Quality Assurance for Spatial Data Collected in Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration Approaches in Colombia

The Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) approach uses flexible techniques under basic regulations, avoiding complicated systems and aiming to fulfill the objective of land tenure security for all. In addition, a land administration system should evolve, starting as a simple system in rural areas and gradually evolving into a more complex system in more populated areas where requirements and quality increase progressively. The system can develop to a precision system. Implementing the FFPLA methodology in Colombia has allowed processes to be developed for data capture in the field using real-time technology and efficient methods for information management. These processes are under quality control by applying technical specifications in alignment with the FFPLA principles. This article presents the results of creating a FFPLA quality assurance model, which includes the application of the ISO 19100 family of technical standards based on the product’s life cycle and quality model concepts. Furthermore, the article documents essential aspects for controlling the quality of the parcel boundary data collected in the field, using direct and indirect methods to measure the applicable spatial data quality elements (logical consistency and positional accuracy) preserving FFPLA principles.

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Fit for Purpose Land Administration: Country Implementation Strategy for Addressing Uganda’s Land Tenure Security Problems

Land ◽

10.3390/land10060629 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 629

Author(s):

Moses Musinguzi ◽

Stig Enemark ◽

Simon Peter Mwesigye

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Implementation Strategy ◽

National Level ◽

Pilot Projects ◽

African Region ◽

Administration System ◽

Land Administration ◽

Lessons Learnt ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

The Republic

The Republic of Uganda is one of the five countries within the East African region. Uganda’s efforts to increase land productivity are hampered by land tenure insecurity related problems. For more than ten years, Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) pilot projects have been implemented in various parts of the country. Uganda is now in advanced stages of developing a country strategy for implementing a fit for purpose approach to land administration, to define the interventions, time and cost required to transform the existing formal (western type) land administration system into an administration system that is based on FFPLA principles. This paper reviews three case studies to investigate how lessons learnt from pilot projects informed a FFPLA country implementation strategy. The review is based on data collected during the development of the FFPLA strategy, in which the authors directly participated. The data collection methods included document review, field visits and interviews with purposively selected respondents from the pilot sites and institutions that had piloted FFPLA in Uganda. The study identified that pilot projects are beneficial in highlighting specific gaps in spatial, legal and institutional frameworks, that have potential to constrain FFPLA implementation. Pilot projects provided specific data for informed planning, programing and costing key interventions in the FFPLA country implementation strategy. The lessons learnt from the pilot projects, informed the various steps and issues considered while developing the national strategy for implementing a FFPLA approach in Uganda. On the other hand, the study identified that uncoordinated pilot projects are potential sources of inconsistencies in data and products, which may be cumbersome to harmonize at a national level. In order to implement a fit for purpose approach for land administration at a national level, it is necessary to consolidate the lessons leant from pilots into a unified country implementation strategy.

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The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique

Land ◽

10.3390/land10080818 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 818

Author(s):

Marisa Balas ◽

João Carrilho ◽

Christiaan Lemmen

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Project Delivery ◽

Community Based ◽

Land Registration ◽

Land Administration ◽

Management Capacity ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

Available Technology

Mozambique started a massive land registration program to register five million parcels and delimitate four thousand communities. The results of the first two years of this program illustrated that the conventional methods utilized for the land tenure registration were too expensive and time-consuming and faced several data quality problems. The purpose of this research was to conceptualize, develop and test a country-specific Fit For Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) approach for Mozambique, denominated as FFPLA-MOZ, intertwining three pillars: people, processes, and technology, to solve the constraints faced in systematic registrations. Such a contextualized approach needed to be: (i) in line with legislation; (ii) appropriate to the circumstances and needs of the systematic registration; (iii) cost-effective; (iv) based on available technology; and (v) fit to establish a sound and sustainable land administration system. By connecting people, processes, and technology, the FFPLA-MOZ approach achieved several benefits, including cost and time reduction, increased community satisfaction, and improved quality of work and data. The FFPLA-MOZ approach also supported a more robust community engagement through a more participatory land registration, denominated community-based crowdsourcing. Initial observations indicated that strong leadership and commitment were of extreme importance to ensure change management, capacity development, and project delivery for the success of these initiatives. The research only focused on the registration of land under good faith and customary occupations, as well as community delimitations. The next stages should focus on other land management activities and integrate other cadastres.

