|  | FIG Leaflet A Review of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) 
Phase II Summary ReportJOINT FIG / UN-Habitat/GLTN
 
 PreambleMany land rights and land claims are based on social tenures and cannot be 
described in terms of conventional, parcel-based concepts. New forms of spatial 
units have therefore been needed for some time, and the Global Land Tools 
Network (GLTN) developed a model to accommodate these social tenures. It is 
called the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM). Since its inception, the STDM has 
been developed and piloted, and it is now being implemented to cater for the 
range of land rights that exist, including rights that are documented or 
undocumented, rights for individuals and groups, for pastoralists and slums 
dwellers; rights that are formal and informal, and those that are legal as well 
asextra-legal. Within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), the STDM is 
seen, and is thus reviewed as, a pro-poor, participatory and affordable land 
tool. It is an alternative and/or another option
 to “doing business” in the land sector and has the potential to provide security 
of tenure at scale due to its innovative approach, which is embodied in:
 
	Its affordability (it uses free and open software packages);Its flexibility in its use and application (can be applied in variouscontexts and complements other tools);
Its simplicity (so that non-technical people can use it);Its inclusivity, having a pro-poor focus (targets the poorest ofthe poor, such as slum dwellers, small landholders, etc.); and
Its good governance principles (participation, responsivenessand transparency).
 CheeHai Teo  FIG President,  
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of Surveyors (FIG) 2014., March 2014All rights reserved
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 Published in EnglishCopenhagen, Denmark
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 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
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    | FIG Leaflet 
 A Review of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) Phase II Summary Report
 
	Published in English Published by The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), May 2014Copenhagen, Denmark
 Printed copies can be ordered from:FIG Office, Kalvebod Brygge 31-33, DK-1780 Copenhagen V, DENMARK,
 Tel: + 45 38 86 10 81,  E-mail: 
FIG@fig.net
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