Collaborative Action on Land Issues (CALI)

The Collaborative Action on Land Issues (CALI) is a tri-partite project managed by the International Land Coalition in collaboration with IFAD and the Belgian Survival Fund. CALI uses an innovative multi-stakeholder approach to support pro-poor land policy formulation and implementation in both Uganda and Niger.

In Uganda, CALI is supporting the formulation of a new land policy through bottom-up processes, using the space for multi-stakeholder consultation opened by the government. CALI is researching and documenting key land issues that are central to mediating rural poverty,in order to establish the basis for their inclusion in the new policy, its regulations and related legal and operational frameworks. The research will include an assessment of community-based and institutional approaches and innovations that have the potential for scaling-up and replication. A Partners' Forum comprising various government agencies, CSOs, research institutes, community groups and international partners, will be established not only to share the emerging knowledge, but also to foster improved and ongoing stakeholder collaboration and to monitor the implementation of land policies at national, district and local levels.