South East Asia

Philippines-Australia Land Administration and Management Project - Phase II, Philippines

LAMP II is the second phase of the AusAID / World Bank co-financed Land Administration and Management Project. The project is designed to extend the learning experiences of LAMP 1 to other provinces and municipalities throughout the Philippines with the view of supporting the long term Land Administration and Management (LAM) program goal of reducing poverty and enhancing economic growth by improving the security of land tenure in urban and rural areas in the Philippines.

LAMP II will initially focus on building the institutional and human resource capacity to sustain land administration reforms. We will work closely with civil society, local governments and project partners to advocate for the passing of key legislation developed under LAMP I to create a Land Administration Authority (LAA) and a National Appraisal Authority (NAA).

Philippines Bridging TA II

Land Equity International was contracted to provide bridging technical assistance to the Philippines-Australia Land and Management project during the bridging phase (between phases one and two of the project). It is at this time that the operating procedures for systematic registration and titling were extensively reviewed and streamlined, review of community participation programs (such as the community relation services and community developed) were examined and fully integrated into the systematic registration procedures, oversight of appropriate and active monitoring and evaluation systems was provided and strategies for continued staff development were also developed.

Philippines-Australia Land Administration and Management Project - Quezon City, Philippines

The Philippines-Australia Land and Management Project (PA-LAMP) is a World Bank/AusAID cofinanced project with a total value of AUD$10 million. The project examines policy options and improvements in the policy areas of institutional arrangements, land laws and regulations, finance, fees and valuation.

The project objectives are as follows:

• Conduct large-scale land rights registration
• Improve the integrity and comprehensiveness of the land titles and records system
• Improve public confidence in the land titles system
• Test and determine the most cost-effective method, process and institutional arrangements for land records management
• Design and implement a comprehensive training program

Indonesian Land Administration Project

The main objective of the project is to foster efficient and equitable land markets and alleviate social conflicts over land, through acceleration of land registration in support of the initial phase of the Government of Indonesia’s (GOI) program to register rights in all non-forest land and through the improvement of the institutional framework for land administration needed to sustain the program. The second main objective is to support GOI's efforts to develop long-term land management policies.

Laos-Australia Property Rights and Land Titling Project

The Laos-Australia Property Rights and Land Titling Project (PRLTP) is in the second phase of a long term AusAID/World Bank funded program aimed at developing the Lao PDR government's capacity to provide transparent and efficient land administration services. The emphasis of the second phase is on building institutional capacity, improving service delivery and human resource development.

The project objectives are to improve land tenure security; develop transparent and efficient land administration institutions at the national and provincial levels; and improve government capacity to provide social and economic services through a broader revenue base from property related fees and taxes.

Land Equity International is the prime contractor, responsible for project management, secondment of Thai and Lao experts, and technical management of land titling activity.

Thailand Land Titling Project

Land Equity International core staff managed the first three phases (of a total of four phases) of this award-winning project over sixteen years. The three phases of the Thailand Land Titling project in which Land Equity International provided project management and technical expertise, involved implementing an accelerated program of surveying, mapping and titling, the decentralisation of institutions, developing key strategies for the continued professional development of the Department of Lands personnel into and beyond the fourth phase of the project.

Cambodia, Land Administration and Manegement Project Preparation

Land Equity International assisted the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, Contruction and Cadastre in the preparation of the proposed (now being implemented) Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP). The preparation study involved:

• Definition of the scope and coverage of the long term program and of the 5 year first phase, including definition of key performance indicators which include social impact, economic evaluation and physical indicators,
• Preparation of project design parameters including detailed project components, detailed project costs, financing, institutional arrangements for implementation, project log frame, risk analysis, benefits, social economic and environmental analysis, financial analysis, procurement and financial management arrangements,
• Preparation of a Technical Assistance component for project implementation,
• Identification of key policy and legislative areas to be addressed as part of project implementation, and
• Support for RGC in the period between project preparation and actual project commencement.

Vietnam Making Markets Work Better for the Poor

The Asian Development Bank is implementing a regional project covering Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia entitled Making Markets Work Better for the Poor (MMWBP). The purposes of the project are two fold, firstly to conduct analytical work on the functioning of markets and the extent to which the poor are able to benefit from them, and secondly, to build the capacity enableling support for pro-poor markets development through research activities, networking and the promotion of policy dialogue in the three project countries.

One of the research modules supported by the project covers land market processes and their impact on the poor. Three Vietnamese research partners (CIEM, Mekong Economics and the Center for Rural Progress) were contracted to conduct field survey in a number of sample provinces and districts in the North, the Centre and South of Vietnam. Land Equity International were responsible for the integration of the results and recommendations of the three sets of field data and case studies within a national land market context and supporting land administration infrastructure policy context.