Report Commission 7 Cadastre Land Management Chair G

Report Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach, Austria

Commision 7 – Key issues of Workplan 2015 -2018 • providing visions for future cadastre and land management • taking the role as a mastermind in developing effective land management • thinking about new models of land administration for sustainable development • initiating professional discussions on new business models as required by a changing society • securing land tenure and advocating citizens’ rights but at the same time, • staying pragmatic about what is feasible in cultural and social diversity and how • commitment among stakeholders can be created for the • benefit of the society and for the • reputation of the profession in providing Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Managementto citizens, land owners and • sustainability and advocacy Chair G. Schennach 2 stakeholders

FIG Commission 7 on Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach (AT) WG 7. 2 WG 7. 1 LM in Fit-For-Purpose CC and PP LA Disaster areas Ch. Lemmen (NL) D. Páez (CO) WG 7. 3 Crowdsourcing of Land Rights R. Mc. Laren (UK) Joint WG C 3/C 7 3 D Cadastre Cadastral Template 2. 0 D. Steudler (CH) Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach 3 WG 7. 4 Citizen Cadastre G. Iván (HUN)

Events 2015/16 – (co-)organized by Commission 7 • FIG Working Week, Technical Sessions, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2015 • Annual Meeting 2015 Commission 7 in Malta, Nov 2015 WGs focus on access to land, registration of land rights, securing land tenure, citizen involvement, data acquisition, business models • Joint Com 3/Com 7 International Workshop on Crowdsourcing of Land Information in Malta, Nov 2015 more 80 participants, presentations covering all issues of Workplan • Joint Com 2/ISPRS/Com 7 Workshop on the Role of Land Professionals and SDI in Disaster Risk Reduction in Commission 7 Cadastre Nov & Land 2015 Management Kathmandu/Nepal, Chair G. Schennach 4 supported by Commission 7

Events – active participation 2015/16 • • • Partners meeting of the Global Land Tool Network GLTN, Nairobi, Kenya, October 2015 World Bank Conference on Land Poverty, Washington DC, US, March 2016 VIII Regional Conference on Cadastre and Spatial Data Infrastructure, Pristina/Kosovo, June 2015 Conference of the Permanent Comittee of Cadastre in Iberoamerica (CPCI), Brasilia/Brasil, August 2015, 7 th Congress of the Moroccan National Ordre of Surveyors and Topographic Engineers (ONIGT), Rabat/Morocco, Oct 2015 CDMPS International Symposium on Disaster Management. Melbourne, Australia, Oct 2015 Annual World Bank Conference on Land Poverty 2015: Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity. Washington, US. March 2015 X National Congress and VII International Congress of topographers. Bogotá, Colombia, Nov 2015. UN Climate Change Conference-COP 21*CMP 11. Paris, France, Dec 2015. National Debate on the State land policy, Morocco, Rabat, Dec 2015 ……and some more Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management LADMChair – Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration – Security of land tenure G. Schennach 5

Cross-border Working • Co-operation with Com 1, Com 2, Com 3, Com 8 • UN FAO, UN Habitat, UN GGIM, World Bank, GLTN • National public authorities, professional associations (FIG member and non-members), regional bodies Upcoming initiatives 2016/17 • Fit For Purpose guidelines (Enemark, Mc. Laren, Lemmen), FIG WW 2016 • preparations for LADM Edition II in co-operation with the FIG Standards Network • pilot for platform for emergencies and disasters in Colombia • statement on role of Land Professionals in co-operation with Commission 1 • analysis about long-term strategies for compensating impacts of climate change land owners Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management • incorporate new data collection technologies, such as by drones, as Chair G. Schennach 6

Upcoming events - 2016/17 • Commission 7 Annual Meeting II/2016, Coimbra/Portugal, 23 - 28 Oct 2016 • International Workshop on Cadastre 4. 0 – Transparency, Participation, Collaboration in Coimbra/Portugal, 25 - 26 Oct 2016 • Joint FIG Commissions 7 and 8, FAO and NL Kadaster Symposium on Land Consolidation and Readjustment for Sustainable Development - Designing Resilient Landscapes and Empowering Communities, 9 – 11 Nov 2016, Netherlands. • early spring 2017 – International Seminar in Morocco, tbc • International FIG Workshop of Commission 7 on Security of Land Rights in PP disaster areas in 2017 (proposed venue – Bogota/Colombia) Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach 7

Thanks to all Com 7 Vice-Chairs, esp. to Chairs of WGs 7. 1, 7. 2, 7. 3 Task Force leaders Cadastral Template 2. 0 local organisers in Malta, Nepal, Sofia and Christchurch all Com 7 Delegates and friends and speakers FIG Head Office Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach 8