1. The merger of Cadastre and Land Registration in a wider perspective
Rik Wouters
Member of the Bureau WPLA
Managing Director EULIS

2. Why this study om mergers?
Long lasting national discussions
WPLA, Kadaster NL, Univ Twente-ITC (NL), PCC and ELRA

3. Why this study? Long lasting national discussions
Mergers ánd de-mergers do happen, but why?
Umbrella organisations no clear position
UNECE (2005):
“Although separate organisations may administer the land books, the cadastre, and the registers of mortgages and encumbrances, an integrated system is desirable either in one organisation or through electronic linkages”

4. Why this study? Long lasting national discussions
Mergers ánd de-mergers do happen, but why?
Umbrella organisations no clear position
WPLA wants to support the members
Keep the customer in mind!

5. Taskgroup Workplan Literature study Correlation study
Narratives on mergers
Scientific paper
Conclusions so far
Final research

6. 1. Literature study
Customers ask for integration of processes and one-stop shopping
Certain level of “belief” that merging of organisations is necessary for that
So far no empirical evidence that merged organisations work “better”
Organisational structure and working processes are based on many different political objectives

7. 2. Correlation study WPLA benchmark 2014: 25 UNECE countries
Data on organisation and quality of land registration services
WB Doing Business 2013
Registering a property
World wide
Number of processes, time and costs
Ranking

8. 2. Correlation study DB-ranking Merged Rank 3 yes 1 5 yes 2 6 no 3
49 points “yes” = 7 av. and 71 points “no” = 9 av. (8 overall average)

9. 3. Narratives on mergers
15 narratives on the history of the merger-discussion:
Speed of services is main driver for change
No common argument for merging or not:
“Neighbour country did it”
“WB wants it”
“Public sector reform”
“We can do without”
“Political sensitive”

10. 4. Scientific paper Ready
Submitted to journal “Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy”.
Not published yet

11. 5. Conclusion so far Property rights registration needs one stop
Cadastres serve several different purposes
Merging yes/no to much black/white
More detailed assessment necessary

12. 6. Conclusions so far Points of integration/merging: Organisational
Legislation
Operational
Strategic
IT-systems
Marketing/public affairs
Integrated front office/e-govt solutions

13. 6. Final research Design a research method EFQM
Prepare structured questionnaire

14. 6. Final research Analyse results in order to answer the question:
What determines the adequate service (delivery) to society?
Specific attention to CAC and Balkan countries
October 2014 – April 2015
Publications and presentations

15. Parallel study on this topic
WB-Study into (currently carried out)
common features of good governance in agencies
analysing principles best practice of the governance
the importance of operational, financial and employment sustainability and independence
Provide guidance to Agencies
how to sustainably finance and govern
what kind of supervision is appropriate and enabling
how to report their progress and
how to interact with clients
Results to be presented in Washington WB conference

16. Interconnection EULIS produced positioning paper
Integrate EULIS fully in e-Justice portal
Develop and improve portal step by step
Make sure that providers Non-EU can connect
Make sure that users Non-EU can get access
WP meeting November 17th: no decision
January or February 2015 final decision
If at least 12 MS wish to go for it

17. Thank you