East Asia: LGAF and Opportunities

2015 Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty

Philippines• LGAF completed in 2013; presented in many fora

(PDF, PCSD, etc.)• Piloted monitoring of land governance indicators in

2014; NEDA looking into feasibility of national monitoring

• Updating of the Land Sector Development Framework• Donors utilized LGAF: ADB REGALA 2; USAID, DFAT• Synergy with VGGT advocacies; including FAO

Identification Mission on Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Tenure

Vietnam

• LGAF completed in 2014;• Land governance indicators monitoring

piloted, provincial indices monitoring;• Land Law revised in 2013; decrees and circular

preparation informed by LGAF and VGGT;• Forestry Law and Civil Law for revision in 2015• Land governance dialogues through several

donor initiatives, including MRLG

Opportunities for LGAF in the Mekong Region

• No LGAF in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar; MRLG introduced LGAF to CLMV stakeholders

• LGAF can be very relevant in informing/guiding:– On-going policy and legislative development: Myanmar

National Land Use Policy, Laos National Land Policy, moratorium on ELCs, etc.

– CSO networks (LIWG, LCG, LANDA, NGO Forum) in advocacy works on land issues

– many donor initiatives in land governance in the region– Synergy with VGGT advocacy and initiatives (Myanmar)