ILC EMENA is a regional platform on land governance issues in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which believes people should be central in the policy agenda and discourse on land, that there should be dialogue of parties to address land related governance and issues, and that local people should be empowered and organized to actualize their land rights.
Mission
The coalition is established by mostly community based organizations and civil society organizations, together with regional networks. ILC EMENA is the regional platform of ILC global for Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.ILC EMENA is not only a coalition of members, but also a coalition of platforms.
The ILC EMENA platform is meant to strengthen the capacity of constituency-based-organisations (CBOs) and ILC member-led platforms to lead processes of transformation to realise people-centred land governance. ILC EMENA assists its members to build strategies and transformative programs, build capacity, and provide seed funds to support strategy implementation.
In spite of economic, geographical, political, and cultural differences, the EMENA platform is an opportunity to interact, exchange knowledge, develop commitment-based initiatives, and influence governments to develop and support people-oriented rural policies that create employment for women and youth in rural areas. Ultimately, we may find that through collaboration, the great diversity of the region can also be its greatest richness. As a platform still in the process of construction and familiarization, the consolidation of linkages, governance systems, values, and inclusive participation is key to platform strategy.
Vision
Freedom of movement, a fundamental part of human nature, is a focus for the EMENA region. A vision for the future of the region includes the freedom for anyone, regardless of their gender, to walk all the way around the Mediterranean basin, without fear or threat of violence, or harassment. In the context of youth and outward migration, this can also be thought of as the right to stay as well as the right to go.
Freedom of movement, a fundamental part of human nature, is a focus for the EMENA region. A vision for the future of the region includes the freedom for anyone, regardless of their gender, to walk all the way around the Mediterranean basin, without fear or threat of violence, or harassment. In the context of youth and outward migration, this can also be thought of as the right to stay as well as the right to go.
The EMENA platform holds that communities are the core from which sustainable land governance stems. As such, empowering local communities is fundamental to the forward vision of ILC EMENA. We envision societies in which women and men in rural areas are empowered in their rights, and have the necessary capacities to enjoy common resources equally and sustainably. We envision just economic integration and empowerment for youth and women, and for access to land to be both a means and an end that focuses on wellbeing rather than growth.
Our 3 Pillars
ILC EMENA Connects
EMENA members in a consolidated, strengthened regional platform with common values and a governance structure where members work together to learn from each other, develop commitment-based initiatives on thematic issues, and focus, in solidarity, on the particular issues of each member;
ILC EMENA Mobilises
actors with an inclusive multi-stakeholder approach, elaborated common products, such as mapping baselines, internal and external communication strategies, and built a regional constituency equipped to support, respond to, and protect land rights of local groups and communities; and,
ILC EMENA Influences
governments to develop and support rural policies that are people-oriented and create employment for women and youth in rural areas;