Land Administration Reform in the Republic of Croatia Damir Pahić, dipl.ing. UNECE WPLA Chair Assistant Director responsible for Cadastre in the Croatian State Geodetic Administration II. annual Conference of the CIS and Baltic countries “Systems of the State Registration of Rights and Cadastre: Creation, Development and Perfection” Moscow, 28-29 September 2011

THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 56 542 square kilometers 4,48 million inhabitants 20 counties and The Town of Zagreb- the capital of Croatia Counties are divided in local units - towns and municipalities 124 towns and 426 municipalities Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM Based on two registers The Real Estate Cadastre The Land Book Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

THE REAL ESTATE CADASTRE Data on location, shape, area, type of use and buildings are registered for each cadastral parcel Location and shape of cadastral parcels and buildings are presented on cadastral maps Written cadastral data are systematized is possession registration sheets in two parts: Part A with data on cadastral parcels Part B with data on owners Data on owners in possession registration sheet are the Land Book data The Real Estate Cadastre is kept and maintained in cadastral offices (government authority) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

THE LAND BOOK The Land Book is the register in which data about owners and holders of other real property rights are attached to the cadastral parcels defined by the Real Estate Cadastre When it is about transfer of real property rights one legally becomes an owner by registration in the Land Book Data in the Land Book are systematized in land sheets which have three parts: Part A with data on cadastral parcels Part B with data on owners Part C with data on encumbrances (e.g. mortgages) The data on cadastral parcels are cadastral data Land books are kept and maintained in municipal courts (juridical authority) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

CADASTRAL AND LAND BOOK DATA Cadastral and land book data are organized in cadastral territorial units (cadastral municipalities) 3330 cadastral municipalities 14,48 million cadastral parcels 2,89 million real estates (one real estate can consist of several cadastral parcels) 2,9 million owners Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

LAND ADMINISTRATION REFORM Transformation of all written and graphical data in digital form – finished Establishment of digital archives – in progress Solving the backlogs - near to be finished Establishment of public information access to all cadastral and land book data – finished for all written data (www.katastar.hr, www.pravosudje.hr), near to be finished for cadastral map Establishment of Joint information system – in progress, near to be finished Systematic renewal of cadastre and land books based on new cadastral resurvey of cadastral municipalities – in progress Homogenization of cadastral maps – in preparation Establishment of interoperability connections among JIS and other key registers (e-government) – in preparation Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

Public information access (PIA) All official data 24 hours a day 7 days in week Free of charge Number of cadastral parcel in respective cadastral municipality Number of real estate in respective cadastral municipality Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

www.katastar.hr Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

www.pravosudje.hr Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

Public information access (PIA) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

www.arkod.hr Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM CADASTRE A DATA ON CADASTRAL PARCEL LAND BOOK B OWNERS C ENCUMBRANCES Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM CADASTRE A DATA ON CADASTRAL PARCEL J I S LAND BOOK B OWNERS C ENCUMBRANCES Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

New public information access Based on Joint information system One stop shop Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

FOR HOW MANY PERSONS REGISTERED IN OUR REGISTERS THE NAME OF THE PERSON AND THE ADDRESS OF THE PRESON IS REGISTERED CORRECTLY ? Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

E – Government ! Key registers ! RESPOND ? Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

Which registers are the Key registers? Registers on physical persons Registers on legal persons Register on real property rights Register on cadastral parcels Register on buildings (and legal parts of the buildings) Address register Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

SIMPLIFIED MODEL OF THE REAL WORLD Cadastral map Building Physical person Cadastral parcel Legal parts of the building Legal person 2a Address And how does it work for a user somewhere in Government. It is a combination of basic data. Street Bana Josipa Jelačića Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr 20

OBJECTS RELATIONS Building Physical person Address Cadastral map belongs to Physical person geo – located on owns have lives in Personal identification number Address Cadastral map have geo – located on Legal person geo – located on operates on belongs to owns Cadastral parcel Real estate belongs to Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE (Government Service Bus) REGISTERS ON LEGAL PERSONS REGISTERS ON PHYSICAL PERSONS PERSONAL IDENTIF. NUMBER REGISTER OF SPATIAL UNITS JIS LAND BOOK CADASTRE GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE (Government Service Bus) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on Land Administration Damir Pahić, dipl.ing. UNECE WPLA Chair Assistant Director responsible for Cadastre in the Croatian State Geodetic Administration II. annual Conference of the CIS and Baltic countries “Systems of the State Registration of Rights and Cadastre: Creation, Development and Perfection” Moscow, 28-29 September 2011

UNECE WPLA 56 countries Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA Operates under the auspices of Committee on Housing and Land Management (UNECE CHLM) Have advisory group – Real Estate Market Advisory Group (UNECE REM) Sessions (General Assemblies) each two years in UN in Geneva Workshops (in the member states) + REM workshops Land administration reviews (based on request of the member states) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

