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The objective of the project is to develop an open source enterprise software application that supports core cadastre and registration functions. The project will provide support for the customization of the initial SOLA software and its implementation in Nigeria.
The project will establish an open source community of users and developers around the SOLA software and improve sustainability, efficiency and transparency.

The United Kingdom will provide financial support totalling the amount of GBP 3 922 159 over three years for the dissemination and effective and high quality implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.

LANDac is a partnership between Dutch organizations active in the field of land governance with the aim to optimize the link between land governance, sustainable development and poverty alleviation by generating, analyzing, synthesizing and disseminating knowledge. Some of its activities include PhD programmes, short-term research in collaboration with Southern partners, an annual Summer School on Land Governance, organization of meetings and lectures and providing a platform for a wider range of stakeholders involved in and interested in land governance in the Netherlands.

The United Kingdom is providing financial support totalling GBP 3 922 159 over three years for the dissemination and effective and high quality implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Voluntary Guidelines) which were globally endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security in May 2012 and whose implementation has been encouraged by the UK.

The programme focuses on improving the Land, Tax and Investment promotion systems in selected states of Nigeria. GEMS3 adopts a M4P approach to land markets, piloting interventions which improve the inclusiveness of the land market (e.g. land titling in selected states, regulatory assessments to ensure more effective implementation of the land act).

The purpose of the RFGI is to have representative local forest governance and responsible natural resource management improved in at least 10 country-based landscapes in Africa, supported with handbooks for the design and improvement of accountable and responsive local forest-governance processes. The expected results from phase I are mainly new knowledge, a set of forest governance handbooks, and increased analytical capacity in forest (environmental) governance in the region

This list of countries is where an Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) has been COMPLETED.

The LGAF is a diagnostic tool that is implemented at the local level in a collaborative fashion, that addresses the need for guidance to diagnose and benchmark land governance, and that is intended to help countries prioritize reforms and monitor progress over time.

The project supports Lagos State's for reforms in budgetary planning, budgetary execution, and improving the business climate in the areas of lands and building permits. It will reduce the cost and time for obtaining land titles by supporting the introduction of an electronic system that will issue Certificates of Occupancy, and streamline the processes for receiving land titles and regularizing illegal settlements.

This programme aims at supporting African stakeholders in strengthening the role of Africa's forests and trees to adapt to climate change in ways that enhance liverlihoods, sustain buidiversity and improve the quality of the environment

The project builds on GEMS (III) but focuses in specific geographic areas under more cross cutting models.In addition to inclusive economic growth, the programme will aim to include environmental benefits from renewable energy and improved agricultural land and water use planning, as well as easing the tensions that lead to conflict.