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13th session of the Working Party on Land Administration

13th session of the Working Party on Land Administration

Housing and Land Management
04 - 05 April 2023
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

Time: from 10 a.m. at Room XXIV

Logistical information (English and Russian)

The Thirteenth Session of the Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) provided an international platform for exchange on issues related to land administration and management. Representatives of the UNECE member States elected one Chairperson, two Vice-Chairpersons and additional Bureau members during the session. The session reviewed the implementation of the WPLA programme of work since the Twelfth Session in 2021, decided on the next programme of work for the biennium 2024-2025, and reviewed and approved the draft Terms of Reference for the period of 2025-2030. 

Moreover, the Working Party considered megatrends challenging governments in the UNECE region and beyond, including ecosystems and security in land administration. The session featured strategic discussions on accelerated digitalization and the future role of land administration as well as sustainable development and security of property rights in the region and beyond.

Video recordings of the session

Day 1, 4 April 2023     video 1     video 2

Day 2, 5 April 2023     video

 

Draft detailed programme

40298 _ WPLA 13th session draft detailed programme _ 375572 _ English _ 773 _ 377667 _ pdf
40298 _ WPLA 13th session draft detailed programme _ 375572 _ Russian _ 864 _ 377790 _ pdf

Official documents

35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/1 - Provisional agenda for the thirteenth session of the Working Party on Land Administration _ 373171 _ English _ 773 _ 374208 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/1 - Provisional agenda for the thirteenth session of the Working Party on Land Administration _ 373171 _ French _ 780 _ 374209 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/1 - Provisional agenda for the thirteenth session of the Working Party on Land Administration _ 373171 _ Russian _ 864 _ 374210 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/2 - Report of the thirteenth session of the Working Party on Land Administration (advance copy) _ 377718 _ English _ 773 _ 378982 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/3 - Review of the programmes of work for 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 _ 373365 _ English _ 773 _ 374220 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/3 - Review of the programmes of work for 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 _ 373365 _ French _ 780 _ 374221 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/3 - Review of the programmes of work for 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 _ 373365 _ Russian _ 864 _ 374222 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/4 - Outcome of the thematic webinars on land administration _ 375121 _ English _ 773 _ 374212 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/4 - Outcome of the thematic webinars on land administration _ 375121 _ French _ 780 _ 374213 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/4 - Outcome of the thematic webinars on land administration _ 375121 _ Russian _ 864 _ 374214 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/5 - Working Party thematic focus areas - Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements _ 374802 _ English _ 773 _ 374215 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/5 - Working Party thematic focus areas - Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements _ 374802 _ French _ 780 _ 374216 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/5 - Working Party thematic focus areas - Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements _ 374802 _ Russian _ 864 _ 374217 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/6 - Draft programme of work for 2024-2025 _ 373861 _ English _ 773 _ 373641 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/6 - Draft programme of work for 2024-2025 _ 373861 _ French _ 780 _ 373642 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/6 - Draft programme of work for 2024-2025 _ 373861 _ Russian _ 864 _ 373643 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/7 - Draft revised Terms of Reference for the period 2025-2030 _ 373939 _ English _ 773 _ 374225 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/7 - Draft revised Terms of Reference for the period 2025-2030 _ 373939 _ French _ 780 _ 374226 _ pdf
35964 _ ECE/HBP/WP.7/2023/7 - Draft revised Terms of Reference for the period 2025-2030 _ 373939 _ Russian _ 864 _ 374227 _ pdf

