The Expert Group at the conclusion of its Delft Meeting agreed that the overarching focus of efforts is to improve tenure security and better land and property rights for all. The Sustainable Development Goals and its global indicator framework together with other related land-sector indicators are meant to assist in review and follow-up, measure and monitor progress. There is the continuing need to advocate policies that promotes i) affordable access to basic geospatial dataset, ii) avoid duplication particularly in mapping iii) quality, iv) timeliness, v) data sharing and vi) interoperability and standards.
The two-day meeting of UN-GGIM Expert Group on Land Administration and Management was attended by 20 expert representatives and 3 observers from 11 Member States, 3 UN System entities and 3 international organisation. This expert group meeting was hosted by the Government of the Netherlands through Kadaster International of the Netherlands. The meeting facilities were sponsored by Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology. Of the 26 members of the Expert Group, 16 participated and there were apologies from 7 others. There were a total of 37 presentations, 31 of which were prior prepared and delivered by the expert representatives who attended the EGM. The meeting was broken up into three break-out groups where experts and observers were able to consider, debate and deliberate together and more substantively in these smaller group settings.
Moving forward, the Expert Group identified three key tasks and agreed that the current work plan will be revised accordingly to reflect the outcomes of this expert group meeting.
Documentation for the Delft Meeting
- Summary Report
- Concept Note
- Background Document
- Information Note (updated, 17 Feb 2017)
- Provisional Agenda
- Organization of Work
- List of Participants
Presentation Materials
- Day 1
- Session 1-B - morning session:
- Mr. Kees de Zeeuw (Netherlands), Objectves, organisation of work and expectations
- Mr. Mahashe Chaka (Lesotho), Terms of reference and Action plan
- Mr. Christiaan Lemmen (FIG), Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure
- Mr. Cyprian Selebalo (UN Habitat), Continuum of Lands Rights
- Ms. Kathrine Kelm (World Bank Group), Fit for Purpose Land Administration
- Mr. Peter van Oosterom (Netherlands), Land Administration Domain Model (LADM, ISO 19152)
- Mr. Cyprian Selebalo (UN Habitat), Social Tenure Domain Model Bridging the land information gap
- Ms. Denise McKenzie (OGC), Land Administration
- Mr. Mahashe Chaka (Lesotho), Lesotho Land Tenure System Overview
- Mr. Claudio Martinez Topete (Mexico), Joint Actions for the Safety of Earth and Property Rights
- Ms. Amalia Velasco Martin-Vares, Importan ROL and Impact in the Society
- Mr. Silvano Tjong-Ahin (Suriname), Land Administration in Suriname
- Mr. Brian Ballantyne (Canada), Canada: Much disparate land & tenure data
- Mr. Markku Markkula (Finland), Production of Land and Tenure data for Responsible Land Governance and 2030 Agenda
- Mr. Siri-Linn Ektvedt (Norway), Collection, Production and Provision of Land and Tenure data-Norway
- Mr. Anders Lundquist (Sweden), Goals for 2016-2020
- Mr. Kees de Zeeuw (Netherlands), Land Administration
- Session 1-B: Welcome, Introduction and Scene Setting
- Mr. Cyprian Selebalo (UN Habitat), Strengthening Land Governance Africa Regional Pespectives
- Ms. Amalia Velasco Martin-Vares, Latinamerica
- Mr. Rik Wouters (UNECE), Introduction UNECE and WPLA
- Mr. Christiaan Lemmen (FIG), Legacy Data
- Mr. Peter van Oosterom (Netherlands), Role of 3-dimensional data-3D Cadastre, Marine Cadastre
- Mr. Rik Wouters (UNECE), Tenure atlas of the world
- Session 2-A: Towards a globally agreed standards and specifications
- Mr. Brent Jones (Esri), Data, Standards, GIS and FFP
- Ms. Kathrine Kelm (World Bank Group), Co-odinated Global Land Data Generation: Responsible Land Governance
- Ms. Denise McKenzie (OGC), Standards for Land Administration
- Day 2
- Session 2-B: Towards a globally agreed standards and specifications
- Session 3 - A: Wrap-up, Plan of Action and Way Forward
- Session 3-B: Wrap-up, Plan of Action and Way Forward
- Session 3-C: Closing