Land Management and Administration Project

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The Land Management and Administration Project aims at improving land tenure security, and promote the development of efficient land markets. Project components will: 1) support the formulation of land policies for land administration, management, and distribution by developing the capacity of the Secretariat of the Council of Land Policy, in policy analysis and development, and, key policies in the areas of management, administration, and distribution, based on studies, and pilot projects, will be formulated. Additionally, sub-decrees will be drafted for the implementation of the new land law and legal instruments, while policies, laws, and procedures will be disseminated; 2) provide support to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) for long-term institutional development, and, establish a land management, and administration education program in the Royal Agriculture University in Phnom Penh. Training, and capacity will be provided for the development of the private surveying profession; 3) support the issuance of first time land titles, and the establishment of land registration systems for land transactions, which includes information dissemination, and community organization. Land titling programs, and effective land registration systems will be developed; 4) strengthen dispute resolution by MLMUPC, as an element in the provision of tenure security by the titling process; and, 5) finance aerial photography and satellite images, training, and equipment for the compilation of land classification maps, while technical assistance for this component will be financed by the German government.