Ethiopia - Land Governance Country Profile

7. Recommendations

• Develop a national land policy to clarify and establish procedures for the determination of land rights;

• Legalize, strengthen and link non-formal customary institutions and formal ones this will help to resolve disputes related to both formal and customary land;

• Establish a land policy reform task force or land tenure forum within the Prime

Minister‟s office responsible for the continuing development of land policy in

Ethiopia;

• Strengthen national research institutes (e.g. Institute for Development Research, civil society, and Ethiopian Development Research Institute) to continue policy oriented research to inform the process;

• Strengthen training institutions develop capacity to train a future cadre of land administrators;

• Strengthened Capacity to at the National and regional levels to administer land;

• Develop strategies and capacity to manage and update land use records at appropriate levels of government, including developing procedures manuals;

• Enhance and apply appropriate land demarcation tools (such as surveys) and procedures;

• Strengthen coordination of institutions for effective Ethiopia Land Policy and Administration Assessment. For example enhancing linkages between the Ethiopian Mapping Authority (EMA) and the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) to modernize the geodetic infrastructure;

• Conduct trainings and staff development in land administration;

• Develop procedures manuals for land office administration, record keeping;

• Create a public information campaign and summary materials, and disseminate information specifically related to regional and national land policy and administration themes;

• Train regional and local government officials with local seminars, workshops, and regional exchanges.