The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Uzbekistan | Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 12 | ARCHIVED on 23-Dec-2020 | ISR45053 | Implementing Agencies: The Republic of Uzbekistan, State Committee for Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre, Gosgomzemgeodescadastre Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 24-May-2016 Effectiveness Date: 12-Jan-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 05-Dec-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 01-Nov-2019 Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2021 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project’s Development Objective is to establish an efficient and accessible real property registration and cadastre system in the Republic of Uzbekistan as part of the national eGovernment structure and services. The project will achieve this by: (i) improving business processes and customer orientation in the real property registry and cadastre; (ii) creating a fully digital real property registry and cadastre system (i.e. IISRPRC) accessible online to the public; (iii) improving the regulatory and operational environment of the real property registry and cadastre; (iv) facilitating spatial data access, exchange and sharing at national level; and (v) raising awareness on the importance of real property rights. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Real Property Registry and Cadastre System Development:(Cost $13.35 M) Real Property Registration and Cadastre Data Development:(Cost $4.92 M) Use of Real Property Registry and Cadastre Data:(Cost $1.33 M) Institutional Development and Project Management:(Cost $2.91 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Implementing Agency should be lauded for successfully completing a massive nationwide operation on total digitization of all cadastral and registration documentation, which outpaced initial project objectives by 2.5 times. It could be commended, that the implementation of the main project activity, i.e. the design, development and implementation of the IISRPRC (Integrated Information System for Real Property Registration and 12/23/2020 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) Cadastre), phase 1, continued to advance in an almost normal pace despite all the constraints. The virtual review was pleased with the Project Implementation Unit's (PIU) commitment and responsiveness to all requests from the World Bank. Currently the MRPRC experiences some delays in the project implementation across all components due to the institutional restructuring of the implementing agency and COVID-19 pandemic- imposed restrictions. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Low Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Low Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Low Moderate Low Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Moderate Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes to establish an efficient real property registration and cadastre system IN00939090 ►Procedures needed to register rights to a real property. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 9.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 Current number of procedures necessary to complete the registration of property rights is already less than initially targeted number (6). The Business Process Reengineering Report proposed a way to further streamline procedures within Comments: Cadastre Agency, its recommendations implementation are pending report endorsement by Cadastral Agency and their implementation within IISRPRC. 12/23/2020 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) IN00939100 ►The IISRPRC is integrated with the NGIS (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The Cadastre Agency is currently preparing a Cabinet of Ministers Resolution according to which Comments: IISRPRC will be integrated with all existing information systems, including NGIS and Address register. to establish an accessible real property registration and cadastre system IN00939096 ►Direct Project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 717,641.00 0.00 800,000.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 According to the definition given in the revised Project Results Framework (PRF) during the Mid-Term Review (MTR) in Oct-Nov 2019, “Direct project beneficiaries are holders of rights registered in the IISRPRC.” During the MTR, this indicator was discussed, and it was agreed that according to the new Comments: definition both the baseline value and current value should change to “0”, since IISRPRC is not operational yet. IN00939098 Female direct Project beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 IN00939101 ►Public access to integrated real property registration services online. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 Users' satisfaction of the quality of real property registration services (women) IN00939097 ►Users’ satisfaction of the quality of real property registration services. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 81.50 81.50 88.50 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 12/23/2020 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) The survey scheduled for 2020 shall be conducted in early 2021 (starting in January), and the one scheduled for 2021 will be conducted near the closure of project (June-September 2021), the indicator Comments: values will be updated accordingly. IN00939099 Female users' satisfaction of the quality of real property registration services (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.70 80.70 82.70 Overall Comments PDO A successful and timely completion of design and development of the IISRPRC and nationwide deployment will be crucial for achievement of the Project Development Objectives. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components A. Real Property Registry and Cadastre System Development IN00939102 ►Real property registration and cadastre business processes re-engineered for digital operations. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 IN00939106 ►IISRPRC operational in pilot offices (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 IN00939109 ►Data Center operational and fully equipped to host IISRPRC (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 B. Real Property Registration and Cadastre Data Development IN00939103 ►Real property objects with attribute data recorded and accessible in digital form. (Percentage, Custom) 12/23/2020 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.50 60.50 60.50 60.50 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 GKZGDK campaign for data capturing of cadastre and land registry records in N3 / N4 (Nedvizhimost 3 or 4) and in ArcGIS shape files (individual land parcel surveys / maps) is progressing. It has achieved 95 Comments: percent completeness for N3 / N4 textual data. IN00939107 ►Real property rights registered and accessible in digital form. