Moving from a successful to a modern cadastre in LAO PR
Carter, Daniel and Bounhom Heuangsavath
According to the FIG Statement on the Cadastre (1995), a successful cadastre should provide security of tenure, be simple and clear, be easily accessible and provide current and reliable information at low costt. The Lao Land Titling Project (LLTP) within the Department of Lands has developed a paper-based cadastral system based on these principles. The growing pressure on land resources within Lao PDR is forcing land managers to look for digital spatial information solutions, increasing the demand for digital cadastral information that is interoperable and easily coordinated with other spatial information. Simple technological changes are being implemented within the LLTP to link the important role of the cadastre with the provision of relevant land information in support of good governance. The Department of Lands and National Geographic Department are undertaking a joint initiative to pilot the development of a digital cadastre. The project design is being informed by lessons learned during the establishment and maintenance of other international cadastral systems, while refining processes to suit circumstances in Lao PDR. The pilot is designed to test the quality of existing data for both accuracy and completeness. It will assess the capacity of institutions and their willingness to share information. This paper describes the progress being made towards the Department of Landds vision, which is for the development of a computer based land information system in which registration details and cadastral surveying and mapping information are seamlessly linkedd. This paper also raises some of the technical, institutional and financial issues confronting the cadastral activities within the project.
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