Public Land Management in Estonia
Evelin Jürgenson Siim Maasikamäe
Content of presentation
• Some facts about Estonia • Legal framework • Institutional framework • Overview about state land distribution • Some examples of land maintenance • Questions • Conclusion
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1 Facts about Estonia
• Total area – 45 227 km2
Not reformed Privatised land 22% 14%
State Municipal Restituted ownership ownership 33% 30% 1%
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Legal framework
• State Assets Act, adopted 11.11.2009 – it is new one (the previous one was passed on 15.02.1995) • The act regulates governing of the state assets. • It gives main rules for administration of state assets. • The special procedures for selling and renting is adopted by ministry of Finance. • Every municipality adopts its own procedure for municipal assets.
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2 Institutional framework
Rules and regulations
Ministry of Administrators of State Assets Local Finance state assets Register (old) authorities or (226) State Real ministries (11) Estate Register (new) county ? governments (15) Ensure transparency State Real Control Estate Ltd activities other institutions General public (6)
National Audit Office Control activities 5
State assets register will be changed (1) • According to the old system (1995 – 2010) - state assets have been registered in the national state assets register. • This register is – accessible through the internet but • it is old-fashioned, • It has not been always updated, • there are a lot of mistakes.
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3 - State Assets Register (1995-2010)
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State assets register will be changed (2) • According to the new system (2010 - …) – state real estate register will be established. • The new register enables the public to get information about state immovable properties and also about transactions. • This register is not founded yet.
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4 New system - State Real Estate Strategy
Real estate Real estate Protected areas Forest land with buildings without buildings – state land plots
? State Real Land Board State Forest State Forest Estate Ltd Management Management Centre Centre or Environmental Board
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State land distribution
• State land area is 1 374 905 hectares (30 % of the total Estonian area) Other ministries and authorities; 142 363 ha; 10%
Ministry of Environment; 1 232 542 ha; 90%
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5 Land distribution under the Ministry of the Environment • Total area 1 232 542 ha • Total number of plots – 14 971
Distribution according to the area Distribution according to the number of plots Other Land Board; Other institutions; institutions; 89 307 ha; 987 plots; 7% 32 356 ha; 3% 7%
Land Board; State Forest State Forest 5 799 plots; Management Management 39% Centre; Centre; 1 110 878 ha; 8 185 plots; 54% 90% 11
Land Board’s activity with land maintenance in urban areas
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150 95 100 49 49 49 50 50 30 26 28 27 17 20 20 17 12 0 Tallinn Tartu Pärnu ja Kuressaare Rakvere Sindi
Total number of plots 2010 Managed plots 2010 Managed plots 2009
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6 Average maintenance cost per plot (2007-2010)
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1000 Tallinn 800 Tartu Pärnu ja Sindi 600 Kuressaare 400 Rakvere
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0 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Problems with state land maintenance • For better organization of maintenance, it would be useful to map the problematic state lands and to create a proper database or map. • Sometimes there is a lack of information on the land units that need maintenance. • Before organizing procurement, all state lands what need to be maintained, should be checked and then ranked in accordance with necessary works. • Maintenance work prices are very different, depending on the various aspects of the subject. • There is need for maintenance standards – it would clarify the work content and also simplify supervision.
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7 Questions
• How much state and municipal land we need to carry out the tasks of state and local government? • How much land is economically reasonable to be kept on public sector? • How to convince the government (state or local authority) that sometimes real estates are more useful to keep than sell out? • Public land - what does it mean?
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Public land – what does it mean?
State land Municipal land
Land for special Public land purpose ?
Land under Land for border Forest areas, Green areas, constructions guard, military etc protected areas parks
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8 Conclusion (1)
• It is important to determine how much and which land is needed to carry out the tasks of state and local government. • The concept of state, municipal land and different sub-types need to be clarified. • Land what is essential according to the future development must keep in state ownership. • Unnecessary land has to be sold or rented out, a long time action plan is needed for that purpose. • The availability of tools for land acquisition (also compulsorily) for public purposes is very important.
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Conclusion (2)
• A user-friendly and transparent database is needed for efficient public land management. • The state and municipal land management can be costly. • Find out the cost sharing possibilities. • The cost calculation is important. • To compare the land management costs, it is necessary to develop a cost calculation model for public authorities.
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9 Thank you!
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