UNECE Working Party on Land Administration SESSION 3: Promoting Efficiency in Land Administration Systems. Chair: Ms. Ekaterina Meskhidze (Head of International Relations Division of the National Agency of Public Registry, Ministry of Justice, Georgia) Efficient and Transparent Real Estate and Land Management in ECE Countries 4th – 5th march 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan

Promoting Efficiency in Land Administration Systems  Turkey – “The Land Registry and Cadastre Information System (TABKIS) in Turkey”  Sweden – “The Swedish Land Information System as means for trust and Efficiency for Citizens and Business”  Austria – “Upgrading Cooperation Mechanisms between Land Registry and Cadastre in Austria”  Greece – “The Importance of Cadastre for Citizens’ Everyday Life and Its Value for Democracy”  REM – “The REM Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets”

Turkey – “The Land Registry and Cadastre Information System (TABKIS) in Turkey” E-government projects for NSDI in TURKEY  Ongoing projects – land registry and Cadastre Information System  Pilot phase and 2 nd phase of Land Registry and Cadastre Information System are completed  New system is implemented in few offices, fully implementation will be finished at the end of 2011  More than 50 disciplines are going to use this system  Transfer of Title in one day in one-stop-shop principle  WPLA Workshop in Antalya, in October 2010

Sweden – “The Swedish Land Information System as means for trust and Efficiency for Citizens and Business”  Integration of the processes within the Land Registration Offices  Contribution to efficiency for users  Importance of trust in the system Official system with national coverage Unified Information content Supported by legislation and State guarantee Easy access for the public and professionals

Austria – “Upgrading Cooperation Mechanisms between Land Registry and Cadastre in Austria”  Old but well operating land administration system (still papers and time delays)  Planning to implement new Real Estate Database (August 2010)  Modernization of processes  Competences of Ministry of Justice and Federal office of Metrology and Surveying will not change

Greece – “The Importance of Cadastre for Citizens’ Everyday Life and Its Value for Democracy”  Access to land and regularization of land to support to democracy  Rapid urbanization creates need for action now  Need to build proper infrastructure for good governance  FIG 3 and WPLA cooperation Joint work to prepare the publication on the “Self Made Cities” and “Urbanization aspects”

REM – “The REM Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets”  Principles useful to measure your country activities to see if you are complying with good practice, especially on guidance related to transparency, real estate valuation and risk assessment.  Study will be available on the website soon  Printed versions will be available in Minsk and Dessau workshops  REM is planning to continue discussion on the principles and further focus its programme of work on the ten principles discussed in the framework  Feedback is welcome

Thank you for your attention!