CICOL

CIVIL SOCIETY COALITION ON LAND

Member since: 2015

Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them. This requires the empowerment of those who otherwise would face limitations in representing their interests, particularly through support to land users' and other civil society organizations that are best able to inform, mobilize and legitimately represent marginalized land users, and their participation in multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.
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Inclusive decision-making

Ensure transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages, and through decentralization to the lowest effective level, to facilitate participation, accountability and the identification of locally appropriate solutions
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Transparent and accessible information

Mission

CICOL is a movement interested in and working together to ensure the voice of the voiceless and of those most affected right holders are present in the debate on land. CICOL hopes to have an enhanced socio-economic growth with secured tenure and equitable access to and control over land for poor rural women and smallholder farmers.

Objectives

The organisation’s objectives include facilitating the provision of a collective voice for advocacy on land policies and practices; serving as a forum for learning and sharing among members; serving as a platform for engagement among NGOs, development partners and civil society organizations that share the vision and objectives of the coalition; serving as a platform for civil society organizations to engage with the public on land issues; and strengthening the capacity of member organizations towards the realization of CICOL’s contribution to land administration reform in Ghana.

Constituencies

The organisation's primary beneficiaries include traditional authorities, smallholder farmers, women and land owners.