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STDM Development: Role of UN-HABITAT

Presented at

Post-conference workshop on the Social Tenure Domain Model: From Concept to Implementation

Washington, 11 March 2009

Part of the consortium of partners (see Enemark’s presentation)

UN-HABITAT role 1

Developing the conceptual model for STDM with the following underlining principles:

• Potential addressing security of tenure in vulnerable group both in rural and urban areas

• Recording and registering the continuum of land rights and records (from informal to formal)

• System available fro all potential users

UN-HABITAT role 2

• Build the partnership: • Current four partners with various roles and

responsibilities (ITC, FIG, UN-HABITA/GLTN and the World Bank);

• Other individuals are contributing in the process (e.g. reviewers)

• More partners will be needed at various phases of STDM development

UN-HABITAT role 3

• Seeking potential/new partners including:o Institutions involved in the land administration

activities at country level (testing, use, development);

o Development partners (e.g. pilot, funding –Sweden Sida funding STDM testing in Kenya-, further development)

o Software and systems developers and commercial applications (e.g. further development, pro-poor community of users support);

o Local and national governments (e.g. applications)

UN-HABITAT role 4

• Hold the copyrighto Ensure the product and system are used for public

goodso Ensure that when prototype is ready, to be available

to all potential users and stakeholders at no feeo Ensure that the core principles and concepts are

sustained throughout the product developmento Ensure adequate acknowledgement of sources and

funding

UN-HABITAT role 5

• Funding (seed funding) STDM developmento Funding obtained from the Global Land Tool Network

(GLTN) with support from the government of Sweden (Sida) and Norway…

o See funding the prototype development, testing, pilots, evaluation/review

o In-kind contribution from UN-HABITAT

Current STDM partners

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