Capili: Improving Land Administration System (III)

Monday, July 11, 2011

LAST week, we discussed the objectives of the Land Administration and Management Project (Lamp) 2, which included Policy Development, Institutional Development and Capacity Building, Tenure Security and Property Valuation and Taxation. The fifth objective is Project Management, which is further elaborated below:

5. Project Management. To establish the organizational and management framework, systems and plans for the efficient and effective management and implementation of Lamp. The following are some strategies and proposed legislations to reform the present land administration system in the Philippines, aside from the main activities of LAMP on surveying, mapping, titling, capacity-building and education, among others.

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ONE-STOP SHOPS (OSS) - The OSS shall provide an integrated delivery of services to the public to facilitate land-related transactions to the government and the public through integrated land registration and record management systems. The OSS shall house the offices of the Registry of Deeds, Lamp Provincial Project Implementation Offices (PPIOs), representatives from DENR regional and provincial offices, Department of Land Reform (DLR), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), LGU Assessor's Office and other relevant offices as may be deemed appropriate. These agencies are enjoined to provide the required support to ensure the efficient operation of OSS and its replication in other provinces. The OSS shall be headed by a manager to be recommended by DENR-PCO who can be a designated ROD of LRA or appropriate DENR Officer.

The OSS, in most instances, provides a single point of contact for customers. It offers lower costs, faster and generally improved land transaction facilities for the public, build public and government confidence in the land management system, by providing a validated cadastre index map and provide information and services for payment of taxes and fees, as well as lodgment and approval.

INNOVATION SUPPORT FUND (ISF) - Lamp 2 provides for the establishment of a grant from the Australian Government to the total of $1.5 million AUD, to encourage provinces and municipalities to become actively engaged in initiating process of land administration and management reform and improved delivery of land related services.

The ISF is a mechanism and unit built-in under the Project Management Component of Lamp 2. ISF operates within the directions and objectives of Lamp 2 with the National Steering Committee for Lamp 2 being the overall policy guidance and decision-making body for the ISF facility. A management team provides the overall policy administrative supervision and guidance of the ISF facility. The ISF management team includes the Executive Director of Lamp, the Team Leader for Technical Assistance and the ISF Manager.

The specific objectives of the Innovations Support Fund (ISF) is to support and promote activities and programs that:

• Introduce focused interventions, innovations and new processes developed in LAMP to select LGUs.

• Improve governance, transparency and efficiencies in basic land administration and management service delivery, specifically in land tenure security, land valuations, land titling and land records management.

• Strengthen local inter-agency cooperation, convergence, service integration and partnership of key stakeholders in land administration and management services and functions, particularly, the establishment and operation of a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) facility for land administration and management services.

• Enhancement of local institutional accountability, capacities, performance and participation in land administration and management services.

• Support and strengthen local land administration and management policy, advocacy, instructional and administrative reform initiatives.

All applications and the implementation of the ISF grant shall be based on the guiding principles of innovations, partnership and co-operation, demand driven, and results based and accountability. (to be continued next week)

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(The writer is a Certified Public Accountant and the president of the Baguio Realtors Board, Inc. Apart from being a recognized Real Estate Practitioner as a Real Estate Broker and Educator, Lecturer and Resource Person, he is likewise a Business Management/ NGO/ Cooperative Consultant, Project Development Consultant, Financial Advisor/Loan Broker and Columnist. For comments and more information of Real Estate Updates and Studies, you may get in touch with him at No. 04 Old Forestry Compound, Baguio City 2600. Tel. No. 427-1971/Cell No. 09109302753/ 09163188274 or email: bert_capili@yahoo.com/ bertcapili65@hotmail.com.)