Land Administration and Management Policy
3 STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION
3.1 Description
Dinageca as Mapping and Land Information provider has an important role in providing the society with basic
land and geographic information. The official mapping and production of basic land and geographic data has a
multi-sectorial use. The maps and the data are important planning tools and increasing resources for this
production can often lead to significant rationalization in a wide range of activities. Dinageca is an executive
agency and a government department responsible for establishing and maintaining the national geodetic
networks, national maps series, the national land administration (cadastral systems), and land information
systems.
The Cadastre as a parcel based public land information system will continue to be managed and supervised by
the Government through a strengthened Dinageca. The National Land Cadastre must be demand driven, i.e., it
must fulfil the demands of its clients and needs to be coordinated with other land information systems. Cadastral
data should be accessible to the general public. However, the cadastral system must include measures to
protect individual and private interests from misuse of the information provided. A successful Cadastre should
provide security of tenure, be simple and clear, be easily accessible, and provide current and reliable information
at low cost using modern technology such as hand held GPS, GIS, LIS etc.
3.2 Strategic Plan components
Analyses results indicated that Dinageca is still far behind to meet the crucial role ascribed by the Government
as a natural land resource administrator and manager, as provider and maintainer of the topographic and
thematic mapping, the national land cadastre services, and geo-referenced information. There are a number of
reasons why Dinageca has failed to fulfil its role, gain and materialize its credibility.
These include its low political profile accompanied by lack of knowledge of benefits of national mapping by the
policy or decision-makers, uncertain legal framework, lack of human and material resources, lack of detailed
benefits and costs analyses, and perhaps most importantly the quantification of mapping costs, their nature and
likely implications on the future of the mapping system concept, especially when taking into account the huge
demand for land and other geo-referenced data following the recent dramatic changes ongoing in Mozambique.
The tools for definition of Strategic Plan is “Processes Reengineering”. It is not simply making an organization
more efficient, but unless is effectively serves its customers, in essence, accomplishes its mission, creating
value for the customer and doing in lower cost, higher quality or increased response time may define value.
The purpose of the strategic plan is to develop a planned response (specified planning horizon) strategic vision
related to DINAGECA's mission to these external factors, taking into account the organization's baseline
capabilities, resource availability and markets (or customer base).
The strategic Plan defines as components:
- Land Policy and legal framework issues (macro-strategy).
- Land Management, Land Administration and Institutional Reform issues (micro-strategies).
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