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To register, contact in your country Ethiopia Mr
. Belay Gebre-Medhin Ethiopian Civil Service
College (ECSC) Global Development Learning
Center CMC Road, P.O. Box 5648, Addis Ababa Tel
No (251-1) 46 30 69/46 30 68 Fax No (251-1) 46
30 16 E-mail Eth_bmedhin_at_gdln.org Ghana Ms.
Vivian Attah Ghana Institute of Management
Public Administration (GIMPA) Global Development
Center P.O. Box 50, Achimoto, Accra Tel
(233-21) 401 338 401 681-2-3 Fax [phone]
338 405 805 Email gha_vattah_at_gdln.org Tanzania
Mr. Abdulrahmman A. Mdimu Tanzania Development
Learning Center IFM Building, Shaaban Robert
Street PO Box 3918, Dar Es Salaam Tel (255-22)
212 37 11-09 Fax [phone] Email
tza_amdimu_at_gdln.org Uganda Mr. Wilfred
Tusuubira Global Distance Learning Center Uganda
Management Institute PO Box 20131, Kampala Tel
(256-41) 345 990 259 312 Fax [phone]
314 Email uganda_dlc_at_gdln.org Applicants from
Kenya and South Africa should contact the World
Bank Institute WBI Environmentally Socially
Sustainable Devt. Division 1818 H Street NW,
20433 Washington, D.C. Morten Frederiksen Tel
(1) 202 473 0192 Fax [phone] Email
mfrederiksen_at_worldbank.org
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Land Policies for Growthand Poverty
Reductionin Africa Distance
learning course developed and organized by the
World Bank World Bank Institute (WBI)
Development Research Group (DEC) Africa Region
(AFR) With the support of the Government of
Switzerland
February 7-10, 2005
In collaboration with the GDLN Distance Learning
Centers in Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia),
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and Kampala (Uganda),
and the World Bank (AFR), Washington
Visit the course website at http//www.worldbank
.org/wbi/sdruralpoverty/land_policy/GDLNAfricaEng0
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Course objectives Under the overarching theme of
rural poverty reduction, the courses overall aim
is to strengthen the capacity of individuals and
institutions to participate in the design and
implementation of programs addressing land reform
and administration with a special focus on the
rural poor. The course builds on a foundation
from previously delivered Land Policy courses. It
reviews the conceptual foundations and practical
applications for land policies in the African
context. It seeks to promote a multi-stake-holder
dialogue on policy and institutional reforms in
land issues for a sustained increase in rural
well-being in African countries. The course also
provides a platform for an exchange of
experiences and good practices among countries on
land policies. This event also provides an
opportunity for participants from various
backgrounds to be exposed to cutting-edge
knowledge on issues related to land policy and
administration. Moreover, it aims at developing
participants analytical skills to enhance their
capacity to play a proactive role in the design,
implementation, and monitoring of land programs.
Finally, this course seeks to provide a forum to
help identify additional learning needs in the
countries, and to help shape a multi-activity
learning program on rural development in
collaboration with local institutions.

• Participating countries and partners
• The course is delivered through the Global
  Development Learning Network (GDLN) sites in
  Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Accra (Ghana), Dar es
  Salaam (Tanzania) and Kampala (Uganda). These
  sites feature multimedia distance learning
  centers equipped with interactive
  videoconferencing facilities and computers with
  full connectivity. Participants in South Africa
  will attend the course videoconferences at the
  World Bank country offices in Pretoria.
  Participants from Kenya will attend the course
  videoconferences at the World Bank country
  offices in Nairobi.
• The course is delivered in collaboration with the
  GDLN and the World Bank (AFR).

Program overview
February 7 Land tenure security
and linkages with poverty
February 8 Challenges and
opportunities of land transactions

• Target audience
• It is expected that most participants will be
• Senior officials from land planning bureaus, and
  from technical units of relevant ministries
• Policy makers and policy analysts in sectoral and
  central ministries and other public institutions,
  incl. PRSP teams
• Leaders of rural community groups and civil
  society organizations involved in land issues
• Researchers, academics, and trainers
• Staff from international organizations (including
  World Bank, donor agencies and others) involved
  in land programs.

February 9 Enhancing land access through
land reform
Learning approach This distance learning course
will be delivered in English over four
consecutive days. Participants meet once a day
for about 4 hours in the respective country
sites. The course combines synchronous and
asynchronous learning approaches. Synchronous
learning will be facilitated through interactive
videoconferences, simultaneously linking all
participants with guest speakers. For
asynchronous learning, participants will have
access to the courses website containing
additional learning material, and can participate
in an electronic knowledge exchange forum. A
course facilitator is present throughout the
course in each of the sites. Those interested in
taking this course should have a broad
understanding of land issues in Africa.
Participants who have attended all four modules
will receive a certificate at the end of the
course.
February 10 Making land policies
work for the poor

• About the Organizers
• Unleashing the Power of Knowledge to Enable a
  World Free of Poverty
• WBI is the learning arm of the World Bank. WBI
  helps countries prepare for the knowledge-based
  economy by creating learning opportunities for
  people and institutions committed to poverty
  reduction and sustainable development. WBI
  contributes to building capacity by
• designing and delivering courses and seminars
• promoting knowledge networks and communities of
  practice and
• providing policy and strategy advice.