Strategy for the further development, use, application, and dissemination of the GLTN Tool Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM))with focus on Country Level Implementation

Lemmen, Christiaan et al.

With the release of the STDM Version 1.0 software package as open source at the 2014 FIG Conference in Kuala Lumpur, STDM as a pro-poor land information tool has entered into a crucial new phase. The Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) has been under testing and development since its inception in 2007, and has now reached a state of maturity that allows large scale implementation in country level implementation projects. The STDM concept is based on a pro-poor vision of handling land as an essential and scarce resource. This provides a structure for modelling social tenure information on people and land relationships. As such, the domain model provides a template for structuring land data and land data processing. As a software package, it provides functionality for collecting, processing and disseminating social tenure information, amongst others. In this paper a structured approach or strategy toward implementation of STDM at country level is presented. The involvement of land professionals in such implementation projects is essential. The provision of a proper alignment mechanism of STDM capabilities with the specific requirements of land professionals is central to this paper. Hendersonsss Business and IT Alignment Model has been used as a the analytical framework for this alignment report. It has been tailored to cover the specific parties involved in the alignment process and the required linking and fitting processes. The parties involved include the stakeholders to successful implementation of STDM, the land professional categories involved on country level implementation projects, the end-users categories, the STDM Governing (or coordination) and Support entities and the IT services and products industry. The STDM concept and software package have been validated at strategic level and operational level by field projects and software review and testing. The test results have confirmed the level maturity of the tool, while providing valuable guidance for further improvement of the concept.

Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015

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