Institutional aspects of implementing inclusive land information systems like STDM
Zevenbergen, Jaap & Solomon Haile
During the past decade work has been done on the development of a pro-poor land information management software tool dubbed STDM (Social tenure domain model). STDM has the capacity to broaden the scope of land administration by providing an innovative land information management framework that integrates formal, informal, and customary land tenure systems and administrative and spatial components through tools that facilitate recording all forms of land rights, all types of rights holders and all kinds of land and property objects / spatial units regardless of the level of formality. With the early focus of STDM being on the technical dimension, it is now time to look into the other issues that go with the introduction and implementation of such a tool. It entails additional effort related to assessing the implementation environment and developing strategies and plans to address institutional, policy, legal and capacity development issues. The need for this was pointed out already during the STDM workshop From concept to implementationn in March 2009 in Washington DC, as well as in some of the FIG coordinated reviews of the STDM. This paper details the key issues that need consideration, including an analysis of the readiness for computerization at regional and district level, as well as the human capacity needs at those government levels, as well as at the village level. It will further highlight the effects of recording (as an inventory in STDM) of rights outside of the formal (statutory) land tenure system in case of different legal and policy frameworks (esp. with and without formal recognition).
Event: XXIV FIG International Congress 2010 Facing the Challenges - Building the Capacity
Only personal, non-commercial use of this document is allowed.