On Monday, december 29, 2025, ERAIFT held a workshop in its conference room to share experiences from the participatory development of the Simple Land Use Plans (PSAT) in the AVENIR project's intervention provinces. This event was part of an ongoing effort to enhance collaboration among stakeholders involved in the project and to extract key lessons from the local land-use planning process.

This activity involved several participants, including the AVENIR project partners from Kwilu, Kwango, Kongo-Central, and Maï-Ndombe provinces, representatives from the Ministry of Land Use Planning, and the AVENIR project's national coordination team. The discussions focused on field experiences, best practices, and the challenges faced in supporting local communities.

The workshop opened with a review of the partnership goals between ERAIFT and the AVENIR project, then outlined the land-use planning process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, covering the existing legal and institutional frameworks. The conversation then shifted to the progress made by farmers' federations in supporting communities with developing and implementing the PSATs, emphasizing the significance of a participatory approach for sustainable land management.

Participants provided several recommendations to improve the implementation and promote greater adoption of the PSATs by local and institutional stakeholders. L’ERAIFT thanks His Excellency Muhindo Nzangi, Minister of Agriculture of the DRC, for involving him in the implementation of the AVENIR project. It also thanks the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the French Development Agency (AFD) for their funding support. Finally, ERAIFT expresses its gratitude to the various farmers' federations for their active collaboration and commitment to inclusive and sustainable land-use planning.