Initiatives to improve land administration system in the Philippines
Dealca, Rhea Lyn M.
The state of the land administration system in the country has pushed for a solution-seeking agenda that in the long-term would fix the weaknesses and flaws of the present situation. The paper tackles the initiatives undertaken by the Philippine government to improve its land administration system, through the Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP). LAMP was conceptualized to respond to the weak and inefficient land administration system in the country which has eroded confidence and trust in the titling and registration system as a whole. Among the outputs of the project is the establishment of One-Stop Shops (OSS), where all the land agencies involved in land transactions are brought together in one roof to provide efficient delivery of services to the public. With the OSS concept, cadastral mapping, land titling, land registration and subsequent transactions, land valuation and taxation and other land transactions are carried out. The OSS also generally offers lower costs, faster and generally improved land transaction facilities for the public. Other initiatives on the improvement of land administration system in the country include the Innovation Support Fund of LAMP2 for Local Government Units (LGUs) and the advocacies for the Land Administration Reform Act (LARA) Bill, the Valuation Reform Act, the Valuation Professionalization Bill and Amendments to the Free Patent Provisions of the Public Land Act.
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