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.10 38.10 38.10 40.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 Pilot digitization was completed in 4 pilot areas. Mass digitization is started in some of the regional offices Comments: using in-house resources and is prepared to be outsourced for the bulk of the works during 2019. IN00939110 ►Target land area with use or ownership real property rights recorded. (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10,000.00 140,000.00 140,000.00 180,000.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 IN00939113 ►Scanned cadastral files of real property objects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,000,000.00 7,362,940.00 3,000,000.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The Cadastral Agency outpaced the targets set by the project by 2.5 times and finalized digitization of almost all the cadastral and registration files in the Country. The final target figure will be adjusted after Comments: next mission, once digitization works have been completed and final number of files in the Country is known. IN00939116 ►Attribute real property and cadastre records uploaded into the IISRPRC. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 4.00 80.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 There is not much progress with uploading more data into the IISRPRC as it is still going through User Acceptance Tests. The bulk of the data migration process will happen once the tests are successfully Comments: finalized and equipment for regional offices under phase 2 of IISRPRC is procured and installed. IN00939118 12/23/2020 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) ►Digital Cadastre Index Map coverage of the inhabited territory of Uzbekistan. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The Parliament approved Open Coordinate System (OCS). Currently cadastral index maps undergo data conversion process into the this OCS. One data conversion is finished they will be uploaded into the Comments: National Geoportal. C. Use of Real Property Registry and Cadastre Data IN00939104 ►The NSDI strategy adopted by the government. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 In the middle of May 2020, NCSCGC officially submitted the draft NSDI Strategy to the Cadastre Agency, received comments and recommendations for improvement and is now working on the final version of the document. It is expected that the final version of the strategy will be submitted by mid-November, 2020. Comments: National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Strategy with a Roadmap for its implementation was initially expected to be finalized by June 30 2019. IN00939111 ►Registration and information services fees introduced. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 IN00939114 ►New open coordinate reference system established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The Cabinet of Ministers’ Decree No. 1022 of December 26, 2017 adopted an open Coordinate Reference System (CRS) in Uzbekistan. The project contracted an international consultant who prepared the strategy for transition to open CRS to allow open access to data and open data sharing. On 14 January 2020 the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued a resolution “On the approval of the Regulation on the procedure for determining restrictive classifications of cartographic and geodetic materials (data), creating open for use maps, issuing, recording and storing secret cartographic and Comments: geodetic materials, as well as licensing procedures for maintaining state secrets in the field of geodesy and cartography”. The work on the establishment of the new coordinate system is completed. Two new services have been developed and a website was created to transform data from the new "open" coordinate system to other open coordinate systems (i.e. UTM, Pulkovo 1942) – http://coord.geoportal.uz.T 12/23/2020 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) D. Institutional Development and Project Management IN00939105 ►Real property registration Public Awareness Campaigns completed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The Public Awareness Campaign (PAC) for 2018 was completed. PAC 2 (2019-2020): The consortium of local companies LLC Info Capital Group and LLC Info Ximati was hired and is implementing PAC Phase II Comments: activities, which have been paused due to COVID-19 pandemic situation and restriction of social gatherings. IN00939108 ►Online operations manual for real property registration and cadastre established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The online manual, guidelines and the concept of user-friendly web portal for registration and cadastre Comments: has been developed. IN00939112 ►Code of Conduct, Ethics and Service Standards published for real property registration and cadastre operations. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The contract for the development of service standards, code of conduct and ethics was signed on October 12, 2018, the deliverable was sent for a revision by the Consultant following a review by the WB and PIU Comments: teams. IN00939115 ►Annual business plan adopted by GKZGDK (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 IN00939117 ►Laws and regulations proposals for digital real property and cadastre registration submitted for approval (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 12/23/2020 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 The consultancy on development of amendments and additions to legislation will be launched later in 2019. The PIU legal consultant already drafted a substantial legal analysis and a proposal for changes, Comments: currently under consideration and in consultation with the TA legal expert. IN00939119 ►Real property register and cadastre personnel trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 200.00 200.00 3,000.00 Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 There is a delay with preparation and organization of the training activities, partially due to COVID-19 Comments: pandemic imposed restrictions. IN00939120 Real property register and cadastre female personnel trained (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 53.00 53.00 900.00 IN00939121 ►Project's monitoring and evaluation system and quarterly reporting operational. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 03-Nov-2015 15-May-2020 13-Nov-2020 30-Sep-2021 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P151746 IDA-57610 Effective USD 20.00 20.00 0.00 9.51 10.49 48% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P151746 IDA-57610 Effective 24-May-2016 16-Sep-2016 12-Jan-2017 30-Sep-2021 30-Sep-2021 Cumulative Disbursements 12/23/2020 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre (P151746) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 06-Feb-2020 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/23/2020 Page 9 of 9