical spatial information in a

timely and effective manner. This initiative will link with the ILC initiative on Land and Environmental Defenders,

under commitment 10 and the created global reference group (including from Asia AIPP - KPA - RDF -

Kapaeeng Foundation).

The expected outcomes of this initiative are:

1. Formulation of a framework for regional data sharing network

2. Establishment of a Core Group to lead on the creation of the regional data sharing platform

3. Determined the gaps and limitations of current available maps and other land-related data

4. Secure, consolidate, and format appropriate spatial data into shareable media

5. Developed data sharing arrangements, systems, and protocols

6. Linking the database to monitoring the implementation of the Global Call to Action on

Indigenous and Community Land Rights

The Southeast Asia Sub-Regional Meeting on Spatial Data was convened in Manila, Philippines on 08 – 11

March 2016. The event brought together the practitioners of community mapping and advocates of land rights

in the sub-region. The Philippine Association for Intercultural Development (PAFID) hosted the event in

partnership with the International Land Coalition (ILC).

This meeting is part of a series of activities aimed at establishing a regional platform that would provide a

venue and a system for communities and land rights defenders to share and obtain access to relevant and

critical spatial information. PAFID implements these activities with support from the International Land

Coalition under the project “Establishment of a Regional Spatial Data Platform.”

The objectives of the meetings are as follows:

1. Assess the current state of their work on land tenure and community mapping of indigenous

and local communities;

2. Appraise what has been done since the 2005 Manila Community Mapping Conference, and evaluate

the validity and relevance of the agreements reached; and

3. Formulate a framework for the establishment of a sub-regional data sharing network.

A total of 17 representatives (6 females and 11 males) from various organizations and communities in

Southeast Asia participated in the meeting.

During the said meeting, the following agreements had been reached on ensuring the implications of sharing

data for the communities:

AGREEMENT: There should be an FPIC. Only get the data the community is willing to share.

AGREEMENT: Only the data which the community allows may be made public. The data that are useful will be

shared internally among advocates.

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a collaborative initiative together with Oxfam and the Rights and Resources Initiative. The Steering Group

includes several other ILC members (FPP, AIPP, PIDP, LEMU, Namati, WRI, Huairou etc.), see

www.landrightsnow.org.

ILC Members signed up to the GCA in July 2016: Africa: 24 members; Asia: 44 members; LAC: 16 members;

Europe: 2 members. Highlights from 2016 include:

PARTICIPATION in GLOBAL INITIATIVES : a view from Asia

4.1. The Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights (GCA),

Launch of GCA short films demonstrating the work of ILC members(FES – India; CADPI – Nicaragua; ULA – Uganda, Community Land Scotland – Scotland, JASIL – Mongolia).

Rome Launch of the GCA: Presented the report: "COMMON GROUND ", screened short films, introduced the LANDmark map and colleagues from IFAD, CIFOR, WRI and FAOspoke about how they promote the land rights of Indigenous People and local communities.

Publication of the "Common Ground Report : Securing land rights and safeguarding the earth", flagship report for the Global Call to Action.

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4.2 The Land Matrix Initiative (LMI)

In order to enhance the quality of the database, and to increase its relevance to decision-making processes at

regional and national level, the LMI has launched a process of decentralisation and expansion of its network, which

includes the appointment of 4 Regional Focal Points in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe; and the

reinforcement and establishment of regional, national, and thematic Land Observatories.

The launch of an improved platform in September 2016 will allow for a more accurate overview of regional and

national trends and data. Collaboration with NES agendas is set as a priority for the coming years: the presence of

functional multi-stakeholder platforms offers an enabling environment for data collected to inform existing policy

processes and dialogue.

is a global and independent initiative that

monitors competition over land use in the

Global South. Its goal is to facilitate an open

community of citizens, researchers,

policy-makers, and technology specialists to

promote transparency and accountability in

decisions over land and land-based

investment.

The LMI at global level is coordinated by 5 partners: ILC;ILC members CDE and CIRAD;GIGA and GIZ.

Session/Round table discussion at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty on 'Global Call to Action'.

2016 August Mobilisation Week (2nd-9th): Video showing JASIL's work in Mongolia and policy brief

"Mobile Guardians: A Case for Securing Pastoralist Land Rights". There were over 40 events, largely grassroots, organised as part of mobilisation week, including by many ILC members (CERDET-Bolivia, RAJY-Mexico, CODECA-Guatemala, FUNDAPAZ-Argentina, Kapaeng Foundation-Bangladesh, JASIL-Mongolia, and many by the AIPP network, including Cordilera People Alliance and Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara/AMAN). During the week 46 new organizations signed up as did 877 individuals.

