Land Registration

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The Land Registration Project seeks to facilitate the orderly development of transparent land markets, through the registration of real estate rights, and complementary policies that enable transactions to be made with security and efficiency. It will thus help remove current impediments to investments in urban areas, and, also prod property titles in rural areas. The project will have three components, as follows: 1) the Registration component will improve transparency of, and speed, and accuracy in registering transactions. Activities include the development of service standards, and a sustainable service delivery with effective public communications; improvement of physical conditions and facilities of offices, focused on customer service; and; harmonization of cadastre records with land registry records, together with data entry and system integration; 2) the Cadastre component will improve the efficiency and speed of data provision in regards to property units, and, includes the development of service standards, and business plans for cadastral agencies, and procedural manuals for agencies and other practitioners; the systematic surveying, mapping and situation analysis in eight sites; implementation of a digital cadastral system, and, the development of information communications technology, including re-engineering of associate information management; and, 3) the Policy Development and Project Management component will develop strategies, and draft the legislation required to remove current impediments to business development and economic growth. Activities shall include, inter alia analysis of land use planning and issuance of construction permits; policies and procedures governing land privatization, and, the development of policies for revenue generation that arise from property and transaction taxes, and other fees. By the last year of the project, a plan for the next phase of the long term program will be developed. This component also includes project management and monitoring.