This study presents a comparative analysis of five experiences of working with multistakeholder platforms based in Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Guinea, Lao PDR and Malawi. These case studies were prepared by four international land governance programmes (CTFD, ILC, MRL, Land for Life) to review the political contexts, structure, governance and operational models of the platforms. It presents platform contributions to changes in policy and practice and provides key learnings that could be applied to land governance programming across multiple contexts. This study contributes to a broader capitalisation of experience that draws lessons learned from improving land governance through multistakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.