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Mar 09 2021

CHAD: Presentation of city plans and official launch of the Moundou project

A ceremony was held at the beginning of February to hand over the city plans to the Ministry of Spatial Planning (MATDHU). The ceremony also served as the official launch of the Moundou mapping project. The event gained a great deal of media coverage and attracted interest from a number Continue reading

Feb 17 2021

Ivory Coast national forest and wildlife inventory: the completion rate is close to 80%

The National Forest and Wildlife Inventory (IFFN) project, which started in January 2019, saw its field operations begin in October 2019. The completion rate of the forest inventory and socio-economic survey was 77% at the end of 2020. The Inventory aims to collect forest data (type of vegetation formation, number Continue reading

Jan 05 2021

Burundi: Land rights project

Burundi, which is part of the “Bonn Challenge” (restoring 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030) and the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (forest and ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, smart agriculture, pasture management), has committed to restoring one million hectares of land Continue reading

Apr 03 2020

CHAD: Inauguration of the first geodetic pillar on 16 March

The Minister of Spatial Planning, Housing Development and Town Planning inaugurated Chad’s first geodetic pillar on 16 March 2020. The new geodetic reference system established for the city of N’Djamena and the surrounding area will in due course be rolled out in the form of 75 geodetic pillars and 50 Continue reading

Mar 19 2020

COVID 19: business continuity plan of IGN FI

IGN FI and the GEOFIT Group have taken a number of measures both to protect the health and well-being of the staff and to continue to fulfil your essential needs during this period of confinement. Distance working facilities have been set up for all staff. Directors, Project Managers and Business Engineers Continue reading

Feb 21 2020

: Opening by the President of the Republic of Uganda

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

: IGN FI / DESINLISI

IGN FI is acclaimed by the President of the Republic of Uganda

The international seminar held in Entebbe to mark the conclusion of the LIS project took place on 20 and 21 February.

To mark the conclusion of the DESINLISI project, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development organised an international conference on the theme of “Global Modernization of Land Administration – Making your LIS a Success”.

More than 180 participants attended the first day, which was opened by the President of the Republic of Uganda in the presence of ministers from several States. A number of delegations also accepted the invitation of IGN FI to come to Uganda. These included representatives from Ethiopia, Burundi, Gabon, Congo, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Chad, Madagascar (…).
25 countries of which 15 African countries were represented.

Demonstrations of the system and individual meetings were taking place alongside the seminar.

Some extracts of the press coverage:

https://chimpreports.com/museveni-calls-for-modernization-of-land-management/

https://www.busiweek.com/ign-fi-completes-ugandas-land-information-system/

https://fr.africanews.com/2020/02/19/modernisation-globale-de-ladministration-fonciere-faire-de-son-projet-systeme-dinformation-foncier-sif-un-succes/

https://www.ntv.co.ug/news/national/President-calls-for-modernisation-of-land-management/4522324-5463334-248pc6z/index.htm

https://landportal.org/news/2020/02/ign-fi-launch-results-implementation-uganda’s-10-year-national-land-information-system-

Feb 21 2020

Ivory Coast national forest and wildlife inventory: progress report and challenges

After training the SODEFOR, OIPR and ANADER teams from September to November 2019, the ONF Ivory Coast has been providing support to the 32 teams as they launch their field work. By mid-February SODEFOR had carried out 18% of the forest inventory, OIPR had completed 10% of the wildlife inventory Continue reading

Feb 17 2020

International land seminar, 20 & 21 February 2020: Making your LIS a success

Between 2010 and 2014 IGN FI carried out the design, supply and installation of a Land Information System (LIS) for 6 decentralised offices of the Ugandan ministry responsible for land administration affairs, and at the same time created a National Land Information Centre. In 2015 the World Bank selected IGN FI to Continue reading

Jan 23 2020

Ivory Coast selects IGN FI to modernise its land administration system

Ivory Coast has faced difficulties in administering property rights for many years. Manual processing of requests and complex procedures have been leading to delays and errors, undermining the effectiveness of administering and securing property rights for citizens. In order to address this state of affairs the Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Continue reading

Jan 07 2020

RFI report on the agro-ecological zoning of Guinea project

The agro-ecological zoning of Guinea (ZAEG) project is currently mapping land cover and its evolution over 10 years. Funded by AFD (the French Development Agency), the ZAEG project is operated by IGN FI and CIRAD (French agricultural research and international cooperation organisation) with the aim of identifying arable land to guide Continue reading