Framework for Costing and Financing Land Administration Services (CoFLAS)

The Global Land Tool Network identified ‘Modernizing the Budgetary Approach of Land Agencies’ as a key area for tool development having observed the reliance of land sector reform on international development funds, and the competition for funding with other development sectors. Countries seeking to modernize Land Administration Systems (LAS) often face large and immediate costs to first achieve broad geographic coverage, and then to establish the supporting records, procedures and personnel capacity. Competition for funding and budget is high, hence a strong understanding of ‘fit-for-purpose’ technologies and likely costs, is essential.

Costing and Financing of Land Administration Services (CoFLAS) is thus a decision-support tool for the costing and project design of land administration services. It prompts discussion on a country’s readiness for land reform and provides a series of templates to assist public agencies to identify the core needs and necessary investment for the process. The outcome of a CoFLAS assessment is a series of reports that guide decision making related to land reform, helps to identify the cost-implications of decisions and support fit-for-purpose approaches. It also promotes an understanding of why land reform is needed, provides a framework for identifying core land administration issues and prioritizing actions to address them in addition to helping to determine the methods to be used in undertaking land administration reform.

This document provides a practical implementation guidance for implementing LAS reform within the overarching Framework for Costing and Financing Land Administration 
Services

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