The Ethiopia – Strengthening Land Administration Program (ELAP) is a five-year (2008-2012) project that is designed to assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) implement a sound rural 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 regional states in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the land administration agencies of these regional states. The USAID/Ethiopia Mission provides financial assistance and 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 Unit (ELAP/PCU).