FIG International Seminar e-Land Administration
Innsbruck, Austria, 2-4 June 2004
FIG Commission 7, Cadastre and Land Management, held a successful
international seminar on e-Land Administration from 2nd to 4th June 2004 in
Innsbruck, Austria, in close co-operation with the Austrian Society for
Surveying and Geoinformation. The seminar attracted 115 participants from
more than 35 countries all over the world, representing a wide range of
interest groups from private and public sector, IT industry and users as
well. The interest for the seminar was even bigger but the venue out its
limits to the participation.
Cadastral data as part of geographic information has developed into a new
tool for crucial political, economic and legal decision-making. But there is
still a lack of awareness concerning the importance of digital cadastral
data. e-Government has become an issue in all fields of public
administration, requiring transformation of background procedures into
models offering the client simple solutions as a product of differing
content on various levels of quality yet without evidence of unique
standards. e-Land Administration is a major part of e-Government and may be
considered a strong fundament for legal, administrative and technical
structures for an entire public administration. Land administration data are
indicators for a wide range of related information and are essential for
creating value-added data for e-Government.
Papers Presented
Papers were presented entitled ‘International trends for e-Land
Administration’, ‘e-Government: next steps towards a bright future!?’,
‘Impact of e-Government for surveyors’, ‘Standards-based open web services
for e-Government’, ‘Cadastral automation and related e-Government
initiatives in NZ’, ‘Land Information (LIN) – catalyst for integrated
e-Government’, ‘Base Registers as Part of e-Government in Finland’,
‘e-Government …. Using a mouse to avoid a queue’, ‘Geo-referenced addresses
for e-Government’, ‘Land Administration – a model by Lithuania’,
‘e-Government in accession countries – experience in Poland’, ‘e-Land
Administration in Hungary’, ‘Experiences and Directions in National
Portals’, ‘The German GDI – a public private co-operation model’, ‘Pricing
models for e-government procedures’, ‘e-Conveyancing – a challenge and a
prize’, ‘Legal issues in future e-Conveyancing in NL’, ‘e-Conveyancing using
PKI technologies’, ‘Cyberdock – archives for e-Government’ and ‘Links
between Land Administration and Risk Management’.
The Conclusions
 At
the output side of Cadastre and Land Registry organisations, e-Land
Administration contributes to better transparency in the real-estate market.
It improves B2B activities and efficiency and might decrease transaction
costs, thus representing economic value. e-Land Administration as the core
of SDI supports easy access to data and increased use of such data, thus
generating more revenue. It attracts new services and new registrations. A
single window contributes to improved customer satisfaction; the same is
valid for value-added products. For this purpose, new business models and
pricing models have to be developed in close co-operation with the private
sector.
In relation to throughput it provides opportunities for the
introduction of Workflow Management. Furthermore, easy access can be given
to digital archives with deed, title and other legal documents. Another
opportunity lies in the future development of fully automated updating by
either customer or professional.
On the input side, various forms of e-Land Administration have
been recognised: e-conveyancing, e-registration and e-lodgement. This
enhances transaction procedures in the land market and (again) makes this
market more transparent; it resolves the chain of titles and allows a
quicker transfer of purchase prices.
The link between e-Land Administration and SDI is a prerequisite
to the implementation of ‘single-window policy’. The single window increases
customer satisfaction. This link will offer a good opportunity for
value-added products where the private sector opens up the market on the
basis of a public-private partnership or (better) a public-private
co-operation. The link between SDI and e-Land Administration increases the
use of data and so increases return on investments. For this purpose,
mechanisms of data sharing based on standards have to be enhanced. SDI with
integrated land registry and cadastre may flourish well as base registers as
part of a governmental policy, where guaranteed quality in relation to the
registers is an item. Apart from parcels, addresses are key to accessing
information.
e-Land Administration involves stakeholders. The development of
e-Land Administration cannot be done in isolation.
e-Land Administration and technology: technology is not a
restriction. Good co-operation with the IT industry is required; one example
here are the efforts being made in core cadastral domain modelling.
e-Land Administration and political support. e-Land Administration
is only possible within a context of national information policy resulting
in new laws (legal framework) and public administration arrangements.
Evidence has to be given of the benefits in terms of economic justification
and customer satisfaction.
e-Land Administration and impact on organisations is expected to
be substantial in terms of re-engineering IT and workflows; this goes with
restructuring of the organisation and re-skilling of employees.
Gerda Schennach
Paul van der Molen
Commission 7 |
