FIG Commission 7
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Work Plan 2011-2014
Original work plan in .pdf-format
Title
Cadastre and Land Management
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Mr. Daniel Roberge,
Chairperson of Commission 7 |
Terms of reference
Commission 7 deals with land administration and land rights infrastructures
in a sustainable development perspective:
- cadastre and land registration
- land reform, cadastral reform, land consolidation
- land governance
- land use and land management
- land valuation and land taxation
- security of tenure
- land policy and land legislation
- land market
- capacity building in land administration
- e-governance
- low cost technology in land administration
Mission
The mission of Commission 7 is to:
- To provide a forum for enhancing and exchanging knowledge about
cadastre, land administration and land management world wide;
- To encourage the development of pro poor land management and land
administration;
- To promote the importance of development of sustainable land
administration as infrastructure for sustainable development to underpin
economic growth;
- To promote the application of innovative and advanced technology in
cadastre and land administration;
- To promote awareness of the role of surveyors in land administration
matters to the public and among stake holders.
Priorities
For the period 2011-2014, FIG Commission 7 priorities will focus in:
- promoting land rights infrastructures and good land governance to
contribute to sustainable development
- developing a better preparedness and response to natural disaster and
climate change
- developing a better cooperation between land surveyors aiming to improve
the capacity and governance in land administration
- developing cadastral perspectives
- investigating direct involvement of citizens into e-land administration
processes
- co-operating with international organizations in land tenure issues
Working Group 7.1 - Pro Poor Land Tools
Policy issues
- Promote land rights infrastructures and good land governance to contribute
to pro-poor and sustainable development
- Continue to work on:
- Social Tenure Domain Model which is a part of the Land Administration
Domain Model under development at TC211 from ISO
- Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS)
- Collaborate with FAO in the finalization of the Multilingual Thesaurus
on Land Tenure
Chair
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Mr. Christiaan Lemmen
ITC
THE NETHERLANDS
E-mail: chrit.lemmen[at]kadaster.nl |
Events/Activities
- Participation in meetings related to the activities of the Working Group
- Investigations on OpenCadastreMap
- Investigations on Low Cost High Tech Data Acquisition Methods
- Expert Group Meetings
Deliverables
- International Standard for the Land Administration Domain (ISO 19152)
with the Social Tenure Domain Model as a specialization.
- Collaboration with FAO in the finalization of the Multilingual Thesaurus
on Land Tenure
- Information for land professionals via FIG Website and other platforms
when appropriate
Working Group 7.2 – Land Administration, Natural Disasters
and Climate Change
Terms of reference
Develop a better preparedness and response to natural disaster and climate
change.
Focus:
- Land issues in disaster preparedness and mitigation
- Land issues in recovery and reconstruction
- Disaster mitigation in land policies
- Land tenure, use and value in risk mapping
- Link access to land and vulnerability / resilience
- Use risk maps in land use planning and land development
- Capacity building in land agencies.
- Land and disaster response
- Land tenure and emergency shelter, transitional settlemen
- Land issues in rapid and detailed assessments
- Raise land issues early on (e.g. flash appeal)
- Pressure cooker of developments
- Window of opportunity for change
- Recovery
- Rescue, recover, repair land records
- Land tenure and (updated) hazard risk mapping
- Access to land for IDP’s, for returnees whose land is lost or unsafe
- Site selection for resettlement
- Position of weaker tenure holders, lessees, etc.
- Adjudication of land rights
- Restoring capacity in land agencies
- Tenure security for resettlement
- Conflict resolution
Co-chairs
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David Mitchell,
AUSTRALIA,
email:
david.mitchell[at]rmit.edu.au |
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Jaap Zevenbergen
THE NETHERLANDS,
email: zevenbergen[at]itc.nl |
Working group 7.3 – Cadastral perspectives
Policy issues
- Cadastral perspectives “Beyond Cadastre 2014”
- 3D Cadastre (joint working group with Commission 3 chaired by Peter van
Oosterom)
- 3D Cadastre: models, standards, spatial information infrastructure, time
management (4D), registration
- Best practices and guidelines (legal, institutional and technical
aspects) for the implementation of 3D-cadastres.
