FIG Commission 7
- Cadastre and Land Management
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Work Plan 2023-2026
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Renewing, Reimagining, and Recommitting for Relevance
Terms of Reference
Through the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Commission 7
(C7) on Land Management and Cadastre, cadastral land surveyors have long
recognised the value of a global perspective on land administration – for
building technical consensus amongst practitioners; supporting advocacy of
the domain at both national and global levels; and advancing the domain more
generally. The 2023-26 FIG C7 Work Plan will build on this tradition by
providing the premier platform for dialogue between professionals, ensuring
awareness and undertaking advocacy of the domain towards other global
bodies, and instigating the creation of new domain-specific knowledge.
Land administration systems are inherently (and rightly) national, state,
or local institutions. They can also be community driven. They are essential
to ideas of sovereignty, history, and identity: the systems reflect local
norms, beliefs, and over time, changes thereof. This perspective compliments
FIG Council’s central work plan goal to ensure societal relevance of the
land profession.
Recent decades proved particularly fruitful seeing the development and
scaled uptake of various global-level policy guides, standards, and tools:
the FIG Statement on Cadastre (FIG, 1995); Bogor Declaration (FIG, 1996);
Cadastre 2014 (FIG, 1998); Bathurst Declaration (UN-FIG, 1999); STDM/LADM
data model and software (FIG-GLTN, 2010); ISO 19152 Land Administration
Domain Model (LADM) (ISO, 2012); UN-Habitat Global Land Tool Network (GLTN),
the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGTs) (UN-FAO, 2012),
Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration (FFP-LA) (FIG, 2014); 3D Cadastres;
crowdsourced cadastres; and most recently the UN-GGIM Framework for
Effective Land Administration (FELA) (UN-GGIM, 2020).
All these initiatives, guides, reports and statements helped to improve
awareness and/or functioning of national or state land administration
systems – particularly with regards to how they can support responsible land
governance and achievement of sustainability objectives. There were many
other examples, too numerous to include here. What is important to say, is
that all of the above initiatives found some antecedence or connection in
FIG C7.
These cross-cutting developments, and the uptake thereof, have perhaps
been doubled edged for the domain of land administration. Whilst land
administration gained renewed recognition in other land-related domains and
international policy development circles – to the point where land-related
indicators featured prominently in the UN Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) (UN, 2015)– this ‘mainstreaming’ of land tenure recordation
ultimately resulted in no standalone land administration or land-sector
goal.
They also resulted in new actors joining the land administration arena:
technology development and standardisation removed barriers to entry; and
sustainable development philosophy demanded an increase in focus on the
non-technical aspects of land administration. These can be seen as positive
developments – and often led by the increasingly progressive leaders of the
land administration domain: land administration must not exist as a means in
itself; it should always be contributing to broader societal goals.
However, mainstreaming can result in lack of broader recognition and
awareness, and a general funnelling away of resources to a domain. In many
country contexts, land administration and cadastral organisations struggle
to find and train the next generation. Moreover, conventional land surveyors
can no longer lay claim to the overarching mandate to build and maintain
land administration systems. Indeed, the role of the land surveyor could be
argued to have become obscured or diminished. Yet, evidence from project
work, and local levels, shows that the skills of the land surveyor are
arguably more essential, and more in demand than ever before.
This land administration paradox is arguably the key internal challenge
for the domain moving forward; namely – continuing to contribute to the
significant international cross-domain developments on the one hand, whilst
shoring up the technical capacity (and relevance!) of land administration
more locally.
Be sure! The 2023-26 Workplan is not arguing for a complete C7 rebuild,
rather, it focuses on ensuring that land management and cadastre remains
relevant and central to society – by renewing the participants involved,
reimagining how we get things done together, and recommitting to our central
areas of competence, contribution, and impact.
Mission statement
The mission of Commission 7 in 2023-26 is to deliver:
- Dialogue and Discourse: We aim to enhance the proud
tradition of C7 as the premier platform for international dialogue and
discourse amongst the cadastral surveying and land administration
professions, including those who are young and emerging (e.g., YSN), on
key concerns within the sector and society more broadly.
- Awareness, Alignment, and Advocacy: We seek to
connect cadastral surveying profession with other FIG Commissions,
international agencies (e.g., UNGGIM, UN-Habitat, UNECE, FAO, World
Bank), donors (e.g., World Bank), and partner professional bodies – and
to make clear the important role of the cadastral and land
administration professionals.
