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On October 27, 2016 the Observatoire National du Foncier (ONF) and the Boudry Commune government hosted an event to officially launch the Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure (MAST) Pilot in Burkina Faso. The event was well-attended by national government officials, several commune mayors interested in using MAST to prepare land rights documentation in their communes, USAID personnel, and others. Pictured from left to right: Shawn Wozniak (USAID), Monsieur le Haut-Commissaire de la province du Ganzourgou, Ioana Bouvier (USAID), le Secrétaire général du MATDSI représentant Monsieur le Ministre de l’Aménagement du Territoire de la Décentralisation et de la Sécurité Intérieure (MATDSI), André Anatole YAMEOGO, directeur général de la Formation et de l’Organisation du Monde rural (DGFOMR), représentant le Monsieur le Ministre de l’Agriculture et des Aménagements Hydrauliques (MAAH), Albert Djigma, PCA de ONF-BF, and Djibril ZOLENGRE, Maire de la Commune rurale de Boudry.
MAST uses a simple Android app and a semi-crowdsourced methodology to facilitate the mapping and documentation of land in a more efficient, transparent, and affordable manner. USAID has already successfully piloted MAST in Tanzania, where it is now being scaled. In Burkina, USAID will work with the ONF (which is funded by USAID) and with the Government of Burkina Faso to pilot MAST in four villages within Boudry Commune, close to Ouagadougou. Photo Credit: Medard Some / ONF
Newly selected Trusted Intermediaries in Itagutwa are trained by Mustapha Issa of CARE on how to utilize the MAST mobile application and conduct a field adjudication according to local land laws.
Photo Credit: Jeff Euwema / The Cloudburst Group
Villagers in Itagutwa examine the MAST mobile application ahead of a field mapping exercise. In November, the young mappers from Itagutwa were able to collect over 1,000 parcel boundaries and information about parcel owners.
Photo Credit: Jeff Euwema / The Cloudburst Group
USAID supported twelve presentations throughout the week-long conference. Pictured here, USAID’s M. Mercedes Stickler (center right) and Michigan State University’s Thomas Jayne (center left), present on the “Role of Land Policy in Agricultural Transformation and Inclusive Economic Growth: Implications for Africa.”
Photo Credit: Sandra Coburn / The Cloudburst Group