Mamun Ur Rashid has strong experiences on land administration and management in partnership with Ministry of Land and Department of Land Records and Survey, Bangladesh. He is knowledgeable and experienced with number of participatory tools and methods in order to selection of state land, women's access over the land and vested property act etc.
He has been working with non profit sector on human rights and governance for last 16 years, mostly project development and management roles. He has experiences of direct land project implementation in order to protect rights of women, widow, religious minorities, indigenous, elderly and disable land owners. He is one of the team member of National land policy formulation committee, National steering committee on land reform, National Budget Advocacy Group etc.
APARAJEO is working for establishing land rights to the landless people in Southwest Bangladesh. At present, total of 150,214.64 acres of khasland lies in the southwest region. And over one million landless people exist in the targeted areas. At the end of the project, 44,000 landless peoples of Satkhira and Khulna district will have increased access and
Capacity of local land administration has to be addressed for further strengthening the governance system with a view to deriving the benefits of socio-economic, political and cultural development for the common people of this country. It is true that in Bangladesh, voice in favour of effective land administration and management is becoming louder at the national level. Representatives of LGIs, development workers, civil society members and international development partners, time and again, are raising and firmly advocating this long-drawn issue at policy level.
The complexity and magnitude of issues pertaining to land administration and management in Bangladesh cannot be overstated. The nature and volume of land disputes in the nation indicate the inefficiency of the land administration system and land dispute resolution mechanisms. Especially multiple claims to the same property-fuelled by the uncoordinated land recording systems-are widespread. land grabbing presents huge legal and governance related challenges.
