Sweden finances technical assistance to Moldova’s ambitious First Cadastre Project for land registration. This project started 1998 with financing from a World Bank credit. Furthermore there has been assistance from Switzerland, France, Norway, Japan; and USAID has financed privatization of almost all earlier collective farm land.
Swedesurvey is responsible for direct technical assistance within in total 13 areas. Within this Swedesurvey also has the task to assist the First Cadastre Project to coordinate other donors input.

The initial goal for the First Cadastre Project was to register 520,000 Real Estates during the 5-year period 1999-2003. Thanks to a good organization and cooperation between all involved there are at the moment 3,500,000 Real Estates registered (April 2003). Moldova has around 5,500,000 Real Estate objects counting land parcels, buildings and apartments. The result is impressive and Moldova to be congratulated.



Although the result is good, there are many, many obstacles to be solved before the land register gives full effect and impact on the Moldavian society.

The objectives for the real estate registration system is to provide:

• property owners with security of ownership rights such that they can sell or rent real estate at fair market prices and pass on there holdings as inheritances,
• commercial banks with the confidence necessary to give secured credit against real estate,
• the real estate market with information on ownership and location of property as needed for the market to function effectively,
• government agencies and institutions with basic information for urban planning and land management,
• the real estate market with selective information on property values, and
• the private sector with opportunities to develop in areas related to real estate registration (surveyors, notaries, valuers).