FAO’s experience with the implementation of the VGGT

How can the VGGT be useful in

solving large-scale land acquisitions?

Governance is the way in which access to and control over natural resources is managed in a society. It includes, among other things, how competing priorities and interests of different groups are reconciled.

Tenure Systems define and regulate how people, communities and others gain access to natural resources, whether through formal law or informal arrangements. The rules of tenure determine who can use which resources, for how long and under what circumstance. They may be based on written policies and laws as well as unwritten customs and practices.

VGGT consultation for Europe, Bucharest, Romania (22-24 March 2010) VGGT regional awareness workshops: • East Europe and Central

Asia, Kiev, Ukraine (14-16 May 2013)

• Europe (other), Sofia, Bulgaria (29-31 Oct. 13)

• Private Sector, Brussels, Belgium (9 July 2014)

Tenure Governance as

a priority

VGGT use

VGGT endorsement

VGGT negotiation

process

NATIONAL requests NATIONAL

use

GLOBAL negotiations

CFS

REGIONAL discussions

15 Consultation meetings 1000 people from 133 countries Initial draft Intergovernmental Negotiations

Official Endorsement by CFS in May 2012 Recognized by G8, G20, Rio+20, UN General Assembly

Public sector, civil society, smallholder farmers, private sector and academia

Requests 18 countries Program started in 12 countries

VGGT Process

Assess reality on the ground

Assess legal / policy /

institutional framework

Design / revise policies and laws

Build capacity for implementation

IMPROVED

TENURE

GOVERNANCE

USE of the VGGT: National perspective

Open inclusive discussion on what rights are

legitimate

Awareness raising

Capacity development

Support to countries

Partnerships

Monitoring

USE of the VGGT: what is FAO doing related to large-scale land acquisitions?

Inclusion CSO and private

sector; ECVC to organize 2

workshops/public events

(Dec. 2014/April 2015)

Projects & workshops (land

leasing, extra-territorial

agricultural investments

Private sector take up

TG FPIC, Agricultural

investments, Private sector

Building on the consensus: We’ve only just begun…

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