Monitoring & Reporting Land Governance in Ukraine Capacity Development for Evidence-Based Land & Agricultural Policy Making Project in Ukraine Monitoring & Reporting Land Governance in Ukraine Denys Nizalov, University of Kent/ KEI at KSE Kyiv- 6 June, 2016 Land.kse.org.ua
Monitoring of Land Governance is broader Countries started: Croatia (2015) Georgia (2014) India (2014) Moldova 2015 Peru (2015) Philippines (2015) Rwanda (2014) Ukraine (2015) Vietnam (2015) Goals: Support evidence based policy making Keep track of progress with reforms Improve transparency and accountability of decision-making at local and national level Improve business climate; investment attractiveness Stimulate effective use of land resources and economic development
Monitoring of Land Governance is: A system for collecting, processing and publishing data on the state of land governance at regionally disaggregated level. 6 functional areas of land governance + Land Reform in Ukraine 140 indicators Based on administrative data Compliant with FAO VGGT Effective institutional arrangement Pilot Implementation – April-December 2015
Key LG Monitoring Indicators Land Reform monitoring (country specific) Coverage: The share of communal, private, and state land registered and mapped (all land use types) The number and prices of registered transactions of different types (sales, mortgages, rental, etc.) Receipts of land and real estate tax revenue Cases of expropriation and privatization The number of land-related conflicts Equity: Share of land and real estate registered and mapped in women’s, men’s name and in joint ownership Base Characteristics (total area, population, etc.)
Sources of Administrative Data StateGeoCadastre (SE Center for State Land Cadastre) State Fiscal Service Ministry of Justice (State Registry of Rights) State Court Administration State Statistics State Water Agency Automated Monitoring System
Example: Monitoring Results 2014-2015 Completeness of State Land Cadaster 70.6% of private land is registered in the Cadaster Map: share of private land registered Data: GeoCadastre
Accomplishments and next steps Results so far: Next steps: Institutional arrangement is made Collaboration among the stakeholders is established and tested Pilot implementation is complete Base-line data is collected and published on the Project web site (land.kse.org.ua) Sustain the Monitoring system Normative base and methodology Reporting software Hosting institution (GeoCadaster) Develop capacity to use evidence for reform design & keeping track Analytical papers & public debate Data on monitoring web-site Help address broader policy constraints & document impact of doing so State land as one example