- Responsible Knowledge Development: We will drive
socio-technical knowledge development at the international level,
including the creation and dissemination of publications and tools.
General
The C7 2023-26 Working Plan fundamentally aligns with the 2023-26 plan of
FIG Council, including the SDGs and Knowledge Management Taskforces, to
contribute to sustainability in terms of people, planet partnership (and
also peace and prosperity). It is the culmination of 18 months of
stakeholder dialogue with C7 delegates, friends of C7, the FIG Council, the
FIG President, other FIG Commissions, other international bodies and
organisations, and other interested stakeholders. This included the
conducting of an online survey, and several workshop meetings at the FIG
2021 Working Week, FIG 2022 Congress, FIG C7 Annual Meeting 2021 Online, and
FIG Annual Meeting 2022 in Seville. These discussions resulted in the title
and terms of reference mentioned above – and the Working Group (WG)
activities mentioned below. The plan builds from activities and outputs from
the previous 2019-2022 period, and sometimes even further back. The plan
envisages high levels of engagement with other FIG Commissions, via joint
Working Groups, and also with international bodies (i.e., UNGGIM, FAO,
UN-Habitat, UNECE, and World Bank).
In terms of key thematic focus areas identified for the 2023-26 period are:
- WG 7.1 Framework for Effective
Land Administration (FELA), with links to SDGs Taskforce
- WG 7.2 Fit for Purpose Land
Administration (FFPLA), with links to SDGs Taskforce
- WG 7.3 3D and LADM (3D/LADM) –
joint with C3
- WG 7.4 Artificial Intelligence 4
Land Administration (AI4LA)
- WG 7.5 Women’s Access to Land
and S4HL – joint with C1, SDGs Taskforce
- WG 7.6 Integrated Land
Management – joint with C8
- WG 7.7 Education in Land
Administration – joint with C2
- WG 7.8 Comparative Land
Administration – links with OICRF / FIG Knowledge Taskforce
Key events will include the yearly FIG Working Weeks, C7 Annual Meetings,
and other C7 affiliated events. The latter is determined based on relevance,
impact and participation for and of C7 representatives (WG Chairs or
otherwise). Some of the dates and locations for 2025-26 are still to be
determined, but effort will be made to ensure all events are published
1-year out, via FIG website and C7 webpage:
- FIG 2023 Working Week – Orlando
Florida
- FIG C7 Annual Meeting 2023 –
Apeldoorn/Enschede, Netherlands
- FIG 2024 Working Week – Accra,
Ghana
- FIG C7 Annual Meeting 2024 – TBD
- FIG 2025 Working Week –
Brisbane, Australia
- FIG C7 Annual Meeting 2025 – TBD
- FIG 2026 Congress – Cape Town,
South Africa
- FIG C7 Annual Meeting 2026 – TBD
Highlights of the plan and deliverables includes:
- Alignment of activities and
timeline with FIG Council (including Taskforces), regular annual FIG Working
Weeks and C7 Annual Meetings;
- Direct connection and
contribution to 11 out of the 17 SDGs (i.e., 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14,
15, 17) via working groups;
- Extra events across 2023-26,
aligned with partner organisation, member associations and sister
institutions;
- Up to 8 new FIG publications, or
affiliated publications i.e., as either report, guide, or affiliation with
academic journals;
- Gender balance across the 8 WG
Chairs;
- Up to 4 cross-Commission working
groups, and direct interaction with FIG taskforces (SDGs), OICRF, and FIG
Standards Group
- Collaboration with up to 4 UN
agencies and 10 other international agencies, private sector actors, or
international networks
Working Groups
Working Group 7.1 – Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA)
The Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA) was endorsed by
UNGGIM in August 2020. FIG C7 provides the ideal network to support
awareness, implementation and monitoring of FELA. It can also help to
improve FELA. WG 7.1 will drive this advocacy of FELA across Member
Associations, collect case stories and best practices, and also ensure FIG
has its say, staying relevant, in the UNGGIM Expert Group on Land
Administration and Management and regional UNGGIM events.
