The main objective of the LAND-at-scale program is to directly strengthen essential land governance components for men, women and youth that have the potential to contribute to structural, just, sustainable and inclusive change at scale. An ambitious objective, that cannot be achieved in isolation. Alignment is, therefore, a key factor in all LAND-at-scale activities - be it at project level for our country interventions or through our collaborative approach to knowledge management.

Date: 12/06/2020

Par: Vincent De Paul KABORE, Vice-président de WEND PUIRE Distribution

De nos jours, le BURKINA FASO fait face à une pression démographique sans pareil. Celle-ci s’exerce principalement autour des grandes villes qui subissent les affres d’un taux de natalité assez élevé, d’un exode rural aggravé par l’afflux massif des populations fuyant les zones sous emprises des attaques terroristes et d’une urbanisation forcée.

It happened on the 29th of January 2020 in Bitola in North Macedonia. More than 200 landowners from Egri village gathered in Bitola’s theatre, taking turns to vote on the Land Consolidation Plan. The serious faces of men and women, old and young, were a sign that they may have been as nervous as we were ourselves. The voting on the first majority based land consolidation ever in the country was coming to an end. And then the result was there….. 83% in favour of land consolidation! The villagers were cheering. Our team was overwhelmed by emotion.