REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: GEOSPATIAL DATA FOR LAND GOVERNANCE Maria OVDII, Ph. D Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre of Moldova E-mail maria.ovdii@arfc.gov.md Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Geospatial data for Good Governance 3. Spatial Data Infrastructure in Moldova 4. Policy and Strategy E-Government Strategy 5. Accessibility & Technical Infrastructure 6. Socio-economic impact 7. Capacity development 8. Conclusions/Summary Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Introduction Total area – 33,7 thousand km² Capital – Chisinau Population – 4,3 mln Real Estate – 5.7 mln Territorial division 32 regions 65 cities 1 548 localities Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

√ ALRC is Founder of four State Enterprises: √ The Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre: Public Government Authority carrying out execution, control and supervising the Land Administration, Geodesy, Mapping and Cadastre Systems in Moldova http://www.arfc.gov.md/ √ Established in 1994 √ National contact point for the NSDI implementation, responsible for establishment, maintaining and management of the NSDI geoportal, monitoring and reporting of the spatial data infrastructure at all levels. √ ALRC is Founder of four State Enterprises: - S.E. "CADASTRU" http://www.cadastre.md/ - S.E. Institute of Geodesy, Engineering Research and Cadastre "INGEOCAD “ http://www.ingeocad.md - S.E. Project Institute for Land Management "IPOT" http://www.ipot.md/ - S.E. "Soil Protection and Land Development“ http://www.arsps.md/ Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

World Bank cooperation 1998-2007 √ Implementation of First Cadastre Project in Moldova; √ Establishing and operating of the unified property registration system; √ Approximately four million real estate objects were registered during the first five years of the project. √ About 75% of the properties are registered; √ Development and implementation a property valuation system for taxation purposes. √ Swedesurvey have provided technical assistance for the World Bank First Cadastre project in Moldova. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Norwegian technical support 2006-2016 √ Orthophoto maps http://moldova-map.md; √ Digital Terrain Model http://moldova-map.md; √ CORS system (MoldPOS Net) http://www.moldpos.md/; √ Laser Scanning of Flood Risk areas http://moldova-map.md; √ Land Information System development in Cadastre MoldLIS; √ Pilot testing of Drones (UAV/UAS) technology; √ Vector base mapping for the NSDI http://moldova-map.md and √ NSDI National Geoportal (in development). Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) support 2010-2012 √ Technical assistance Project for creation of 1: 50 000 topographical maps for development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure of Moldova. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

European Union support for Land System in Moldova 2014-2016: EU Twinning project for the Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre – “Organization, Streamling and Computerization Process in Mapping in the Republic of Moldova”. Twinning partner- SWEDESURVEY and State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. EU Twinning Project results: √ NSDI Strategy and Law, created in line with the EU INSPIRE requirements; √ Regional and Local level SDI demonstrations for Pilot region; √ A demonstration of the network services showing the possibilities of data sharing Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Geographic coverage of Pilot area European Commission/JRC cooperation 2016: EU Danube Reference Data and Service Infrastructure Pilot project "Data Harmonisation Pilot based on INSPIRE in Moldova" - example of cross-border data harmonisation between Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. Available data/INSPIRE themes Administrative units Hydrography Transport networks Land cover Soils Vegetation Cadastre data Population Geographic coverage of Pilot area http://drdsi-pilot.wetransform.to/services.html Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Geospatial Data for Land Governance √ Benefits for citizens, authorities and public sector as regards the use of qualitative and accurate spatial data. √ Development of National Infrastructure √ Effective Government √ Economic growth √ Protection of resources √ Enabled citizens Benefits for the society: √ A common understanding of location; √ Better and safer decisions about selection of spatial data; √ Increased cooperation and transparency in the use of spatial data; √ More efficient use of resources for creation of other spatial data; √ More efficient administration at lower costs for spatial data; √ Driving force for technical development; Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

