The Global Land Tool Network, in partnership with International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), OSGEO and other partners have been developing the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) , which is a pro-poor, participatory and affordable land tool for capturing person-to-land relationships within the land rights continuum framework. STDM seeks to broaden the land administration framework by providing alternatives to the institutional, technical and fiscal gaps in the conventional land administration system. The usage of STDM specifically seeks to support those areas falling outside formal tenures and cadastral systems such as informal settlements and areas governed by customary laws and traditional practices. However, STDM can also be used and customized to serve the purposes around the conventional system including on fiscal cadaster, records management and service delivery. It is based on open source technologies thus making the tool available to all and the concept adheres to some underlying principles of the ISO Land Administration Domain Model (LADM). GLTN promotes the application of STDM together with other GLTN tools such as participatory enumerations, continuum of land rights, Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration, amongst others. An Advisory Committee for STDM has been set up to support strategic support in its development, dissemination and implementation.
In order to address the emerging land information requirements at the country level, GLTN, together with partners, is continuously developing the tool to meet these needs, while at the same time ensuring its simplicity in usage and adaptability to suit different contexts. The latest version of STDM, 1.7, expands the ability to represent complex people-to-land relationships; incorporates integration with GeoODK for mobile data collection; multilingual support (French, Portuguese, Arabic and German); and, includes usability enhancements across the different modules. The STDM software components have reached a level of maturity and are being used in production by a growing number of organizations. The source code has been published under a GNU General Public License v2.0 and is publicly available on GitHub.
The training will be divided into two parts:
This session will introduce the STDM concept and rationale for its development. Participants will be taken through its concept, background, implementation process, application areas and be given a short hands-on demonstration of its main functionality. At the end of the event and based on the brief introduction, young surveyors will be invited to share the possible applications of the tool/s in their own country contexts. The session also aims to create a pool of young land professionals who will be able to provide the needed technical support for applying STDM at country level.
Objectives:
The session will give a technical overview of the STDM project where participants will be taken through the current status, priorities and roadmap of the project. An orientation to some of the tools and platforms used in the development of STDM will be provided and participants will get hands-on experience on how to report bugs, propose UI/UX improvements and support internationalization of the tool’s user interface. Participants will also learn about open source collaboration, development and licensing. At the end of the session, it is expected that young surveyors will have the essential skills to actively engage and contribute to the development of STDM.
Objectives:
Facilitator: Eva-Maria Unger, FIG Young Surveyors
Network
Trainer: John Gitau, GLTN
| Time | Presentation/ Diskussion |
| 09:00-09:10 | Introduction of Participants
- Eva-Maria Unger |
| 09:10.09:15 | Welcoming Remarks - Oumar Sylla |
Part I: Use and Application of STDM |
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| 09:15-09:30 | STDM Concept and Application at Country-Level
- Danilo Antonio |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Introduction to STDM Tool
- John Gitau |
| 10:00-12:15 | Walkthrough of STDM Modules
- John Gitau |
| 12:15-12:25 | Open Discussion |
| 12:25-12:30 | Summary and Closing Part 1 - Facilitator |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break |
Part II: STDM Code Sprint |
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| 14:00-14:10 | Need for Open-source Collaborative Tools for Monitoring the SDGs and New Urban Agenda (TBC)
- Christiaan Lemmen |
| 14:10-14:15 | Expectation Setting
- John Gitau |
| 14:15-14:30 | STDM Technical Development
- John Gitau |
| 14:30-14:45 | Walkthrough of Rules, Process and Expected Outcomes
- John Gitau |
| 14:45-15:30 | Work Stream Mentorship and Implementation
- John Gitau |
| 15:30-15:45 | Sprint Review by Participants
- John Gitau |
| 15:45-17:00 | Work Stream Implementation
- John Gitau |
| 17:00-17:10 | Presentation of Results in Each Work Stream
- John Gitau |
| 17:10-17:20 | Open Discussion |
| 17:20-17:30 | Summary and Closing of Part II
- Eva-Maria Unger |
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