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Transforming Land Administration Practices through the Application of Fit-For-Purpose Technologies: Country Case Studies in Africa

Land ◽

10.3390/land10050538 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 538

Author(s):

Danilo Antonio ◽

Solomon Njogu ◽

Hellen Nyamweru ◽

John Gitau

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Domain Model ◽

Institutional Practices ◽

Land Conflicts ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Land Administration ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

Inclusive Processes

Access to land for many people in Africa is insecure and continues to pose risks to poverty, hunger, forced evictions, and social conflicts. The delivery of land tenure in many cases has not been adequately addressed. Fit-for-purpose spatial frameworks need to be adapted to the context of a country based on simple, affordable, and incremental solutions toward addressing these challenges. This paper looked at three case studies on the use of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) tool in promoting the development of a fit-for-purpose land administration spatial framework. Data gathering from primary and secondary sources was used to investigate the case studies. The empirical findings indicated that the use and application of the STDM in support of the fit-for-purpose land administration framework is quite effective and can facilitate the improvement in land tenure security. The findings also revealed that the tool, together with participatory and inclusive processes, has the potential to contribute to other frameworks of Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) toward influencing changes in policy and institutional practices. Evidently, there was a remarkable improvement in the institutional arrangements and collaboration among different institutions, as well as a notable reduction in land conflicts or disputes in all three case studies.

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Do Design Science Research and Design Thinking Processes Improve the ‘Fit’ of the Fit-For-Purpose Approach to Securing Land Tenure for All in South Africa?

Land ◽

10.3390/land10050484 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 484

Author(s):

Simon Hull ◽

Jennifer Whittal

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Design Science ◽

Science Research ◽

Design Science Research ◽

Land Administration ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

Land Administration Systems ◽

Research And Design

In South Africa, land tenure security is a challenge for 60% or more of the population who hold interests in land outside of the formal system of registered title. There is a need for the cadastral and land administration systems to be reshaped, and for new land tenure forms to be developed to record all land rights and interests so as to improve land tenure security for all. In this paper, we undertake a reflective retrospective of the processes of land administrative reform in South Africa using a thematic framework that includes fit-for-purpose, design science research, and design thinking processes. Literary sources are coded using the thematic framework to identify potential contributions of foregrounding design science research and design thinking in fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) approaches. Design science research paired with tools of behavioral science add value in understanding the context, problems, needs, and objectives and in communicating the results of critical reflection. The design thinking process has much to offer in capitalizing on the human abilities of empathy, deep understanding, and challenging assumptions, setting the scene for unconstrained creative thinking. Design science research and design thinking within FFP LA may promote innovations in land administration systems reform initiatives that deliver restorative justice in the South African land sector.

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SmartSkeMa: Scalable Documentation for Community and Customary Land Tenure

Land ◽

10.3390/land10070662 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 662

Author(s):

