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
Supporting the needs in different regions
Terms of reference
Until today many countries have developed their own cadastral system, in many
case with colonial roots. The one operates deed registration, the other title
registration, some are based on fixed boundaries, some on general boundaries,
some system are centralised and others decentralised. Many systems perform not
optimal or failed to perform in the benefit of all people. Looking at it from a
little distance one can observe that the systems are in principle mainly the
same: they are all based on the relationship between persons and land, via
rights and are in most countries influenced by developments in the Information
and Communication Technology (ICT). The two main functions of every cadastral
system are: 1. Keeping the contents of these relationship up-to-date (based on
legal or customary transactions) in a cadastral or land registration system and
2. Providing information on this registrations
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, which is the implementation
of land policy, by wide range of land policy instruments (e.g. land reform, land
consolidation, land markets, land taxation, marine resource management)
In “key words” Commission 7 deals with
land management and land administration
cadastres, land registers
cadastral reform
land policy, land reform, land taxation
land tenure
land law and land related laws
sustainable land administration
pro poor land management and land administration
cadastral surveying and mapping
land registration
land administration in post conflict areas
disaster management and land administration
customary and group rights
informal settlements
public private partnership in land administration
land policy and land policy instruments
land consolidation
land valuation and taxation
land markets
land reform, land privatisation and land redistribution
innovative technology in land administration
low cost surveying and mapping
land and marine resource management
Mission statement
to provide a forum for enhancing and exchanging the 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 support
economic economic growth
to promote the application of innovative and advance technology in
cadastre, land administration
to promote awareness of the role of surveyors in land administration
matters to the public and among stake holders
Commission 7 work plan in relation with FIG professional strategy
Following Commission 7 tradition the work plan supporting the achievement of
FIG goals
extending working co-operation with other commissions
to continue and extension of working relation with UN organisations, World
Bank, agencies and other organisations
to contribute to organise joint workshops, events wit UN and other
external organisations
to contribute to formulate the professional program for FIG congresses and
working weeks
supporting regional events, workshops to promote FIG activities in general
and new priorities of the surveyor profession
to encourage national delegates, representatives to participate in FIG
events and disseminate information to national associations and professionals
to support the publication of working results
following the traditions, Commission 7 contribute to the major FIG events,
congresses, working weeks
to encourage member associations and national delegates from Asia,
Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe to participate in Commision 7 and
major FIG events
Objectives of the commission 7 work plan
There are many fields of interest for Commission 7 related to land
administration, Cadastre and land management matters. To achieve realistic
results in the 2007-2010 period we have to prioritise the most important issues
based on the Commission 7 activities during the past years, recent developments,
challenges concerning land related matters world wide and priorities supported
by UN and other professional organisations and NGOs. As a new development in FIG
activity, Commission 7 intends to find possibilities to form working relation
with UN Habitat Global Land Tool Network , GLTN. Important issues selected:
Pro poor land management and land administration
land administration and land management in customary and informal areas
low cost data acquisition (geometric, legal) registration and mapping
low cost, innovative tools for land management and land administration
Sustainable land administration supporting good governance
how can we develop sustainable land administration in so called developing
countries within a framework of land policies
how can we keep sustainability of land administration in so called
developed countries
Land administration in post conflict
areas
how is possible to create, rebuild land administration after conflicts
approaches in redistribution of land in post conflict areas
Disaster management and land administration
relation between land administration and disaster management
Economic land use and land use control
supporting how to create economic land use
how to manage land use and informal urbanisation in developing countries
Land administration and land management in the marine environment
how to develop marine cadastre
how to support coastal zone management
Innovative technology and ICT support in land administration and land
management
how to extend land administration with 3D cadastre and land registry
how to develop innovative, low cost technology to support pro poor land
management and land administration
national and international data infrastructure initiatives: SDI, NGDI,
INSPIRE, EULIS
ICT support to develop sustainable land administration (standardisation,
interoperable systems
sustainable capacity building for land administration
Institutional aspects for land administration and land management
how to support the development of institutional framework for land
administration, land management
Commission 7 intends to address the selected issues in various ways within
FIG and in co-operation with other organisations
Commission 7 working groups
Presenting papers, lectures during FIG and joint events
Working co-operation with other FIG commissions
Working relation with UN and other organisations
Providing a documentation center OICRF
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
Co-operation with other FIG commissions
3D Cadastre , land registry joint working group with Commission 3
coastal zone management, marine cadastre with Commission 4
low cost, effective survey technology and techniques for developing
countries, with Commission 3, 5 lead by Commission 5
Urban- rural inter relationships, defining formal and informal tenure,
property rights, joint working group with Commission 8 lead by Commission 8
education, capacity building with Commission 2Co-operation with UN
organisations, agencies
Co-operation with UN organisations, agencies
Commission 7 would like to continue co-operation with UN organisations, UN
Habitat, UN FAO, UNECE/WPLA
Co-operation with other professional organisations
Dutch Kadaster, ITC, Institution of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing
(FÖMI).
