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  1. Library Resource
    A Community-Based Practitioner’s Guide: Documenting Citizenship and Other Forms of Legal Identity
    Manuals & Guidelines
    June, 2018
    Global

    This guide provides step-by-step instructions on establishing and operating a paralegal or other community-based program to help people obtain legal identity documents. It is primarily for people designing and managing community-based paralegal projects to help clients access documentary proof of citizenship and other forms of proof of legal identity, such as birth certificates.

  2. Library Resource
    public private partnership projects
    Manuals & Guidelines
    May, 2015
    Global

    This framework provides guidance on policy and practice in public-private partnerships and on the mechanics of disclosure by practitioners within governments and the private sector, to help develop programmes for the systematic, proactive pre- and post- procurement disclosure of information.

  3. Library Resource
    Addressing Land Governance in International Responsible Business Conduct Agreements cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    Reports & Research
    February, 2018
    Global

    The study was commissioned to the KIT Royal Tropical Institute in July 2017 by the Land Dialogue, with financial support from the Dutch Government. The objective is to provide insight and guidance into the relevance of land governance as a possible priority theme t o be considered in the process of the International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) Agreements.

  4. Library Resource
    Advancing Inclusive Land Governance

    Successful Strategies and Practices from the Field

    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2020
    Global

    Land lies at the very foundation of our society and social life; it plays a central role in the livelihoods and cultural identities of communities across the globe, and contains the resources that underpin our now globalised world. However, partly because of this, it is often at the heart of social and political conflicts. Increasing demand for food, energy and other primary products is driving agribusinesses, mining companies and speculative investors in a quest for new land to acquire and exploit.

  5. Library Resource
    Small-image-Bridging
    Manuals & Guidelines
    May, 2019
    Global

    This note provides guidance for civil society actors and communities on how to access and how to use the information contained in contracts with companies to be able to:


    • Understand company and government obligations related to a company project;


    • Monitor whether those obligations are being fulfilled;


    • Hold companies and the government to account for bad contracts or for failing to deliver on commitments that are important to communities.

  6. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    February, 2016
    Global

    Namati’s Community Land Protection Facilitators Guide is a step-by-step, practical “how to” manual for grassroots advocates working to help communities protect their customary claims and rights to land and natural resources.

    Download the complete Guide PDF from this page. Or access the Guide as an online Toolkit to download individual chapters.

  7. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    January, 2014
    Africa, South Africa

    We believe that law should in principle assist vulnerable communities in changing power relations. Law is fundamentally a ‘neutral’ set of rules that constrains power by requiring decisions and actions of those in power to comply with legal rules, rights and obligations. Unfortunately, we have seen the powerful appropriate law as a tool for only protecting and strengthening their interests.


  8. Library Resource

    Toolkit

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    Manuals & Guidelines
    February, 2012

    There is global interest in promoting mitigation and adaptation in agriculture, forest, and other land-use (AFOLU) sectors to address the twin goals of climate change and sustainable development. This guideline deals with how to enhance carbon stocks in general in all land-based projects and its specific relationship with agriculture productivity. It outlines specific steps and procedures that need to be followed by project proponents and managers of land-based projects to enhance carbon stocks synergistically with increasing crop productivity.

  9. Library Resource
    gender guide-cover page.PNG

    Contributing to Women’s Economic Empowerment Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)

    Manuals & Guidelines
    July, 2021
    Global

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) supports entrepreneurs in sustainable, agrarian, innovative and international business and cooperation. Its support includes grants and other support instruments, finding business partners, know-how, and guidance to comply with laws and regulations. RVO is a government agency that operates under the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. Its activities are commissioned by the various Dutch ministries and the European Union.

  10. Library Resource

    A GUIDE FOR COMMUNITIES AND INVESTORS (2022)

    Manuals & Guidelines
    March, 2023
    Uganda

    This guide addresses the capacity needs required to enable gender-responsive land acquisition in Uganda. It is primarily aimed at Communities, Civil Society Organisations and Investors, but can also be used by central and district Government at technical and decision-taking level.

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