Setting Up the Infrastructure for Improving the Development of

Since the early 19th century Greece has adopted the French originated system of Registrations and Mortgages as a public register of real property owners and the deeds that they have been involved in. The development of the Greek Cadastre has started in the mid 1990s. The project advances through a demanding procedure which requires input by many different data sources and the involvement of different entities (beneficiaries, state agencies that manage state land or issue acts that modify the cadastral situation in an area, registrars, notaries, lawyers and surveyors). So far, with the cadastral programs initiated in the 1990’s, only a small part of the Country has been included in the cadastral project. In order to advance the project of developing Cadastre at a faster pace, Ktimatologio S.A., the company responsible to develop and maintain Cadastre in Greece, undertook a large project, with the co-financing of the European Union which aimed to develop a data and technology infrastructure that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of developing Cadastre in Greece taking advantage of economies of scale that can be achieved by country – wide interventions. The project was initiated in 2005. Currently most of the actions included in it have bee