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The database is widely used as a reference in global debates and development reports. It has been presented at the

World Bank Land and Poverty conference 2016, at CIRAD with representatives from the French Government, at

UNCCD, at the "Mountain of our future earth" conference, at the "African Faith and Justice Network" in Kenya, at the

International Civil Society Week 2016 in Colombia.

It was listed by The Guardian among the top 10 sources of data for international development research, and by

Food Think Tank as one of 15 organizations defending land rights.

It was also referred to in the article "The debate over big land data" by the Financial Times.

In the frame of the SDGs, the Land Matrix is producing vivid data to complement official statistics, add geographical

information and provide ideas for statistical capacity building. The LMI is already exchanging data with Open Land

Contract and is working with Land Mark on the integration of data layers on indigenous and community lands.

Land Matrix is also exploring concrete collaboration with Resource Contracts, monitoring contracts for mining deals,

and the Joint Research Center (European Commission) for Spatial data and analysis, satellite imagery. Data is also

used to produce country profiles in a growing number of countries to inform national debates.

Regional Focal Points play a key role in data collection, research, advocacy, networking and communications. The

Asia Focal Points are coordinated by AFA and JASIL.

Connect –Mobilise AFA and JASIL have been Regional Focal Points for Asia and Central Asia since 2014. At the end of 2015 the LMI

Steering Committee appointed AFA as Regional Partner, acknowledging the commitment shown in strengthening

the presence and relevance of the LMI at regional level. The LMI was presented during various regional events,

including the Regional Sharing on Popularizing the VGGT (Myanmar) and the "Mekong Region Land Governance

project" (MRLG). JASIL has established partnerships with organizations in Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and

presented the Initiative during the Central-Asian co-management on pastureland workshop (Mongolia). ILC recently

signed one year grant with AFA to support activities in Asia and Central Asia in the framework of the global CBI on

Commitments 7-8-9. AFA will further collaborate with ILC members and farmer organizations participating in the

Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase Two (MTCP2) in the region. JASIL will collaborate with the Rangelands

Initiative, which will focus on increased tenure security of local rangeland users through improved implementation

of enabling policy and legislation.

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Highlights since Chang Mai include:

ConnectCreation of a platform of members in order to elaborate the alternative report at national level.

Reinforcement of collaboration with organisations working with HR treaty bodies at global level.

Mobilise Data collection and data analysis at local and national level, including through workshops and dedicated

consultations.

• Argentina: data collection and analysis focuses on rights to land and natural resources of women living

in the Chaco Argentino region through 4 workshop focusing on indigenous and creole women and the

different issues they face

• Burundi: The analysis focuses on different component of women’s land rights; each component is

conducted by a different organisation; APDH focuses on land law concerning customary norms and

practices from gender perspective, including an analysis of existing administrative and normative

frameworks. CAPAD works on women’s access to assets in the process of improvement of

commercialization of agricultural products and creation of cooperatives. UNIPROBA focuses on issues

faced by Batwa women with regard to their access to and management of land and resources.

• Bangladesh: consultations take place in Rangamati, Dhaka (ARBAN), and Dinajpur (CDA).

Influence

Submission of alternative reports to CEDAW (session 65th, 24 October-18 November 2016)

Participation in CEDAW session in Geneva (1 person per country)

Reports to be used at national level for advocacy and planning

4.3 Women land rights: alternative reporting

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Since its launch, the Land and environmental rights defenders fund in place in all regions; a global reference group

was activated by early 2016 and a dedicated web page is under construction on ILC website. In some cases, media

coverage and press release have been released. Major updates over the last few months to include:

Connect Reference group

• ILC members with a long experience and a strong expertise in the field of human rights protection are

involved in a reference group that aims at gathering expertise and knowledge concerning the protection

of land and environmental rights defenders.

• Members of the reference group met virtually (skype) on a regional basis.

• Their task is to play an active role in spreading information about opportunities for Land Defenders, assess

applications to the LED Fund and liaise with other human rights defenders organisations.

MobiliseLand Defenders Fund

• The fund aims at providing financial support to ILC members who face threats related to the defense of

land rights. Beneficiaries of the fund are ILC members.

• The LED fund is available in the three regions and it is managed by hosting organisations, in Asia managed

by KPA (Konsorsium Pembaruan Agraria), the hosting organization of ILC Asia Regional Platform. under the

decentralization grant, addressed for activists and members of ILC who face criminalization on the ground.

