Commission 7 deals with land administration (“the process of
determining recording and disseminating information about the
ownership, value and use of land when implementing land
management policies”, ref. UNECE Land Administration Guidelines
1996). Commission 7 established its concept of activities about
15 years ago. It is in line with the FIG long term strategy and
selected topics to deal with
application of innovative, advance technology in land
administration
Commission 7 aims
to provide a forum for enhancing knowledge about cadastre, land
administration and land management world wide
to encourage the development of pro poor land management and land
administration
to promote the importance of development of sustainable land
administration as infrastructure for sustainable development to underpin
economic growth
to promote the application of innovative and advanced technology in
cadastre, land administration
to promote awareness of the role of surveyors in land
administration matters to the public and among stakeholders
Work Plan 2007-2010
The Commission activities followed the work plan basically but extended
its work supporting participating and contributing actively in many FIG and
other events relevant to Commission 7.
Annual meeting
The Commission 7 Annual meeting has been traditionally an important event
for the Commission since many years. Commission 7 Annual meeting 2009 was
held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 12-16, 2009, together with a
one-day International Open Symposium on “Progressing Towards Ubiquitous
Cadastre”. The meeting was organized by the Commission in Cooperation with
the Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia, PEJUTA. The chief
organizer was Mr. Teo Chee Hai, Malaysian delegate and FIG Vice president
who did an excellent job. The FIG Office helped the Commission in the
registration for the Annual meeting.
More than 40 delegates from 22 countries participated in the event. The
program followed the tradition of the Commission 7 Annual Meetings, three
days meeting, one day open symposium and one day technical tour.
The meeting always starts with the introduction of the host country,
information about the land surveyor profession, land administration
activities, education, etc. These presentations used to be given by top
officials but this time 4 young surveyors informed us about the current
situation in Malaysia. It was a very good idea, delegates very much enjoyed
it and Commission 7 followed FIG strategy to involve young surveyors in the
FIG activities.
Commission chair András Osskó and working group chairs gave reports on
the Commission 7 activities, including information about the major FIG
events for those who were not able to attend. Working group chairs spoke
about the progress of ongoing initiatives of the commission (Land
Administration Domain Model-ISO acceptance, Social Tenure Domain Model,
Cadastral Template, FLOSS Cadastre, etc.
Richard Grover UK delegate introduced a questionnaire on “Public, State
Land management” which was circulated after the Annual meeting. The
questionnaire was proposed by the Cyprus delegate Elia Elikkos. The topic is
very live in every country hoping to have sufficient number of response to
continue the work. All of the 22 national delegates gave a country report
about the new developments in land administration and cadastre in 2008-2009.
The One-Day Open International Symposium on “Progressing towards
Ubiquitous Cadastre” was a successful event. Besides the international
delegates, more than 200 professionals attended from the host and
neighbouring countries. Ubiquitous Cadastre is the next step after the
e-Cadastre requires a very advanced e-technology. We could follow 12 very
interesting presentations by Commission 7 delegates, Malaysian and other
international professionals. FIG President Stig Enemark also participated in
the Open Symposium presenting an excellent keynote paper “Facing the Global
Challenges: the Importance of Land Governance and the Significance of the
Cadastre”. Delegates visited the historical Malacca town. The technical tour
included the visit to the Regional Cadastre Office and enjoyable
sightseeing. In the Regional Cadastre Office we received many information
about the development of e-cadastre in the region.
Work Plan
Preface
Commission 7 established its concept of activities about 15 years ago. It is
in line with the FIG long term professional strategy and selected key topics to
deal with
advanced cadastre
developing land administration
creating secure land tenure
application of innovative, advance technology in land administration
All topics are related to land administration matters. Developing,
modernising land administration is an increasing demand by developed and
developing countries world wide for many years.
During the last decade many new challenges have appeared – increasing focus
on sustainable development, post conflict problems ( civil wars, tribal
conflicts, etc.) increasing number of disasters, increasing gap between
developed and developing world, rapid urbanisation in the developing world, etc.
All the above challenges connected to land and property related activities. The
profession has to find answer and solutions.
Several of the above challenges are being handled by existing cadastral, land
management and land administration institutions, some of the existing
institutions have not adapted to the challenges or been developed in an adequate
manner. In bringing solution to the 21st. Centuries’ land and property related
challenges, Commission 7 therefore believes that future orientated focus from
the surveying profession is essential. The surveying profession must play an
ever central role in the development and modernisation of cadastre, land
management and land administration. The ultimate goal is to make land
administration the proper infrastructure for sustainable development and to make
land administration institutions developing sustainable solutions through land
related activities.
To achieve Commission 7 concept, goals, involves efforts over a long period,
therefore the commission wants to continue its professional work which was
successful over the passed years. Of course there need to be some changes, new
priorities have to be defined based on the last four years experience.
Following the FIG strategy, Commission 7 intends
to continue its effort focusing on countries in Africa, Latin America,
Asia, Middle East, CEE and provide meeting place as well
Strengthening working relations co-operation with other FIG commissions
To continue co-operation with UN organisations, agencies
To find possibilities to co-operate with other professional organisations,
NGOs, Dutch Kadaster, ITC, etc.
Providing and disseminating information to the profession, national
associations and authorities to develop and establish land administration
systems
Working Group 7.1 - Development of Pro Poor Land Management and
Land Administration
Terms of reference
recognise and support the development of pro poor land management
approaches
communicate, as far as possible, the FIG concepts in development of land
policy and land management: land law, land tenure and security of tenure, land
markets, land taxation, land use planning, land reform, land redistribution,
post conflict land administration
identify (geometric) aspects related to social, informal land tenures
support the development of low cost, innovative, data acquisition methods
develop the social tenure domain model
contribute in the GLTN
propose a capacity building approach for pro poor land management
Chair
Mr. Christiaan Lemmen
ITC
The Netherlands
E-mail: lemmen[at]itc.nl
Working Group 7.2 – Development Sustainable Land Administration
to Support Sustainable Development
Terms of reference
investigate the necessary legal and institutional framework for the
creation and development of sustainable development
identify other conditions for developing sustainable land administration
study solutions for developing land administration in post conflict
areas
find simple, low cost solutions for creating sustainable land
administration in developing countries
investigate improvements of land tenure security through new legal
frameworks and new and better administrative tools
focus on solutions to combine formal land delivery process and customary
approaches (neo-customary) land delivery process
study the role of gender-issues in creation of sustainable land
administration development
analyse sensible forms of land taxation for funding land reform and
upgrading programmes
identify and find solutions of assisting post conflict areas, disaster
areas, etc. in rebuilding and maintain land administration after war and
catastrophe of nature
Chair
Mr. Søren F. Christensen
KMS
Denmark
E-mail: sfc[at]kms.dk
Working group 7.3 – Application of Innovative Technology in Land
Administration
Terms of reference
electronic conveyancing and governance
identify innovative and low cost technology to support the development
for pro poor land management, land administration
identify innovative, advance technology for sustainable land
administration
dealing with standards
focus on copyright and fee questions
dealing with identification and defining parcel boundaries
focus on national and international data infrastructure initiatives
(SDI, INSPIRE)
3D cadastre, land registry
Chair
Dr. Daniel Steudler
Switzerland
E-mail:
Daniel.Steudler[at]swisstopo.ch
