A Gender-Responsive Prototype National Land Policy for the IGAD Region: A TOOL FOR NATIONAL ADAPTATION

This Gender Responsive Prototype National Land Policy (NLP) for the IGAD was drafted in July 2020 and submitted to the IGAD for validation by focal points from Member States and representatives of key stakeholders. Due to disruptions to travel by COVID-19, the validation workshop could not be held. Instead of a workshop, the report will be validated by applying the prototype to the formulation of South Sudan’s National Land Policy and updating the prototype NLP taking into consideration the findings from the South Sudan experience.

South Sudan already has a draft National Land Policy, but it is outdated in content and in the context in which it is planned to be implemented. Financial and technical assistance arrangements have already been committed by the IGAD to support the review and updating of the draft National Land Policy, using the Gender-Responsive Prototype NLP as a reference. The consultants who drafted the prototype NLP are leading the IGAD TA team that will support South Sudan in the review and update of the National Land Policy which will commence in a few weeks.