Policy Issues
- Poverty Reduction; Gender
Equality; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Reduced Inequalities; Climate
Action; Life on Land; Partnerships (i.e., SDGs 1, 5, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17 –
including diagnosis and monitoring of)
- FELA Pathways: All
Chair
- Amalia Velasco, Spain
- Key Players: Carmen Ribera,
Spain; Eva-Maria Unger, Netherlands; Ms. Camila Morales Otárola, Chile
- Cooperation: UNGGIM Expert Group
on Land Administration and Management (Kean Huat Soon and Victor Khoo)
Specific project(s)
- FELA Advocacy and Awareness
- FELA Case and Lesson Capture
Workshop(s)
- 1 case/lesson workshop per year
at an FIG event (i.e., Working Week or Annual Meeting)
- 1 advocacy activity for FIG
towards UNGGIM per year (i.e., UNGGIM Annual Session, and/or regional
meetings)
- Other events or side events to
be added as the opportunities arise
Publication(s)
- FELA & FIG: Implementation,
Practice and Lessons (Report or Guide)
Timetable
- 2023: Kick-off including
state-of-play and recap of previous developments
- 2024: Case and Lesson Capture 1;
Advocacy and Awareness 1
- 2025: Case and Lesson Capture 2;
Advocacy and Awareness 2
- 2026: Reporting and finalisation
Beneficiaries
- FIG Member Country/Associations
(Knowledge, Awareness, Implementation)
- UNGGIM EG-LAM (Implementation of
FELA)
Working Group 7.2 – Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA)
Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) has been driven and supported by
FIG C7, UN-Habitat, and the World Bank for over a decade. There are policy
guides, implementation support, and academic publications. There also
remains resistance within the land administration community. WG 7.2
recommits to C7s FFPLA advocacy work, and importantly is led by a team who
have lived, led, and succeeded with FFPLA. The state-of-play, best
practices, and new developments will be shared and captured. This will
include exploring relevant pathways towards ‘World Land Tenure Day’.
Policy Issues
- Poverty Reduction (i.e., SDGs 1)
- FELA Pathways: 1. Governance; 2.
Legal and Policy; 5. Innovation; 7. Advocacy and Aware.
Chair
- Israel Taiwo, Nigeria
- Key Players: Didier Sagasha,
Rwanda; Didier Rugema, Ethiopia; Royal Mabakeng, Namibia; Christiaan Lemmen
and Paula Dijkstra, Netherlands, Markus Koper, Claudia Stocker, Ger.
- Cooperation: UN-Habitat
(pending), Cadasta Foundation (Wambayi Wabwire), Trimble
Specific project(s)
- FFPLA Implementation Survey
(Africa); quantitative study
- FFPLA Case Stories Synthesis
(Global); qualitative study
- Building the case for ‘World
Land Tenure Day’
Workshop(s) (Note: These may also take place during Annual Meeting, and/or
online/hybrid)
- 2023: Kick-Off: FIG 2023 Working
Week – Orlando, Florida, USA
- 2024: Survey deployment and
Publication ToC: FIG 2024 Working Ghana – Accra, Ghana
- 2025: Write-up and Reviews: FIG
2025 Working Week – Brisbane, Australia (Asia-Pacific)
- 2026: Finalisation: FIG 2026
Congress – Cape Town, South Africa
Publication(s)
- FFPLA Implementations and
Stories (combines the results of projects above, and complements FIG
Publication 60, FFPLA Implementation Guide; FFPLA4all publication)
Timetable
- 2023: Kick-off (inc. survey
development, and participant identification); exploration of ‘World Land
Tenure Day’ concept (with identification of the process for creating)
- 2024: Data capture (via quant
survey); Review of 2019-2022 interview data
- 2025: Writing and compilation of
publication
- 2026: Publication finalisation
and launch
Beneficiaries
- FIG Member Country/Associations
(Knowledge, Awareness, Implementation)
- UN-Habitat (further support for
FFPLA Implementation Guidelines)
Working Group 7.3 – LADM and 3D Land Administration (LADM/3D)
LADM ISO 19152 has been an ISO standard since 2012. FIG C7 and C3 played
leading roles in its development. The standard is in the process of review
and renewal. It is expanding and integrating. 3D land administration is part
of the expansion. It continues to attract R&D, as the focus moves towards
scaled implementation. The long-standing WG 7.3 recommits to important work
and program of international workshops to support this knowledge creation
and standardisation work
Policy Issues
- Industry, Innovation and
Infrastructure; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Life Below Water; Life
on Land (i.e., SDGs 9, 11, 14, 15 – with LADM revision including land use
planning, valuation, marine environment information)
- FELA Pathways: 4. Data; 5.