This program presents to help and support ILC members and colleagues who face emergency situation on

criminalization.

4.4 Land and environmental defenders

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The total fund every year is 10,000 USD, and will be distributed to organizations who submit applications.

RCU regularly announces through email, on how to submit emergency fund. In 2015, seven applications were

received, and four cases approved to receive the fund, therefore each applicant received 2,500 USD. The previous

process was once the RCU received an application, RCU will discuss internally with KPA, then will circulate the

application to the ASC members. After it is approved by the ASC, then the applicant will receive the fund. In 2015,

Asia platform approved Kapaeeng Foundation, ALRD, CSRC, and NLRF. One application approved in 2016, because

the other applications did not considered as emergency situation, such as food aid and legal aid.

In 2016, This year, the approval process changed. This year, LED Reference group must review first the applications.

In Asia, LED group consist of AIPP, KPA, Kapaeeng Foundation and RDF. The process has not yet been running well,

the fund is now less spend. Four applications have been approved, received from SCOPE, Abhiyan Nepal, and AIPP.

InfluenceLED platform

The platform involves ILC global secretariat and Global Witness. ILC global members involved in the reference group

play a relevant role in the activities of the platform. Its goal is to make violations suffered by land and environmental

defenders visible at global, regional and national levels and support advocacy. The platform involves a data base of

violations and threats suffered by LEDs which integrates Global Witness data base on killings of land and

environmental defenders. The platform also implies joint participation in key global human rights related events.

Until now 3 new cases from LAC (Trocaire) and 4 cases (beneficiaries of 2015 fund) from Asia have been

documented. A key lesson from Asia is the importance of a holistic approach with combination of direct support and

media support whereby the latter, as properly used, can help protect the defenders for a longer period.

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4.5 ILC Global work on Indigenous Peoples

Mobilise: A paper on challenges and possible strategies to up-scale the use Community-based Monitoring and

Information Systems (CBMIS) was presented during the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in March

2016. Additionally, in support to the Global Call to Action and Landmark initiatives, the ILC, together with some

members and partners as AIPP, SONIA, CADPI, IFAD, FPP and RRI, organised a side event during the UNPFII with

the theme “The time is now! Global Call and Landmark, two innovative actions to secure Indigenous Peoples'

land rights” with around 70 participants from different regions, indigenous organisations and UN agencies.

Influence: In 2016 the ILC, together with FAO and IFAD, is co-chairing of the Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG) of the

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). During the 15 session of the Forum, the three

organisations contributed to arrange different meetings, including a closed discussion with the members of the

Permanent Forum, in preparation for the IASG Annual Meeting to be held in Rome from 5 to 10 October 2016.

This would be a good opportunity to position indigenous land rights in the international agenda related to the

implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), ILO 169 and

the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP), particularly in the definition

of indicators, the development of a UN System Wide Action Plan, and for better coordination and cooperation

within UN and multilateral institutions in some focus countries.

Complementary to ILC work in the region, ILC is also part of the Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG) of the United Nations

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Some updates below.

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COMMUNICATION, LEARNING & M&ECommunication activities in the region (publications, trainings, etc).

5.1 Communications

Summary Report: A Regional Forum on Land Administration and Management in Rural and Urban

Areas. The report was jointly published by ANGOC, ILC, KPA and GLTN and highlights the challenges

and opportunities of policy and project implementation of land administration and management in

Asia, with shared experiences from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Philippines.

Land Acquisition and Land Alienation in India. Published by SDF, the cases described here discuss

the people affected and/or legislations involved, the story of struggle or litigation,

ecological-environmental issues, free prior informed consent (FPIC).

ILC Asia Regional Brochure- ILC Asia Regional Platform brochure finalised and shared.

Case Study: Group of Women in India Claim Rights and Services from the State- published by

Swadhina- the case study contributes to commitment 2 (strong small scale family farming) and

commitment 4 (equal land rights for women).

Four total case studies from India.

CONNECT

Since Jan2016, ILC AsiaTwitter followers have grown by

30%(now have upwards of 800 followers).

SOCIAL MEDIAILC ASIAon the rise:

Since Jan 2016,the account's potential reach has been

240,8 K(Twitter users that have come into contact with ILC Asia Tweets).

OUTREACHILC ASIAon the rise:

ASIAUsing Membernet: MEMBERS

470 NEW ASIA CONTACTS

have been added into the PUP since the beginning of the year.

newsletter list now hasILC Asia

317 subscribers and is now sent out on a regular(monthly) basis.

newsletters sent out since last year's meeting in Chiang Mai.8

ILC MEMBERSwill visit MemberNet,provide inputs to improve,review data & update where necessary from both."

