As part of the World Bank funded Land Administration Project (LAP), Component 4: Institutional  Development, included a study of the “strengthening of educational programs in land  administration/management and surveying”. This document reports on the findings of this study which investigated the existing capacity of educational programs in land administration ...

As part of the study, the Project engaged The Institute of Law, Bir Zeit University, to review its database of appellate decisions in order to determine the nature of land disputes appealed in Palestine. The Institute has access to the Judicial Judgment Database, which contains approximately 23,000 judicial decisions issued by the Palestinian Courts of Appeal, Courts of Cassation, ...

This Land Market Study is part of the Policy Studies component of the Palestine Authority Land Administration Project. These studies are used to inform the development of the National Land Policy Framework. In the course of carrying out the land market study the following tasks were undertaken:
 •   Stakeholder interviews,
 •   Stakeholder ...

In 2005 the World Bank provided a Learning and Innovation Loan (LIL) for the implementation of a Land Administration Project (LAP) in West Bank and Gaza. Responsible authorities are the Ministry of Planning (MOP) and the Palestinian Land Authority (PLA). The objective of the LAP was to assess the feasibility of introducing reforms in land administration by enabling the formulation ...

Land Administration is the system by which land is actually administered in the form of registration and mapping system and how the various stakeholders interact. This study submits recommendations to improve the registry accuracy, coverage and quality of service provided by the Palestinian Land Authority (PLA).
The study examined and made recommendations in the following areas ...

For various historical reasons in terms of conflicts in general, and in the policy, legal and institutional contexts in particular, valuation in Palestine is in a very underdeveloped state. There appear to be no full-time professional valuers in the private sector. In the public sector, valuation functions are spread between government departments. The only group focused on valuation ...

In August 2008 the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) was commissioned by the Ministry of Planning (MOP) in Palestine to carry out a study with the purpose of documenting lessons learned of the project Physical Planning and Institution Building (PPIB) in Palestine, which was carried out with Norwegian support during the period January 1995 - March 2008.

The Palestinian Ministry of Planning (MoP) plays an important role in guiding and coordinating the development process in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). With so many local and international organizations operating in the OPT, and under such challenging and changeable circumstances, there has always been the danger that socio-economic development efforts would ...

The Palestinian public sector is the backbone of the government. It plays a strategic role in ensuring that delivery of services is effective and efficient.  As part of prioritizing good governance measures the PNA has embarked on improving the functioning and functionality of public sector agencies.  As with any government it is important to continually upgrade and improve ...

Reform of the various sectors has been and remains one of the top priorities on the Palestinian National Authority policy agenda. The justice sector presently enjoys special consideration by the government as one of the most urgent priorities with a focus on improving relations among the various stakeholders in the sector. Recent efforts have succeeded in crystallizing a common ...

The Policy advice and reform fund (PARF) is a flexible conceptual and system advice facility supporting the development and reform process of the Palestinian administration. It aims at strengthening the capacities of Palestinian government bodies in the fields of strategic planning and implementation of reform programs.

The fund provides technical advice, training, system ...