Secure land tenure and property rights are fundamental to shelter and livelihoods as well as the realisation of human rights, poverty reduction,economic prosperity and sustainable development. The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) main objective therefore is to contribute to poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure.
UN-Habitat through GLTN continues to work towards this with partners who include international civil society organizations, international finance institutions, international research and training institutions, donors and professional bodies. OUR CORE VALUES: Consequently, GLTN's core values and principles are founded in the development of land tools that are:
1. Systematically large scale /scalable; and,
6. Gender-sensitive
while taking into consideration:
7. Good governance;
8. Subsidiarity; and,
9. The Continuum of Land Rights. GLTN OBJECTIVES AND MANDATE:GLTN has developed a global partnership on land issues pulling together global partners, as well as many individual members. These partners include international networks of civil society, International Finance Institutions, international research and training institutions, donors and professional bodies. It continues to take a more holistic approach to land issues by working towards the following objectives:
-The establishment of a continuum of land rights, rather than just focus on individual land titling
-Improving and developing pro-poor land management, as well as land tenure tools
-Unblocking existing initiatives Assisting in strengthening existing land networks
-Supporting in the development of gendered land tools which are affordable and useful to grassroots
-Improving the general dissemination of knowledge about how to improve security of tenure
-Improving the general knowledge dissemination on the improvement of security of tenure
