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The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is an alliance of global regional and national partners contributing to poverty alleviation through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure particularly through the development and dissemination of pro-poor and gender-sensitive land tools.
Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to shelter and livelihoods as well as the realisation of human rights, poverty reduction,economic prosperity and sustainable development.
The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) main objective therefore is to contribute to poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure.
UN-Habitat through GLTN continues to work towards this with partners who include international civil society organizations, international finance institutions, international research and training institutions, donors and professional bodies.
Most developing countries use conventional land administration systems which cover less than 30 per cent of the country, leaving up to 70 per cent of citizens looking to informal and/ or customary approaches for their tenure security.
While there are many examples of good land policies, there are few policies that have been fully implemented due to lack of pro-poor, gendersensitive and largescale land tools. Further, conventional land titling approaches have largely failed to deliver their expected results since existing technical solutions are too expensive, inappropriate for the range of tenure found in developing countries, unsustainable financially or in terms of available capacity, and instead a range of land tenure options is more appropriate.
Core Values
Consequently, GLTN's core values and principles are founded in the development of land tools that are:
- Pro poor;
- Equitable;
- Sustainable;
- Affordable;
- Systematically large scale /scalable; and,
- Gender-sensitive, while taking into consideration:
- Good governance;
- Subsidiarity; and,
- The Continuum of Land Rights.
GLTN Objectives and Mandate
GLTN has developed a global partnership on land issues pulling together global partners, as well as many individual members. These partners include international networks of civil society, International Finance Institutions, international research and training institutions, donors and professional bodies. It continues to take a more holistic approach to land issues by working towards the following objectives:
- The establishment of a continuum of land rights, rather than just focus on individual land titling
- Improving and developing pro-poor land management, as well as land tenure tools
- Unblocking existing initiatives Assisting in strengthening existing land networks
- Supporting in the development of gendered land tools which are affordable and useful to grassroots
- Improving the general dissemination of knowledge about how to improve security of tenure
- Improving the general knowledge dissemination on the improvement of security of tenure
Resources
Displaying 96 - 100 of 286México: conceptualización y prácticas desde los diversos sectores
Presentación Silvia Mejía, ONU-Habitat México, durante la Reunión de Expertos en Gobernanza Reponsable del Suelo y Seguridad de Tenencia en América Latina y Caribe, realizada en San José, Costa Rica, Julio 2016. México: conceptualización y prácticas desde los diversos sectores
Borrador 1 – Gobernanza Responsable y Tenencia Segura del Suelo de Áreas Urbanas y Peri-Urbanas en América Latina y el Caribe: Análisis de 10 países
Reporte preliminar del estudio Gobernanza Responsable y Tenencia Segura del Suelo de Áreas Urbanas y Peri-Urbanas en América Latina y el Caribe: Análisis de 10 países". El estudio busca generar recomendaciones para alianzas, colaboración, y acción entre diferentes sectores con el objetivo de avanzar en gobernancia responsable, instrumentos de suelos para el acceso y tenencia segura, y contribuir a una efectiva implementación de la Nueva Agenda Urbana en la región América Latina y Caribe.
Agenda Experts Group Meeting Responsible Governance and Secure Tenure of Urban and Peri-Urban Land in Latin America and the Caribbean: Analysis of 10 Countries.
Agenda of the Experts Group Meeting about to review the preliminary Report Responsible Governance and Secure Tenure of Urban and Peri-Urban Land in Latin America and the Caribbean: Analysis of 10 Countries, held in San José, Costa Rica, in July 2016. This study aims to generate recommendations for partnerships, collaboration, and action to advancing responsible governance, and land tools for access to and secure land tenure, and contribute to the effective implementation of the New Agenda Urbana in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
La des(sic)regulación del suelo, de la gobernanza urbana y del sector inmobiliario
Presentación Diego Restrepo durante la Reunión de Expertos sobre Gobernanza Responsable del Suelo y Tenencia Segura en América Latina y Caribe, en San José, Costa Rica, Julio 2016.
Introducción Estudio – Gobernanza Responsable y Tenencia Segura del Suelo en América Latina y Caribe
Presentación Paola Siclari Introducción al Estudio - Gobernanza Responsable y Tenencia Segura del Suelo en América Latina y Caribe