Innovation; 6. Standards
Chair
- Peter van Oosterom, Alias Abduhl
Rahman, Abdullah Kara and Eftychia Kalogianni (Co-Chairs), Netherlands
- Key Players: Nikola Vucic,
Croatia;
- Cooperation: FIG Standards
Group; FIG Commission 3; ISO; OGC (Chris Body, tbc)
Specific project(s)
- Support for LADM revision, via
TC211 (inc. linkage to PhD projects)
- FIG Questionnaire on 3D land
administration (inc. linkage to PhD projects)
Workshop(s)
- 2023: LADM Workshop at 26th
AGIKLE conference; 9th Int. FIG Workshop on 3D Land Administration and LADM,
11-13 Oct., Gavle, Sweden; Other: CAAD Futures 23’
- 2024: 10th International FIG
Workshop on LADM and 3D LA, fall 2024, Malaysia
- 2025 and 2026 Annual Workshops
LADM/3D LA (combined with Annual meeting C7, C3)
- During FIG WW/ Congress specific
sessions for LADM/3D LA
Publication(s)
- 2023: Broadening 3D Land
Administration
- 2023-2024: LADM documentation
(as FIG publication?), lead author Chrit Lemmen
- 2024-2025: Second Special Issue
on LADM revision and initial experiences
Timetable
- 2023: Workshop and publication;
LADM SI in LUP
- 2024: Workshop and publication;
LADM Book
- 2025: Combined workshop and
publication (e.g., with WG 7.4); 2nd SI
- 2026: Final reporting
Beneficiaries
- FIG Member Country/Associations
(Knowledge)
- FIG Academic Members (Knowledge;
Network) and Industry (software/data services)
Working Group 7.4 – Artificial Intelligence for Land Administration (AI4LA)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings opportunities and threats to land
administration. WG 7.4 takes a technical focus looking at how AI can support
reimagining cadastral data capture (i.e., automatic boundary detection),
process automation (e.g., OCI vs ICR), and cadastral data analytics. It will
link directly to academia and R&D developments with ISPRS and private sector
actors.
Policy Issues
- Industry, innovation, and
infrastructure; Poverty Reduction (i.e., SDGs 1 and 9)
- FELA Pathways: 4. Data; 5.
Innovation
Chair
- Mila Koeva, Netherlands
- Key Players: Bujar Fetai,
Slovenia; Linda Foster, United States; TBD
- Cooperation: ISPRS TC IV, esri,
Trimble
Specific project(s)
- Country Case Applications of
AI&LA
- Technical Advances in AI&LA
Workshop(s)
- 2023: Kick-Off: FIG 2023 Working
Week – Orlando, Florida, USA (Americas)
- 2023: Advances and Cases: 5-7
July 2023, TU Delft, Netherlands, CAAD Futures 2023 -
- 2024: Advances and Cases: ISPRS
TC IV Mid-term Symposium, 22-25 Oct 2024, Australia
- 2025: Advances and Cases: FIG
2025 Working Week – Brisbane, Australia (Asia-Pacific)
- 2026: Finalization and
Reporting: FIG 2026 Congress, Cape Town,; XXV ISPRS Congress 2026 4 – 11
July 2026, Toronto, Canada
Publication(s)
- Remote Sensing for Land
Administration, MDPI Special Issue in Remote Sensing, potentially with FIG
affiliation (subject to agreement)
Timetable
- 2023: Kick-off including
state-of-play and recap of previous developments
- 2024: Capturing country-level
cases 1; identifying technical and methodological advances 1
- 2025: Capturing country-level
cases 2; identifying technical and methodological advances 2
- 2026: Reporting and finalisation
Beneficiaries
- FIG Member Country/Associations
(Knowledge and Awareness)
- FIG Academic and Private Sector
Affiliates (Knowledge)
Working Group 7.5 – Women’s Land Rights Advocacy (S4HL)
In the early 2000s, through FIG Publication 24, FIG helped lead globally in
recognising the importance women’s land rights and land access, for social
(justice), economic sustainability, and environmental protection. Since
then, the work has continued at a more grass-roots level, working with NGOs
and the World Bank, to support advocacy campaigns. WG 7.5 recommits to scale
this work on two fronts: 1) revisiting and renewing the FIG Publication 24;
and 2) acting as a coordinator between FIG Member Associations and national
level Stand for Her Land (S4HL) campaigns.
