International funding projects in Republic Geodetic Authority Serbia: Republic Geodetic Authority Workshop Exploring Funding Instruments for NMCA 7-8 November 2012
Republic Geodetic Authority Republic Geodetic Authority [RGA] is a special organisation defined by the Law on Ministry The national provider and administrator of cadastre and geoinformation Geodetic Reference System State Survey Real Estate Cadastre Utility Cadastre Spatial Units Register Addresses Register Topographic Mapping Assessment of Real Estate Valuation Geographical Names Register Geomagnetism NSDI Nation-wide; 2715 employees in 6 sectors
Overview Project funding sources experience in RGA: World Bank loan EU founds Donors projects G2G loan
World Bank Loan Title Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project Funding World Bank Loan Timing 2004 2012 Total value Credit: USD 30 million Republic of Serbia contribution: USD 9.51 million Total: USD 39.51 million 10 year grace period Objective To increase confidence and lower transaction costs by building a more efficient property registration and cadastre system, with the purpose of contributing to the development of effective real property market Project supports operational development formation of the real estate cadastre and institutional development for RGA
World Bank Loan Project components: Technical and Operational Development and Support Geodetic Reference Framework Digital Cadastre Mapping Real Estate Cadastre Execution Real Estate Cadastre Completion for Belgrade Improving Registration Services to the Public ICT Systems Modernization for REC Legal Extension Services Institutional Development and Capacity Building Strategic and Business Plan Development ICT Strategy updating and implementation Legal Framework Completion Global Customer Publicity and Information Campaigns Training and HR Development Project Management Research and Development Monitoring and Evaluation
World Bank Loan The most important project results: Real Estate Cadastre establishment Parameters Planed Realisation Realisation [%] Cadastral municipality number 91 225 247 Area [ha] 212 746 510 398 240 Cadastral municipality number 903 277 1 424 526 158 Title sheets number 472 058 964 642 204 Digital Cadastral Maps creation Scale Planed [ha] Realisation [ha] 500 8 000 71 600 1000 47 000 8 110 2500 128 000 2 152 000 Total 183 000 2 231 710
CARDS Program of EU Title Digital orthophoto production in the Republic of Serbia Funding CARDS program Timing 2005 2010 Total value EUR 9 million Objective The territory of the Republic of Serbia will have up-to-date digital basis usable: for updating of the existing survey, for the transformation of the existing survey into the state co-ordinate system, for NSDI, for urban development designing and planning as well as other kinds of designing and planning, as a GIS basis. RGA personnel trained in the field of digital photogrammetry Procurement of equipment
CARDS Program of EU CARDS Program of European Union (2005-2010) Digital orthophoto production in the Republic of Serbia Digital ortophoto and digital terrain model for Serbia: GSD 10 cm for all urban areas (P= 3199 km 2 ), Total: 166 towns and cities GSD 20 cm for areas in stereographic and Zoldner projection (P= 6260 km 2 ), Total: 194 cadastral municipalities GSD 40 cm for territory of Serbia (P= 70600 km 2 ) except areas for DOF GSD 20 cm and City of Belgrade Survey in period 2007 2010 RGB and IR UTM and Gauss-Kruger projection Digital terrain model Available on the geoportal
Japan grant Title The Project for Capacity Development of Digital Basic State Mapping in Serbia Funding Japan grant Timing 2009 2011 Total value EUR 1.5 million Objective To establish sustainable system for production, updating and distribution of digital basic state map, scale 1:5000 and 1:10000, through procurement of equipment, transfer of technology and training To make necessary regulations, revise and provide digital basic state maps; Establishing of system for digital basic state mapping and its revision; Establishing and conducting of training programs for digital basic state mapping
Japan grant JICA project (2009-2011) Capacity development for digital state map production in the Republic of Serbia Transfer of technology and training Procurement of equipment Digital basic state map for scale 1:5000 for pilot areas
Swedish grant Title Capacity Building for Serbia: Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project Funding Swedish grant Timing 2004 2012 Total value SEK 45 million EUR 5.3 million Objective Improving of the institutional capacity of RGA to support the World bank Real estate cadastre and registration project, funded project and other projects The capacity and competence of the RGA to realize its development goals and achieve expected results and outcomes is strengthened in a sustainable way
Swedish grant Donation of Sweden (2010-2012) Capacity Building in RGA The Agreement on General Terms and Conditions for Development Cooperation between the Government of Sweden and the Government of the Republic of Serbia Project partners: SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Lantmäteriet - The Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority
Swedish grant Project phases and components Phase I (2004 2005) Seminars and courses on real estate management, strategic planning and management, project management Phase II (2006 2009) Strengthening of RGA s institutional and management capacity, cooperation with institutions of higher learning and municipalities, geodetic infrastructure and geodetic methods, e-upri, digital archive implementation, studies of mortgage and land and property valuation systems Phase III (2010 2012) AGROS development Mortgage System, Development and Implementation Development of Mass Appraisal Concept Development of Quality Assurance and Quality Control Concept Digital Archive System, Development and Implementation Intranet Development
Norwegian grant Title RGA Statens Kartverk Twinnig Project Funding Norwegian grant Twining project Timing 2004 2011 Total value EUR 0.90 million phase I EUR 0.60 million phase II EUR 0.75 million phase III Objective Ensuring that Scan Centre operates with efficiency and with quality needed to meet the progress plans for the establishment of the Real Estate Cadastre Establishing a well functioning Digital Archive which shall be supported with equipment for conversion and safe storage of textual information as well as for storage of data produced at the Scan centre. Enhancing the capacity of RGA to actively participate in European integration and harmonization of geodetic and geographic information services, through establishment of web portal and to assist with the preparation of a strategy for the Serbian NSDI in compliance with the EU INSPIRE directive
