Fostering transparency in land ownership, use, and administration : Macedonian experience
Gruevski, Groce
In the past years, the Macedonian Government provided extensive support to the Agency for real estate cadastre for development of a sustainable real estate cadastre and registration system. The successful implementation of the e-Cadastre system enabled a new dimension in the delivery of e-services to the professional clients (notaries, geodetic companies and municipalities), but most importantly to the citizens. The e-Cadastre system has unified all data from the REC: data for owners, parcels, buildings and mortgages in one central database, thus creating confidential information platform for storage, maintenance and distribution of real property data. The procedures for registration and processing the changes in the REC have been standardized and simplified resulting in significantly shortened processing deadlines. The entire complex of activities led to greater trust of the citizens and companies in the property registration system. The public now has access to data for parcels, buildings and owners via the AREC website without any cost. The processing of client applications can be monitored at any time and free of charge and obtain information when the processing is completed. Citizens and businesses can carry out different types of property transactions through the Notary office and municipalities without having to come to AREC.
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