Based on results from previous years, Commission 7 has provided
assistance and knowledge for the implementation of the overall
FIG strategy as far as related to cadastre and land management.
Dipl. Ing. Gerda Schennach, Austria
There is a focus on
providing visions for future cadastre and land management
taking the role as a mastermind in developing effective land
management
thinking about new models of land administration for sustainable
development
initiating professional discussions on new business models as
required by a changing society
securing land tenure and advocating citizens’ rights
acting from a pragmatic perspective of what is achievable in a
surrounding of cultural and social diversity and how commitment among
stakeholders can be created for the benefit of the society and for the
reputation of the profession in providing sustainability and advocacy to
citizens, land owners and stakeholders.
Besides organizing or co-organizing events within the scope of Commission
7, representatives of the Commission have participated in a considerable
number of events all over the world. The list of events would be too long to
be published here, reports are to be obtained from
www.fig.net and from relevant websites of
the events. As far as Commission 7 was coorganising, more details are given
by the WG in charge of organisng the event.
Working Group 7.1 – Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration
Working Group 7.1 aims at generating answers to the globally growing
demands on land governance, the Continuum of Land Rights and on responsible
tenure by continuing its work on developments of STDM, LADM and
Fit-For-Purpose in cooperation with partners from UN FAO and UN Habitat/GTLN
and others for the goals of the post-2015 Development Agenda.
Cooperation on the implementation of Voluntary Guidelines with UN FAO
will continue. Further activities will focus on providing appropriate models
including innovative land rights and tools for improving global coverage of
evidence. Aspects of land consolidation and readjustment of land will be
investigated in cooperation with FIG Commission 8. Trainings will be
developed in cooperation with the YSN.
Working Group 7.2 – Land Management in Climate Change and Pre-
and Post-disaster areas
Working Group 7.2 aims at building upon results of co-operation with FAO
and at establishing links to the networks of professionals from land
administration institutes and organisations and international and national
bodies who are in charge of disaster management in order to raise awareness
about the need of appropriate documentation of land rights in disaster
situation and to facilitate co-operation with the relevant institutions in
terms of securing rights of land owners in areas of high risks (e.a. with
SIDS Small Islands Developing States and others).
Climate Change entails long-term impacts on land and land tenure which
may effect citizens significantly in their economic situation. Working Group
7.2 work on analysing about longterm strategies for compensating impacts on
land owners.
The group is also interested in supporting the development of better land
information systems that reduce risk, optimise resources during response
activities and help reconstruction efforts after a disaster has occurred.
In this, it is proposed the incorporation of new data collection
technologies, such as drones, as a core element of better land management
for disaster response.
Working Group 7.3 – Crowdsourcing Land Rights
The aims of Working Group 7.3 were modified and reduced compared to the
original 8 of 17 ambitious aims originally established. The Working Group
provided an international joint FIG Commission 7 and Commission 3 Seminar in
Malta in 2015 and through support of the World Bank Group, created a Guide
for “New Technology and Emerging Trends: The State of Play for Land
Administration” - an inventory of existing crowdsourcing approaches
to capturing evidence of land rights within the Land Administration domain;
both formal and informal. This activity was directly aligned with the
objectives of WG 7.3.
Working Group 7.4 – Citizen Cadastre
At the FIG Working Week 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Dr. Conrad Tang and his
PhD Student Haongdong Zhang recommended a scientific method for the
assessment of cadastral systems. The method was presented in detail at the
FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting 2015 in Malta as well. WG 7.4 is preparing
to disseminate the questionnaire to professionals and relevant institutions
all around the world to get to a clear situation about the quality of
cadastral systems.
In April 2015, the World Cadastral Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey.
At this meeting the Istanbul Declaration was signed by most of the
participating countries. It is very important from the point of view of WG
7.4, that :
„A “Cadastral Affairs” initiative on a global scale is needed within the
pattern of the United Nations or other similar global organizations. In this
context, an “International Association of Cadastre” and a “Cadastre Research
& Development Center” is to be formed at the global level; to contribute to
the further developments of the country's cadaster services by training and
consulting and producing solutions to solve problems“. WG 7.4 planned to be
active in following to support this intiative, connected to the activities
of the WG.
