Landkommissionen Liberia II

The external evaluation of Sweden’s support to the Land Commission credited the work of the Commission for the development of important policies and draft legislations, among them, the Land Authority Bill, which has now been signed into law creating the new Liberia Land Authority established by an Act of the Legislature on October 6, 2016. The primary mandate of the Authority shall be to develop policies on a continuous basis, undertake actions and implement programmes in support of land governance, including land administration and management. Other results documented in the external evaluation of Swedish support to the Land Commission include enhanced land sector coordination capacity of the Land Commission, enabling it to steer the Land Sector Working Group; enhanced capacity for resolution and reduction of land conflicts and disputes; enhanced policy and legal environment for land administration through land rights policy, draft land rights bill and Criminal Conveyance of Land Act; enhanced women’s right to land through awareness creation, direct participation and promoting gender sensitivity in all land rights policies and draft legislations.