BUREAU OF THE WORKING PARTY ON LAND ADMINISTRATION (elected on 7th Session this year in Geneva) Italy: Mr. Marco SELLERI Public Manager Agenzia del Territorio Netherlands: Mr. Rik WOUTERS Regional Manager Kadaster International The Netherlands Kadaster Sweden: Mr. Bo LAURI International Coordinator Landmäteriet Tajikistan: Mr. Makhmudzon KHABIROV Director of Implementation Unit of WB-Financed Land Registration Project United Kingdom: Ms. Julie BARRY Head of Stakeholder Engagement and International Unit HM Land Registry Secretariat in UNECE in Geneva Ms. Virgina Cram-Martos Ms. Paola Deda Mr. Serhii Yampolskyi Ms. Silke Handley CHAIR: Croatia: Mr. Damir PAHIC Assistant Director State Geodetic Administration MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU: Austria: Mr. Rupert KUGLER Head of Department Verification and Cadastral Offices BEV/Bundesamt für Eich/und Vermessungswesen (Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying) Azerbaijan: Mr. Elshad KHANALIBAYLI Head of Department International Cooperation and Tenders Department State Committee on Property Issues Denmark: Ms. Pia HOJGAARD Head of Cadastral and Legal Authority National Survey and Cadastre Georgia: Ms. Ekaterina MESKHIDZE Head of International Relations Division National Agency of Public Registry Ministry of Justice Greece: Ms. Chryssy POTSIOU Representative of Technical Chamber of Greece and lecturer on National Technical University of Athens Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA progamme of work for 2012- 2013 ECE/HBP/WP.7/2011/2 I. Land administration policies II. Major trends in land administration III. Land administration reviews Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA ACTIVITIES Workshops Studies and publications Land administration reviews Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA WORKSHOPS “Efficient and Transparent Land Management in ECE countries” (Baku, 4-5 March 2010) “Real property cadastre and registration services in the ECE region: the impact of ‘E-government’ reforms” (Minsk, 8-9 June 2010) “The Role of Spatial Planning to Improve Security of Tenure in the UNECE Region” (Antalya, Turkey, 28-29 October 2010). “Cadastral and Real Estate Registration Systems: Producing Quality Information for the Real Estate Market in the ECE Region” (Rome, 5-6 May 2011) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA WORKSHOPS Upcoming workshop in Amsterdam (12-15 October 2011). The theme will relate to land administration in a network society. The workshop will focus on the changing role and attitude of parties involved in land administration, e-Land Administration, and 3D cadastre as a new information source for the society. The United Kingdom will organize a workshop in London on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Land Registry (October 2012) The following topics to be discussed: (a) land and land use disputes (b) the role of land management policies in promoting sustainable real estate markets Sweden will organize a workshop in 2013 The topic: identification rules for registration purposes A workshop is planned in Greece 2013 or 2014 (in cooperation with FIG) The topic: challenges related to illegal settlements and policy guidelines on the legalization of buildings Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA PUBLICATIONS Inventory of Land Administration Systems in Europe and North America, 4th edition (July 2005) Self-Made Cities: In search of sustainable solutions for informal settlements in the UNECE region (2009) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA PUBLICATIONS Guidance and Good Practice for the Application of Fees and Charges for Real Property Cadastre and Registration Services (2009) Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets (2010) Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA PUBLICATIONS Study on the Challenges of Fraud to Land Administration Institutions (2011) Benchmarking study of land administration systems Questionnaire (ECE/WP.7/2011/6) Renewal of Inventory of Land Administration Systems in Europe and North America Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA LA REVIEWS Part of Countries profiles for housing sector organized by Committee on Housing and Land Management The country profile of Tajikistan is completed (contains a chapter on land administration) A country profile of Ukraine was approved by the Committee on Housing and Land Management and – a pre-mission to Ukraine – was undertaken in mid-June 2011. The study will cover: (a) housing stock, utilities and new housing construction; (b) financial and legal framework for housing; and (c) land administration (institutional and legal framework, cadastre and land registration; land reform; topographic and cadastre mapping; and taxation). Moldova expressed interest in having a country profile review undertaken that would also include a chapter on land administration on UNECE WPLA 7th Session. Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

UNECE WPLA COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH LAND ADMINISTRATION ISSUES The Working Party highlighted the importance of cooperation and networking with other international organizations and acknowledged the need to foster cooperation among international organizations dealing with land administration issues. Special part of 7th Session of UNECE WPLA was dedicated to international cooperation International organizations represented on the 7th Session: The European Land Information Service (EULIS) EuroGeographics International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) European Land Registry Association (ELRA) UNECE will establish a comprehensive list of partners (including local partners) dealing with issues of land administration in order to enhance coordination among the stakeholders. The list will be hosted on the Working Party website. At a later stage, this comprehensive list will be further developed and published as a resource guide. Next meeting on international cooperation will take place in Belfast (16-19 October 2011) during EuroGeographics General Assembly Moscow, 28 September 2011 www.dgu.hr

Thank you for your attention ! Damir Pahić, dipl.ing. UNECE WPLA Chair Assistant Director responsible for Cadastre in the Croatian State Geodetic Administration II. annual Conference of the CIS and Baltic countries “Systems of the State Registration of Rights and Cadastre: Creation, Development and Perfection” Moscow, 28-29 September 2011