Malumbo C. Chipofya ◽

Sahib Jan ◽

Angela Schwering

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Land Rights ◽

Land Administration ◽

Land Relations ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

Indigenous Land Rights ◽

Customary Land ◽

The Many ◽

High Level ◽

Indigenous Land

According to the online database landmarkmap, up to an estimated 50% or more of the world’s habitable land is held by indigenous peoples and communities. While legal and procedural provisions are being made for bureaucratically managing the many different types of tenure relations in this domain, there continues to be a lack of tools and expertise needed to quickly and accurately document customary and indigenous land rights. Software and hardware tools that have been designed for documenting land tenure through communities continue to assume a parcel-based model of land as well as categories of land relations (RRR) largely dimensionally similar to statutory land rights categories. The SmartSkeMa approach to land tenure documentation combines sketching by hand with aerial imagery and an ontology-based model of local rules regulating land tenure relations to produce a system specifically designed to allow accurate documentation of land tenure from a local perspective. In addition, the SmartSkeMa adaptor which is an OWL-DL based set of rules for translating local land related concepts to the LADM concepts provides a more high-level view of the data collected (i.e., what does this concept relate to within the national LADM profile?) In this paper we present the core functionalities of SmartSkeMa using examples from Kenya and Ethiopia. Based on an expert survey and focus groups held in Kenya, we also analyze how the approach fairs on the Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration tools scale. The results indicate that the approach could be beneficial in scaling up mapping of community and customary lands as well as help reduce conflict through its participatory nature.

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Applying the Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Concept to South Africa

Land ◽

10.3390/land10060602 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 602

Author(s):

Christopher Williams-Wynn

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Administration System ◽

Land Administration ◽

Tenure System ◽

The People ◽

Land Tenure System ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

The Republic ◽

Land Administration Systems

What potential will the fit-for-purpose land administration concept have of working in the Republic of South Africa? This question is asked against the existence of a high-quality cadastre covering most of the South African landmass. However, a large proportion of the people living in South Africa live outside of this secure land tenure system. Many citizens and immigrants reside on communal land, in informal settlements, in resettled communities, in off-register housing schemes, and as farm dwellers, labour tenants and other occupants of commercial farms. Reasonable estimates suggest that there are more than 5 million land occupations that exist outside the formal land tenure system and hence outside the formal land administration system. This paper looks at the current bifurcated system and considers how the application of the fit-for-purpose land administration system can expand the existing cadastral system and provide security of tenure that is beneficial and acceptable to all. It demonstrates that, not only could it work, but it is also considered to be necessary. This paper uses South Africa as a case study to demonstrate how adjustments to institutional, legal and spatial frameworks will develop a fully inclusive, sufficiently accurate land administration system that fits the purpose for which it is envisioned. These country-specific proposals may well be of international interest to assist with the formulation of fit-for-purpose land administration systems being developed in other countries.

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ASPECTS OF LAND ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad ◽

10.17159/1727-3781/2009/v12i2a2726 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 14 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JM Pienaar

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Land Reform ◽

Good Governance ◽

Land Rights ◽

Tenure Reform ◽

Land Administration ◽

Communal Land ◽

Governance Practices ◽

Land Restitution

This paper explores aspects of land administration where public funding and interests necessitate the application of good governance practices. The South African land reform programme is divided in three sub-programmes, namely land restitution, land redistribution and tenure reform. Land reform is a vast subject, based on policy, legislation and case law. Therefore it is impossible to deal with good governance principles over the wide spectrum of land reform. Special attention is however given to the land restitution programme in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 and tenure reform in the rural areas by means of the Communal Land Rights Act 11 of 2004. The purpose is not to formulate a blueprint for good governance or to indicate which good governance principles will solve all or most of the land tenure problems. It is rather an effort to indicate that policies and procedures to improve good governance in some aspects of land reform are urgently needed and should be explored further.Restitution of Land Rights Act and the Communal Land Rights Act, is extensive and far-reaching. However, many legislative measures are either impractical due to financial constraints and lack of capacity of the Department of Land Affairs, or are not based on sufficient participation by local communities. Land administration should furthermore be planned and executed in the context of global good governance practices. This includes equal protection; clear land policy principles; land tenure principles according to the needs of individuals and population groups; flexible land registration principles to accommodate both individual and communal land tenure; and appropriate institutional arrangements. It is clear that established good governance principles may solve many of the problems encountered in land administration in South Africa. It is a topic that needs to be explored further.