- Cadastre and Carbon credit management
- Participation in the Task Force about Spatially Enabled Society
- New tools for Cadastre management systems
Chair
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Gerda Schennach,
AUSTRIA
Email: Gerda.Schennach[at]bev.gv.at
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Events
- International Symposium on “Cadastre 2.0” in Innsbruck/Austria, 30 Sept
2011
- Second International Workshop on 3D-Cadastres FIG/EuroSDR
(http://3dcadastres2011.nl), Delft, The Netherlands, 16-18 November 2011
- Possible participation to the GSDI-13 Conference, Quebec City, Canada
Deliverables
- FIG publication: Cadastre 2.0
- FIG publication: Guidelines to establish 3D-cadastres addressing legal,
institutional and technical issues
Working group 7.4 – Land Management Reforms
Policy issues
- Cadastral and land management reforms
State land management
Governance of land management
Chair
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Richard Grover,
UNITED KINGDOM,
Email: rgrover[at]brookes.ac.uk
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Events
- Session at FIG Working Week 2011 in Marrakech on improving the
management of state land – FAO collaboration expected
- Seminar on cadastral reforms and land governance
Deliverables
- Publication on state land management
- Publication on cadastral reforms and land governance
- Co-operation with FAO on Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Land
and Natural Resources Tenure
- Co-operation with FAO on guidance on state land management
- Training materials on the management of state land
Co-operation with other FIG commissions and organisations
Commission 7 will namely contribute to the following Joint Commission Working
Groups:
- Commission 1: Working Group 1.1 on International Boundaries (joint with
Commissions 4, 5, 6 and 7)
- Commission 7 representative in this Working Group is Daniel Roberge
- Commission 3 : Working Group 3.3 - 3D Cadastre (joint with Commission 7)
- Commission 7 representative in this Working Group is Peter van
Oosterom
Co-operation with United Nation Organisations, Sister Associations and other
Partners
Commission 7 will cooperate with international organizations in land tenure
issues under guidelines from the FIG Council.
Events and annual meetings
2011
- Commission 7 Annual Meeting and International Symposium “Cadastre 2.0”, 25
September–1 October 2011, Innsbruck, Austria
2012
- Commission 7 Annual Meeting: Africa (Francophone Western African Country –
Joint event with the Fédération des géomètres francophones (Francophone
Federation of Surveyors) (to be confirmed)
2013
- Commission 7 Annual Meeting: Latin America (to be confirmed)
2014
- Commission 7 Annual Meeting: Québec, Canada (to be confirmed)
Commission Officers
Commission Chair
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Mr. Daniel Roberge
Bureau de l'arpenteur général du Québec
5700, 4e avenue O., Bureau F 310
Charlesbourg, Québec
G1H 6R1
CANADA
Tel: +1 418-627-6263 x 2646
Fax: +1 418-643-6512
E-mail:
daniel.roberge[at]mrnf.gouv.qc.ca |
Vice Chair of Administration
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 7.1 - Pro Poor
Land Tools
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Mr. Christiaan Lemmen
Cadastre and Public Registers Agency
P.O. Box 9046
NL-7300 GH Apeldoorn
THE NETHERLANDS
Visiting address: Jean Monnetpark 1, 7336 BA Apeldoorn
Tel. + 31 55 528 5634
Fax + 31 55 355 7362
E-mail: lemmen[at]itc.nl |
Vice Chair and Co-Chairs of WG 7.2 -
Land Administration, Natural Disasters and Climate Change
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David Mitchell
School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences,
SET Portfolio, RMIT University
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne
AUSTRALIA
Tel. + 61 3 9925 2420
Fax + 61 3 9663 2517
Email: d.mitchell[at]rmit.edu.au
Web site: http://www.gs.rmit.edu.au |
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Jaap Zevenbergen
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
Department of Urban and Region Planning and Geoinformation Management
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede,
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 (0)53 4874351
Fax: +31 (0)53 4874575
Paul.vanderMolen@kadaster.
zevenbergen[at]itc.nl |
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 7.3 -
Cadastral perspectives
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Gerda Schennach,
Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying
Buergerstrasse 34
A-6010 Innsbruck
AUSTRIA
Tel. + 43 512 588 411 60
Fax + 43 512 588 411 61
E-mail: gerda.schennach[at]bev.gv.at
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Vice Chair and Chair of WG 7.4 -
Land Management Reforms
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Richard Grover
Department of Real Estate & Construction
School of Built Environment
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Oxford OX3 0BP
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)1865 483488
rgrover[at]brookes.ac.uk
Web: www.brookes.ac.uk |
9 August 2011 |