Uganda’s Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
together with IGN FI, in support by the World Bank, are organizing an
international conference on ‘Implementation of the National Land Information
System.
The Conference, which will involve sharing Experiences, innovations
and Good Practices, will run under a theme of ‘Global Modernization of Land
Administration –Making your LIS a Success’.
The guest of honour will be the President of the Republic of
Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
The conference comes after the Government introduced a new
National Land Information System (NLIS) with support from the IGN FI/IGN
Consortium.
The Design, Supply, Installation and Implementation of the
NLIS Infrastructure (DeSINLISI) fully integrates land administration,
registration, valuation, surveying and physical planning.
It is a computerized system that has decentralized
governance with 22 one stop Ministry Zonal Offices (MZOs) now operational
across Uganda.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together key
Ugandan stakeholders engaged in the DeSINLISI Project, notably technical and
administrative staff from Government, IGN FI and other professionals including
surveyors, bankers, lawyers along with civil society organizations and
academia, and prominent players from other Governments and civil society
involved in the modernization of the land sector across Africa and the world at
large as well as development partners including the World Bank.
About 200 delegates from over 30 countries, including Kenya,
Tanzania, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and
Liberia will attend.
The implementation of the NLIS has seen a marked increase in
land transactions and a significant rise in revenue generation.
The time required to check, update or transfer land has been
drastically reduced. Meanwhile, the security of land tenure has been
strengthened and services have been brought closer to the public.
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