DUSHANBE, September 3, 2009, Asia-Plus — A seminar on the “Development of cadastrial mapping in Tajikistan”, arranged within the frameworks of the EU funded project “Support to mapping and certification capacity of the Agency for land management, geodesy and cartography”, launched 1 July 2009, was held in Dushanbe on September, according to the Delegation of the European Commission in Tajikistan.
The main project activities are implemented in FAZO Institute at the Agency for Land Management, Geodesy and Cartography under the Government of Tajikistan in close cooperation and support of the World Bank project on land registration and cadastre system.
The main purpose of the project is to introduce modern cartography technology based on satellite geodesy, digital photogrammetry and digital processing of high-resolution satellite images, including IKONOS, QuickBird, WordView, GeoEye.
The Project foresaw equipment supply to FAZO Institute, which was installed during the implementation of the first phase of the project and is functioning. Special trainings were delivered to the FAZO staff and other departments of the Agency and cadastral centers of the WB project.
Currently implemented land reform of Tajikistan foresees the transfer to the cadastral system in the future, which would need clear marking their borders on the cartography materials. At this moment digital ortophotograph images received of 6000 sq.m. based on high-resolution satellite data on the basis of the new geodesy network. Developed by the Project technology would allow to conduct the works much faster and with greater exactness.
The new EU Strategy for Central Asia aims to strengthen ties between the European Union and its Central Asian partners. It has doubled European Commission assistance to the region to €750 million for 2007-2013. Tajikistan gets the main share of bilateral assistance (€66 million for 2007-2010) in support to sector programs, technical assistance and grants. It focuses on social protection, health and private sector development, underpinned by public finance management. Projects aimed at enhancing living standards continue. Tajikistan also receives regional and thematic assistance in areas like border management and drug control (BOMCA/CADAP), education (TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus), water/environment, migration, human rights and democracy (EIDHR), non-State actors (NSA) and SME development (CA-Invest). The total value of EC assistance disbursed to Tajikistan since 1992 is over €500 million.
