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1. Title Slide Land Administration System in the Philippines by: ATTY. ERNESTO D. ADOBO, JR. Undersecretary for Staff Bureaus Department of Environment and Natural Resources Republic of the Philippines

2. Title Slide Presentation Outline: • Background: 100 Years of Land Titling • LAMP to the Rescue • Major Reforms and Innovations • Systematic Titling/Adjudication • Benefits of Systematic Titling done by the National Government • Advantages of Systematic Titling in Partnership with the Local Government Units (LGUs) • Important Lessons and Findings

3. Title Slide Background: 100 Years of Land Titling • Good intentions . . . with side effects • Many government agencies with overlapping functions and gaps (Land Management Bureau; Department of Agrarian Reform; National Commission on Indigenous People; Land Registration Authority)

4. Title Slide Background: 100 Years of Land Titling • Negative impact on ground operations • More requirements for applicants • Competition among agencies • Increased risk of double titling • Lack of complete access to updated cadastral information by the Local Government Units (LGUs)

5. Title Slide LAMP to the Rescue…… • Under the Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP) with World Bank (WB) and AusAID • LAMP1 (2001 - 2005) -Pilot testing, conduct of major policy studies, identify reform strategies • LAMP2 (2006 - 2012) - Pursue policy reforms, scale up titling and records management innovations to three (3) provinces

6. Title Slide Major Reforms and Innovations • Land Administration and Management System (LAMS). This system has been completed nationwide • Securing a 60M USD WB loan to complete the conversion of our paper records estimated at around 200,000 million maps and documents (many of which are in the advance stage of deterioration) • Reducing the cost of access to land information by the public by >60% and speeding up delivery of services on the part of the government by 5 to 10 times

7. Title Slide Major Reforms and Innovations • Passage of Republic Act 10023 “Residential Free Patent Act of 2010” • This law is expected to be implemented with strong support from local government units in view of its potential contribution to their local property tax revenue

8. Title Slide Major Reforms and Innovations • Systematic Titling or Adjudication with Strong LGU Participation • This system is expected to improve land titling at the local level and multiply the DENR’s overall resources by up to 10 times • The process will capacitate LGUs towards a better land management through the provision of maps and other information by the national government, as well as technical support

9. Title Slide Major Reforms and Innovations • Valuation Technologies • Real Estate Services Act • National Valuation Standards and Systems • 5. Land Sector Development Framework (LSDF)” - Roadmap towards a 20-year vision, mission, and key policy statement and strategies in four (4) areas: Land Administration; Land Management; Land Information Management; and Valuation

10. Title Slide Other reforms outside of LAMP • Land Titling Computerization Project (LTCP) through the Land Administration Authority (LRA) • “Geoportal” Project a.k.a. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)through the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) • Cadastral Survey Project of the remaining un-surveyed municipalities in the next 2 years

11. Title Slide Systematic Titling/Adjudication • Benefits of Systematic Titling done by the National Government • Services brought closer to the people • Requirements simplified - collectively secured at the local level • Faster processing time from 2-3 years down to 2-3 months • Transparency - active involvement of land owners reduces errors in identification of claimant and boundary

12. Title Slide Systematic Titling/Adjudication • Advantages of Systematic Titling in partnership with Local Government Units • Local leaders sees benefits, share resources • Improve LGU access to cadastral information • Increased revenues on Real Property Taxes • Strengthened capacity of LGUs for land administration and management for global challenges • Multiplies overall government manpower for titling by up to 10 times

13. Title Slide Important Lessons and Findings • Partnership between national and local government units is a must for land titling to be made more efficient • Commitment and readiness of LGUs to be preferred over engaging them all at once

14. Title Slide More Lessons…….. • A good grasp of land administration activities and issues as well as long term direction and benefits to local development are very important in communicating reforms with local leaders, especially if the objective is to get them to participate in its processes… such as land titling

15. Title Slide More Lessons…….. • Given the difficult process of introducing institutional reforms in the Philippines, integrated land information system can be an interim or alternative over a single integrated agency

16. Title Slide More Lessons…….. • The best incentive for project implementers is when they realize the impact of the work they are doing to the community and the government. These are the people that produce the highest results and get support from the local partners. • This is basically what happened in the Province of Bohol, our model province

17. Title Slide Thank You..!