Trainings provided during Chiang Mai

Regional Assembly. All members

provided with username and password.

Members recommended the inclusion

of stories of failure as well as success

stories, as much can be learnt

MOBILISE

INFLUENCE

• Two communications trainings provided:

- ILC Communications Planning Workshop during Asia Regional

Assembly and Knowledge Exchange 2015- an ILC Asia

Communications Plan was drafted for implementation (outlining

communications system, message, actors, and communications

products needed).

- NES Communications Workshop- During the December 2015

Council, a special side event was held for NES coordinators to

discuss the communications components of their platforms, to

express areas where they felt that they were exceling and areas

where they could use further support in communications facets.

Secretariat is now working with NES platforms to build further

trainings on their specific needs.

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• Launch of four new publications from the region:

NES countries02 now online:

NES Bangladesh platform has now createda Facebook community and its own website.

Initial layout for NES Philippines website is now underway.

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Summary of key decisions and agreements

1. Convened a forum of Regional Assembly.

2. Approved the Minutes generated from the previous Regional Assembly (2015).

3. Reviewed and provided specific recommendation for 2015-2016 Asia Annual report.

4. Provided input on changes in the ILC Charter.

5. Online consultation will also be provided to the members by the RCU.

6. Provided input on the draft Membership Strategy.

7. Formulated the Regional Strategy in 2017-2018 Workplan

8. KPA presented the 2018 ILC GLF preparation steps, based on Mr. Iwan Nurdin’s request, we have

sent our input as well, because at the end of the day, the host of the 2018 GLF is not only Indonesia

or KPA, but Asia region will be the host.

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Summary of Key decisions 1. There was 100% attendance of the members

For a complete and detailed account please refer to "ILC Asia RA and Knowledge Exchange

2015_Procedings and minutes", available on each member's profile on Membernet

2. New ILC Asia members were formally welcomed (eight new members): FNN (Cambodia), IESD

(Kazakhstan), KAFLU (Kyrgyzstan), Kapaeeng Foundation (Bangladesh), MALM (Mongolia), Prayatna

Samiti (India), PWESCR (India), and UWUA (Kyrgyzstan).

3. All members agreed to endorse the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land rights

through www.landrightsnow.org.

4. ILC will engage in the following activities: WFAL (World Forum on Access to Land), Jai Jagat 2020 of

BP and the 16 month foot-march from India to Geneva in 2019.

5. ILC engagement with VGGT will continue and be scaled up, including strategy and ways forward.

6. ILC Asia will continue gender mainstreaming including gender focus on all aspects of coalition

activities and strategies, including Membernet.

7. ILC Asia will continue emphasizing on capacity building activities, specifically for women, farmers’

organisations and rural communities in meeting the PCLGs in the next regional workplan.

Summary of Recommendations

• ILC to come up with indicators on land, to measure the implementation of the SDGs.

• ILC Asia should work towards developing a mechanism for pressure groups and consider integrating

a ‘blacklist’ of companies with bad practice.

• On LGBT rights (specifically transgender rights) as ILC’s work on gender in the region, countries where

there are very strong LGBTIQ movements, members should get in touch with the Oxfam office to look

at ways of collaboration.

• To review prohibitive laws, ILC Asia can conduct an evidence-based study to show that shifting

cultivation is tied to our community, customary institutions and self-governance.

• ILC Asia can engage, conduct advocacy and support research on large-scale business and human

rights, and development and extractive industries, to strengthen grassroots organisations.

• ILC Asia should emphasise inter-dialogues with multi-lateral institutions as well as further

engagement with the private sector.

• Use VGGT to monitor and to dialogue with new stakeholders in formulating pro-poor land policies or

implementing programs that contribute to PCLG.

GOVERNANCE6.1. Regional governance

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Asia Steering Committee (ASC) Meeting (27-28 February 2016)

Key decisions:

• KPA updated ASC members on the status of the 2015 Emergency Fund disbursement to four organizations

that have successful applications (ALRD, Kapaeeng Foundation, CSRC, NLRF) for a total of USD 10,000. The

Emergency Fund will take a new form in the Land and Environmental Defenders (LED) fund with an improved

system of application and a newly formed reference group.

• The ILC Director's letter to the ASC highlighted the following needs, which the ASC discussed and endorsed.

