Land Administration Project - Phase II

Results achieved as of the end of the Project (March 2016) include: (1) over 61 629 land titles and deeds registered; (2) 30 811 land rights registered at the Customary Land Secretariats; (3) 1 903 stakeholders made up of judges surveyors chiefs and civil society organizations received training and capacity building in various aspects of land administration and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; (4) the Government of Ghana has made publicly available information on standard statutory fees land values and charges (5) the Land Use Planning Bill has been approved by Cabinet for consideration by Parliament; (6) three High Courts have been refurbished and provided with equipment and logistics to facilitate their automation process; (7) 50 Customary Land Secretariats were established and provided with logistics equipment and training in record and store management client services and land administration; (8) the adoption of computerised processes by the Lands Commission and the Town and Country Planning Department including scanning and digitalizing land documents to facilitate smooth land transactions; (9) seven regional Client Service Access Units have been refurbished and are using re-engineered business process; (10) one customary boundary demarcation process has commenced in the Bongo traditional area in the Upper East region. These results have contributed to improved public awareness and engagements in the Ghana land administration and management processes facilitated the speedy resolution of some land cases and litigations and significantly reduced turn-around time for registering land transactions. Foundations for improving investor confidence in the land administration system have also been established.