Publications for discussion

Presentations - 4 April 2023

41865 _ Agenda item 2 - Matters arising from the eighty-second and eighty-third sessions of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management _ 377558 _ English _ 773 _ 378410 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Reports on outcomes of the webinar series - Cadastral mapping and strategies of land administration authorities in Europe _ 377559 _ English _ 773 _ 378411 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Reports on outcomes of the webinar series - Data interoperability: The benefits for the land administration sector _ 377560 _ English _ 773 _ 378412 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a) Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Reports on outcomes of the webinar series - Benefits and challenges of open data in land administration _ 377561 _ English _ 773 _ 378413 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Reports on outcomes of the webinar series - Socioeconomic benefits of geospatial information _ 377562 _ English _ 773 _ 378414 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Reports on outcomes of the webinar series - Geospatial information – advanced education and competence needs _ 377563 _ English _ 773 _ 378415 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Improvement of informal settlements - COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region - WPLA capacity-building resources to support member States in improvement of informal settlements _ 377572 _ English _ 773 _ 378471 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Improvement of informal settlements - Improvement of informal settlements in countries: current situation and needs in policy advice and capacity-building - Albania _ 377573 _ English _ 773 _ 378472 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Improvement of informal settlements - Improvement of informal settlements in countries: current situation and needs in policy advice and capacity-building - Uzbekistan _ 377574 _ English _ 773 _ 378473 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Improvement of informal settlements - Comments and proposals for cooperation from representatives of international partner organizations - FAO _ 377576 _ English _ 773 _ 378476 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (a): Capacity-building and international knowledge-sharing: Improvement of informal settlements - Comments and proposals for cooperation from representatives of international partner organizations - UN-Habitat _ 377577 _ English _ 773 _ 378477 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (b) Land administration reviews - Updates on the preparation of UNECE country profiles on urban development, housing and land management for Albania and Montenegro _ 377578 _ English _ 773 _ 378478 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (b) Land administration reviews - Country Profile on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management: Albania _ 377579 _ English _ 773 _ 378485 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (c) Studies on selected topics in land administration and land management - Presentation of the study “Digital transformation and land administration – Sustainable practices from the UNECE region and beyond” _ 377580 _ English _ 773 _ 378492 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (c) Studies on selected topics in land administration and land management - Results of the interactive poll _ 377581 _ English _ 773 _ 378493 _ pdf
41865 _ Agenda item 3 (c) Studies on selected topics in land administration and land management - Presentation of the study “Sustainable Development and Security of Property Rights in the UNECE Region: An assessment of perceived tenure security for land and housing” _ 377582 _ English _ 773 _ 378494 _ pdf

Presentations - 5 April 2023

41902 _ Agenda item 4: Keynote segment: Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements - Ecosystems of actors and their functions and security in land administration _ 377583 _ English _ 773 _ 378495 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 4: Keynote segment: Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements - Geospatial Information Ecosystems _ 377588 _ English _ 773 _ 378512 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 4: Keynote segment: Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements - Digital Transformation: an ecosystem of security in land administration _ 377589 _ English _ 773 _ 378513 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 4: Keynote segment: Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements - Panel discussion - Armenia _ 377592 _ English _ 773 _ 378517 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 4: Keynote segment: Ecosystems and security for future land administration arrangements - Results of the interactive poll _ 377593 _ English _ 773 _ 378520 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 5: - Collaboration with the UNECE Real Estate Market Advisory Group on Climate-Neutral, Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Buildings and Cities (REM) _ 377595 _ English _ 773 _ 378523 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 6: - Presentations by WPLA partner organizations on their activities and proposals for cooperation with WPLA - CLRKEN _ 377597 _ English _ 773 _ 378525 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 6: - Presentations by WPLA partner organizations on their activities and proposals for cooperation with WPLA - FIG _ 377598 _ English _ 773 _ 378526 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 6: - Presentations by WPLA partner organizations on their activities and proposals for cooperation with WPLA - FAO _ 377599 _ English _ 773 _ 378527 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 6: - Presentations by WPLA partner organizations on their activities and proposals for cooperation with WPLA - ELRA _ 377600 _ English _ 773 _ 378528 _ pdf
41902 _ Agenda item 6: - Presentations by WPLA partner organizations on their activities and proposals for cooperation with WPLA - UN-Habitat _ 377601 _ English _ 773 _ 378529 _ pdf