LAND-at-scale (LAS)

About this project

LAND-at-scale is a land governance support programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, managed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The programme contributes to improving land governance as a building block for food security, economic development, and peace and stability in developing countries. LAND-at-scale strives to contribute towards more equal access to land and natural resources, reduced conflicts and competing claims and more sustainable and efficient use of land for food, housing and production. As a result, LAND-at-scale will contribute to many of the SDGs, including 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 17.LAND-at-scale is a demand-driven programme and its projects and interventions depart from requests of Netherlands embassies and their in-country partners and contain the upscaling of successful pilots or innovative pilots with upscaling potential. Each intervention is tailor-made and based on stakeholder analysis. LAND-at-scale aims to link different sectors including technical, legal, socio-economic approaches to improved land governance, and features a dedicated knowledge management component to support adapting programming. LAND-at-scale engagement in countries therefore can involve a single intervention, but more often exists of several, related interventions needed to achieve change.Within the Project Database, related LAND-at-scale interventions refer to each other to give a complete picture of the sets of activities in target countrie…

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Chad, Burundi, Mozambique, Colombia, Egypt, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Mali, Somalia, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Palestinian Territories

Sectors

Water sector policy and administrative managementPublic sector policy and administrative managementDecentralisation and support to subnational governmentLegal and judicial developmentJustice, law and order policy, planning and administrationDemocratic participation and civil societyWomen's rights organisations and movements, and government institutionsLocal government administrationFacilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobilityResponsible business conductAgricultural policy and administrative managementAgricultural development

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Implemented by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-4000002531.

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