Policy Issues
- Poverty reduction; Zero Hunger;
Gender Equality; Reduced Inequalities (i.e., SDGs 1, 2, 5, 10)
- 1. Governance; 7. Partnerships;
9. Awareness
Chair
- Marisa Balas, Mozambique; Kate
Fairley, Australia (Vice-Chair)
- Key Players: Victoria Stanley,
United States; Esther Muiru, Kenya; Linda Foster, United States; Paula
Dijkstra, Netherlands; Kate Rickersey, Australia; Priscilla Djaba, Ghana;
Claire Buxton, New Zealand/Canada
- Cooperation: Commission 1; S4HL
Campaign; World Bank; esri
Specific project(s)
- FIG Publication 24 on Women’s
Access to Land – Revisit and Renewal (impact at policy level)
- ‘On the Ground’ Field
Catalogue/Guide on Women’s Access to Land – (impact for practice)
- Stand-for-Her-Land (S4HL) –
Coordination, Member Associations, local S4HL campaigns
Workshop(s)
- 2023: Kick-Off: FIG 2023 Working
Week – Orlando, Florida, USA (Americas)
- 2024: Cases and Practices I: FIG
2024 Working Ghana – Accra, Ghana (Africa)
- 2025: Cases and Practices II:
FIG 2025 Working Week – Brisbane, Australia (Asia-Pacific)
- 2026: Finalisation and
Reporting: FIG 2026 Congress – Cape Town, South Africa
Publication(s)
- FIG Publication 24, 2nd Edition
inc. Women’s Access to Land – Field Catalogue/Guide
Timetable
- 2023: FIG Publication 24 review;
1st wave S4HL connections; ToC for Field Catalogue
- 2024-25: FIG Publication 24
updates; 2nd/3rd wave S4HL connections; Field Catalogue Draft
- 2026: FIG Publication 24
finalisation; S4HL reporting and lessons; Field Catalogue Finalisation
Beneficiaries
- FIG Member Country/Associations
(Knowledge)
- Country-level FIG representative
surveyors (inc. YSNs) (Network)
- Local country-level S4HL
campaign leaders, communities, and women (Advocacy and Support)
Working Group 7.6 – Digital Transformation for Integrated Land Management
We always hear that sustainable land management demands integrated land
tenure, cadastre, and land use planning data and processes. But does this
really happen in practice? At the same time, digital transformation reshapes
our everyday lives and land administration processes. WG 7.6 takes up the
challenge and explores if and how digital transformation improves the
integration of land management and administration. Working with C8, the team
will reimagine what ‘integration’ really means, discuss relevant practices
within countries, and explore emerging tools/techniques. Collaboration with
FAO and World Bank is anticipated on this important topic.
Policy Issues
- Zero Hunger; Industry,
Innovation and Infrastructure; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Climate
Action; Life on Land; Partnerships (i.e., SDGs 2, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17)
- FELA Pathways: 1. Governance; 4.
Data; 6. Standards; 7. Partnerships
Chair
- Claudia Stöcker, Germany; Timo
Walter de Vries, Germany
- Key Players: Kwabena Obeng
Asiama; Ganesh Bhatta, Nepal; Trias Aditya, Indonesia
- Cooperation: Commission 8; FAO
(pending); World Bank (i.e., Nepal)
Specific project(s)
- Knowledge on ‘Integration’ and
‘transformation’ (drivers, benefits, challenges)
- Practice and case on
‘Integration’ and ‘transformation’ (country-level)
- Potential links with FAO and WB
to be confirmed
Workshop(s)
- 2023-26: One per year, at
Working Week or C7 Annual Meeting (hybrid or online)
Publication(s)
- Digital Transformation and Land
Management (Building from FIG Publication 80)
- Special Issue in International
Journal (e.g., Land Use Policy, Land Journal, Survey Review), with potential
affiliation with MPDI, T&F, Springer, or Elsevier
Timetable
- 2023: Workshop on Geodetic Data
Sciences, Geoinformatics and Land Administration – 8-9 February 2023, at
University Gajah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta
- 2023: International Workshop on
Integrated and Decentralised Land Administration and Land Use
Planning,
Nepal, February 15-17
- 2023: Kick-Off Session – FIG
Working Week, Orlando, Florida
- 2024 and 2025: Collection of
knowledge and practices (Working Weeks or Annual Meeting)
- 2026: Finalisation and Reporting
(at FIG Cape Town)
Beneficiaries
- FIG Commission 7 and Commission
8 delegates and friends
- Policy advocators in Member
Countries
Working Group 7.7 – Land Administration Education
Land Administration education is at the cross-roads. In more developed
contexts, renewal is needed, as associations struggle to attract and train
professionals. In emerging contexts, the challenge is lack of available
resources and staff to do the training. One challenge is that education and
training pathways vary greatly across countries. There is high
fragmentation. This means less visibility for school leavers. Working with
C2, WG 7.7 will recommit to developing a global guide for land
administration curriculum and review the state of play of land
administration curriculum globally – seeking to identify strengths,
weaknesses, and opportunities for global awareness and advocacy.
