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Succesful finalization of Kadaster projects in Russia
(5 januari 2010)
 Kadaster International recently received two letters from
Russia. One letter was submitted by Igor Manylov, Deputy Minister for Economic
Development. In his letter he praised the results of the projects Kadaster
International has carried out last year in Russia and the significant step which
has been put towards a kadaster-online application in Russia. He indicated that
relations between Russia and the Netherlands are very much served with the
cooperation.
The Director-General of Rosreestr (Russian land registry,
cadastre and mapping agency) also mentioned in his letter of appreciation the
quality of the experts of Dutch Kadaster and the way everyone has worked
together: collegial, with team spirit and mutual respect. During the projects
Kadaster International worked together with experts from Alterra.
In
November, the project closed with a seminar in Kaluga, a city about 200 km from
Moscow. During the seminar a demonstration of the newly developed internet shop
was given by our colleagues from Rosreestr. The conference was attended by
Deputy Minister, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Dutch embassy, officials
from the Ministry and Rosreestr and many representatives of local organizations
from Kaluga.
The Netherlands ministry of Economic Affaires supported the project
financially in the framework of the so-called G2G-programme.
Visit from State Land Supervision China (1 october 2009)
Wednesday 23 September 2009 Kadaster
welcomed a Chinese delegation, headed by Dr Tianzeng Liu, Director General of
the State Land Supervision in Nanjing. The delegation paid a visit because of
Kadaster’s vast experience as an advisor and data provider in land use. The
guests received information on the role of Kadaster in spatial planning and land
use. Special attention was paid to the recent involvement of Kadaster in a
land-supervision project in Albania. In addition, the visitors were given a
demonstration on the way in which cadastral data can support city planning.
Dorine Burmanje nieuwe voorzitter van EuroGeographics
(29 september 2009)
 Mrs Dorine Burmanje, Chair of the Board of Management of
Kadaster, was elected as the new President of EuroGeographics. She is the
successor of Mr Magnus Gudmundsson from Iceland, who was the President over the
last two years. The choice for Mrs Burmanje and Kadaster is a unique opportunity
for EuroGeographics: Mrs Burmanje is the first President belonging to an
organisation which unites topography, cadastre and land registry underneath one
roof. EuroGeographics represents 52 organisations from 43 countries. Members are
mapping agencies, cadastres and land registries. The assocation aims at
realising and promoting a European geo-information infrastructure. For more
information: www.eurogeographics.org.
Study visit from Rwanda (14 september 2009)
From 5 to 12 September, managers of the
Rwanda National Land Centre (NLC) visited Kadaster for a study tour. The visit
was an addition to the knowledge of Kadaster officials who are working in Rwanda
already. In the coming years, Kadaster offers support for the development of NLC
and a sound land registry in Rwanda. Part of the study tour budget stems from a
gift of 10,000 euros which was handed over to the Ambassador of Rwanda in 2007
during Kadaster’s 175th Anniversary celebration. The tour included visits to
many Kadaster departments in Apeldoorn, Arnhem and Zwolle. Visits were also paid
to the Getronics data centre, a notary, a municipality and a real-estate agent.
All of which showed that a cadastre has to be at the heart of society in order
to perform well.
‘Cadastres and Climate Change’ FIG-paper of the month
(24 august 2009)
 Each month,
the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) selects one paper from many
international papers to be its Paper of the Month. For August, FIG chose the
paper ‘Cadastres and Climate Change’ of Kadaster. It was written by Paul van der
Molen, head of the international consultancy department of Kadaster. The article
can be read in www.fig.net. It shows that cadastres can support government
authorities in making policies to face the consequences of climate change. It is
the first article to create attention for this role for cadastres.
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