Article Index
4. Land Administration and Institutions
There are some institutions that are responsible for land administration. The major ones are as follows:
4.1 Ministry of the Habitat, Planning and the Environment
This Ministry is responsible for the preparation and the application of the Habitat Policy, town planning, the environment and the development. The Secretariat of State of the Ministry of the Habitat, the planning and the Environment responsible for housing prepares coordinates and implements the policy of the government in the matter of housing. It is in charge of ensuring the security of land and to facilitate the access to housing. In this title, it defines and implements the policy of simplification of procedures in accordance with the policy of reform of the administration and in conjunction with the relevant Ministries.
4.2 Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Fisheries
The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the implementation of sectoral policies in the areas of food security, rural development and water. It also has for mission the promotion and the development of animal production and plant, the improvement of the vegetation cover, the study and the exploitation of water resources, as well as fisheries production. It is also responsible for the policy of rural development especially assistance to the production, promotion of agricultural activities and agro pastoralists.
4.3 Ministry of the Interior
This Ministry is responsible for guaranteeing public security and civil, to organize the elections and to implement the policy on decentralization. It designs and implements the policy of decentralization of the services of the State and the transfer of skills between the State and the territorial communities for local governance. It defines and implements the policy of implantation of the administrations and the services of the State in the regions in particular in the field of approximation of public services of the users.
4.4 Ministry of Higher Education and Research
This Ministry is responsible for Higher Education and Research and in liaison with other interested departments, prepares and implements the policy of the Government relative to the development of the Higher education and research. It supervises University of Djibouti and the Center for the Study and Research of Djibouti.