Land Governance Building Trust A training programme on

Land Governance: Building Trust A training programme on transparency in land administration Kumasi, Ghana, 22 -24 February 2008 Introduction to the 3 -day programme Ms. Åsa Jonsson, Training and Capacity Building Branch

Expected outcomes of the programme 1. 2. 3. To increase knowledge around the issues of transparency in land administration and share experiences within and outside the region To gain skills in how these issues may be tackled To stimulate thinking on specific actions that can be taken 4. To draw lessons for the next courses

Approach q q Bring together ‘upstream change agents’ from different disciplines including civil servants, local government leaders, civil society leaders, and academia. Use a case study method and problem-solving to explore realistic examples throughout the 3 -day programme. Provide input from multi-disciplinary expertise of ITC and UN-HABITAT staff through a number of different sessions. Facilitate throughout the programme.

Programme-Day 1 (Tuesday) Welcome and opening (09. 00 -09. 45) Cocoa break (09. 45 -10. 00) Self introduction and ground rules (10. 00 -10. 30) Session 1: Land governance and transparency (10. 30 -11. 00) Session 2: Case studies I (short) (11. 00 -12. 30) Lunch (12. 30 -14. 00) Session 3: Understanding and assessing transparency in land administration (14. 00 -15. 30) Cocoa break (15. 30 -16. 00) Session 4: Access to information and public participation (16. 00 -17. 30)

Programme-Day 2 (Wed. ) Session 5: Professional ethics and integrity (09. 00 -10. 30)) Cocoa break (10. 30 -11. 00) Session 6: Institutional and organizational reforms (11. 00 -12. 30) Lunch (12. 30 -14. 00) Session 7: Case studies I (long) group work (14. 00 -15. 30) Cocoa break (15. 30 -16. 00) Presentation and analysis of case studies (16. 00 -17. 00) Guidance on action planning (17. 00 -17. 30)

Programme-Day 3 (Thursday) Session 9: Action planning (09. 00 -12. 30) Individual action planning and in two sets of groups Lunch (12. 30 -14. 00) Action planning presentations (14. 00 -15. 30) Cocoa break (15. 30 -16. 00) Session 10: Recap of highlight of knowledge and skills imparted, evaluation and closing (16. 00 -17. 00) Closing speech (17. 00 -17. 30)

Wishing us a fruitful three days together!