ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES

IN BUILDING THE EGYPTIAN

CADASTRAL SYSTEM
Amr Abbas
AGENDA
History Of The Egyptian Cadastre
The Egyptian Cadastre Framework
Current Technology Platform
The Rural Title Registration System Automation Project
The URrban Title Registration System Project
HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIAN
ANCIENT CADASTRE
Tomb of Menna
Egypt was the home of the first
known surveyors (3000 BC)
Surveying was necessary in
Ancient Egypt because the
annual floods buried or
destroyed boundary markers,
which then had to be re-
established for ownership of
the fields.
Rents and taxes on property
were based on the area being
farmed
HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIAN
MODERN CADASTRE
First Cadastre
for Farm
Taxation
1813 - 1822
Cultivated
Areas Accurate
Cadastral
Survey
1892-1907
The creation of
the modern land
registration
system
1927
Initiation of Deed
Registration
System
1947 1964
Title Registration
Law declaration
2005
Initiation of Rural
Title Registration
System Automation
2006
Initiation of Title
Registration
for Urban Areas
1975
Initiation of Title
Registration
for Rural Areas
Egyptian
Cadastre
Rural / Urban
Real Estate
Publicity
Department
[REPD]
Egyptian
Survey
Authority
[ESA]
Real Estate
Taxation
Department
State Owned
Land Register
Municipalities
/ New
Communities
Citizen
Banks
THE EGYPTIAN CADASTRE
FRAMEWORK
2 Main Sponsor Entities
Egyptian Survey Authority [ESA]
Real Estate Publicity Department
[REPD]
1 Interactive Entity
Real Estate Taxation
Department
Multiple beneficiaries
Real Estate
Publicity
Department
[REPD]
Egyptian
Survey
Authority
[ESA]
Ownership
DB
Real Estate
Taxation
Department
Survey
DB
Taxation
DB
System Sponsor
Interactive Org.
Users

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM
2 Supporting Ministries for
The Cadastre platforms
Implementation
Ministry of Communication &
Information Technology
Ministry of State for
Administrative Development

Backend ITPlatforms
DB2
Business Process Manager
Oracle Database
Oracle BPEL
GIS Platform
ArcGISfor Server
ArcGISfor Desktop
ArcGISWorkflow Manager
Survey Analyst
Cadastre & Registry Agencies
Real Estate
Publicity
Department
[REPD]
Egyptian
Survey
Authority
[ESA]
Real Estate
Taxation
Department
New Urban
Communities
Authority
Local
Government
Municipalities
Urban Deed
Registration
System
Urban Title Registration
System
Rural Title Registration
System
THE RURAL TITLE REGISTRATION
SYSTEM AUTOMATION PROJ ECT
HIGH above EGYPT MARCELLO BERTINETTI
PROJ ECT SUMMARY

Project Started J une 2005
Estimated Project Duration 3 Years
Project Budget (20 Million USD)
Coverage (80 % of Rural Areas)
Participated Entities
Egyptian Survey Authority
Real Estate Publicity Department
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
Actual Implementation Duration 6 Years


PROJ ECT OBJ ECTIVES

Improve cadastre services and insure the
satisfaction of Egyptian citizen
Secure ownership of land and land
transaction operations
Networking all parties involved in the
provision/use of cadastre services Participated
Entities
Support real estate industry and encourage
foreign investment in this sector
Effective use of technologies for ICT, Internet,
databases and operations management
tools.
Support on-line requests for cadastre
data/services, in the framework of e-
government
Phase III
Rollout
2010 - 2015
Automation Issues
Resolving
System Rollout Across
Egypt
(19 Governorate)
Capacity Building
System Support &
Maintenance
(52 Support Engineer)
Phase II
Automation
2007 - 2010
ESA
Provinces
Automation
REPD
Provinces
Automation
REPD Unified
Offices
Automation
ESA Survey
Offices
Automation
Rollout the Automated System in 2
Governorates
Process Re-engineering
Establishment of The Cadastral &
Registry Information Centers
PROJ ECT PHASES

Conversion of
Maps to GIS
( 138,000 )
Data Entry for
Title Certificates
( 6,500,000 )
Establishment Of
the Cadastral
Gedatabase
Establishment
Of the Registry
Database
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Phase I
Database Establishment
2005 - 2009
Registration
Request


REGISTRATION PROCESS
ENTITIES INTERRELATION
ESA
HQ
REPD
HQ
ESA
Province Office
REPD
Province Office
ESA
District Office
REPD
District Office
Title
Certificate


