The Ethiopia – Strengthening Land Administration Program (ELAP) is a five-year (2008-2013) project that is designed to assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) implement a sound land certification system that provides holders of rural land use rights with robust and enforceable tenure security in land and related natural resources in the six regional states of Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Somali and Tigray land administration and use offices in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), with finacial assistance of USAID/Ethiopia Mission. TETRA TECH ARD, a US-based international development firm, is contracted by the Mission to assist the Government of Ethiopia to establish and operate the ELAP Program Coordination Unite(ELAP/PCU).