Vice President Paul van der Molen delivers a keynote at the
2nd Cadastral Congress in Ankara
Ankara, Turkey, 21-24 May 2008
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Minister
Faruk Nafiz Özak and FIG Vice President Paul van
der Molen meeting at the Congress and discussing the Turkish bid
for hosting the FIG Congress 2014. |
Paul van der Molen giving his keynote speech.
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At the occasion of its 161st anniversary, the General Directorate of Land
Registry and Cadastre together with the FIG Turkish member association
Chamber of Surveying and Cadastral Engineers organised the 2nd Cadastral
Congress in the Turkish capital Ankara. From 21-24 May, about 500 colleagues
discussed the hot topics of the profession in a very well organised
conference. After speeches from Ali Fahri Ötzen, the President of the
Chamber, and Mehmet Zeki Adli, the General Director of Land Registry
and Cadastre, and the Minister of Public Works Faruk Nafiz Özak, the
Vice President of FIG, Prof. Paul van der Molen, delivered a key-note
speech, addressing the view of FIG on land administration world wide, the
development and trends, and the role of land valuation for society.
During the four-days conference a variety of subjects came at stake, such
as the status of e-government and NDSI in Turkey, and the new approaches
within the Turkish General Directorate, such as the application of the new
TAKBIS system. Past chair of FIG Commission 3, Gerhard Muggenhuber,
briefed the audience on recent trends in e-cadastre, which is currently
developed in Turkey. As Turkey is about to embark on NSDI, this subject was
treated thoroughly by various speakers, amongst them Muhittin Ipek,
highlighting the role of the private sector.
The open approach of our Turkish colleagues was also demonstrated by
giving the floor to quite a few external users of cadastral services, to
report critically on their experiences with the cadastre and to come up with
proposals for improvement. Another topic concerned the valuation of
properties, which is under debate in Turkey on how to develop a more
coordinated mechanism for property valuation in the country. Various
speakers, such as Nesim Gültekin from the State Hydraulic Works and
Kürşat Koç from the Highway Authority, reported on their experience
with valuation for expropriation purposes. The relation between respectively
rural development, environmental protection and forest management with the
cadastre was extensively dealt with. After all sessions lively debates took
place, in which the three vice director generals of the General Directorate
Nihat Şahin, Şinasi Bayraktar and Ömer Ali Anbar, often
took the opportunity to cross swords with the speakers and members of the
audience. After the closing of the conference by Prof. Hüseyin Erkan,
the participants could look back on a fruitful and active conference.
Paul van der Molen
FIG Vice President |
