The action of the notarial profession concerning titling the Simplified Secure Title (SST)
Malaplate, Pauline
In numerous countries, the notary is a key player in matters relating to land tenure. However, it is only recently that the world notarial profession has become fully aware of the importance of securing land tenure in developing countries and of the part that it could play in this field. It was the Congress of the International Union of Notaries (UINL)1, meeting in Madrid in October 2007 on the theme dedicated to The notarial deed as an instrument for development in societyy, that decided to become involved in this action. It was then, as early as 2008, that "titling", a neologism designating the process of issuing secure title deeds, became for the High Council for the Notarial Profession a priority action, in so far as securing land tenure is closely linked to the economic prosperity of countries and that, without legal certainty, there can be no sustainable development. In fact, in most countries where the source of law is the Civil Code, the issuing of title deeds represents the core activity of the notary; however, in spite of this, when a land reform is initiated in a country, often financed by an international organisation (the World Bank, the European Union or the Millennium Challenge Corporation), it is generally allocated to land identification technicians, rarely to lawyers and never to notaries.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013
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