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Lantmäteriet contributes to Swedish policy for global development and Agenda 2030 through our service exports.
We contribute through our service exports
Lantmäteriet contributes to Swedish policy for global development and Agenda 2030 through our service exports. Efforts here are concentrated on fighting poverty and providing economic, social and environmental development.
Lantmäteriet 's contribution is based on our authority assignment, ie property division, basic geographical information and property information, registration according to the Land Code and geodetic reference systems.
Service exports are conducted primarily as regulatory cooperation with surveying authorities within the framework of Sida's development work, with a focus on Africa and EU-close countries.
In-depth analyzes and integration of the agenda
An in-depth analysis focusing on service exports contributions to the sub-goals in Agenda 2030 have been implemented in two steps. Partly at an overall level where the most common sub-goals have been identified based on ongoing efforts and previous experience as well as Lantmäteriet's core business. Lantmäteriet's service exports have a capacity-building focus, adapted to the partner countries, which leads to differences in which sub-goals the work contributes to.
The service exports' project management model, templates, reports and plans have updated to integrate Agenda 2030. Both work plans and annual reports contain descriptions of connections and contributions to the global sustainability goals. When developing new project proposals, an analysis is started of the country's priorities of sub-goals and how the intended project can contribute to achieving these.
Project-specific sustainability analyzes
As the different projects can affect different sub-goals, a project-specific sustainability analysis is carried out based on the current project's goals and the partner country's focus areas for Agenda 2030. During this work, the project's goals primarily on the partner country's priority sub-goals.
The sustainability analysis of the project in Rwanda shows which sub-goals are affected and how much impact the various activities in the project have in relation to work effort. Through the sustainability analysis, it is possible to identify activities that can both contribute to more sub-goals but also to society as a whole.
In 2020, the project in Rwanda has contributed to, among other things, sub-goal 16.6 (Building efficient and transparent institutions), which has been identified as a priority in Rwanda. This through technical support within Lantmäteriet's core business areas (with a focus on the exercise of authority, learning and capacity building) and in daily work sharing the principles of the Swedish state values for good management (including among others democracy, legality and respect) and Lantmäteriet's complementary values (service, openness and drive).
Examples of how our international projects contribute
1.4) Equal rights to property, basic services technology and economic resources
The right to real estate is an important part of countries' economic, democratic and social development. In order to enable equal land rights for all, a well-functioning land authority (authority that handles land issues) with sufficient capacity is needed to be able to effectively offer citizens the service needed.
In order to be able to assimilate their rights, the individual needs to have them secured in laws and processes but also to know them. In many countries Lantmäteriet operates in, there is legislation that protects the individual's right to land, but it is not exercised to a sufficient degree in society. This can often be due to a lack of knowledge, experience and capacity.
Education and information are areas that Lantmäteriet helps to develop. It includes government cooperation as well as sharing data with private organizations and information to citizens.
An example of an information effort is our project in Rwanda. Where support is given to radio campaigns on land issues with a focus on women's equal right to own and use land. The project has also focused on disseminating information on land issues (legislation, processes and gender equality) and training of local leaders. In addition to this, staff at the local land authority and advisers from support organizations working with gender equality are also trained. This investment in capacity building through education and information on the right to land, regardless of gender, also contributes to democratic, social and economic development.
In the project in Liberia, Lantmäteriet gives information about the basic rights to own land through, among other things, so-called "Talking books", with pre-recorded messages in the language that the people themselves speak. These "Talking books" require no connection to the internet or electricity and the information is adapted to the local context. Through "Talking books" significantly more women and young people are reached than before by the information.
5b) Strengthen the role of women with the help of technology
An important part of Lantmäteriet's international project is to create conditions for women to participate in the projects and benefit from the results. In training initiatives in the field, there is a special focus on giving women the chance to learn the technical tools and systems required to, for example, carry out a property development.
This is because it is common in the countries where it seems that only men have access to technical education and technical work, especially those that include decision-making and new technology. Contributing to more women in technical professions strengthens not only the role of specific women but also the role of women in general.
Access to geodata (geography, real estate, population, etc.) is in many countries a power factor mainly for privileged men. Women who gain access to geodata through technology enable a stronger position in working life.
Owning their own property, knowing about and being able to assimilate their rights is in many cases a necessary platform for being able to work in the public sector. (working life). The link between land issues and gender equality is strong and in many cases gender equality is neglected regarding access to and ownership of land. The women who can gain access to technical and decision-making professions can be role models for other women and valuable as advisors, forerunners and local leaders.
In Liberia, Lantmäteriet educates about ten women, mainly from our sister authority, LLA (Liberia Land Authority) in measurement technology. The education includes geodesy, mathematics, geodata and other technical subjects. This training will enable these women to have more advanced technical tasks, greater confidence and to be more active in counseling and decision-making. This is especially important as there is an acute shortage of surveying engineers in Liberia.
16.6) Build efficient, reliable and transparent institutions
In projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina Lantmäteriet support the construction of two surveying agencies by collecting address and sales information and creating digital services for citizens and other agencies. The work is carried out with the support of experts from Lantmäteriet and staff from the local authorities.
A long-term perspective on efficient and reliable management and processes has been in focus during the project, which has enabled an agreement with municipalities and authorities on information exchange. With more efficient processes and IT systems, traceability and transparency in decisions made by the authorities also increase.
Efficient IT systems also enable good planning of the agency's operations and improve follow-up work. The efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina are an example of how Lantmäteriet contributes to sub-goal 16.6.