NSDI in Moldova √ There are 22 public institutions across 6 Ministries and 5 other Agencies/ Authorities and local authorities (most of them are involved in a demonstration of the EU Twinning pilot Project). √ 37 datasets and 17 spatial data services are described through metadata on the National Geoportal http://www.geoportalinds. gov.md/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search?node=srv#/metadata/ 6dec85e8-eb6a-4a49-9688-c83f527bf7a5. Coordination structure of NSDI in Moldova Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

E-Government Strategy in Moldova √ With the World Bank’s support the Government of Moldova launched its M-Cloud platform in 2013 . √ MCloud products which provide strong infrastructure support for the further development of eServices http://egov.md/en : i) MPass (government authentication and access control service), ii) MSign (government digital signature service), and iii) MPay (government electronic payment gateway) . √ The Open Data portal http://www.date.gov.md √ 944 data sources and around 30 applications Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Fundamental/Reference Geospatial Data √ Basic data is available in digital format. Orthoimagery and base maps are published on http://moldova-map.md, http://geoportal.md and http://www.geoportalinds. gov.md/ √ A lot of data is available in formats which are not suitable for digital dissemination, such as ungeoreferenced scanned paper maps http://www.statistica.md √ Several thematic datasets are available via the Open Data portal http://www.date.gov.md Cadastre Land Cover Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Accessibility & Technical Infrastructure √ The ALRC, with the support of Swedish and Croatian experts, has established a provisional geoportal based on an open-source solution ,,GeoNetwork”. It will be functional until a permanent geoportal will be created within the Norwegian technical support Project. √ NSDI Geoportal includes the metadata catalogue, containing metadata created by the public entities. √ NSDI Geoportal is a single point of access to geospatial data and nowadays it is at pilot stage http://www.geoportalinds.gov.md/ . Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Accessibility & Technical Infrastructure √ NSDI Geoportal makes it possible to view harmonised spatial data in a unique standard, which enables the interoperability of various datasets from different public entities, such as: dataset ,,Soils” of S.E. IPOT with datasets ,,Aerial orthophoto”, ,,Digital terrain model” and ,,Topographic map 1:50000” of S.E. INGEOCAD Spatial data - interoperable via network services Soils, Aerial orthophoto and Topographic map 1:50000 √ Network services. These services are: discovery/search, view, download and transformation. √ Most public entities do not have network services in Moldova. In the case of those authorities which had them, their services were not compliant with the ISO/TC211 standards. Spatial data - interoperable via network services Soils, Digital Terrain Model, Topographic map 1:50000. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Socio-economic impact √ Evaluation of the socio-economic impact of the NSDI usage in Moldova was not done yet. √ There is no Business Plan elaborated. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Capacity Development √ The current national capacities of the responsible public authorities are not sufficient for establishment of the NSDI in Moldova. √ The provision of adequate technical infrastructure and skilled staff with sufficient level of IT and GIS knowledge for public authorities on different levels is needed. √ The INSPIRE implementation is limited because of a lack in harmonized of geospatial datasets. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Conclusions √ The development of the NSDI in Moldova achieved a significant progress in recent years, thanks to a significant financial and technical support of the Norwegian Government and Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Agency “Kartverket” (2006 to today), JICA and EU funds. √ Data sharing is already established between several organisations (ALRC, Ministry of Transport, Forest Agency “Moldsilva, Emergency Service for Civil Protection etc). √ The Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre of Moldova/S.E. Cadastru/S.E. INGEOCAD/S.E. IPOT provide available fundamental datasets such as Orthoimagery, Administrative boundaries, Addresses, Cadastral Parcels, Elevation Data, Base Maps in different scales through web-based services, which are extensively used by other public entities. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Conclusions √ Metadata catalogue is not completed; √ There are no licensing conditions; √ Coordination body for a NSDI it is under development; √ Lack of human resources; √ Lack of standards of spatial data; √ Limited communication between private and government sectors on spatial information; √ Lack of experience in management and operation of web- services, such as geo-portal; √ The Business Model is not elaborated; √ Limited understanding of the importance of geospatial data for decision making; √ Limited budget for development and maintenance of the geospatial information. Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017

Thank you for your attention Maria.ovdii@arfc.gov.md Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017