Norwegian grant Title RGA Statens Kartverk Twinnig Project Geographic information for development and EU integration Funding Norwegian grant Twining project Timing 2011 2012 Total value EUR 0.37 million Objective Well organised National Spatial Data Infrastructure The national Geoportal shall be operational in accordance with the INSPIRE RGA shall have the capacity and competence to maintain and develop of NSDI
Scan Centre Scan Centre establishing: 2005 RGA Scan Centre was established from the donation of Norway Scanning of cadastral maps, cadastral field sketches, aerial photos, topographic and state maps Georeferencing of cadastral maps Workflow System was developed to provide optimal production line Two flatbed scanners with vacuum table KartoScan FBV
Digital Archive Digital Archive establishing: Follow up the Swedish project results Conversion of paper documentation to digital form Safe storage of scanned data (land books, maps, cadastral documentation) Unique identification of each scanned document with the bar code Office furniture for the redesigned space of Digital archive Equipment for scanning/photographing (computers, cameras, mass storages, etc) Software solution for DA system Photo-table
French loan Title National Spatial Data Infrastructure and Remote-Sensing Centre for the Republic of Serbia based on IGIS (Infoterra Geo-Information Solution) Funding French government loan Timing 2010 2013 Total value EUR 16.2 million Objective RGA aims at implementing an economically sustainable NSDI. This is seen as a structuring project consisting of wide range or geospatial data, technologies, standards, legislation and professional training related to these components. The objective is to build up a capability in conformance with the EU SDI specified standards. The aim of this Remote Sensing Centre and NSDI is to produce, organise and distribute mapping data for citizens, as well as the public and private sectors.
French Loan IGIS project (2010-2013) National Spatial Data Infrastructure And Remote-Sensing Centre for the Republic of Serbia based on IGIS (Infoterra Geo-Information Solution) Kick-off meeting on 22. September 2010 Project partners: IGN France EADS Astrium Republic Geodetic Authority
French loan Project components IGIS project (2010-2013) Satellite images, digital aerial photography acquisition, LIDAR Stereo plotting, production of 3D vector topographic layer Remote sensing (agro-environmental) workshop Raster workshop to maintain raster Map editing workshop (generation of digital and hardcopy maps) Technical infrastructure: Central Data Repository Web Portals: METIS WebBoutique/DataDoors INSPIRE compatible
IPA project Title INSPIRATION Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Western Balkans Funding Europe Aid IPA funds (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance) Timing 2011 2013 Total value EUR 1.4 million Objective To contribute towards a favourable environment for accurate, up-todate, high-quality, well structured and accessible spatial data in local, regional and State administrative bodies in the Western Balkans To promote SDI and further coordinate its implementation in the Western Balkans with a view to preparing Beneficiaries to meet with the objectives of the Inspire Directive
IPA project Activities: 1: Policy, Institutional and Legislative Framework Analyses 2: Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer 3: Awareness Raising and Communication Results Legislation regarding SDI framework prepared for implementation in each country Improved capacity of NMCA s officials and NSDI users in the field of SDI Raised awareness among public and government in NSDI/INSPIRE Instruments Regional analysis, regional and country recommendation reports and studies Regional conferences and trainings, national workshops, INSPIRE Days and an annual regional INSPIRE Forum, public awareness campaigns, website
Access to funds Obstacles in funds finding The need for external funding arises when no other approach Getting funding for project can take a lot of effort especially if you are not familiar with what is available Sustainable continuity External sources usually means financing for a limited period of time and according to the rules of an external organisation If the issue of long term financial viability has not been taken into consideration, many projects may collapse once the external finances are no longer available
Access to funds Approach The EU Integration Office is in charge for coordination of programming of international development assistance Provision of an internal capacity for finding the right donor instrument (concept of the EU programming) Projects shall meet the strategic objectives of organisation
Experience How to succeed in getting fund? Donors conference Inter-institutional cooperation at national level based on inter-sectoral collaboration Cross-border projects at regional level Promotion of successful results of previous projects (closing conference, workshop, web site )
Implementation factors Failure factors System is not in use at ending of project Unrealistic expectations Unstable requirements (caused by regulation changes, new technology, long -term projects and lasting preparation phase) No support from management Lack of experience with management of international projects Lack of personnel resources (no priority for project activities) Inflexible procurements procedures for complex IT solutions (the cheapest bidder is not the best) example: IT system development for Real Estate Cadastre under the World Bank project
Implementation factors Success factors Good planning (clear goals, realistic costs and timeframe) Assurance of project result continuity (operational after ending) Clearly defined requirements with realistic expectations Phased approach (software components and small projects tend to be less complex) Flexible approach (adapting to realistic situation) Support from management (permanent reporting and monitoring) Project core team (competent and goal oriented personnel) Risk analyse, problems identification, adequate reaction
Benefits Benefits of international funding projects All projects are successful RGA highly appreciated contribution from donors Results achieved under projects are outstanding and help us a lot to improve our expertise and services Cooperation and exchange of experience is important to sustain achieved results and further development in the fields of: Real estate management Data provision Business processes improvement Development of new services for customers Institutional cooperation with project partners is based on mutual understanding and friendship Network of connected European NMCA
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