Due to the structural changes in the Hungarian Land Administration, to
which the chair is affiliated, there were no major achievements from the
Working Group directly. However at the Annual Meeting 2016 of Commission 7
and in the Geoconference in Coimbra/Portugal many issues of the WG 7.4
policy were presented and discussed, but these were not directly influenced
by the leadership of the WG.
WG 7.4 supported the thematic preparations for the Cadastre 4.0 Workshop
in 2016.
The WG was represented at FIG Working Week 2017 in Helsinki Finland, and
made a presentation at GeoPrevi 2017 International Symposium in Bucharest,
Romania, 14-16 September 2017.
Commission 7 deals with all issues of land rights and land
administration, as well from a service provider as from a user and citizen
perspective. A special focus is given to cadastre and land management
infrastructures as being fundamental for sustainable development.
security of land tenure, data and information / access to
information for citizens
public trust in land administration systems / fraud prevention
Fit-For-Purpose and pro-poor land administration / low cost models
new technologies for remote and in-situ data acquisition on land
rights / social media and third party data capture / crowdsourcing /
role of land owners
land use and land policy
valuation and taxation of land / land markets
land consolidation and land readjustment for rural and urban areas
multi-dimensional and multi-temporal cadastre
impact of climate change and disasters on land rights
standards in land administration
capacity building in land administration
Mission statement
The Mission of Commission 7 is:
to provide a global forum for enhancing and exchanging knowledge
about cadastre, land administration and land management
to encourage the development of pro-poor land management and land
administration tools
to promote the importance of sustainable land administration
infrastructures as being essential for sustainable development and
economic growth
to underpin the use of innovative and advanced technology in
cadastre and land administration
to raise awareness of the role of surveyors in land administration
matters to the public and among stakeholders.
Working Group 7.1 – Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration
Policy Issues
identify role of Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration in relation to
sustainable land use, food security, climate change etc. in the
post-2015 Development Agenda
implementing the ‘Continuum of Land Rights’ and the STDM into
operation at country level including innovative methodologies for fast
and low cost recording of land rights and appropriate land rights for
future housing, including proposals for innovative land rights (new
models of leasehold, tenure of public land etc.)
identify the value of land consolidation and land readjustment for
rural and urban areas in poverty prevention programmes
develop the second edition of the Land Administration Domain Model
with ISO on behalf of FIG by integrating partners from local-national,
regional and international organisations, NGOs, NPOs, insurances,
re-insurances, bank companies, bar associations
promoting the development of innovative hard- and software solutions
for land administration
identify the needs for further development, quality improvement and
system optimisation after Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration is
implemented
Chair
Dr. Ir. Christiaan Lemmen, The Netherlands
email: Chrit.Lemmen[at]kadaster.nl
Working Group 7.2 – Land Management in Climate Change and Pre- and
Post-Disaster Areas
Policy issues
assessment of land tenure in post-disaster areas
pre-disaster assessment / documentation of land tenure
legal/institutional/technical Fit-For-Purpose methods to secure land
rights in pre- and post-disaster areas
impact of climate change on land tenure / loss of land, land use
changes
compensation for value changes, consolidation of agricultural land,
adjustment of urban land in post disaster regions
new technologies for data capture in pre-disaster areas / validation
of third party data
cooperation models with public authorities / voluntary guidelines in
conflicts
capacity building in disaster response bodies
spatial data infrastructures for pre-, during and post-disaster
response (link to FIG Commission 3)
Co-Chairs
Daniel Páez (PhD), Colombia
email: dpaez[at9uniandes.edu.co
Working Group 7.3 – Crowdsourcing of Land Rights
Policy issues
family of mobile devices supporting remote and in-situ capture of
evidence of land rights
global platforms managing evidence of land rights and obligations
