FIG/FAO 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)
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Programme

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

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

Mr. Fausto Savoldi
CNG Welcome

Dr. Mika Törhonen
FAO Welcome

Mr. András Osskó
FIG Commission 7 Welcome

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

Welcome greetings

  • Prof. Elio Mosele, Verona Province President
  • Mr. Mario Faccioli, Villafranca Major
  • 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, FAO:
FAO's Work in Good Governance and State and Public Land Management

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

Dr. Richard Grover, United Kingdom:
The New Public Management, Accruals Accounting and the Management of Public Sector Real Estate in United Kingdom

Ms. Jenny Franco, FIAN:
Civil Society Perspectives on State and Public Sector Land Management

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

Mr. Enrico Rispoli, Italy:
Land Management in Relation to the European Agreement about the Landscape: Social Needs, Economic Activities and Environment

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

Mr. Riccardo Brugnoli, Italy:
To be announced

Dr. Andrea Cantile, Military Geographic Institute, Italy:
Geographic Cartography Management and Updating

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

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

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

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

Ms. Katja Dells, Germany:
Privatization of Agricultural and Forestry Land in Eastern Germany: A Case Study and Lessons Learned for Countries in Transition

19:30 Hotel Pick-up delegates to Opening Dinner, Loggia Provincia
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. Yougho Lee, Republic of Korea:
Process Management for Effective Disposition of State Land in Korea

Mr. Elshad Khanalibayli, Azerbaijan:
Management and Privatization of State and Public Sector Land in Azerbaijan

Dr. Sareth Boramy, Cambodia:
State Land Management in Cambodia: Visions versus Practice

Mr. Baburam Acharya, Nepal:
Government and Public Land Management in Nepal

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

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

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

Ms. Albina Aleksiene, Mr. Arvydas Bagdonavicius and Mr. Steponas Deveikis, Lithuania:
The Introduction of Valuebased Property Tax in Lithuania - The Case of Effective State and Public Sector Co-operation

Mr. Kiril Georgievski, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia:
Report on FYR Macedonia State and Public Land Management

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

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

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

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

19:00 Dinner in the Hotel
20:30 Hotel pick-up to Verona by Night Tour
20:30-23:00 Verona by Night Tour
23:00-24:00 Free time in the City centre
24:00 Pick-up and back to the hotel

© International Federation of Surveyors,  2008

Last revised on 15-09-04