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Table 4. Steps of forest land allocation with participation of peope

Steps Activities Outcomes
1. Preparation • Organizational and administrative preparation • Decide on setting up steering committees and working
• Collect existing documents and maps groups at all levels (districts and communes)
• Training for commune-level working group members • Related documents and maps
• Communal meeting to carry out the land use right • Commune map showing the boundary of the proposed
conversion, issue the LURC, determine the expected land area in the commune
land allocation of each village/village and make a • Minutes of the commune meeting and the plan of family
plan for the implementation of the family, issue the activities, granting land certificates to villages in the
LURC and prepare necessary materials commune
2. Status Assessment Organize the first village/village meeting: • Minutes of the 1st village/village meeting
• Introduce the objectives, activities and procedures of • Results of assessment of socio-economic status and
the process of land use, land use rights certificates, situation of rural forestry land use
issuance of LURCs with the participation of the
people and policies related to land use, issuance of
LURCs, presentation of the plan of land use rights,
issuance of LURCs, selection of land use rights
certificates. a number of local people participated in
supporting the family family working group, granting
LURCs
• Assessment of the socio-economic situation and the
situation of village forestry land use
3. Formulation of the • Develop the village’s plan and plan on forest land use • Minutes of the 2nd village/village meeting
village/village’s land right • Guidance on Application for Land Allocation,
use LURC plan • Organize the 2nd village/village meeting Application for Grant of LURC
and issuance of the • Prepare and approve the list of households and • List of households applying for forest land allocation
LURC groups of households eligible for land allocation and • List of eligible and ineligible households to be allocated
issuance of LURCs forest land
• Meeting with households that will be allocated land • Forest land allocation plans and plans of the villages
and issued LURCs in the same area • Village/village FLA map
• Make a forest land use plan of the village
4. Formulation of • Develop plans on land use rights and LURCs at • Minutes of the 2nd village/village meeting
plans on land use commune level on the basis of a synthesis of the • Guidance on Application for Land Allocation,
rights change and village-level land use use rights certificate plan Application for Grant of LURC
issuance of LURCs implemented in step 3. • List of households applying for forest land allocation
at commune level • Socio-environmental impact assessment (ESIA) of • List of eligible and ineligible households to be allocated
the commune-level option forest land
• Commune-level workshop on the option of land • Forest land allocation plans and plans of the villages
allocation, issuance of LURCs and ESIA • Village FLA map
5. Forest land • Clearly define the boundaries in the field • The 1/10,000 scale cadastral map of FLA is checked and
allocation in the • Developing cadastral maps of forest land for land accepted according to regulations
field and cadastral allocation and issuance of LURCs • The application form for the commune’s land use rights
mapping • Write and submit the proposed FLA plan to the certificate and LURC (including maps and reports)
Commune People’s Committee approved by the Commune People’s Committee and the
• Implement FLA work in the field District People’s Committee
• Organizing the 3rd village/village meeting • Minutes of forest land allocation in the field.
• Minutes of the 3rd village meeting
6. Check and review • Check and review the cadastral map • The 1/10,000 scale cadastral land use right certificate is
the cadastral map, • Completing the application for forest land allocation, checked and accepted according to regulations.
complete the • Completing the application file for issuance of • The application form for the commune’s land use rights
application for LURCs certificate and LURC (including maps and reports)
the director, the approved by the Commune People’s Committee and the
application for the District People’s Committee
issuance of the • Minutes of forest land allocation in the field.
LURC • Minutes of the 3rd village meeting
7. Appraisal and • Submit for issuance of land allocation decision, • Minutes of inspection and appraisal of land use land use
issuance of approval and issuance of LURC records
land allocation • Completing the cadastral dossiers • Minutes of appraisal of dossiers of application for land
decisions, approval • Checking, collecting cadastral records products, use right certificates
and issuance of handing over and storing cadastral records according • Decision approving land allocation, granting land use
forestry certificates; to regulations right certificate of the District People’s Committee
completing • Minutes of handing over records to all levels of
cadastral records, management and use
handing over and • Set of cadastral dossiers (including 1 set of originals, 3
archiving sets of copies and software for maps)
Source: Bac Kan Province CSSP Project

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