Rural Land Support Program - Côte d'Ivoire

General

The objective of the program is to support the Government in its efforts to combat poverty and promote peace, through direct support for the implementation of the Ivorian land policy. To do this, it aims to (i) increase the financial and operational capacities of the Government, (ii) ensure the formal delimitation of villages, prior to the land tenure security of collective or individual customary rights, (iii) improve governance, in particular the framework strategic, institutional and legal aspects of the land sector and (iv) strengthen peace and social cohesion by preventing the risk of inter-community tensions. The program's objective is to support the Government in its fight against poverty and promotion of peace via a direct support to the implementation of the Ivorian land policy. In this regard the program aims at (i) increasing the financial and operational capacity of the Government, (ii) ensuring the formal delimitation of the villages as a prerequisite to collective and individual secure costumary rights, (iii) improving governance, including land strategic , institutional and legal framework, and (iv) strengthening peace and social cohesion by preventing the risks of inter-community tensions.