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1. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 22 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 22
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

2. Financing Cities with Urban Land 15 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 15
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct actions, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, especially the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resumen...

3. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 17 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 17
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos...

4. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 8 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 8
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies, including formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with up to 40,000 inhabitants will interchange ideas and experiences about approaches to land policy developed especially for small cities.

Resumen
El curso ...

5. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 9 Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 9
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

6. Management of Urban Land Markets 15 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 15
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

7. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 14 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 14
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This technical course presents the property tax's potential as a source of financing and promotion of urban development. It will invite debate on alternatives for cadastral restructuring and procedures for the continuous updating of data, as well as development and control of equity in valuation for tax purposes and efficient strategies to prevent and/or address tax evasion.

Resumen
El curso presenta las potencialidades del impuesto territorial como fuente de financiamiento y promotor del des...

8. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 6 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 6
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This course presents the basic principles of land and real estate economics and the application of empirical methods to analyze land market. It covers the theory behind the supply and demand of land; the main aspects of urban economics; regression analysis and impact analysis. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of sta...

9. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 8 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 8
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties, applied to expropriation processes and creation of land value maps useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of statistics (central tendency measures, dispersion measures, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem) and advanced knowledge of electronic spreadsheets use (e.g., Excel) i...

10. Course on Guidelines for the Implementation of Territorial Multipurpose Cadastre - Curso sobre Directrices para la implementación del catastro territorial multifinalitário
Date(s): April 2 - June 2, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The course develops the seven issues outlined in the chapters of the Manual for the Implementation of Territorial Multipurpose Cadastre in Brazil. Through the on line education platform we make available texts, videos, quizzes and audioclases that generate discussions between faculty and participants in thematic forums.

Descripción
El curso desarrolla los siete temas descritos en los capítulos del Manual para la implementación del catastro territorial multifinalitario en Brasil. A través de l...

11. 90th Anniversary of the Betterment Contribution Law in Colombia: Evaluation and Proposals 90avo Aniversario de la ley de contribución de valorización en Colombia: Evaluación y Propuestas
Date(s): April 19 - 20, 2012
Location(s): Bogotá, Colombia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This forum takes place on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the betterment contribution law in Colombia—Contribución de Valorización, Law 25 of 1921. Its objective is to evaluate the technical and legal experiences in the use of this instrument that has been widely accepted by Colombian citizens and constitutes the oldest Latin American experience in value capture legislation. The forum will discuss the results and implementation of road works financed with the levy. It will also discuss the technical...

12. EAD LAC sample course
Date(s): November 21 - 24, 2011
Location(s): Online
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: November 14, 2011
EAD Sample course

13. Regulation and Implementation of Land Readjustment Operations and Sale of Building RightsRegulamentação e implementação de Operações Urbanas Consorciadas e Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir
Date(s): November 21 - 26, 2011
Location(s): São Paulo, Brasil
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The Secretariat of Urban Programs and the National City Training Program (PNCC) of the Ministry of Cities, in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, sponsor the course “Regulation and Implementation of Land Readjustment Operations (Operações Urbanas Consorciadas) and Sale of Building Rights (Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir).” This course will have a distant module and an in-class module, the latter in Sao Paulo. The objective of the course is to demonstrate the concepts, guidelines, ...

14. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 21 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 21
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

15. Financing Cities with Urban Land 14 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 14
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct actions, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, especially the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resumen...

16. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 16 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 16
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos...

17. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 7 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 7
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies, including formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with up to 40,000 inhabitants will interchange ideas and experiences about approaches to land policy developed especially for small cities.

Resumen
El curso ...

18. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 8 Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 8
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

19. Management of Urban Land Markets 14 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 14
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

20. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 13 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 13
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This technical course presents the property tax's potential as a source of financing and promotion of urban development. It will invite debate on alternatives for cadastral restructuring and procedures for the continuous updating of data, as well as development and control of equity in valuation for tax purposes and efficient strategies to prevent and/or address tax evasion.

Resumen
El curso presenta las potencialidades del impuesto territorial como fuente de financiamiento y promotor del des...

21. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 5 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 5
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course presents the basic principles of land and real estate economics and the application of empirical methods to analyze land market. It covers the theory behind the supply and demand of land; the main aspects of urban economics; regression analysis and impact analysis. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of sta...

22. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 7 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 7
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties, applied to expropriation processes and creation of land value maps useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of statistics (central tendency measures, dispersion measures, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem) and advanced knowledge of electronic spreadsheets use (e.g., Excel) i...

23. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 20 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 20
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

24. Financing Cities with Urban Land 13 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 13
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct action, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, particularly the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resume...

25. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 15 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 15
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos ...

26. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 5 & 6 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 5 & 6
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies. The topics addressed include formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Course participants will be mainly decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with 40,000 inhabitants or less. Participants will have the opportunity to interchange ideas and experiences about app...

27. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 7 - Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 7
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

28. Management of Urban Land Markets 13 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 13
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

29. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 12 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 12
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course seeks to evaluate the effects of fiscal policy decisions and taxation practices, through comparative analysis of Latin American experiences and successful extra-regional initiatives, aiming at increasing the efficiency, equity and effectiveness of property tax. Legal principles as well as the potential role of property tax as a funding source and promoter of urban development will be analyzed. This course will also analyze tax responsibilities and the fiscal design of the tax considering fiscal ...

30. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 4 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 4
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
This course presents the basic principles of land and real estate economics and the application of empirical methods to analyze land markets. It covers the theory behind the supply and demand of land; the main aspects of urban economics; regression analysis and impact analysis. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of st...

31. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 6 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 6
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties, applied on expropriation proceses and land value maps creation, useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of statistics (central tendency measures, dispersion measures, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem) and advanced knowledge of electronic spreadsheets use (e.g., Excel) is n...

32. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 19 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 19
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

33. Financing Cities with Urban Land 12 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 12
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct action, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, particularly the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resume...

34. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 14 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 14
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos ...

35. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 3 & 4 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 3 & 4
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies. The topics addressed include formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Course participants will be mainly decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with 40,000 inhabitants or less. Participants will have the opportunity to interchange ideas and experiences about app...

36. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 6 - Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 6
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

37. Management of Urban Land Markets 12 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 12
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

38. Property Tax and Urban Financing 11 - Impuesto predial y financiamiento urbano 11
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 22, 2010
This course provides an analysis of the legal, political, and economic principles of land taxation as a beneficial instrument for urban development. Participants identify methods for overcoming the factors that cause inequity in the current systems, alternatives for the restructuring of the territorial cadastre, and strategies to achieve greater efficiency in property tax collection and consequently better financing of cities.

By Inivtation Only

Resumen
El curso propicia el examen de princ...

39. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 5 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 5
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants develop appraisals for expropriation purposes and land value maps useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

Resumen
El curso presenta los principios básicos de la economía de los mercados de suelo y la aplicación empírica de los métodos para analizarlos. Se cubre...

40. Specialization on Cadastral Engineering - Especialización en Ingeniería Catastral
Date(s): August 23, 2010 - April 3, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
This specialization aims to train professionals with the capacity for critical analysis on the existing cadastral structure within their jurisdiction, the methods being applied to determine the tax value of property, and tax policy that defines the property tax. After reading, reflection and discussion, it is expected that participants be ready to take on any challenges that require paradigm shifts for better financing of the cities and harmonious urban development. It also seeks to develop human resources...

41. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 18 Aplicaciones del Catastro Multifinalitario en la Definición de Políticas de Suelo Urbano 18 -
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

42. Financing Cities with Urban Land 11 - Financiamiento de Ciudades con Suelo Urbano 11
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct action, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, particularly the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resume...

43. GIS Applications for Urban Studies 12 - SIG Aplicados a Estudios Urbanos 12
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
The course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos ...

44. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 1 & 2 - Definición de Políticas de Suelo en Pequeñas Ciudades 1 & 2
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
The course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies. The topics addressed include formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Course participants will be mainly decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with 40,000 inhabitants or less. Participants will have the opportunity to interchange ideas and experiences about app...

45. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 5 - Dimensiones Jurídicas de las Políticas de Suelo 5
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

46. Management of Urban Land Markets 11 - Gestión de los Mercados de Suelo Urbano 11
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

47. Property Tax and Urban Financing 10 - Impuesto Predial y Financiamiento Urbano 10
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
This course provides an analysis of the legal, political, and economic principles of land taxation as a beneficial instrument for urban development. Participants identify methods for overcoming the factors that cause inequity in the current systems, alternatives for the restructuring of the territorial cadastre, and strategies to achieve greater efficiency in property tax collection and consequently better financing of cities.

Resumen
El curso propicia el examen de principios jurídicos, polít...

48. Urban Land Markets Analysis Techniques 3 Técnicas de Análisis de Mercados de Suelo Urbano 3
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
This course presents the basic principles of land and real estate economics and the application of empirical methods to analyze land markets. It covers the theory behind the supply and demand of land; the main aspects of urban economics; regression analysis and impact analysis. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

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49. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 4 - Técnicas de Valuación de Inmuebles 4
Date(s): April 5 - May 22, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
The course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants develop appraisals for expropriation purposes and land value maps useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

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El curso presenta los principios básicos de la economía de los mercados de suelo y la aplicación empírica de los métodos para analizarlos. Se cubre...

50. Specialization on Cadastral Engineering - Especialización en Ingeniería Catastral
Date(s): March 15 - September 30, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 3, 2010
This specialization aims to train professionals with the capacity for critical analysis on the existing cadastral structure within their jurisdiction, the methods being applied to determine the tax value of property, and tax policy that defines the property tax. After reading, reflection and discussion, it is expected that participants be ready to take on any challenges that require paradigm shifts for better financing of the cities and harmonious urban development. It also seeks to develop human resources...

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