The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique
Mozambique started a massive land registration program to register five million parcels and delimitate four thousand communities. The results of the first two years of this program illustrated that the conventional methods utilized for the land tenure registration were too expensive and time-consumi...
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| description | Mozambique started a massive land registration program to register five million parcels and delimitate four thousand communities. The results of the first two years of this program illustrated that the conventional methods utilized for the land tenure registration were too expensive and time-consuming and faced several data quality problems. The purpose of this research was to conceptualize, develop and test a country-specific Fit For Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) approach for Mozambique, denominated as FFPLA-MOZ, intertwining three pillars: people, processes, and technology, to solve the constraints faced in systematic registrations. Such a contextualized approach needed to be: (i) in line with legislation; (ii) appropriate to the circumstances and needs of the systematic registration; (iii) cost-effective; (iv) based on available technology; and (v) fit to establish a sound and sustainable land administration system. By connecting people, processes, and technology, the FFPLA-MOZ approach achieved several benefits, including cost and time reduction, increased community satisfaction, and improved quality of work and data. The FFPLA-MOZ approach also supported a more robust community engagement through a more participatory land registration, denominated community-based crowdsourcing. Initial observations indicated that strong leadership and commitment were of extreme importance to ensure change management, capacity development, and project delivery for the success of these initiatives. The research only focused on the registration of land under good faith and customary occupations, as well as community delimitations. The next stages should focus on other land management activities and integrate other cadastres. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3a087599dbf4a39a0aad8e31f60492c2023-11-22T08:20:53ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-08-0110881810.3390/land10080818The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in MozambiqueMarisa Balas0João Carrilho1Christiaan Lemmen2Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão, Universidade Aberta, 1250-100 Lisboa, PortugalDepartamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão, Universidade Aberta, 1250-100 Lisboa, PortugalFaculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The NetherlandsMozambique started a massive land registration program to register five million parcels and delimitate four thousand communities. The results of the first two years of this program illustrated that the conventional methods utilized for the land tenure registration were too expensive and time-consuming and faced several data quality problems. The purpose of this research was to conceptualize, develop and test a country-specific Fit For Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) approach for Mozambique, denominated as FFPLA-MOZ, intertwining three pillars: people, processes, and technology, to solve the constraints faced in systematic registrations. Such a contextualized approach needed to be: (i) in line with legislation; (ii) appropriate to the circumstances and needs of the systematic registration; (iii) cost-effective; (iv) based on available technology; and (v) fit to establish a sound and sustainable land administration system. By connecting people, processes, and technology, the FFPLA-MOZ approach achieved several benefits, including cost and time reduction, increased community satisfaction, and improved quality of work and data. The FFPLA-MOZ approach also supported a more robust community engagement through a more participatory land registration, denominated community-based crowdsourcing. Initial observations indicated that strong leadership and commitment were of extreme importance to ensure change management, capacity development, and project delivery for the success of these initiatives. The research only focused on the registration of land under good faith and customary occupations, as well as community delimitations. The next stages should focus on other land management activities and integrate other cadastres.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/8/818fit-for-purpose land administrationland tenure securitycommunity-based crowdsourcingpro-poor land recordationinnovative technologySiGIT |
| spellingShingle | Marisa Balas João Carrilho Christiaan Lemmen The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique Land fit-for-purpose land administration land tenure security community-based crowdsourcing pro-poor land recordation innovative technology SiGIT |
| title | The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique |
| title_full | The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique |
| title_fullStr | The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique |
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| title_short | The Fit for Purpose Land Administration Approach-Connecting People, Processes and Technology in Mozambique |
| title_sort | fit for purpose land administration approach connecting people processes and technology in mozambique |
| topic | fit-for-purpose land administration land tenure security community-based crowdsourcing pro-poor land recordation innovative technology SiGIT |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/8/818 |
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