USAID Helps Timor-Leste Take Major Steps to Expand Property Rights/ USAID Ajuda Timor-Leste Foti Pasu Bo’ot atu Habelar Diretu bá Propriedade

Timor-Leste's Parliament passed the country's first land law in mid-February. The process to draft the legislation has been supported by USAID since 2003. In early February, the Ministry of Justice launched the public display of land claims in one of Dili's six subdistricts – the first such display by Ministry staff based on the successful urban land claim process initiated by USAID’s property rights project. Consistent with the project’s sustainability plan, the Ministry largely took over the project at the end of 2011.  The public display indicates the success of the main part of the transition from a USAID project to government ownership.

Parlamento Timor-Leste pasa lei kona-bá rai no properiedade dáuluk iha Timor-Leste iha fulan Fevereiru. Prosesu elabora lejislasaun ida ne’e hetan apoiu husi USAID hahú kedas husi tinan 2003. Iha inisiu fulan Fevereiru, Ministériu Justisa lansa publikasaun kona-bá reklamasaun bá rai iha sub-distritu ida husi sub-distritu nen ne’ebé iha Dili – publikasaun husi Ministériu ne’e bazeia bá susesu husi prosesu reklamasaun bá rai ne’ebé hahú husi inisiativa USAID nia projetu bá direitu propriedade nian. Tuir projetu nia planu sustentabilidade, Ministériu asumi servisu husi projetu nian ne’e iha tinan 2011 nia rohan. Publikasaun ida ne’e hatudu susesu husi parte prinsipál tranzisaun husi USAID nia projetu bá governu.