The Land Administration project seeks to lay the foundation for a self-sustaining land administration system that is fair, efficient, transparent, cost effective and which guarantees security of tenure.
It’s clear mandate is to help the various land sector bodies in Ghana to effectively undertake the following:

• The demarcation of boundaries
• Registration of rights and interests in land
• Record keeping of rights and interests in land and land transactions
• Adjudication and resolution of conflicts to achieve efficiency, equity and optimal service delivery in support of land market operations.

The project has been divided into four components as follows:

• Harmonizing land policy and regulatory framework
• Institutional Reform and development
• Improving Land Titling, Registration, Valuation, Land Use Planning and Land Information System
• Project Management, Human Resource Development and Monitoring and Evaluation

Component 1 – Harmonizing Policy And Regulatory Framework

• Legislative review to harmonize land and land use laws
• Support to the Judiciary to reduce backlog of land cases and establish sustainable system for quick adjudication of land cases through the establishment of Land Courts
• Development of ADR capacity to facilitate land dispute resolution
• Inventory of state acquired/occupied lands for policy formulation on compulsory acquisition and compensation
• Participatory approach to policy formulation and policy review processes

Component 2 – Institutional Reform and Development

1. Restructuring public land administration agencies into a One- Stop-Shop for efficient delivery of services – Land Valuation Board (LVB), Survey Department (SD), Land Title Registry (LTR) and Lands Commission Secretariat (LCS) are to be merged under a new Lands Commission
2. Decentralizing and strengthening land administration services to the district level
3. Strengthening customary land administration through Customary Land Secretariats (CLS)
4. Strengthening private land sector institutions – Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP)
5. Strengthening land administration and management training and research institutions

Component 3 – Improving Land Titling, Registration, Valuation, Land Use Planning And Land Information Systems

• Development of Cadastre and Land Information System
• Improvement in Geodetic Reference framework
• Improvement of deeds registration system
• Community-based land use planning and management and orthophoto mapping
• Establishment of National Land Valuation database
• Pilot projects in demarcation and registration of allodial land boundaries
• Pilot systematic land titling and registration

Component 4 – Project Management, Human Resource Development, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Project Management Structure
• Land Policy Steering Committee
• Land Sector Technical Committee
• Land Administration Programs Unit
• Development Partners Coordination
• Human Resource Development
• Monitoring and Evaluation System and impact assessment
• Communication, consultation and participation

These components are being implemented by the various divisions of the Lands Commission, The Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands and the Town and Country Planning Department .