Cambodia Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project III

The Royal Government of Cambodia has received a loan from the World Bank for supporting the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development III (LASED III) project for period of 5 years. The project development objective is to provide access to land tenure security, agriculture and social services, and selected infrastructure to small farmers and communities in the project areas.

LASED III is based on a legal framework and an operational framework. The legal framework for granting Social Land Concessions (SLCs) was established in 2003 by adopting the Land Law and the sub-decree No. 19 which defines the criteria and procedures for SLC. For Indigenous Communal Land Titling (ICLT), the legal framework was developed through sub-decree 83 on the procedure of communal land title registration. In addition, Commune Land Use Planning (CLUP) was established through sub-decree 72 on the commune land use planning.

LASED III will continue the support for the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC) Commune Social Land Concession (SLC) program provided by LASED and LASED II, and will also support RGC’s Indigenous Community Land Titling (ICLT) program, in both cases through land titling and associated infrastructure and livelihoods activities. The executing agency for LASED III will be Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) while implementing agencies include Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries (MAFF) and Provincial project teams.

LASED III will support activities at 14 existing SLC and around 12 new SLC which are to be identified, as well as approximately 30 Indigenous People (IP) communities that have received ICLT and 15 IP communities that have applied for but not yet received ICLT.