Benchmarking of Land
Administration Systems
Michael Milligan
Economic Affairs Officer
Brussels
4 December 2012
History of the UNECE
Created in 1947
One of 5 regional commissions
Original mission:
To assist in the reconstruction and
development of post-war Europe
economic
During cold war, important bridge between two blocks
Since the end of the cold war:
transition from centrally planned to market
economies
institution building & other technical assistance
facilitates economic integration
56 member States
Housing and Land
Management unit
Facilitates dialogue between
governments for sharing practices,
giving advice, and developing policy
guidelines
The Committee on Housing and Land
Management is an intergovernmental
body which sets policies related to
housing, land administration, and land
management
Structure of the UNECE Committee
on Housing and Land Management
Current priorities of the
CHLM
Country profiles on the housing sector
Improving urban environmental
performance
Land registration and land markets
Housing modernization and
management
The Working Party on Land
Administration (WPLA)
An intergovernmental body of member
State land administration officials who
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Identify methods to strengthen and modernize
land administration systems
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Promote sustainable land management projects
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Collect and disseminates data on property rights
and land
WPLA Workshops
“Supporting global economic recovery: The role of
land registration authorities”, London, UK, 10 to 13
October 2012
“Spatial information Informal development, property
and housing”, Athens, Greece, 10 to 15 December
2012
“Land registration in Central Asia”, Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan, 18 to 19 March 2012
“E-governance and land registration”, Uppsala,
Sweden, 29 to 31 May 2013
WPLA and CHLM
Publications
Study on the Challenges of Fraud to Land
Administration Institutions, 2011
Self-Made Cities, 2009
Guidance and Good Practice for the Application of
Fees and Charges for Real Property Cadastre and
Registration Services, 2009
Spatial Planning: Key Instrument for Development
and Effective Governance, 2008
Land Administration in the UNECE Region, 2005
Country Profiles on the Housing Sector
WPLA Survey on the Benchmarking
of Land Administration Systems
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Comparative analysis of land administration, land
registration and mapping systems in UNECE
countries
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Provide a benchmark to: improve public
performance, provide framework for improvement
and technological innovation, and plan change
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Evaluate economic performance, stimulate
innovation, improve registration systems and
promote universal standards of good land
administration
WPLA Survey Topics
•System of registration
•Coverage
•On-line availability
and electronic access
•Status and security
•Taxes and charges
•Efficiency
•Fees
•Speed of registration
•Activity
•Complexity and
automation
•Division of
responsibilities
Highlights of the Survey
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Questionnaire prepared by task force headed by
delegate from Ireland
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Issued to all 56 member states
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23 responses received, with more to come (we
hope!)
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Respondent countries: Austria, Belarus, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England and Wales,
Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania,
Serbia, Spain and Sweden
Land Administration Trends in the
UNECE region
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From registration by civil courts to dedicated
agencies
From partial coverage to full coverage
From registration without graphics to digital maps
From paper certificates to digital certificates
From manual to electronic registration
From inspection of register in the registration
office to online inspection open to all
From registration of land only to registration of
other real property and mortgages
From taxation of properties based on other data
to taxation based on registry data
Next steps
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To analyze and interpret the results of the survey
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Obtain feedback from member States and land
administration experts on the survey and ways it
could be improved in the future
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Obtain funding for the regular collection of land
administration data
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Create a publication based on the survey, with
chapters on trends in land administration and the
legal framework
Proposed publication
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Presentation of the data
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Analysis of patterns and trends
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The legal framework in the EU and the UNECE
region and its relation to the study
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Publication to serve as a reference to countries in
the UNECE region to assess their own land
administration systems and identify priority areas
for reform
Proposed future data collection
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Project coordinator needed
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UNECE has excellent data management and
distribution system
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Would provide basis for future publications and
collaborations.
Thank you!
Michael.Milligan@unece.org
www.unece.org -> Housing and Land
Management