1. Miroslav Kobasa Chairman of the Board NGO “Land Reform”
Improving Land Management and Urban Development in the Republic of Belarus using Contemporary Methods and Technologies
NGO “LAND REFORM”
ОО «ЗЕМЕЛЬНАЯ РЕФОРМА»
Miroslav Kobasa
Chairman of the Board
NGO “Land Reform”

2. Background: Purpose: Start of cooperation — 1998.
1998–2014 — 5 joint projects are implemented
April 2016–December 2019 — implementation of joint Belarusian-Swedish project “Improving Land Management and Urban Development in the Republic of Belarus Using Contemporary Methods and Technologies”
Purpose:
Improvement of Land Management and Urban Development in the Republic of Belarus Using Contemporary Methods and Technologies

3. Project participants:
Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority (Lantmäteriet)
The State Committee on Property of the Republic of Belarus
National Cadastral Agency
The Ministry for Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus
Institute of Regional and Urban Planning “BELNIIPGRADOSTROITELSTVA”
NGO “Land Reform”

4. Main directions of project activities:
Improvement of the system of mass registration and mass valuation of real property for the purposes of real property taxation;
Improvement of real property taxation procedures and the system for tax control in certain sectors;
Improvement of urban spatial planning;
Strenghtening the role of local communities in the process of urban planning and land government
Improvement of Belarusian specialists’ qualification as well as study and dissemination of the best practices in the above-mentioned areas in Belarus

5. Planned project activities:
International Conference – 1;
Experts’ visits of Swedish experts to Belarus
13 experts’ visits, 19 swedish experts will participate
Seminars:
10 two-days seminars
4 one-days seminars
2 roundtable conferences
Study visit of Belarusian specialists to Sweden;
5 study visits, 6 persons participating in each visit
Creation of an Information and Education Centre to enhance spatial planning awareness among the local authorities, private companies and NGOs;
Development of international contacts:
Participation of Belarusian specialists in 6 international events
Publishing of the book “Modern methods and best practices of Land governance and Land administration”;

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