The purpose of this assignment is to provide specialised technical leadership to the MULK Programme as it accelerates the establishment of two Demonstration and Training Centres in Baghdad and Erbil and prepares the foundations for Iraq’s transition toward e-land governance. The expert will guide the design and operationalisation of pilot cadastral and land registration workflows, ensuring that digitisation processes, data standards, and institutional responsibilities are clearly defined and technically sound.
The role will support UN-Habitat and government counterparts—particularly the Ministry of Justice, Real Estate Registration Departments, and relevant KRG institutions—in mapping existing procedures, developing fit-for-purpose digital workflows based on STDM, and establishing the protocols, tools, and quality-assurance mechanisms required for secure and transparent land records management. The expert will also contribute to legal and procedural clarifications necessary for digitisation and help build the technical capacities of federal and regional actors.
Ultimately, the assignment will ensure that the two pilot centres operate as credible, fully functional proof-of-concepts that demonstrate how Iraq can modernise its cadastral and land registry systems at scale, in alignment with international best practice, national reform priorities, and EU expectations for accountable and sustainable institutional development.
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of the UN-Habitat Country Programme and the Project Manager, the Cadastral & Land Governance Expert will be responsible for the following duties:
Lead the technical design and operational set-up of both pilot centres, including workflows, equipment needs, staffing profiles, and data-handling procedures.
Develop core SOPs for digitisation, archiving, spatial data capture, quality control, and customer-facing services.
Deliver practical training to RERD and GDRER staff on cadastral processes, digital workflows, and e-registration standards.
Support assessments of site readiness, IT infrastructure, staffing capacity, and data conditions.
Integration and Application of STDM (Implemented in coordination with the STDM Software Developer)
Define business processes, data standards, and institutional workflows required for STDM deployment.
Translate existing procedures into STDM-compliant models, metadata structures, and operational workflows.
Provide guidance on configuration, quality assurance, interoperability, and legal/administrative alignment.
Review and validate technical deliverables produced by the STDM developer.
Prepare modular training packages for cadastral staff, CSOs, and government partners, including ToT material.
Provide technical content for e-learning products such as manuals, exercises, and multimedia modules.
Conduct assessments of current cadastral and land registry practices in the pilot offices.
Prepare needs assessments covering infrastructure, data quality, staffing, and workflow gaps.
Advise on data migration, digitisation standards, spatial data accuracy, and cadastral data models.
Provide inputs to legal and procedural clarifications, including amendments to Law 1971.
Draft technical specifications for hardware, software, scanning systems, and IT infrastructure.
Contribute to procurement packages, including quality and evaluation criteria.
Support tracking of technical progress across pilot activities and contribute to EU-standard reporting.
Document lessons learned and prepare guidance notes to inform future national-scale roll-out
The consultant is expected to produce the following deliverables:
Inception Report (workplan, methodology, pilot requirements).
Operational blueprint for two Demonstration & Training Centres.
Full SOP and standards package for e-land workflows.
Training curriculum and capacity development materials.
Technical assessments for pilot offices.
Monthly progress reports.
End-of-assignment Lessons Learned and Roadmap Report.
