Welcome to the home page of FIG Commission 7 -
Cadastre and Land Management
International Seminar on State and Public
Land Management in Verona, Italy, 9-10 September 2008 - web site now
open at
www.collegio.geometri.vr.it/seminar/ -
Registration deadline extended
to 30 July 2008
Seminar on State and Public Land Management will be organised in
Verona, Italy, September 9-10, 2008, just before the FIG Commission 7
Annual Meeting. The seminar is organised by FIG Commission 7 (Cadastre &
Land Management) and the Consiglio Nazionale Geometri (CNG), in
co-operation with FIG Commission 9 (Valuation & Management of Real
Estate) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’
(FAO) Land Tenure and Management Unit.
The major goal of the seminar is to share experience and discuss
policy options and practices in relation to state and public sector land
management, including between land managers, policy advisers and
decision makers and their professional advisers, and the civil society
organisations working in these areas. The seminar will help raise global
awareness of problems associated with state/public land and its
management, improve knowledge of good practices in this area, and
encourage these to be increasingly addressed in new development
initiatives.
Objectives of the seminar
The vesting of ownership of substantial of a nation’s land in
state/public sector ownership and management is a widespread feature of
national land tenure structures. The management of these areas of land
is commonly problematic, with for example, considered, rational,
equitable and transparently implemented policy lacking, frequent
corruption in the administration of such assets and lack of adequate
capacities to manage such lands effectively. These problems are globally
widespread and are present in both developing economies and more
developed economies. FAO is preparing to publish a Land Tenure Study in
this area, and as a part of this process is disseminating its findings
and supporting widespread sharing of experience and discussion on the
subject, as in the present seminar. To find out the present situation
and potential for new good practices the seminar will concentrate to
following objectives.
- To study and analyse the current state-of-the-art related to
state and public sector land management around the world addressing
land policy issues, real estate management practices and civil
society perspectives.
- To share country case experience in state and public sector land
management
- To find possible and effective solutions to solve the problems
especially for developing countries. What are the best practices and
what principles should be taken into consideration or should be
avoided.
- To make suggestions for future research directions.
Proposed topic areas
During the seminar the following aspects may be addressed:
- Legal frameworks for State and Public Sector land management
- Institutional frameworks for State and Public Sector land
management
- Good practices in State and Public Sector land management
- Environmental issues in State and Public Sector land management
- Civil society perspectives in State and Public Sector land
management
- Developing transparency in State and Public Sector land
management
- Avoiding corruption in State and Public Sector land management
- State land in different country situation (post-conflict, post
transition, disaster management, resettlements, state land
distribution)
- Public land policy, new trends
- Public land policy and land use strategies
- The social function, the economic function, the conservation
function, the cultural function of public land
- State land and fiscal management, fiscal efficiency and
transparency
The programme committee members are: Stig Enemark, President
FIG, Fausto Savoldi, future President of CNG, Paul van der
Molen, Vice President FIG, Paul Munro-Faure, FAO, Domenico
Romanelli, President of the College of Verona, Roberto Scali,
Treasurer of the College of Verona, Bruno Razza, CNG. Willi
Zimmermann, International Land Policy Advisor, Kauko Viitanen,
Chair FIG Commission 9, and András Osskó, Chair FIG Commission 7
Invitation as a
.pdf-file. Deadline for registrations
and payments has been
extended to 30 July 2008.
Web site:
www.collegio.geometri.vr.it/seminar/
Commission 7 Annual Meeting and 1 Day
International Workshop on "Land Administration - Impact of Big
Construction Works on Territory", Verona, Italy, 11-15 September 2008
- Registration deadline extended
to 30 July 2008
Commission 7 Annual Meeting and 1 Day
International Workshop on "Land Administration-Impact of Big
Construction Works on Territory" will be held in Verona.
Invitation to
Commission 7 delegates and friends has been circulated and is
available as a .pdf-file. Deadline for registrations
has been
extended to 30 July 2008.
Web site:
www.collegio.geometri.vr.it/meeting/
FIG Working Week 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June
2008
Commission 7 Meeting will be held in Stockholm, Sweden
during the FIG Working Week 2008. The Working Week will be held
14-19 June 2008, web site: www.fig.net/fig2008. Technical sessions and papers are available
at: www.fig.net/pub/fig2008
Commission 7 meeting will be on Sunday 15 June 15:30-17:30
in Room 360 at Norra Latin (Stockholm City Conference Centre.
Workshop on Land
Administration for Sustainable Development, Québec, Canada,October
2007
What is Commission 7?
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). 'Ownership'
should be seen as a broad concept of land tenure within various
jurisdictions (statutory, customary, informal etc.). 'Land' includes
constructions at subsurface level, ground level and above land level
(e.g. buildings). Furthermore Commission 7 deals with land management,
that is the implementation of land policy, by a wide range of land
policy instruments (e.g. land reform, land consolidation, land markets,
land taxation, marine resource management etc.).
In 'key words' Commission 7 deals with
- land tenure
- institutional context of land
- land law and land related laws
- land related public administration
- public and private roles in land administration
- land registration and land recording
- cadastres, land registers and cadastral maps
- cadastral surveying and mapping
- non parcel based land information systems
- informal settlements and formalization processes
- land related information management and business administration
- re-engineering and cadastral reform
- land policy and land policy instruments
- land markets, land use planning, land taxation
- land and marine resource management
- land reform and land redistribution
- land consolidation and urban land readjustment
- access to land by women and vulnerable groups
The Commission is
organised with three Working
Groups.
Chair of FIG Commission 7
Mr. András Ossko
Fõvárosi Földhivatal
(Budapest Land Office)
Sas U 19
H-1051 Budapest
HUNGARY
Tel. + 36 1 302 3052
Fax + 36 1 302 3049
E-mail: foldmeresv@foldhiv.hu |
FIG Commission
7 Webmaster
FIG Office
International Federation of Surveyors, FIG
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
e-mail: FIG@fig.net
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252 |
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