Real Property Registration & Cadastre Project

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The Real Property Registration and Cadastre Project aims at building an efficient land administration system, in order to contribute to the development of real property markets. To this end, project components will: 1) improve the land registration system, operating under the Land Registration Act of 1996, to increase the security of property rights over real property, and transactions conducted under this system. Organization, and training of the Land Registration Management Unit will be supported, so as to oversee the property registration function, to be run along business lines, and include as well, monitoring and evaluation of property registration, and computerization in registry offices; 2) improve the new integrated cadastre system, focusing on developing affordable, technical standards, and regulations, and building a cadastre based on business/corporate plan principles. Moreover, training, equipment upgrading, and quality control mechanisms will be provided; 3) implement joint field operations for the cadastre, and land book registration systems, by using joint systematic registration, cadastre methods, and communications technology, under a strict institutional framework; and, 4) support project management, and institutional arrangements, through improvements in the legal framework, implementation of information and communications technology, provision of training, including the development of public awareness, and consensus building.