Land Registration and Property Valuation Project

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The development objective of the Land Registration and Property Valuation Project for Moldova is to improve the quality and transparency of the land administration and property valuation systems.The project consists of four components. 1) First Property Registration will support the first registration of public and private land in Moldova and strengthen the data quality for records already in the land register. This component will also organize mandatory public displays and public awareness campaigns to ensure citizens are engaged and aware of the procedures, activities and benefits during first property registration.Additionally, a comprehensive Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) will be set up at Cadastru to monitor feedback received from beneficiaries and provide a formal avenue to appeal. The component consists of three subcomponents: (i) systematic registration of private land—including implementation of public displays, public awareness campaigns and a grievance mechanism; (ii) systematic registration of public land; and (iii) improvement of the quality and reliability of the cadastre data; 2) Property valuation will support extending mass valuation to incorporate those properties not currently included and to carry out selected revaluation of properties to help improve the transparency of the property market and keep the property valuation system current and usable through inter alia: (i) initial valuation of properties; (ii) revaluation of properties which have not been revalued since 2008; and (iii) setting up of a property valuation infrastructure and an independent appeals system to challenge valuations; 3) Land administration system strengthening will support the strengthening of the land sector in Moldova by facilitating policy dialogue and conducting a review of the existing institutional and regulatory frameworks, proposing improvement where possible. It will also encourage a development of simplified business processes and modernization of cadastre services through use of ICT and support the development of NSDI. The component will support: (i) development of land sector and land sector sustainability polices covering governance, organizational systems, the roles of different process participants, notaries and private sector and registration and valuation processes and including, if applicable, the preparation of legal or regulatory reforms; (ii) strengthening information and communications technology capacities; and (iii) strengthening of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) including preparation of a business plan, expansion of the geoportal and capacity building activities for agencies responsible for the provision of core reference datasets on data standards, maintenance of metadata and creation of interoperable datasets.4) Capacity building and project management will support capacity building at stakeholder agencies and institutions to ensure the smooth implementation of project activities and support project sustainability, as well as provide support for project implementation through inter alia: (i) training and capacity building and equipping for LPA’s staff as needed to support the systematic registration and valuation at the local level; (ii) training and capacity building activities at PSA’s Cadastru to improve their client orientation and servicing skills; (iii) design and implementation of a comprehensive social assessment (including a social management plan) and three customer satisfaction surveys; (iv) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the Project; and (v) operation of Project Implementation Unit (PIU).