Communications
The secretariat of the commission will maintain the Commission 7 web site and
keep delegates, correspondents, friends informed primarily via e-mail.
Commission 7 annual meetings and events
According to the consensus among the commission delegates to hold annual
meetings separately from the major FIG events, Commission 7 intends to continue
its traditions for organising annual meetings. Until now Korea will host the
annual meeting in 2007, and Verona, Italy in 2008.
Calendar of Events
2007
Commission 7 annual meeting, Pusan, Korea 19-23 May 2007
FIG Working Week Hong Kong, China, May 13-17 2007
contribution to GeoCongress Quebec City, Canada, October 2007
FIG Regional Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, 12-15 November 2007
2008
Commission 7 annual meeting Verona, Italy
FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June 2008
2009
Commission 7 annual meeting
FIG Working Week, Eilat, Israel, 3-8 May 2009
2010
Commission 7 annual meeting
FIG Congress Sydney, Australia, 9-16 April 2010
Commission Officers
Commission Chair
Mr. András Ossko
FÖMI
Institute of Geodesy Cartography and Remote Sensing
Bosnyák tér 5
Budapest
1149
HUNGARY
Tel. +36 1 460 4038
E-mail:
ossko.andras[at]fomi.hu
Chair Elect, 2009-2010
Mr. Daniel Roberge
Bureau de l'arpenteur général du Québec
5700, 4e avenue O., Bureau F 310
Charlesbourg, Québec
G1H 6R1
CANADA
Tel: +1 418-627-6263 x 2646
Fax: +1 418-643-6512
E-mail:
daniel.roberge[at]mrnf.gouv.qc.ca
Vice Chair of Administration
Commission Secretariat:
Mr.Gyula Iván, Vice Chair of
Administration
Secretary of the Commission
E-mail: ivan.gyula[at]fomi.hu
Tel. + 36 1 460 4081
Mrs. Mária Tóth
Assistant
E-mail: Maria.Toth[at]fvm.hu
The address of the secreteriat:
FIG Commission 7 Secretariat
c/o Institute of Geodesy Cartography and Remote Sensing
1592 Budapest Pf. 585
HUNGARY
Tel. + 36 1 222 5101
Fax + 36 1 222 5112
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 7.1 -
Development of Pro Poor Land Management and Land Administration
Mr. Christiaan Lemmen
Cadastre and Public Registers Agency
P.O. Box 9046
NL-7300 GH Apeldoorn
THE NETHERLANDS
Visiting address: Jean Monnetpark 1, 7336 BA Apeldoorn
Tel. + 31 55 528 5634
Fax + 31 55 355 7362
E-mail: lemmen[at]itc.nl
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 7.2 -
Development Sustainable Land Administration to Support Sustainable Development
Mr. Søren Fauerholm Christensen
National Survey and Cadastre Denmark
Rentemestervej 8
DK-2200 Copenhagen NV
DENMARK
Tel. + 45 3587 5616
Fax + 45 3587 5050
E-mail: sfc[at]kms.dk
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 7.3 -
Application of Innovative Technology in Land Administration
Dr. Daniel Steudler
Eidg. Vermesssungsdirektion
Swiss Federal Directorate of Cadastral Surveying
Seftigenstrasse 264
CH-3084 Wabern
SWITZERLAND
Tel. + 41 31 963 2413
Fax + 41 31 963 2297
E-mail:
Daniel.Steudler[at]swisstopo.ch
