Posted March 1997

Bertinoro I
High-level Technical Seminar:
Private and Public Sector Cooperation
in National Land Tenure Development in Eastern and Central Europe
University Residential Centre
Bertinoro, Italy
1-5 April 1997

Agenda of the Seminar

Tuesday, 1 April 1997

• Formal Opening: Mr. Giancarlo Cicognani, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senator Leonardo Melandri, Italian Parliament

• FAO Introduction to the Seminar: Dr Gustavo Gordillo de Anda, Director, FAO Rural Development Division.

• Seminar Goals and Organisation: Dr Jim Riddell, Chief, FAO Land Tenure Service

Major constraints and obstacles in private and public co-operation in modernising land tenure: The challenge for Eastern and Central European Countries

• Chairperson and opening comments: Prof. Andrzei Hopfer, Olsztyn University of Agriculture and technology, Poland.

• PANEL I: Ms. Baiba Zeimiele, Mr. Bronislovas Mikuta, Mr. Sushanek Vit, Mr. Gyorgy Fenyo

Conveyancing and finance: Private Sector Experience in Eastern Europe

• PANEL II: Mr. Maido Pajo, Mr. Kestutis Kristinaitis, Ms. Albina Aleksiene, Mr. Serge Brovko, Mr. Zsolt Bogos and Mr. Eric Shearer

• Organization of the Working Groups

Wednesday, 2 April 1997

• The Italian Experience for Cadastre Reform
  • National Institutions: Ministero delle Finanze
  • Regional level - Emilia Romagna: Ervet ( Ente Regionale per la Valorizzazione Economica del Territorio )
  • Private sector experience: Italeco
• Using the Private Sector for property tax development
  • Mr. Paul Sanderson: Chief Executive's Office - Valuation Office Agency, London
• Private Sector Participation in Land Information System Development and Administration
  • Outsourcing as a tool for effective land data administration: Mr. John Parker, Surveyor General, Victoria, Australia
  • E-911System in the United States: a Model of Private and Public Sector Co-operation for the Development of Regional or National LIS and Cadastre: Mr. Ken Ferguson and Mr. Peter Norris of Aerial Images, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Formal Dinner

• Remarks on the theme of the Seminar by Mr. Robert Cross, The Outsourcing and the Contract Management Unit Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria (OPCV)-Australia

Thursday 3 April 1997

• Public and Private Experience Regional Planning: the Teranet example. Mr- Chris Valentine, Teranet

Friday, April 4 1997 (Open to public participation)

• Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair
• Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food Production and Foresty Resourses
• Italian Ministry of Finance
• IRI
• Ervet
• University of Bologna

Reporting Working Groups to Plenary

Discussion

Presentation of final conclusions and discussion

Saturday April 5

• Land Registration and Cadastre Modernisation in progress and Legal Reforms
  • Bologna Cadastre Office and demonstrations by staff.
• Presentation of Emilia Romagna Plan for Regional Development