Pacific
PNG - National Land Development Program - Concept Design Study
Prepared a Concept Design Document to enable the Government of PNG to advance its National Land Development Program. This included developing a detailed a component framework, which recognised the key areas that evolved from the National Land Development Taskforce Report, namely land administration, customary land development and disputes settlement.
Pacific Regional Land Program Design
Responsible for assisting AusAID to identify and develop potential options to support education, training and professional development of Pacific island land practitioners.
VANUATU – Sep 2006 and Jan to March 2008 (AusAID)
Review of National Land Legislation and Policy
Vanuatu’s first National Land Summit was held from 25-29 September 2006 in Port Vila, with the theme "Sustainable Land Management and Fair Dealings to Ensure Progress with Equity and Stability”. Chris Lunnay was invited to the Land Summit to present a paper “Vanuatu – Effective Land Administration”. The Summit concluded with twenty resolutions and a Steering Committee was established to monitor progress and take forward the 20 resolutions from the Summit.
Land Equity International was requested by AusAID to provide technical assistance to support the Ministry of Lands and Resources in its review of the outcomes from the National Land Summit, and identify the reforms and possible assistance necessary to implement those outcomes, both in the short and longer terms. LEI presented the review findings to the Steering Committee for consideration.
VANUATU - Sept and Oct 2008 (NZAID)
Project Design to Strengthen the Customary Land Tribunal and the Department of Lands’ Land Information Management
Land Equity International was contracted by NZAID to undertake the project design and preparation of an Activity Design Document that would enable the strengthening of the customary land activities under the Customary Land Tribunal Act 2001 and support the strengthening of land information management in the Department of Lands, Survey and Records.
NZAID had provided ongoing support to the Government of Vanuatu for the development of the Customary Land Tribunal legislation, implementation and public awareness. The design activities were aimed at assessing the current status of the tribunal activities, the quality of services and capacity to respond to service demands and identify ways to strengthen the current legislation, implementation processes and improve public awareness and training activities.
The Land Information Management activities were aimed at strengthening the development of Land Information Management systems capable of processing and managing records, exchanging data with other key systems and supporting the business activities of the Department of Lands, Surveys and Records.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – June to Sept 2007 (AusAID)
Preparation of Concept Design Document for Government of PNG
A National Land Summit was held in Lae in August 2005 themed Land, Economic Growth and Development to generate strategic options to access land for development. Following the Land Summit, a National Land Development Taskforce (NLDT) was established to identify problems and issues relating to land administration, land dispute resolution procedures and how best to access land under customary ownership to enable development.
An outline for a National Land Development Program was developed with a primary objective of facilitating the implementation of the National Land Development Taskforce recommendations in respect of land administration, land dispute settlement and customary land development.
Land Equity International was contracted by AusAID to work with the Government of PNG, through the National Research Institute, to prepare a Concept Design Document for the GoPNG that would provide a strategic framework for the implementation of the PNG National Land Development Program and assist the government in planning and budgeting for the implementation of the program.
SAMOA – January 2005 to June 2009 (World Bank)
SIAM II, Sustainable Management: Land Administration and Survey Project
The Samoa Land Administration and Survey Project is part of the World Bank's Second Infrastructure Asset Management Project and has been designed to assist the Samoan government achieve its goal of sustainable resource management and registration of land. Land Equity International is working closely with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to providing technical assistance. The project involves a significant component of geodetic network upgrades, associated procurement of GPS equipment and training, developing a strategy for the integration of land information and preparing national standards for the production and maintenance of mapping data.
TIMOR-LESTE – August 2004 (AusAID)
Capacity Building at National Directorate of Land and Property
AusAID has provided operational assistance to DNLP since May 2000 and Land Equity International was subcontracted by the Australian Managing Contractor, ITC (University of Wollongong), to design the final stages of this assistance under the Australia-East Timor Capacity Building Program. Land Equity provided general advice on the development of land administration capacity and prepared the design for specialist technical assistance in Valuation, Cadastral Survey/Mapping and National Mapping.
TIMOR-LESTE - April 2008 to October 2010 (USAID)
Strengthening Property Rights in Timor-Leste
The purpose of the Strengthening Property Rights in Timor-Leste is to develop laws, systems, institutions and capacity to clarify and secure property rights for all Timorese. The project is managed by ARD and Land Equity International is providing support and technical assistance for the Land Administration (Cadastral, Registration and Land Titling System) component. This requires working with the Government of Timor-Leste through the National Directorate of Land Property and Cadastral Services (DNTPSC) to develop a national land cadastre to clarify and record property location, boundaries, assets, and property claims.
The claims registry system is being developed using state of the art digital technology, including use of AdapxTM digital pen technology which enables forms and field data to be recorded digitally and downloaded directly into digital forms and to GIS applications. Land Equity International has provided technical support for IT systems analysis, geodesy and cadastral surveying, GIS data capture, IT software development and M&E.
The Land Equity International activities have been supported by other project components aimed at developing appropriate dispute resolution mechanisms, gender equity in claims adjudication and recording and extensive public awareness campaigns aimed at making people aware of the project activities as well as their rights in relation to the land claims recording process.
SOLOMON ISLANDS – April to June 2006 (AusAID)
Solomon Islands Land Sector Mission
Land Equity International participated in the mission that was undertaken over two periods to undertake an assessment of Australia’s assistance to the lands sector and to make recommendations of options for future Australian assistance in the land sector in the Solomon Islands. AusAID had been providing support to the land sector through the Solomon Islands Institutional Strengthening in Land Administration Project (SIISLAP). The mission reviewed this project and also undertook an assessment of the Department of Lands and Survey, Solomon Islands College of Higher Education, temporary occupation licenses, land management and support for physical planning. To enable appropriate planning for support of customary land rights in the Solomon Islands to assist with economic development a detailed assessment of the recognition of customary rights in the Solomon Islands was undertaken including a review of the Pilot Project at Auluta Basin in Malaita.
Pacific Land Program Case Studies – March to September 2007 (AusAID)
Fiji, PNG and Lao PDR
Chris Lunnay was contracted by AusAID to prepare one of the 16 case studies for the Pacific Land Program. The case study “Training and Educating Land Professionals: The Value of Institutional Partnerships”, reviewed methods and strategies for providing education and training support in land administration to Pacific nations. The existing capacity for education and training in Fiji and Papua New Guinea was assessed along with the education and training strategies that had been developed on an AusAID funded project in Lao PDR - the Lao Land Titling Project. The focus of the study was to gain insight into methods and practices for delivering quality education and training for land professionals that may be relevant and useful in the Pacific.
