Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests among CSOs and grassroots organizations - This presentation is part of the Learning Guide for Civil Society Organizations developed to undertake trainings on VGGT with civil society actors from grassroots to the national level.

1. Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of
Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of
National Food Security
This presentation is part of the Learning Guide for Civil Society Organizations
developed to undertake trainings on VGGT with civil society actors from
grassroots to the national level.
VGGT use and status of
implementation worldwide

2. Possible uses of the VGGT
• Awareness Raising
• Capacity Development
• Support to Countries
• Partnerships
• Monitoring and Evaluation

3. How can the VGGT be used?
Provide
access
to
justice
Safeguard
and
protect
against
threats
Prevent
disputes,
conflicts
and
corruption
Improved tenure
governance
• Assess reality on the ground
• Assess legal / policy / institutional framework
• Design / revise policies and laws
• Build capacity for implementation
• Monitoring & evaluation
• Provide space for inclusive discussions

4. Who has been using the VGGT?
Administrators
Investors
Communities
Professionals
Courts
Civil society
Academia
Universities
Policy-makers
Government
agencies
A useful tool
for all
stakeholder
groups

5. Some practical examples
• Sierra Leone: The Government has used the VGGT to review several
legal and policy processes from the point of view of the VGGT.
• Uganda: Practitioners have been involved in developing software for
land administration which is compliant with the VGGT.
• Civil society groups are engaged in developing monitoring tools to see
whether practices are compliant with the VGGT.
• Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola and others are assessing whether sugar they
bought has been produced on land that has been obtained in
compliance with the VGGT.
• The Technical University of Munich, among others, has included the
VGGT in some of its courses.

6. Way forward
DISCUSSION:
How can the VGGT be used in your
country?
SOURCE:
VGGT Newsletter at
http://www.fao.org/tenure/newsletters

7. For more information on the VGGT please visit
www.fao.org/tenure
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This presentation is
part of the Learning
Guide for Civil
Society
Organizations
developed to
undertake trainings
on VGGT with civil
society actors from
grassroots to the
national level.