FIG/FAO/CNG International Seminar on
State and Public Sector
Land Management

9-10 September 2008
Verona, Italy

Hotelissimi, Verona, Italy
Via Portogallo 1/p
37069 Villafranca (VR)

Proceedings

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00 -10:30 Session 1 - Welcome
Chair: Mr. Domenico Romanelli, CNG Verona President

Mr. Fausto Savoldi
CNG Welcome

Dr. Mika Törhönen
FAO Welcome
[paper]

Mr. András Osskó
FIG Commission 7 Welcome

Prof. Stig Enemark, FIG President:
Land Governance: Focus on State and Public Sector Land Management
[slides]

Welcome greetings

  • Prof. Elio Mosele, Verona Province President
  • Mr. Mario Faccioli, Mayor of Villafranca
  • Dr. Gabriella Alemanno, General Manager of the Land Agency
  • Mr. Angelo Alessandri, Land Commission 8 Parliament President
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 2 - FAO
Chair: Dr. Mika Törhönen, FAO

Dr. Mika Törhönen, Dr. Paul Munro-Faure and Dr. David Palmer, FAO:
FAO's Work in Good Governance and in State and Public Land Management
[paper] [slides]

Mr. Willi Zimmermann, Germany:
Effective and Transparent Management of Public Land: Experiences, Guiding Principles and Tools for Implementation
[paper] [slides]

Dr. Richard Grover, United Kingdom:
State and Public Land Management: The Drivers of Change
[paper] [slides]

Ms. Jennifer C. Franco, the Foodfirst Information and Action Network (FIAN):
A Framework for Analyzing the Question of Pro-Poor Policy Reforms and Governance in State/Public Lands: A Critical Civil Society Perspective
[paper] [slides]

12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Session 3 - Italy Experiences
Chair: Mr. Bruno Razza

Mr. Enrico Rispoli, Italy:
State and Public Sector Land Management in Relation to European Landscape Convention: Social Needs, Economic Activities and Environment
[slides]

Mr. Carlo Cannafoglia, Italy:
The Italian Cadastre: Institution of Support to the Real Estate Taxation and of Sustaining to the Land Management and the Environment
Il catasto italiano: istituzione di supporto alla fiscalitŕ immobiliare e di sostegno alla gestione del territorio e dell'ambiente
[slides]

Dr.ssa Daniela Sandroni, Italy:
The Code of the Cultural Assets and the Landscape
Il codice dei beni culturali e del Paesaggio - Decreto legislativo 22 gennaio 2004, n. 42 e s.m.i.
[slides]

Dr. Andrea Cantile, Military Geographic Institute, Italy:
Geographic Cartography Management and Updating
This was a video presentation.

Prof. Francesco Marangon, University of Udine, and Prof. Tiziano Tempesta, University of Padova, Italy:
Economical Aspects of a Correct Land Management
[slides]

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 4 - Africa and Europe Experience
Chair: Mr. Richard Grover, United Kingdom

Mr. Wordsworth Odame Larbi,Ghana:
Compulsory Land Acquisition and Compensation in Ghana: Searching for Alternative Policies and Strategies
[paper] [slides]

Mr. Muhammad Bashar Nuhu, Nigeria:
Public Land Policy, New Trends: Challenges in Nigerian Institutional Framework for State and Public Sector Land Management
[paper] [slides]

Mr. Hĺvard Steinsholt, Norway:
Setting Capitalisation Rate Right: Discussions and Decisions of Norwegian Expropriation Courts
[paper] [slides]
This is a peer reviewed paper

Ms. Katja Dells, Germany:
Management and Privatization of State-Owned Agricultural Land – Case Studies from Eastern Germany and Ukraine - Lessons Learned for Countries in Transition
[paper] [slides]

20:45-24:00 Opening Dinner - Palazzo del Podestá, Loggia di Frá Giocondo
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
09:00-10:30 Session 5 - Asia Experience
Chair: Ms. Jenny Franco, FIAN

Mr. Young-ho Lee, Republic of Korea:
Process Management for Effective Disposition of State Land in Korea
[paper] [slides]

Dr. Elshad Khanalibayli, Azerbaijan:
Management and Privatisation of State and Public Land in Azerbaijan
[paper] [slides]

Dr. Sareth Boramy, Cambodia:
State Land Distribution for the Poor: State Land Identification, Mapping, Classification and Registration
[slides]

Mr. Babu Ram Acharya, Nepal:
Government and Public Land Management in Nepal
[paper] [slides]

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 6 - Transitional Experiences
Chair: Mr. Willi Zimmermann, Germany

Dr. Radosław Cellmer and Dr. Jan Kuryj, Poland:
The Effect of Large Property Owners on the Real Estate Market and Local Development
[paper] [slides]
This is a peer reviewed paper.

Mr. Fülöp Benedek, Hungary:
The Hungarian National Land Fund and Its Role in the State Land Policy
[paper] [slides]

Mr. Kiril Georgievski, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, based and adopted from the report by Simon Keith, FAO Land Management Consultant and others:
Support for Preparation of Proposal on State Land Management in Rural Areas of Macedonia
[slides]

Ms. Sabina Źróbek, Poland:
The Influence of Local Real Estate Management Policy on Community Budgets
[paper] [slides]
This is a peer reviewed paper.

12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 7: North-America — Pacific — Australasia Experiences
Chair: Dr. Mele E. T. Rakai, Fiji

Mr. Daniel Roberge, Canada:
The Register of the Domain of the State - An Essential Infrastructure in Public Land Management
[paper] [slides]

Mr. Trevor Knowles, New Zealand:
State and Public Sector Land Management in New Zealand: An Outline of the Background and Administration Processes
[paper] [slides]

Dr. Mele E. T. Rakai, Fiji:
State and Public Land Management - a Pacific Perspective
[slides]

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 8: Panel Discussion and Conclusions
Moderator: Dr. Mika Törhönen, FAO and Dr. Richard Grover, United Kingdom

Closing
[paper] [slides]

© International Federation of Surveyors,  2008

Last revised on 15-09-04