Policy Issues
- Quality Education (i.e., SDGs
4.4 and 4.7)
- FELA Pathways 8: Capacity and
Education
Chair
- Simon Hull, South Africa
- Key Players: Dimo Todorovski,
Netherlands; Rosario Casanova, Uruguay;
- Cooperation: Commission 2;
UN-Habitat (pending)
Specific project(s)
- Teaching Essentials for
Responsible Land Administration (TERLA) - Further Development
- Land administration - Curriculum
Review (CR)
Workshop(s)
- Workshops may be organised
around each TERLA module, for implementation experiences, and for data
collection pertaining to the curriculum review.
Publication(s)
- Joint FIG/GLTN publication on
TERLA (from presentations at Working Weeks)
- Peer-reviewed journal article:
Teaching the next generation of land administrators
Timetable
- 2023 – 2025: Review TERLA
(2 module per year), feedback at Working Weeks. Global review of land
administration curricula (UG, Honours, Masters, PhDs, desktop)
- 2025 – 2026: Workshops to share
experiences from TERLA implementation. Use these to develop one or more
curricula at willing institutions.
- 2026: Entire TERLA curriculum
publication, including implementation guidelines and use cases; Presentation
on Congress; Peer review journal article
Beneficiaries
- Higher education institutions
offering formal programmes and/or CPD
- Government officials, NGOs and
others attending.
- Member associations and education/training accreditation bodies
Working Group 7.8 – Comparative Land Administration
The SDGs demand aggregated data about land administration – for assessment,
monitoring, and designing interventions. This data comes from the national
level. FIG’s Cadastral Template has been a useful source of this information
since its inception in the early 2000s. Since then, technology platforms
have changed, as have indicators, and the land sector too. Building from the
outputs of the FIG Taskforce on Knowledge Management (Daniel Steudler and
Eva-Maria Unger) to be delivered in 2023/24, WG 7.8 will reimagine what
fit-for-purpose comparative land administration looks like for the decade
ahead. Seeking to work with a wide pool of stakeholders, it will seek to
understand needs, develop renewal scenarios for future development, and seek
to demonstrate or pilot how FIG can best recommit to creating and
disseminate comparative land administration information.
Policy Issues
- Partnerships (i.e., SDGs 2, 9,
11, 13, 15)
- FELA Pathways: 4. Data; 8.
