ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF SCALING UP THE RAPID, LOW-COST, RECORDING OF LAND RIGHTS IN THE OECS COUNTRIES CHARISSE GRIFFITH-CHARLES Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

How to Scale Up  Background  Methodology  Data  Analysis  Conclusion 2

OECS Countries Anguilla 3

Background 4

Gaps in tenure information Determine resources required Plan programme Recording tools 5

Methodology  Use complementary sources and collate data  Developing regional land policy guidelines  Sustainable land management: hard and soft actions  Compute resource requirement However:  Same personnel, same estimates, same errors 6

Land Issues Papers CountryNumber of parcelsPercentage state land Anguilla 23,000 (registered – 2011)7 Antigua 54,00044 British Virgin Is. 17,80033 Dominica nr50 Grenada 52,22910 Montserrat nr, 14,717 family land parcels5 St. Kitts/Nevis nr69 St. Lucia 56,00038 St. Vincent & Gren. nr60 7

Land Issues Papers Land title registrationDeed registration Both title and deed registration Anguilla (since 1974) AntiguaDominica BVI (since 1975) Grenada (No cadastre) St. Kitts/Nevis (No cadastre) Montserrat (since 1980) St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Lucia (since 1987) 8

Land Issues Papers CountryArea of country (sq km)Mean parcel size in m 2 Anguilla Antigua/Barbuda British Virgin Is Dominica 750nd Grenada Montserrat 100nd St. Kitts/Nevis 260nd St. Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines 390nd 9

SLM Project Findings of Land Administration Anguilla  No single repository of all land-related information in a GIS-based system  No links to land use planning and zoning approvals/restrictions and legal restrictions;  Land-related documents and data in paper-based formats;  Tools and technologies for data collection, storage and exchange are outdated and inadequate 10 Types of Technical TrainingLevel of Training IntroductoryIntermediateAdvanced Land surveying 23 Use of GIS software 1083 Use of GPS equipment

SLM Project Findings of Land Administration Antigua Barbuda  Use of paper records despite a GIS.  A slow and inefficient data collection, storage and retrieval system  Lack of an electronic/digital land cadastre based on the systematic land registration.  No one repository for all land-related information  No links to land use planning and zoning approvals/restrictions and legal restrictions.  Sharing of data and information between agencies is informal based on personal relationships and initiatives.  Tools and technologies used are inadequate and outdated  No national standards for data collection, storage and exchange among agencies 11 Types of Technical TrainingLevel of Training IntroductoryIntermediateAdvanced Land surveying 100 Use of GIS software 211 Use of GPS equipment 400

SLM Project Findings of Land Administration BVI  Land Registry information needs to be digitised and integrated with other land administration/management databases Dominica  Land tenure and other land information records are either incomplete, outdated or missing;  Each agency generates its own land-related information  No one repository for all land-related information,  Land-related information is not easily available to stakeholders outside the government system 12

Types of Technical TrainingLevel of Training IntroductoryIntermediateAdvanced Land surveying Use of GIS software Use of GPS equipment Dominica

SLM Project Findings of Land Administration Grenada  no electronic/digital land cadastre;  no one repository of all land-related information;  land-related information in paper format  technical tools and licences lacking;  Land-related information not available 14

Types of Technical TrainingLevel of Training IntroductoryIntermediateAdvanced Land surveying 220 Use of GIS software 421 Use of GPS equipment Montserrat

SLM Project Findings of Land Administration St. Kitts /Nevis  There is no specific land registry and records not computerised.  Most lands registered under the deeds system  no data on number of deeds or Certificates of Titles  no cadastre 16 Types of Technical TrainingLevel of Training IntroductoryIntermediateAdvanced Land surveying 7 Use of GIS software 331 Use of GPS equipment 331

Types of Technical TrainingLevel of Training IntroductoryIntermediateAdvanced Land surveying 43 Use of GIS software 40 1 Use of GPS equipment St. Lucia

SLM Project Findings of Land Administration St. Vincent and the Grenadines  The DLS cannot identify all state land  Registry has no records of lands compulsorily acquired.  Deeds in the Registry are not linked or referenced to certified survey plans of the parcel but only give general boundary descriptions.  on-going damage and deterioration to records due to improper storage and handling. 18

Analysis CountryPrevailing tenure issue Anguilla Family land Antigua Family land. Squatting (10 communities – 2,000 to 3,000 persons) British Virgin Islands Family land Dominica Family land, squatting Grenada Family land (15% of land), squatting Montserrat Family land (14,717 parcels, 7,325 in safe zone) St. Kitts/Nevis Family land, squatting St. Lucia Family land (45% of parcels), squatting (33 settlements) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Family land, squatting (16,000 persons) 19

Analysis Pilot project  Each community – 30 households  field work, data input,  Duration – 2 days  Personnel – 2 20

Analysis II – Insufficient information for computing CountryTime for recording (person days) Anguilla II Antigua II for family land. Squatting - 32 British Virgin Islands II Dominica II Grenada II Montserrat Family land St. Kitts/Nevis II St. Lucia Family land – 1,800, squatting St. Vincent and the Grenadines Family land - II, squatting

Conclusion  Scaling up recording on squatting on state land feasible  Scaling up recording on squatting on private land – data scarce  Scaling up recording on family land – data scarce, problematic  Building awareness and education required to estimate scale of issue 22