Fundamentals, functionalities, and technical status of ISLA

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• Fundamentals, functionalities, and technical
  status of ISLA
• National workshop on CIM and Computerization for
  pro-poor and speedy
• land administration in Ethiopia
• by
• Shewakena Aytenfisu
• Land Information Expert
• E-mail shaoa75_at_yahoo.com
• EPLAUA

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Contents

• Fundamentals of ISLA
• System Functionalities
• System security
• Technical status
• Legal matters
• Lesson learned
• Challenges

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Fundamentals of ISLA

• A tool for the Woreda
• One data entry at the source
• Promote Standardization
• Easy access retrival of information
• Cost reduction of space for storing land records

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Fundamentals

• Facilitate quick and easy updating
• Information becomes more secured
• Multi purpose use of the information
• Promote informed decision

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System Functionalities

• User Authentication
• 3 categories
• Read only 10
• Data clerk 20
• Data confirmation 30
• Registration
• Holding identification
• Holder particulars
• Parcel details
• Easement
• Rent and/or lease
• Strong Data verification and validation protocol

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Functionalities

• Updating transactions
• Transferring holdings
• Transfer a Parcel
• Divide a Parcel
• Merge Parcels (under development)

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Functionalities

• Data cleaning
• Remove a Parcel
• Remove holdings
• Reorder Kebele ID
• Jumble Holding ID up and down
• Collapse Parcel

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Functionalities

• Data transfer
• Textual and spatial dataset linked
• Import
• Kebelecalc survey data
• Export
• Arcview
• KebeleCalc
• Excel

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Functionalities

• Report mining
• Search engine
• 6 major criteria
• Different report formats
• List of holders (to sub Kebele level)
• Book of holding printout
• Book of register datasheet
• Parcel history report
• Lease, etc

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Functionalities

• Data storage
• Woreda Master DB
• Data aggregation at Regional and Zonal level
• Backup running pre-developed database script
• On the PC
• On the backup device

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System security What Principals?
Securables
Permissions
Principals
Windows Group
Domain User Account
Local User Account
Windows
SQL Server Login
Server Role
SQL Server
User
Database Role
Application Role
Database
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What Are Securables?
Securables
Permissions
Principals
Windows Group
Files
Domain User Account
Registry Keys
Local User Account
Windows
SQL Server Login
Server
Server Role
SQL Server
Database
User
Schema
Database Role
Application Role
Database
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What Are Securable? ...
Securables
Permissions
Principals
All I/O ports are blocked
Device Lock
Windows
Backup devices secured
True crypt
Database
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Technical status

• Reviewed by different External Consultants
• ELTAP (ILS.Inc., 2007)
• Infosys Ethiopia plc. (Microsoft licensed
  company) concludes
• user friendly, (local language and calendar)
• efficient,
• reliable,

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Technical status

• Development Environment
• Server side
• Microsoft SQL Server 2003 Enterprise edition
• Client side
• Microsoft Visual studio.NET 2003
• Power Geez 2003/05
• Microsoft Office
• Acrobat Reader

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Technical status

• Production environment
• Server side
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express edition
• Freeware
• 4GB Capacity
• Client side
• Microsoft.Net Framework
• Power Geez 2003/05
• Microsoft Office
• Acrobat Reader

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Technical status

• Documentation
• Proper system development documentation
• ISLA Database definition
• ISLA users Guide
• ISLA Administrators Guide
• ISLA knowledge base
• ISLA security Manual
• Each ISLA version report

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Legal matters

• EPLAUA has full ownership (copy right)
• Source code
• Software Installation
• Each Woreda will receive Official declaration
  from EPLAUA to use ISLA Info. as official source
  of the registry

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Lesson learned

• System Development requires longer time
• It Dependably dynamic on system user needs
  driven by EPLAUA staff
• Close follow up support a key success factor
• Data the most valuable asset and irreplaceable
• Require continuous reliable Capacity building
• Implementing gradually as the support capacity
  improves
• This system introduction experience has shown
  that you have to pilot, gain experience and build
  capacity before scaling up

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Challenges

• Virus threat
• Frequent fluctuation of power/cut
• Work volume of data entry for the first time
  demands more skilled labour
• No IT infrastructure facilities in the centre
• Server
• Network
• Internet
• Computer laboratory, etc

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Thanks For Listening