Partnerships
Chair (Co)
- Charl-Thom Bayer, Namibia;
Wambayi Wabwire, Kenya
- Key Players: Laura Meggiolaro,
Italy; University of Melbourne (tbc); Daniel Steudler (tbc); University of
Otago, Cadasta Foundation; Eva-Maria Unger, OICRF
Specific project(s)
- Needs Assessment:
Forum/Dialogue/Survey on preferences and future directions for creating
shared comparative land administration data
- Strategy Development:
Collaborative development of plan for scaling and enhancing creation and
sharing of comparative land administration data (i.e., governance, business
rules, application, information, and technology)
- Pilot Implementation:
Demonstrate the implementation, and invitation to scale
Workshop(s)
- 2 per year at either of Working
Week, C7 Annual Meeting, and other affiliated industry event (e.g., Land
Portal or Cadasta could also host online events)
Publication(s)
- Annual reporting at Working Week
on the state-of-play of the plan
- Other output in 2026, depending
on the plan, would be the revitalised or renewed dissemination of shared
comparative land administration (i.e., updated data, upgraded platform, or
new partnership)
Timetable
- 2023: Tentative/Kick-off Paper
Session at FIG 2023, Orlando
- 2024: Needs Assessment and
Testing (based on FIG Taskforce Outputs)
- 2025: Strategy Development
- 2025-26: Pilot and
Implementation
Beneficiaries
- Private sector surveying, land
administration and data professionals
- Land administration and land
governance researchers and academia
- Public sector surveying, land
administration and data professionals
- Public sector officials,
including policymakers
- Land related community and
non-governmental organisations
- Organisations responsible for
tracking land data, information and indicators
- FIG community and the Land
Portal Foundation partners
Cooperation with Other Commissions
and organisations
- FIG Commission 1 via WG 7.5 on
Women’s Access to Land
- FIG Commission 2 via WG 7.7 on
Advancing Land Administration Education
- FIG Commission 3 via WG 7.3 on
LADM and 3D Land Administration
- FIG Commission 8 via WG 7.6 on
Integrated Land Use Planning and Land Administration
- FIG OICRF / FIG Knowledge
Taskforce via WG 7.8 Comparative Land Administration
- FIG SDGs Taskforce via WG 7.1
Framework for Effective Land Administration; WG 7.5 Women’s Access to Land;
and WG 7.2 Fit for Purpose Land Administration (including the identification
of a FIG C7 liaison for the SDGs Taskforce).
- FIG Standards Group via WG 7.3
on LADM and 3D Land Administration
The above cooperative arrangements are realised through joint WW/Congress
sessions, publications, and event organisation.
Co-operation with United Nation
Organisations, Sister Associations and other Partners
United Nation inter-organisational collaboration includes:
- FAO (pending) via WG 7.6
Integrated Land Use Planning and Land Administration
- UN-GGIM via WG 7.1 Framework for
Effective Land Administration
- UN-Habitat (pending) via WG 7.2
Fit for Purpose Land Administration; WG 7.7 Land Administration Education
- UN-ECE via direct connection with C7 Vice Chair in terms of
knowledge exchange and participation
Other cooperation with global organisations, networks, and businesses
includes (in alphabetical order):
- Cadasta via WG 7.8 Comparative
Land Administration; WG 7.5 Women’s Access to Land
- esri via WG 7.2 Fit for Purpose
Land Administration; WG 7.4 Artificial Intelligence and Land Administration
- ISO via WG 7.3 LADM and 3D Land
Administration
- ISPRS via WG 7.4 Artificial
Intelligence and Land Administration
- Land Portal via WG 7.8
Comparative Land Administration
- OGC via WG 7.3 LADM and 3D Land
Administration
- Stand for Her Land via WG 7.6
Women’s Access to Land
- Trimble via WG 7.4 Artificial
Intelligence and Land Administration
- World Bank via WG 7.5 on Women’s
Access to Land; WG 7.6 Integrated Land Use Planning and Land Administration
- Others: Land Equity
International; CLGE (tbc).
Commission Officers
Commission Chair Rohan Bennett, Australia
rohanbennett1 [
at ] hotmail.com
figcommission7[ at ] fig.net
Vice Chair of Administration Kirsikka Riekkinen, Finland
kirsikka.riekkinen [
at ] aalto.fi
Chair of Working Group 7.1 Amalia Velasco, Spain
amalia.velasco [
at ] catastro.hacienda.gob.es
Chair of Working Group 7.2 Israel Taiwo, Nigeria
taiwo_io [
at ] fedpolyado.edu.ng
Chair of Working Group 7.3 Peter van Oosterom, Netherlands
P.J.M.vanOosterom [
at ] tudelft.nl
Chair of Working Group 7.4 Mila Koeva, Bulgaria
m.n.koeva [
at ] utwente.nl
Chair of Working Group 7.5 Marisa Balas, Mozambique
marisa.balas [
at ] gmail.com
Chair of Working Group 7.6 Claudia Stöcker, Germany / Walter de Vries
claudia.stoecker [
at ] uni-muenster.de
Chair of Working Group 7.7 Simon Hull, South Africa
simon.hull [
at ] uct.ac.za
Chair of Working Group 7.8 Charl-Thom Bayer, Namibia
charl-thom.bayer [
at ] landportal.info
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Chair, FIG Commission 7
Rohan Bennett www.fig.net/commission7 Email:
figcommission7[ at ]fig.net
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