Chair: Peter Creuzer Discussant:Hendrik Westerbeek International Workshop of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on Land Administration “Land Administration in a Networked Society” Amsterdam, 12 - 15 October 2011 SESSION I Changing role and responsibilities of organizations involved in land administration Chair: Peter Creuzer Discussant:Hendrik Westerbeek

Presentations Julie Barry, HMLR, England, United Kingdom Ekaterina Meskhidze, NAPR, Georgia Godfried Barnasconi, Kadaster, The Netherlands Elshad Khanalibayli, SCPI, Azerbaijan Galina Elizarova, Rosreestr, Russian Federation Victor Grigorescu, NCLRA, Romania

Conclusions I Integration does not only mean land register and cadastre but has to go beyond. Land administration is a cornerstone for economic welfare of countries and citizens. Countries across the ECE-region have been working on the same lines with regard to technology implementation and customer services.

Conclusions II Sharing experiences and lessons-learnt at international level is of critical importance for land administration. In order to create a ‘Networked society’ collaboration of land administration authorities with other government and private organisations is a key factor.

Conclusions III Creation of new products and services requires close customer involvement. The ‘one-stop-shop’ principle is gradually developing into an integrated e-government environment. Land consolidation is closely linked to land administration – also at institutional level.

Conclusions IV Data sharing between governmental and non-governmental organisations is the way to better services for the public. Quality management for land administration data is urgently needed to guarantee up-to-date and correct information for people and government. Easy public access to public registers – taking into account privacy issues - is a key aim.