Expertise Area: Individual Tenure Expert
Bizualem Admasu
Bizualem Admasu Nesir is a senior urban land and cadaster executive with 16+ years’ experience, leading national land reforms and major donor-funded projects, specializing in land administration, cadaster systems, policy development, and urban land governance.
Loretta Alethea Pope Kai
Loretta is a Liberian activist with extensive experience in forestry, environmental education, conservation, fundraising, and community organizing. She has over 15 years of experience in the natural resource management sector, where she has consistently promoted gender justice and inclusive governance.
Over the years, Loretta has been a strong advocate for improved forest management and land tenure reforms, contributing to the passage of Liberia’s Land Rights Act and the establishment of the Women’s Land Rights Task Force. She has worked closely with communities to develop Community Forestry Management Plans, with a strong focus on women’s inclusion in decision-making processes.
Her work emphasizes how benefits from natural resources can serve the collective interests of communities, support rural livelihood development, and advance sustainable outcomes through integrated land-use planning and collective customary land formalization.
Daniel Behailu
Daniel Behailu, PhD, is a senior land governance & policy adviser and component manager at GIZ Ethiopia, as well as a former associate professor of law. He specializes in a broad spectrum of land governance topics, with expertise in drafting and advising on land law and policy, land consolidation regulations, community land rights, land and climate change, land and investment, and women’s land rights.
Dr. Behailu has extensive experience in research, teaching, and policy advising for both international development organizations and governments, making him a recognized authority in the field. He has played a pivotal role in drafting land legislation and policy frameworks, with a strong emphasis on equity, gender, climate, and sustainability.
In addition to his core focus areas, Dr. Behailu has contributed significantly to the understanding of land issues among Indigenous communities, the relationship between land and the rule of law, land-related conflicts, land-based corruption, and informal land transactions. His interdisciplinary work also encompasses agricultural, environmental, water, and forest laws, demonstrating a comprehensive and context-sensitive approach to addressing complex land governance challenges.
Mor N’Doye Diop
J’ai 11 dans la gouvernance foncière et la sécurisation des droits du patrimoine fonciers des communautés locales.
La conduite des projets de développement relatifs au foncier, à l’agro écologie et la consolidation de la paix
Federica Acquaviva
Currently working as UN Habitat’s Inclusive Land Governance Expert for strengthen regulatory frameworks and building digital LIS in Somalia.
Ousmane Mohamadou WAGUE
Titulaire du Grade de Professeur Habilité en Sociologie du Développement, je dispose d’une expérience de 25 ans dans l’Enseignement universitaire, la recherche scientifique, la coordination des curricula à l’Université, l’élaboration des plans stratégiques des formations, l’animation des modules de formation, des ateliers, au niveau national et international. Consultant international certifié, j’ai accumulé également une expérience de plusieurs années dans la conduite des études, l’assistance technique, entre autres. J’ai conduit aussi plusieurs missions en qualité de consultant principal ou de Chef de mission auprès de nombreuses ONG nationale et internationale, institutions et projets de développement opérant dans le cadre des migrations, du développement urbain et rural, de la gouvernance foncière en milieu rural en Mauritanie. (Plus d’une quarantaine d’études menées auprès du Programme Alimentaire Mondial, (PAM), la Communauté Urbaine(CUN), la FAO, Nelga-Maroc-Union africaine, la Banque Mondiale, l’OIM…. (Voir les détails ci- dessous) …. J’ai également exercé dans la presse écrite et la communication en Tunisie et en Mauritanie. Formateur permanent dans le cadre du projet de formation des Agents de développement des Collectivités territoriales. (ADCT/UN) et à l’École Nationale de l’Administration, du Journalisme et de la Magistrature (ENAJM), au Collège de Défense du G5 Sahel, je poursuis toujours l’élargissement de mon éventail d’activités à d’autres organisations et structures universitaires, sous régionales et internationales.
Zone d’intervention : milieux agro-pastoraux, localités éprouvées par les changements climatiques, Zones Economiques Fragiles (ZEF)