Working Group 3 Report: Cadastre
1.BACKGROUND:
This report is an update of the report presented to the meeting of the Executive Board
held in Hiroshima, November 2000.
2.ACTIVITIES:
2.1 Working Group Meeting:
A meeting of the Working Group scheduled for March in India was unfortunately
cancelled at the request of the host country. Alternatively, a meeting of the
Working Group is now being planned for 11 - 12 September 2001 to be held in Penang,
Malaysia. This meeting is kindly hosted by the Department of Survey and Mapping
Malaysia, which is also hosting a Working Group 2 Geodesy meeting at the same date
and venue.
2.2 Position Paper on Marine Cadastre
As requested by the meeting of the Executive Board held in November 2000 in Hiroshima,
a Position Paper was prepared by Prof. Ian Williamson explaining in further detail the
concept of Marine Cadastre, as in Annex 9. The WG is deeply grateful to Prof.
Ian Williamson and his team for the preparation of this Position Paper. An Agenda item
at the coming Penang meeting is devoted to the presentation and discussion of this
Position Paper. A recommendation based on the outcome of this meeting would be tabled
at the next meeting of the Executive Board / PCGIAP.
2.3 Work Plans
As approved by the 15 UNRCC held in Kuala Lumpur, April 2000, the Work Plans of the
WG are:
Facilitate discussion on marine cadastres, focusing on the issues involved in the
establishment of appropriate administrative infrastructures to manage marine resources
in the context of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea.
Undertake a study of land administration issues such as the range of tenure and
institutional issues, water, indigenous, mining and petroleum rights, gender, urban
agglomeration, land disputes, problems and indicators, with the objective of producing
a globa atlas and related documentation, utilising the vast amount of existing land
administration and land tenure data existing in United Nations agencies; and
Facilitate a workshop to develop an appropriate generic template for country profile
analyses describing the status of cadastre and land information, and the need for
improvements, which will facilitate benchmarking and the development of performance indicators.
Recommendations have been made by the Working Group to the November 2000 meeting of the
Executive Board as follows:
"1. That the PCGIAP makes a proposal to the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group ( AUSLIG )
to jointly explain the importance and relevance of marine cadastres and seek support from the Australian
Federal Government for a major research initiative in this area, and convene a meeting in the Asia-Pacific
region focusing on marine cadastre issues.
That the PCGIAP approaches the Director of Land Tenure Services of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organisation (UNFAO) to jointly seek the support of the German aid foundation, GTZ, to fund a study on land
administrative issues.
That the PCGIAP to liaise with Prof Ian Williamson, the FIG and the World Bank with the objective of organising
a workshop in the South East Asia region involving Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam,
in developing a draft generic template for country profiles.
The Working Group also seek, and would be very appreciative of, the endorsement of the Executive Board of the
above Work Plan and any assistance the Board can render in sourcing funding to implement the Work Plan."
Despite proposals made to the various organisations as mentioned above, the Working Group is still unable to
raise funds. Without funds or support, it would be difficult to implement the Working Plans. The Working Group
will continue to explore other support and funding sources, and will devote an Agenda item at the Penang meeting
to this item.
3.CONCLUSION
This report is presented to the Meeting for its consideration and approval.
WORKING GROUP ON THE CADASTRE:
WORK PLANS 2001 - 2003:
Project / Responsibility / Target Date( REVISED) / Comments
1 / Discussion and Research into the Marine Cadastre / Prof I.P.Williamson / 2003 / Position Paper to be fully discussed at September 2001 WG Meeting
2 / Study of Land Administration issues in member countries - cadastre benchmarking / A.Majid / Ian Williamson/Daniel Studler / 2003 / Presentation to be made Sept 2001 on outcomes of Commission 7 FIG Meeting
3 / Generic template / country profile analyses of cadastre & LIS status in member countries / Prof I.P. Williamson / 2003