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Exploring PPPs in Support of Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration: A Case Study from Côte d’Ivoire

Land ◽

10.3390/land10090892 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 892

Author(s):

Ana García-Morán ◽

Simon Ulvund ◽

Eva-Maria Unger ◽

Rohan Mark Bennett

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Cote D'ivoire ◽

Côte D’Ivoire ◽

Cote D’Ivoire ◽

Case Study Methodology ◽

Land Administration ◽

Côte D'ivoire ◽

Fit For Purpose

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) may facilitate the implementation of fit-for-purpose land administration (FFPLA); however, the approach can be compromised when funding for land registration is insufficient or donor projects end. This paper aims to introduce a new form of PPP to the literature on FFPLA, further extending the discourse and options available on PPPs for FFPLA. A background review finds that whilst PPPs have had long standing application in land administration, there is room to explore approaches that seek increased involvement of non-conventional land sector actors. A case study methodology is applied to analyse recent developments of FFPLA in Côte d’Ivoire that includes a partnership between the government and a consortium of private sector companies. Results describe the novelty, challenges, opportunities, and success factors for the approach, when compared to existing forms of PPPs. It is found that the innovative partnership approach may create novel avenues for financing FFPLA in developing countries and for more active forms of participation of the private sector in improved land tenure governance. The model potentially creates sustainable buy-in from private sector corporations, who whilst not conventionally closely undertaking land administration efforts, rely intrinsically on it to achieve corporate social responsibility objectives.

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Initial Insights on Land Adjudication in a Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration

Land ◽

10.3390/land10040414 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 414

Author(s):

Monica Lengoiboni ◽

Christine Richter ◽

Paul van Asperen ◽

Jaap Zevenbergen

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Collaborative Governance ◽

Land Administration ◽

Legal Perspective ◽

Different Types ◽

Fit For Purpose ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

The Law

Land adjudication constitute a series of sequential steps that if followed carefully and correctly, can lead to a sufficient determination of the varied interests in land including whether, and where they overlap, complement, conflict or compete with each other. This is a preliminary study aiming to find out how the adjudication process as it is conducted in the context of a fit-for-purpose land administration (FFPLA). A framework of components for adjudication in the FFPLA context is first developed. Further, the steps involved in accomplishing the adjudication components are compiled, assessed, and discussed from the perspective of the theory of collaborative governance. The study poses questions for consideration by implementers of land tenure documentation activities on how to identify the interests in land as they exist in their undocumented form. An understanding of the interaction between different types of interests in land in undocumented form as defined from the perspective of the communities themselves rather than from the law, could help assess which tenures and their attributes—can overlap or complement each other, or inform how they equate to specific rights in the legal perspective with minimal conflicts.

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An Analysis of Existing Production Frameworks for Statistical and Geographic Information: Synergies, Gaps and Integration

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ◽

10.3390/ijgi10060374 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 374

Author(s):

Francisco Javier Ariza-López ◽

Antonio Rodríguez-Pascual ◽

Francisco J. Lopez-Pellicer ◽

Luis M. Vilches-Blázquez ◽

Agustín Villar-Iglesias ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spatial Data ◽

Process Model ◽

Statistical Data ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Public Agencies ◽

Quality Model ◽

Statistical Process ◽

The Third ◽

Spatial Data Quality ◽

Statistical Area

The production of official statistical and geospatial data is often in the hands of highly specialized public agencies that have traditionally followed their own paths and established their own production frameworks. In this article, we present the main frameworks of these two areas and focus on the possibility and need to achieve a better integration between them through the interoperability of systems, processes, and data. The statistical area is well led and has well-defined frameworks. The geospatial area does not have clear leadership and the large number of standards establish a framework that is not always obvious. On the other hand, the lack of a general and common legal framework is also highlighted. Additionally, three examples are offered: the first is the application of the spatial data quality model to the case of statistical data, the second of the application of the statistical process model to the geospatial case, and the third is the use of linked geospatial and statistical data. These examples demonstrate the possibility of transferring experiences/advances from one area to another. In this way, we emphasize the conceptual proximity of these two areas, highlighting synergies, gaps, and potential integration.

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