The Lao land titling project : innovative land tools in Lao PDR
Virachit, Vilaphone & Chris Lunnay
Projects such as the Lao Land Titling Project provide the opportunity to critically assess what has worked and what has not worked during the implementation of a land administration project. Before the project started there was only a limited but basically non functioning land registration system in Laos. The project has developed over a period of ten years from a low organisational, management, technical and educational base, to a functioning land administration system that has registered in excess of 328,000 land parcels in nine of the 18 provinces. A fully functioning Land Parcel Registration System now exists to support this. A number of innovative land tools were utilised in developing the land registration system, which provide opportunities for future development of land administration projects. These tools include the benefits of working together with development partners, benefits from piloting proposed project activities before starting the main project, early introduction of supporting legislation, and the importance of establishing a sound education base from which capacity to support the project can grow. Just as importantly, lessons are learnt from activities that were not successfully implemented. These include the development of inappropriate institutional structures, the importance of accepting appropriate educational and community related programs to ensure that there is adequate dissemination of project information, delays in commencing key studies, and the importance of training to build capacity and ensure sustainability.
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