Vision for EULIS

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Vision for EULIS future and the part Land
Registry organisations playAlasdair Lewis
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Time for assessment

• Re-assessment of EULIS brought about by
• Economic crash - making the environment for
  investment difficult
• Recognition that more Land Registry organisations
  need to be involved make it easier
• Customer feedback on the service they want to
  search in more countries
• Additional customer services demanded technical
  updates of service desired

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EULIS service vision

• Vision for the EULIS service remains the same
• EULIS offers direct, easy, on-screen access to
  member land registers and reference information
  across Europe .
• The EULIS website provides information on the
  official contacts and web links for land
  registration in European countries free to all
• EULIS is the first port of call for land and
  property information in Europe.

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What does EULIS have?

• A live service!
• Experience in building a portal
• Experience of working across cultures/countries
  to produce something tangible!
• Strong online visibility, good brand awareness
• Knowledge of land registration as a public
  service a business
• Expertise in the content of land registers
• Standardised structure for describing land
  registration concepts across borders
• Tools for spreading knowledge and understanding
  to users
• Reference information - local specialist
  knowledge
• Glossary terminology and semantic translation

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What does EULIS have?

• Organisation in place
• Active participation
• EEIG ready to be launched
• Support from the Commission on two levels DG
  Internal Market and DG Justice and Home Affairs
• Vehicle for
• Giving national land registries a profile on a
  European level
• Encouraging best practice in operations and
  services
• Sound concept and foundation for development
• EULIS is a springboard for eGovernment
  initiatives

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We recognise that Land Registries across
Europe....

• are operating in a difficult financial climate.
• are faced with a large and difficult change
  agenda.
• will be challenged to comply with the European
  e-Justice Portal.

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We also recognise...

• cost of membership shouldnt be a barrier to
  participate in EULIS.
• the EULIS technical solution must be modern and
  flexible in order to accommodate diversity in
  technology and information contents.
• resources are initially required to build
  reference information.

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Making it happen

• Involve as many European land registry
  organisations as possible
• Partner with European Institutions and other
  stakeholders
• Implement a viable operational model
• Improve the service for the professional
  customers and European citizens
• Make the reference information available free to
  all
• Offer a recognised solution for meeting e-Justice
  obligations

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Future development of EULISStefan Gustafsson
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EULIS Service1.0

• Focus on users
• Make it simple, make it cheap
• Use modern technology
• Use current services
• Use standard solutions and tools (Portal
  software, Java, webservices)
• Development by steps

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EULIS Service 2.0

• Re-think of synergy between live service/website
• Re-think on next generation platform for new
  services
• Enhanced use of webservices
• Land information
• Project LINE
• Application to Civil Justice Programme

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Project LINELand INformation for Europe

• 1. To build the community of official land
  registry organisations across all EU member
  states in order to facilitate their participation
  in and compliance with the European e-Justice
  programme.
• 2. To deliver the next generation EULIS platform,
  which is technologically and financially-viable
  and through which land registry organisations
  across Europe can provide cross-border services.

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Project LINELand INformation for Europe

• 3. To identify and define a wide-ranging set of
  land information services and value-added
  products across Europe for delivery through the
  European e-Justice portal, which will benefit
  legal practitioners and professionals associated
  with the administration of justice in the area of
  civil law (including solicitors, judges,
  notaries, bailiffs and other stakeholders) and
  improve the functioning of the internal market.
• 4. To facilitate cross-border access to and use
  of legal information on real property to a wide
  range of users.