MINUTES OF 4th MEETING OF THE PROJECT PLATINUM ...

the complex political composition in Peru government. Eventually a legal and
institutional solution to this problem was initiated in 1996 through COFOPRI
7. He said that the institutional changes entailed placing a sector of urban population under
state protection and incorporating informal property rights into the formal economy. The
Urban Property Registry with nationwide scope was the most essential part of the reform
and it was created with the purpose of registering the deeds originating from the
formalization of property carried out by COFOPRI. This public registry had simplified
procedures for registration and publication of registry information and used modern
technology and also aimed at creating a geo-referenced cadastral system. He highlighted
the importance of registry since individual level data has to be maintained and such data
should have both the physical reality as well as the ownership details of the property. He
also said that it’s better to formalize first and then create the cadastre as in doing vice
versa, there is a greater chance of committing errors and by formalizing, cadastres will be
eventually created over time
8. He said initially it’s only a basic cadastre and then by correcting the errors, complete
integrated cadastre is created. He said that municipalities weren’t capable institutionally
to undertake this reform. Mr Cesar added that municipalities don’t have enough
technological expertise to undertake surveys and create cadasters
9. Ms Swati pointed that this type of mapping is essential for the work that HUPA and
Karnataka Directorate of Municipal Administration, are doing for slum mapping. She also
highlighted the difference that as compared to what PLATINUM is proposing, Peru did
the surveys later but formalization first and hence established the rights first. Mr Gonzalo
said that this initial process of establishing rights was called diagnostics. The process
followed hence was: diagnose the informality; then integral formalization; and finally
individual formalization. Within diagnostics phase, information was gathered widely
from various government offices and landholders and then diagnostic cards as well as
maps were created
10. Ms. Swati Ramanathan also talked about SUNARP that it is the registration department
similar to the Stamps & Registration dept. in India and COFOPRI is mostly about the
formalization whereas SUNARP is about registration and has to work closely with
COFOPRI so as to not have conflicting records. However during the first phase of
diagnostics, no registration is done with the SUNARP and is done only in later stages
11. Mr Gonzalo explained in detail the process of formalization and its outcomes and said
that it is a continuous process that aims to bring urban informal population closer to
central government, integrate them into the formal economy and facilitate provision of
certain basic urban services such as water and electricity to such human settlements,
provide possibility to access to credit and foremost, allow the legal right to those who
deserve it. In terms of the numbers, he said that in 2006, about 2 million lots were still left
in Peru to be diagnosed and formalized. Since 1996, about 1.5 million were already
diagnosed though they not all were formalized. Knowing such a number allows and helps
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