• The ASC announced that KPA was selected by the Coalition Council as the host for the 2018 Assembly of Members (AoM) and Global Land Forum (GLF), KPA enumerated their plans as narrated in their proposal. Proposed venue: Bandung, Indonesia

• The ASC agreed on hosting in the 2016 Regional Assembly and Land Forum in the Philippines.

• The ASC provided comments to the 2016 WP and Budget presented by the Regional Facilitator, indicating that it should better reflect the areas of a) strategic direction, b) management, and c) strengthening the platform and the RCU. The RCU was asked to re-submit a WP for 2016 by March 31st.

• The Asia regional strategy document for the year 2016-2021 was discussed. A general outline was suggested and it was agreed to present and discuss the document at the Regional Assembly 2016, to later have its final version approved by the 28th Coalition Council in December.

4 Main Areas ofChange in 2016 Needs

Capacity of RCUs

• Steering Committees to

develop a strategy to build

RCUs capability to deliver

performance indicators

• Regional Coordinators

(RCs) to develop a costed

Human Resource Plan

Accountability

• RCs to deliver annual

regional work plans

• RCs clear control of the

regional budget

• RCs responsible for building

the RCU team

• Asia Regional Strategy

Integrating the dispersed global team

• Operational mutual

accountability between

RCU and Global Secretariat

• Performance evaluation of

RCs: SCs decision, but will

have recommendations on

recruitment and performance

evaluation from the Global Sec

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Financial management • Resource mobilization capacity of the region

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Participants:

CSRC (JAGAT BASNET)– ASC CO-CHAIR;

ANGOC (DON MARQUEZ)– ASC CO-CHAIR;

ROWSHAN JAHAN MONI (ALRD);

MIRGUL AMANALIEVA (RDF)

IWAN NURDIN (KPA); DEWI KARTIKA (KPA);

STEFANO DI GESSA (ILC SECRETARIAT);

ANNA SAKURAI (ILC SECRETARIAT - ASIA DESK)

ERPAN FARYADI (ILC ASIA REGIONAL FACILITATOR);

ANNA BRILLANTE (ILC ASIA PIO)

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ILC ASIA MEMBERS :

OUR DONORS :“ILC is a Coalition, and would be ineffective without all those who contribute to finance our collective

efforts. All ILC members pay membership fees, and members also contribute in cash or in kind to

collaborative initiatives. We would also like to thank our Strategic Partners and Donors who provide

core support, guidance.”

IESDInstitute of Ecology and Sustainable Development

During the ASC meeting, the Regional Facilitator updated the ASC with on-going efforts to connect with INGOs and other donor agencies:

IMPLEMENTED BUDGET

REGION "ASIA" BUDGET Approved by CC & ASC %Budget Implemented

(Jan 2016 – November 2016)

CMI in NES countries

CMI across countries (CBIs)

CMI in Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

CMI in comms

Strengthen ILC Financial capacity

TOTAL

$470,000 $301,661 64

$691,700 $343,478 50

$13,000 $10,000 77

$20,000 $11,000 55

$17,000 $9,500 56

$1,211,700 $675,639 56

6.2. Resource mobilization

No PARTNERSTHEMATIC AREAS OF

POSSIBLE COLABORATION INITIAL TALKS

Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok - Thailand

1 Environment and Human Rights in the framework of ASEAN integration

ILC Asia was invited to submit the initialconcept for further discussion (mid-2016)

SDC through MekongRegion Land Governance MRLG) - Laos

2 ‘State of Land’ Report in Mekong Region, Farmers land rights, and web portal

Develop joint initiatives with MRLG ascontributing partner

RRI (Rights and Resources Initiatives) Asia

4 Working on the issues of Indigenous peoples and women rights in Nepal and India Supporting the NES project in Indonesia Land and Human rights defenders

ILC Asia to share the approved work plan and vice versa to see the possible collaboration

Oxfam GB Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

3 Implementation of UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights through the National Action Plans (NAP) Supporting commitment-based multi-country initiatives ASEAN Economic Integration VGGT and Food Issue

ILC Asia and Oxfam GB, GRAISEA Programme develop joint proposal on the implementation of UNGP on BHR (focused countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Myanmar) ILC Asia to provide commitment-based proposals from members to Oxfam GB Asia for further possible supporting

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ASIA

ILC Asia Regional Co-ordination Unit

c/o Konsorsium Pembaruan

Agraria (KPA)

Jl Pancoran Indah 1 Blok

E3 No.1 Pancoran, Jakarta

Selatan 12760 Indonesia

Phone: +62 21 79 84 540

Fax: +62 21 79 93 834

E-mail: info@landcoalition.info

Website: http://www.landcoalition.org/en/regions/asia