Working Group 3 Report: Cadastre
1.BACKGROUND:
This report is an update of the report presented to the meeting of the
Executive Board
held in Hiroshima, November 2000.
2.ACTIVITIES:
2.1 Working Group Meeting:
A meeting of the Working Group scheduled for March in India was
unfortunately
cancelled at the request of the host country. Alternatively, a
meeting of the
Working Group is now being planned for 11 - 12 September 2001 to be
held in Penang,
Malaysia. This meeting is kindly hosted by the Department of Survey
and Mapping
Malaysia, which is also hosting a Working Group 2 Geodesy meeting at
the same date
and venue.
2.2
Position Paper on Marine Cadastre
As requested by the meeting of the Executive Board held in November
2000 in Hiroshima,
a Position Paper was prepared by Prof. Ian Williamson explaining in
further detail the
concept of Marine Cadastre, as in Annex 9. The WG is deeply grateful
to Prof.
Ian Williamson and his team for the preparation of this Position
Paper. An Agenda item
at the coming Penang meeting is devoted to the presentation and
discussion of this
Position Paper. A recommendation based on the outcome of this meeting
would be tabled
at the next meeting of the Executive Board / PCGIAP.
2.3
Work Plans
As approved by the 15 UNRCC held in Kuala Lumpur, April 2000, the
Work Plans of the
WG are:
Facilitate discussion on marine cadastres, focusing on the issues
involved in the
establishment of appropriate administrative infrastructures to
manage marine resources
in the context of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea.
Undertake a study of land administration issues such as the range
of tenure and
institutional issues, water, indigenous, mining and petroleum
rights, gender, urban
agglomeration, land disputes, problems and indicators, with the
objective of producing
a globa atlas and related documentation, utilising the vast amount
of existing land
administration and land tenure data existing in United Nations
agencies; and
Facilitate a workshop to develop an appropriate generic template
for country profile
analyses describing the status of cadastre and land information,
and the need for
improvements, which will facilitate benchmarking and the
development of performance indicators.
Recommendations have been made by the Working Group to the
November 2000 meeting of the
Executive Board as follows:
"1. That the PCGIAP makes a proposal to the Australian Surveying
and Land Information Group ( AUSLIG )
to jointly explain the importance and relevance of marine
cadastres and seek support from the Australian
Federal Government for a major research initiative in this area,
and convene a meeting in the Asia-Pacific
region focusing on marine cadastre issues.
That the PCGIAP approaches the Director of Land Tenure Services
of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organisation (UNFAO) to jointly seek the support of the German
aid foundation, GTZ, to fund a study on land
administrative issues.
That the PCGIAP to liaise with Prof Ian Williamson, the FIG and
the World Bank with the objective of organising
a workshop in the South East Asia region involving Cambodia,
Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam,
in developing a draft generic template for country profiles.
The Working Group also seek, and would be very appreciative of,
the endorsement of the Executive Board of the
above Work Plan and any assistance the Board can render in
sourcing funding to implement the Work Plan."
Despite proposals made to the various organisations as mentioned
above, the Working Group is still unable to
raise funds. Without funds or support, it would be difficult to
implement the Working Plans. The Working Group
will continue to explore other support and funding sources, and
will devote an Agenda item at the Penang meeting
to this item.
3.CONCLUSION
This report is presented to the Meeting for its consideration and
approval.
WORKING GROUP ON THE CADASTRE:
WORK PLANS 2001 - 2003:
Project
1
Responsibility
Discussion and Research
Prof I.P.Williamson
into the Marine Cadastre
Target Date
( REVISED)
Comments
2003
Position Paper to
be fully discussed
at September
2001 WG Meeting
Presentation to be
made Sept 2001
on outcomes of
Commission 7 FIG
Meeting
Study of Land
Administration issues in
2
member countries cadastre benchmarking
A.Majid / Ian
Williamson/Daniel
Studler
2003
Generic template /
country profile analyses
3
of cadastre & LIS status
in member countries
Prof I.P. Williamson
2003