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Vision

CLEAR's long-term vision is a society where women and men have equal rights of access, control and ownership to land, property, land-based resources and are equitably enjoying their benefits.

Mission

CLEAR's mission is to influence the formulation and implementation of policies relevant to women’s access to and control over land, and land-based resources in Eastern Africa.

Niche

Operationally, CLEAR's niche is in influencing policy; participatory and action research, advocacy and networking; and capacity building with regard to women's land/property rights.

It aims to develop approaches from grassroots, national to regional levels, initiate advocacy activities on land reforms, information exchange, collaborative research and capacity building for empowerment of communities, policy debate, technical analysis of the same and gender sensitive implementation of land policies involving governments and civil society.

Organisational Structure

Regional Advisory Team

Administratively, CLEAR is headed by a Regional Advisory Team of seven persons. The key roles of this team will be:

Development of organisational policies and strategies
Mobilisation of resources for the organisation
Creation of linkages/strategic alliances with grassroots women, national, regional and international organisations
Representation of CLEAR in regional and international forums

The team has the power to co-opt people with technical expertise to attend and participate in its deliberations whenever deemed necessary.

The Secretariat

The hands-on managers of the organisation are the two Executive Directors, one heads the secretariat at the regional level based in Nairobi, Kenya, and the other heads CLEAR - Uganda Office based in Mbale, Uganda.
Together, both:

Undertake the overall management of the two offices
Oversee and facilitate implementation of all regional programs.
Link the organisation at the grassroots, national, regional and international levels and processes.
Implement the decisions of the Regional Advisory Team
Co-ordinate all emerging activities of the organisation especially community based programs empowering women to reclaim their land rights and enhancing food security at household and community levels. .

The Executive Directors are assisted in their tasks by the Program Manager (de facto Deputy Executive Director) and the Finance and Personnel Manager.

The Program Manager is in charge of the following:
Resource mobilisation
Design, oversight and implementation of program
Institutional capacity building
Co-ordination of program

Reporting to her are Program Officers in charge of respective programs duly assisted by Program Assistants.
The Finance and Personnel Manager is in charge of the following:
General administration and financial management
Budgeting
Drawing up of financial reports and statements
Financial advice to the Executive Directors
Human resource development
The Administrative Secretary, Accounts Assistant, Office Assistant and other support staff report to her.

Context of Operations

Programmatically, CLEAR operates through a flat structure of Country Working Teams, which are ad hoc, and theme based. They spearhead and implement the programs in liaison with the Thematic Program Officers. A Country Focal Point coordinates each teamwhich:

Projects CLEAR’s image in the specific country.
Identifies members of the working teams
Facilitates and coordinates in-country programs.
Links country-working teams to regional processes

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