MCC Land Registration System Activity

Mongolia - Property Rights Project - Land Registration System Activity: the Improvement of the Land Privatization and Registration System Activity; MCC Funding will be used to improve the formal system of privatizing and registering land rights.

Specifically, MCC Funding will support: (i) a commission of stakeholders and technical experts to study the obstacles that affect the ability of Mongolian citizens to privatize and register land efficiently and cost-effectively, to make recommendations on how to reduce such obstacles, and to work with Government agencies, the State Great Khural (Parliament), and non-government specialists and interest groups to substantially implement the recommendations; (ii) upgrade of the geospatial infrastructure necessary for accurate land parcel mapping, including provision of Continually Operating Reference Stations (CORS), supply of Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment to regional land offices, and training on the use of each; (iii) capacity building for land offices, including creation and support of land market specialist positions to help citizens resolve issues related to land privatization and registration, and training of land office staff in land law, land mapping, use of satellite imagery, and processing of applications for privatization of ger area land plots; (iv) upgrade of the State Registry's central office space, information technology platform and business processes, establishment of offices in at least four districts of Ulaanbaatar, and similar upgrades of State Registry offices in eight regional or aimag centers around the country; and (v) identification and management of environmental, social, health and safety impacts associated with implementation of this Project Activity.