On 14th December 2011, the Tompoun indigenous people in La In village, Teun commune and in Laeoun Kreg village, O’chum commune, Koun Mom district, Ratanakiri province, received a communal land titling certificate which would protect their land and make it usable as well as deem it sustainable for future growth. Development and Partnership in Action (DPA) was a facilitator of this process in La In village.
There were approximately 300 attendees at this ceremony including members of the Senate and National Assembly, senior officers at national, provincial and district levels, provincial authorities, NGOs, DPA staff and indigenous people around Ratanakiri province, under the presidency of H.E Senior Minister Im Chhun Lim, Miniter of Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Chairman of Council for Land Policy.