The cadastre in Bulgaria has undergone a number of changes since 1990, but it hasn’t yet assumed the shape allowing the provision of services for the whole country

The cadastre in Bulgaria has undergone a number of changes since 1990, but it hasn’t yet assumed the shape allowing the provision of services for the whole country. This was announced by the Executive Director of the Cadastre Agency, Tsveten Boev, at the opening of the seminar on the topic of Drafting a Five-Year Strategic Plan and the Annual Business Plan for 2005 of the Cadastre Agency. The event is organized within the project of the World Bank for Cadastre and Property Register. The adoption of the Cadastre Act in 2000 and the loan by the World Bank help us carry out changes which will harmonize the cadastre in Bulgaria with any other cadastre system in Europe, Tsveten Boev also stated. The set of data, which is established within the unified cadastre system, can be used by many other organizations – for the needs of planning, administration and land management, in many spheres ranging from agriculture to marketing, from environment to justice. Peter Dale, the chairman of the team in charge of publishing the guidelines of the land administration of the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the honourable president of the International Federation of Geodesists, announced in his speech that most ongoing processes in the Cadastre Agency in Bulgaria are like those which are underway in akin institutions worldwide. He highlighted the importance of cadastre for the investment in Bulgaria and the economic development. This is the first one out of the two planned seminars which will help the Cadastre Agency draw up its Five-Year Strategic Plan and the Annual Business Plan. The second seminar is envisaged to be held in September 2004. PR and International Relations Directorate