Working Party on Land Administration - Report on the implementation of the Programme of Work 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 - UNECE
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Working Party on Land Administration Report on the implementation of the Programme of Work 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management Eighty-first session Geneva, 8 October 2020
Transform to respond to increased pressure on land
Constraints to evolve
Megatrends
User
expectations
2
Expanded role of land agencies
COVID-19 and the land sector
Observations
Observations
• Temporary measures and laws to respond to situation
(e.g. basic income for the most vulnerable, relax payment of mortgages, loans; postpone payment of rent, taxes)
• Temporary changes in consumer preferences
(e.g. prices down for city apartments, up for summer cottages)
• Increased use of online services in real estate
(e.g. for property registration, purchase; new routines in managing real estate visits)
• Increased use of digital tools and crowd-souring for cadastral surveys
• Adaptation of systems to electronic processes and easier channels of communication
3
COVID-19 and the land sector
Opportunities
Opportunities for the land sector
• “Forced” opportunity for digitalization
Online and digital tools gained importance
• Accelerated use of new technologies, processes and business models
(e.g. AI, blockchain applications, AR, big data, crowd-sourcing)
• New ways of working online
(e.g. digital signatures, extended e-services)
4
WPLA Bureau
Elected at the 11th WPLA session in 2019
• Mr. Andrei Filipenka (Belarus)
• Ms. Kirsikka Riekkinen (Finland), Vice-Chair
• Ms. Mari Khardziani (Georgia)
• Ms. Chryssy Potsiou (Greece), Vice-Chair
• Mr. Filippo Cadamuro (Italy)
• Mr. Bakytbek Djusupbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
• Ms. Elena Busch (Norway)
• Ms. Tatjana Cenova Mitrevska (North Macedonia)
• Mr. Konstantin Litvintcev (Russian Federation)
• Mr. Gil Matoses (Spain)
• Mr. Fredrik Zetterquist (Sweden), Chair
• Ms. Victoria Abbott (United Kingdom)
5Organization of activities
Task Groups
• Group on future scenarios for land administration:
Fredrik Zetterquist (group leader), Chryssy Potsiou, Elena Busch, Kirsikka Riekkinen
• Group on fraud in land administration:
Victoria Abbott (group leader), Konstantin Litvintcev, Bakytbek Djusupbekov, Tanja Cenova
• Group for outreach and promotion:
Victoria Abbott (group leader), Chryssy Potsiou, Mari Khardziani, Tanja Cenova
• Group on public-private partnerships in land administration, jointly with FIG Commission 7:
Kirsikka Riekkinen (group leader)
6Programme of Work 2018-2019
Capacity building
I. Capacity building and international knowledge sharing
Objectives:
• Organize workshops in the ECE region to allow for experience and knowledge sharing,
to improve the human capital of stakeholders and enhance land management practices
• Present the work of the Working Party and provide advice on land administration at
workshops, conferences, seminars and other events focusing on land management
• Digitally Enabled Development for a Sustainable Future in Eastern Europe
(18-20 September 2019, Vrdnik, Serbia)
• The Ecosystems Related to Real Estate Conveyancing
(20-21 November 2019, Helsinki, Finland)
7Programme of Work 2018-2019
Land administration reviews
II. Land administration reviews
Objectives:
• To provide, upon the request of a member State, an assessment of member State land
administration systems and guidelines to enhance these systems
• To achieve this objective, the Working Party will, upon invitation by Governments and
subject to the availability of funding, develop member State land administration reviews
as part of the UNECE country profiles on housing and land management
• Review on land administration in Belarus, May/June 2018
developed by experts from the Netherlands and The Russian Federation
• The Guidelines on Land Administration Reviews
revised and consistent with the CUDHLM guidelines for Country Profiles
8Programme of Work 2018-2019
Studies
III. Studies on selected topics in land management
Objective:
• To study issues in land management of interest to member States and develop publications
containing analyses of this issue to help member States better understand the current status
of land management and thus formulate more targeted and effective policies
• Survey on Costs for Registration and Transfer of Real Estate and Mortgages for
the ECE Region (November 2019)
• Guidelines for the Formalization of Informal Constructions (December 2019)
9Programme of Work 2020-2021
Capacity building
I. Capacity building and international knowledge sharing
Objectives: To increase the capacity of UNECE member States to formulate policies on land
administration and management:
• Organize workshops in the ECE region to allow for experience and knowledge sharing, to
improve the human capital of stakeholders and enhance land management practices
• Do outreach and promote the work of the Working Party and provide advice on land
management at workshops, conferences, seminars and other events focusing on land
management, as well as through other channels
• Formalizing the Informal to Protect Residents in Informal Settlements
(online 17 June 2020, jointly with FIG, initially planned for FIG Working Week)
• PPP in Land Administration – presentation of survey results
(online Annual Meeting of FIG Commission 7, 20-22 October 2020)
• Education for Land Administration (Gävle, Sweden, March 2021)
10Programme of Work 2020-2021
Capacity building (continued)
I. Capacity building and international knowledge sharing
Objectives: To increase the capacity of UNECE member States to formulate policies on land
administration and management:
• Contribute, as requested, to the work of the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial
Information Management, including the United Nations Expert Group on Land
Administration and Management (UNGGIM)
• Input to the Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA)
adopted at the tenth session of UNGGIM (26 and 27 August 2020, and 4 September
2020)
• Input to the global study on the perception of land and property rights (PRINDEX)
Data from 140 countries have been gathered up to date
11Programme of Work 2020-2021
Land administration reviews
II. Land administration reviews
Objective:
• To achieve this objective, the Working Party will, upon invitation by Governments and
subject to the availability of funding, develop member State land administration
reviews as part of the ECE country profiles on housing and land management
• Planned Country Profile of Albania
to include WPLA contribution on the review of the land administration
12Programme of Work 2020-2021
Studies
III. Studies on selected topics in land management
Objective: To study issues in land management of interest to member States and develop
publications containing analyses to support member States better understand the current
status of land management and thus formulate more targeted and effective policies
• FAO Legal guide on land consolidation (finalized June 2020) based on input by WPLA
and Technical University of Munich Study on best practices on land consolidation
• Scenario Study on Future Land Administration (ECE/HBP/2020/Inf.12), intermediate
report, review and consultation planned at WPLA 12th session
• Study on the Challenges of Fraud to Land Administration Institutions
(ECE/HBP/2019/Inf.10), collection of best practices to illustrate study before finalization
• Guiding Principles for Public-Private-Partnership in Land Administration
survey disseminated, results to be presented at FIG Commission 7 meeting (21 October)
• Land Administration in the ECE Region: Development Trends and Main Principles
review and update of 2005 report planned for 2021 13Thank you Fredrik Zetterquist Chair, WPLA UNECE 8 October 2020, Geneva
You can also read
