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Fostering transparency in land ownership, use and administration - Macedonian experience State advisor: Mr. Goce Gruevski Washington DC, March 2014 Republic of Macedonia Agency for Real Estate Cadastre

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2,06 million citizens 25.713 k2 84 local municipalities 1702 cad. municip. 4.2 million parcels cca. 1 million owners cca. 500,000 buildings Access to internet 65,4% of the population 92% of the companies GDP 7507 EUR per capita Q1 2013 +2,9% Q2 2013 +3,9% General information for the Republic of Macedonia

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General information Agency for Real Estate Cadastre Competences: Survey Registration of real estate property rights Mortgage registration Cartographic production Infrastructure cadastre Mass valuation Registration of construction land

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The reforms - key elements 1.The RECRP resulted in Real estate cadastre coverage completed on 98% of the whole territory of Macedonia 2. The annual number of registered property transactions is growing continuously 3. The annual number of registered mortgages is growing continuously 4. Time required to register property decreased 5. Establishment of Private geodetic companies

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The reforms - key elements 1.The RECRP resulted in Real estate cadastre coverage completed on 98% of the whole territory of Macedonia 2. The annual number of registered property transactions is growing continuously 3. The annual number of registered mortgages is growing continuously 4. Time required to register property decreased 5. Establishment of Private geodetic companies

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Real Estate Cadastre and Registration project World Bank

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The reforms - key elements 1.The RECRP resulted in Real estate cadastre coverage completed on 98% of the whole territory of Macedonia 2. The annual number of registered property transactions is growing continuously 2005 42.116 property transactions 2009 93.240 property transactions 2013 - 127.000 property transactions 3. The annual number of registered mortgages is growing continuously 4. Time required to register property decreased 5. Establishment of Private geodetic companies

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Received Applications

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Number of unprocessed applications

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The reforms - key elements 1.The RECRP resulted in Real estate cadastre coverage completed on 98% of the whole territory of Macedonia 2. The annual number of registered property transactions is growing continuously 3. The number of registered mortgages is growing continuously, which represents an improved and expanded use of the real property as payment collateral. 2005 2.920 registered mortgages 2009 6.261 registered mortgages 2013 13.000 registered mortgages 4. Time required to register property decreased 5. Establishment of Private geodetic companies

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Number of mortgages - Registered/Deleted

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Value of Mortgage loans

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The reforms - key elements 1.The RECRP resulted in Real estate cadastre coverage completed on 98% of the whole territory of Macedonia 2. The annual number of registered property transactions is growing continuously 3. The annual number of registered mortgages is growing continuously 4. Local offices of the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre in the country have decreased the time required to register a property transaction to 5 days 2005 - 98 days for first registration 2009 60 days for first registration 2013 less than 30 days for first registration 5. Establishment of Private geodetic companies

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The reforms - key elements 1.The RECRP resulted in Real estate cadastre coverage completed on 98% of the whole territory of Macedonia 2. The annual number of registered property transactions is growing continuously 3. The annual number of registered mortgages is growing continuously 4. Time required to register property decreased 5. Implementation of the Law on Real Estate Cadastre, opening the possibility for a private geodetic practice. Today, Macedonia has more than 280 licensed surveyors and 140 registered geodetic companies providing geodetic services to the citizens.

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Advancement of Private surveying companies

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e-Cadastre system IT system for managing applications for registering transactions Complete monitoring by the management over the applications High safety level (Implemented PKI) Automatic dissemination/delegation of applications Centralized system (Alphanumerical and graphical data in one central database) 16

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e-Cadastre for professional users

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Electronic services - professional users Browsing the Land Cadastre Browsing the real estate cadastre AREC GIS portal MAKPOS MAKEDIT e-Cadastre (eKat) eKat front desk Electronic documents exchange

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Electronic services public users Browsing the content of the Possessory list Search by number of PL Search by number of CP Search by address of the real property Search via the AREC GIS portal Online status of the submitted application AREC GIS portal Android/iOS mobile Application

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Conclusions Lessons learned 1.Macedonia has good legislation that regulates ownership rights over real properties in the country 2. Establishment of the private geodetic practice 3. Establishment of MAKPOS GNSS network 4. The well-designed IT system, filled with the data on real properties obtained via the RECRP provides reliable geospatial data and real property data for the general public and the business sector 5. Simplified and efficient procedures 6. Big impact for the economy and investments

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Conclusions Lessons learned 1.Building strong relationship with the professional clients Notaries Private surveying companies Municipalities 2. Provide electronic services 3. Continuous education and training 4. Continuous communication with the citizens, listening and solving issues related to REC 5. Improved trust of the people in the institution and bigger satisfaction - Transparency

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Republic of Macedonia Agency for Real Estate Cadastre Thank you for your attention Goce Gruevski, State Advisor g.gruevski@katastar.gov.mk