service delivery models
scalability and capacity building of trusted intermediaries and land
owners
role of social media / validation of third party data
impact on perception of security of tenure
managing unintended consequences and privacy
cooperation with public authorities in recognition or conversion of
informal rights
link to Working Group 7.1 Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration
impact on land professionals and associate curriculum
Chair
Dr Robin McLaren, United Kingdom
email: robin.mclaren[at]KnowEdge.com
Working Group 7.4 – Citizen Cadastre
Policy issues
land tenure and culture and society needs
multi-dimensional and multi-temporal cadastre
security of land tenure
alternative forms of land tenure in changing society (generation
property, affordable land, temporary urban and agricultural land tenure)
complementary to WG 7.1
role of land owner as key stakeholder
privacy issues / access to data for citizens
responsibilities of public authorities / cooperation models / fraud
prevention
analysis of trust in different land administration models
assessment models for performance of land administration systems
training of land owners / capacity building in institutional bodies
building codes and IPMS
standards for data in land administration
representation in Joint WG on 3D Cadastre of Commission 3 and 7
Chair
Gyula Iván (M.Sc.), Hungary
email: ivan.gyula[at]fomi.hu
Joint Working Group on 3D Cadastre of Commission 3 and 7
The results of the previous term (2010-2014) of the joint WG provide a
solid basis for the next 4-year term of the WG. The concept of 3D Cadastre
is here to stay and the number of implementations is increasing, quite often
with ambition to become LADM (ISO 19152:2012) compliant.
In 3D, physical and legal 3D objects are aligned and land administration
is connected to other registrations via SDI: buildings, tunnels,
cables/pipelines, terrain elevation, etc..
collect and exchange experiences of operational 3D Cadastral systems
(law, organization, technology)
3D Cadastre in mega-cities, often in Latin-America (Brazil, Mexico),
Asia (China, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore) and Africa (Nigeria)
3D Cadastre usability studies, web-dissemination and 3D cartography
3D Cadastre as part the full life cycle of spatial development in 3D
spatial plan, zoning, register restrictions, design solutions, acquire
space/land, request/provide permits, obtain financing, realize/develop,
survey/ measure results, submit final RRRs/SUs, check/validate submitted
RRRs/SUs, store/ analyse data, disseminate, visualize and use the 3D
(cadastral) objects
contribute to the upcoming revision of ISO19152:2017 or 2018 (LADM)
by further developing the 3D aspects in this international standard;
e.g. provide a more formal taxonomy of different types of 3D parcels
(spatial units)
analyse and complete second questionnaire status 3D Cadastres
2014-2018
2015-2017
3D Cadastres session at FIG Working Weeks
2016
organize 5th workshop on 3D-Cadastres
2017-2018
FIG-publication on 3D-Cadastres
2018
conduct third questionnaire status 3D Cadastres 2018-2022
2018
presentation of the results at FIG Congress
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter van Oosterom, Commission 3, The Netherlands
email: P.J.M.vanOosterom[at]tudelft.nl
Cadastral Template 2.0
The Cadastral Template 2.0 project is a follow-up of the Cadastral
Template, which was originally established under the UN mandate by
Resolution 4 of the 16th UNRCC-AP in Okinawa, Japan in July 2003. In 2014,
the 3rd Plenary of UN GGIM-AP 2014 adopted as Resolution 5(d) “to support
the development of the Cadastral Template 2.0, the successor to the
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
supported Cadastral Template and encourage Member States to contribute
information to the Cadastral Template 2.0 towards promoting better knowledge
dissemination and sharing and promoting better practices”.
FIG Commission 7 in close cooperation with the Centre for SDIs and Land
Administration, Department of Infrastructure Engineering of the University
of Melbourne and swisstopo is strongly supporting this project and intends
to increase the number of participating countries, to initiate regular
updates of the content, to evaluate the indicators and information provided
by the country delegates, and to further develop the structure according to
user needs in cooperation with the FIG-HO and member associations and
delegates.
Project leaders
Daniel Steudler (PhD), Switzerland
email:
Daniel.Steudler[at]swisstopo.chh
and
Prof. Abbas Rajabifard (PhD)
email: abbas.r[at]unimelb.edu.auu
