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Activities related to EU CARDS funding 
The WB Property Registration and Cadastre Project will be 
partially funded by a Europeean Commissionn (EC) grant 
(CARDS program funds) amounting €5,000,000 for a Multi- 
Purpose Spatial Information System, Training and TA to the 
SGA and MOIJ and a Public Awareness Campaign. For this 
purpose there was a need to produce a Project Fiche. Assisted 
. by ROS consultancy the Draft Project Fiche was produced in 
March and approved by the Europeean Comission in July. 
Involvement and support to the working groups 
DFID team has been involved also in the work of the two 
Working Groups (WGs): WG for Zagreb and WG for producing 
Books of Ordinances. 
The Working Group for Zagreb has as its main goal the 
definition of the locations in Zagreb where the project will be 
implemented. DFID Preparatory Project supported WG 
activities by taking minutes, translating (if necessary) and 
delivering necessary information on the Project to the 
participants. 
The WG includes representatives of MoJ, SGA, Zagreb City 
Cadastre and the Zagreb Land Registry. 
Working Group for producing Books of Ordinances on 
Managing Electronic Data Processing (EDP) LR and on 
Transformation of Manually Kept LR into EDP is composed of 
judges, representatives of SGA and MoJ, and an IT expert. 
DFID representatives attended the meetings as observers and 
informed the members of the working group on the 
developments and activities in relation to the WB funded Real 
Property Registration and Cadastre Project. 
The objective of the working group was to review the existing 
Book of Ordinances and to produce additional provisions appli- 
cable to EDP LR. 
Analysis of Pilot Projects 
Following WB inquiries about pilot projects Neretva and 
Babina Greda, DFID team members visited Zupanja and 
Metkovié in order to gain an insight into the work of the pilot 
projects. A number of meetings were held: with representatives 
of Court (Land Registry), Cadastre office, tax authorities, water 
authorities, mayor of municipality, lawyer operating on the land 
market etc. and reports were prepared. 
Support to the MOJ's Land Registration Management Unit 
A Land Registration Management Unit (LRMU) has been es- 
tablished within the Ministry of Justice with the objective of 
provide oversight of the land registration function and with the 
goal of streamlining and supporting the real property registra- 
tion function, including its monitoring and evaluation. 
Skills Transfer and Capacity Building for the Project Sup- 
port Units 
During the whole preparation project the Project Team strived 
to include the SGA and MOJ counterparts in all activities 
related to the Project, with particular emphasis on training 
activities. Therefore, together with the DFID office staff, these 
counterparts participated in MS Project training, soft skills 
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training, procurement seminars, study tours to Hungary, 
Slovenia and the United Kingdom, business planning and 
project management training. Through ^ continuing 
communication, co-operation, mutually shared information and 
experiences with the SGA and MOJ staff various aspects of the 
project proper have been discussed and worked on. The LRMU 
staff spent 10 days in the DFID office. This time was used to 
familiarise them with the Project but also to transfer the skills, 
knowledge and information gathered during the preparation 
work. Thus, the Project Support Units (PSU) from SGA and 
MO] are familiar with the Project, its objectives and benefits 
which is crucial to facilitate future project implementation. 
During the preparatory project the level of cooperation with the 
PSU has become closer and day-to-day communication with 
both institutions/PSU is satisfactory. 
During project implementation the PIU should concentrate on 
maintaining and strengthening these relationships. This will be 
a crucial element in relation to the overall success of the joint 
project. 
Apart from the formal training the experience of working in a 
multi-disciplinary team of Croatian and foreign consultants 
with years of international experience have been an enriching, 
developmental experience, both professionally and personally 
for everyone involved. 
Supporting Procurement Activities 
Preparation of the bidding documents for the first year of the 
Real Property Registration and Cadastre Project was carried out 
in accordance with WB procurement rules. 
The General Procurement Notice was prepared (GPN); this had 
to be published at least 2 months prior to the international 
competitive bidding (ICB). The GPN was approved by the 
World Bank and thereafter published in the United Nation's 
“Development Business” and in the Croatian media. 
Work on forest area issues related to the Project 
By signing the Loan Agreement the obligation of producing 
guidelines, not later than March 31, 2003, was undertaken by 
the Borrower (Republic of Croatia). The guidelines provide 
instructions on the manner of conducting activities in forest 
areas in order to protect such areas to be included in the project 
implementation. 
Business and Strategic Planning | 
Half-day training on Business and Strategic Planning was held 
for the MOJ and SGA Project Support Units and the DFID 
office staff. Also, the assessment of business and strategic 
planning capabilities was conducted in order to support 
appropriate training. 
The attendees of the Business and Strategic Planning Training 
participated in a PESTLE and SWOT analysis of the Project. 
The intention was to stimulate managers and experts in how 
they would integrate project expectations with "business as 
usual" activities.