United Nations, FIG and PC IDEA
Inter-regional Special Forum
The Development of Land Information Policies in the Americas

Aguascalientes, México, 26-27 October 2004

Foro Especial Interregional
de las Naciones Unidas, FIG y PC IDEA
Desarrollo de Políticas de Información Territorial en las Américas

Aguascalientes, México 26-27 de octubre de 2004

Final programme and papers in English and Spanish

Final Programme as a .pdf-file

Report from the Special Forum

• INEGI, Gilberto Calvillo Vives, President
• UN, Paul Cheung, United Nations Statistics Division, Director
  • Opening address in English
• PC IDEA, Mario Reyes Ibarra, INEGI's General Bureau of Geography, Director
• FIG, Stig Enemark, Vice President
  • Welcome address in English
• Government of Mexico, President Fox represented by Luis Manuel Gutierrez Levy, Senior Officer, Ministry of Finance
• Keynote speaker – Mr. John Efford, Minister of Natural Resources Canada represented by Dr. Irwin Itzkovitch
  Building Land Information Policy/Land Information Governance
  English version / Spanish version

Keynote speaker – FIG: Stig Enemark, Denmark
• Building Land Information Policies
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• La Construcción de políticas de Información Territorial
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Keynote speaker – World Bank: Klaus Deininger (presented by Frederic de Dinechin
• Land Policy for Growth and Poverty Reduction: Key Issues and Challenges Ahead
• Políticas territoriales para el crecimiento y la reducción de la pobreza
     -  Handouts of powerpoint presentation

Keynote speaker – PC IDEA: Mario Reyes Ibarra, Mexico
• Administration of Spatial Information in the Americas
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Administración de la Información Espacial en las Américas
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Discussion

Case studies

Europe: Paul van der Molen, the Netherlands, FIG Commission 7
• Good Administration of Land in Europe
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Buen ordenamiento territorial en Europa
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Australia: John Parker, Australia
• Land Management in Australia - Case Study with Emphasis on the State of Victoria
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• El ordenamiento territorial en Australia
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Canada: David Coleman, Canada
• Examining the Role of Partnerships in Building a Canadian Geospatial Data
   Infrastructure
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Un Análisis Sobre el Rol de la Cooperación en la Construcción de una
   Infraestructura Canadiense de Datos Geoespaciales
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Discussion on case studies and points raised by delegates

Case Studies: Key challenges for

El Salvador: Garrid Safie
• Building Land Information Policies in El Salvador
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Desarrollo de Politicas de Información Territorial en El Salvador
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Mexico: Mario Reyes Ibarra
• Building on an Experience, the Participation of INEGI in PROCEDE- A Case Study in Mexico
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Capitalización de una Experiencia, la Participación del INEGI en el Programa
   de Certificación de Derechos Ejidales y Titulación de Solares (PROCEDE)
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Chile: Rodrigo Barriga
• Territorial Information Management in Chile
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Gestión de la Información Territorial en Chile
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Brazil: Dr. Eduardo Pereira Nunes
•  A Case Study in Brazil: The Main Challenges Faced by Land Administration
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Principales Desafios del Ordenamiento Territorial
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Discussion on case studies, challenges and other issues.

Panelists & themes:

Michael O’Sullivan, Canada
• Political & Implementation Challenges
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
• Desafíos Políticos y de Implementación
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Gabriela Juarez, Guatemala
• Educational challenges
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Israel Otero, Puerto Rico
• Professional challenges
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation

Rodrigo Barriga, PAIGH/Chile
• Capacity building challenges
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in English
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation in Spanish

Luis Paulo Souto Fortes, IBGE Brazil
• Funding challenges
     - Handouts of powerpoint presentation

• Discussions on all challenges and issues
• Aguascalientes Statement
• Closing – FIG, Stig Enemark, UN, Amor Laaribi and INEGI/PC IDEA Mario Reyes Ibarra