Cadastral Process
Registry Process
Support
/ Approval
Survey
Form
Property
Updates
Property
Updates
Property
Updates
Registration
validation
Validation
CIF
PROCESS REENGINEERING
OBJ ECTIVES
Simplify Workflow through Automation
Eliminate bottlenecks within the services
Standardize the service inputs and
outputs
Improve the working environment for
better service
Unify internal and external
communication channels
Apply the global cadastre standard
Build the required infrastructure (IT,
Operation, Construction)
Build the required capacities


PROCESS REENGINEERING
APPROACH
The one Stop Shop
Introduced (The unified
Registration Office)
All processes have been
simulated and approved
before Actual
Implementation including
Spaces requirements , IT
Components
Pilot Setup in 2 governorates


NEW AUTOMATED
REGISTRATION PROCESS
ESA Headquarter
Cadastral Process
Survey Office Survey Office
Province . Province 1
Replication
Data Retrieval &
Submission
REPD Headquarter
Registry Process
Unified Office
Unified Office
Province . Province 1
Replication
Data Retrieval &
Submission
Registration
Request


Title
Certificate


Web
Services
Integration
Transaction Entry
transaction Attachments Archiving
Survey Scheduling
Survey Data Upload
Cadastral Certificate Issuing
Land Title Issuing
PROJ ECT
ACHIEVEMENTS
Full Conversion & Validation of the Cadastral
and Title Data Covers 80% of rural areas
Enhanced Workflows (Unified Office)
System Running in 19 Governorate
Stable data updates
Seamless integration between ESA & REPD
Data Replication to headquarters
Full monitoring
52 Support Engineer maintaining the system


PROJ ECT
CHALLENGES
Lack of funds to fully automate all the
survey offices.
Difficulty to maintain the Infrastructure &
Physical Environment.
Paper Work is still running in parallel (Legal
Issues need to be resolved).
Online services is not yet introduced.
High turnover rate for Support engineers
THE URBAN TITLE REGISTRATION
SYSTEM PROJ ECT
HIGH above EGYPT MARCELLO BERTINETTI
DIGITAL GLOBE
PROJ ECT SUMMARY

Project Started J une 2006
Estimated Project Duration 3 Years
Coverage ( 4 Districts/ 5 New Cities)
Participated Entities
Egyptian Survey Authority
Real Estate Publicity Department
Real Estate Taxation Department
Local Districts
New Communities Authority
Ministry of State for Administrative Development
Project Not Yet Closed


PROJ ECT OBJ ECTIVES

Start Tile registration in urban areas replacing
the old Deed registration System
Collect Cadastral & Ownership information to
Register Titles for selected areas
Establishment of Urban Cadastral Geodatabase
and the unified urban Coding System.
Provide a fully automated system that support
the registration process and link all entities
together using SOA concepts.
Rollout the system in the 9 areas
PROJ ECT PHASES

Phase II
The First Registration
2009 - Now
Collect and Convert
Ownership & Legal Data By
ESA
Validate Ownership & Legal
Information
Link ownership information
With cadastral data
Titles Announcement For
objections
Establishment
The final Cadastral &
Registry Databases
Parcels Survey By ESA
For Selected Areas
Establish the urban
cadastre Coding System
Convert Buildings & Units
Drawings By Private
Sector
Phase I
Preparation Phase
2007- Now
Establishment
Of the Cadastral
Geodatabas
Phase III
Services Automation
System Support &
Maintenance
2007 - Now
Process Engineering
System Rollout Across the
9 Areas
Build Automated System
for Services
URBAN CADASTRE
CODING SYSTEM
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Building * 28 17 13 049 00001 01
Common Parts * 28 17 13 049 00001 01 1A
Floor Identifier 28 17 13 049 00001 01 02
Floor 28 17 13 049 00001 01 02 04
Unit * 28 17 13 049 00001 01 02 04 02
Parcel
Building 1
Floor 1
Unit 1 Unit 2
Common
Parts
22 Digit Coding Schema
* Registered Objects
BUILDINGS &UNITS
DATA CONVERSION
PROJ ECT
ACHIEVEMENTS
Establishment of a Stable Urban Coding
Schema
Cadastral & Legal information is about to
be completed for the 5 New Cities
Automated systems is used for data
collection & validation
Process Engineering is completed
Services Automation is completed and
waiting for rollout


PROJ ECT
CHALLENGES
Delays in data collection and validation
Difficulty to produce units cadastral
information in Old districts
Project scope is reduced to serve only 2
entitles for automation (ESA and REPD)
Undefined Procedures for special cases in
Building and Units registration
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FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION!


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