Directorate General of Cadastral Affairs-Budget at LBP 15 billion and 550 jobs

Establishment

The Directorate General of Cadastral Affairs was established pursuant to Law No. 424 dated June 6, 2002. It is mandated to administer and regulate the Land Registry’s work and cadastral surveying as well as to manage the disposition and sale of the state’s immovable properties, the foreign acquisition of title deeds and the cadastral information system.

It was not until 2007 that Decree No. 70 effective as of February 22, 2007 was issued to organize the structure of the Directorate General.

Structure and Staff

The Directorate General of Cadastral Affairs consists of:

  • Al-Diwan Department
  • A Central Cadastral Secretariat at the center of each Mohafaza
  • Land Surveying Department
  • State’s Private Immovable Property Department
  • IT Department

There are 550 staff members at the Directorate General of Cadastral Affairs distributed as follows:

  • Grade 1: 1 (the Director General is Maronite by convention)
  • Grade 2: 11 (3 heads of department and 8 heads of the central cadastral secretariats)
  • Grade 3: 86 jobs
  • Grade 4: 395 jobs
  • Grade 5: 57 jobs

The following table illustrates the detailed structure of the Directorate General and the distribution of employees by grade.

The detailed structure of the Directorate General and the distribution of employees by grade

Table 1

Department

Office

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Total

Al-Diwan

Administrative Office

1

1

5

1

7

Accounting and Supplies Office

1

4

-

5

Foreign Property Acquisition Office

1

2

-

3

Total positions at Al-Diwan

 

1

3

11

1

16

State’s Private Immovable Property Department

Maintenance and Development Office

1

1

3

1

5

Investment Office

1

3

-

4

Total positions at the State’s Private Immovable Property Department

 

1

2

6

1

10

IT Department

-

-

3

24

1

28

Beirut’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

10

1

13

Baabda’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

10

1

13

Zahle’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

8

1

11

Saida’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

8

1

11

Nabatieh’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

8

1

11

Tripoli’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

8

1

11

Baalbeck-Hermel’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

7

1

10

Akkar’s Central Cadastral Secretariat

-

1

1

6

1

9

Jounieh’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

7

1

10

Aley’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

7

1

10

Hermel’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

4

1

7

Bint Jbeil’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

4

1

7

Hasbaya’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

4

1

7

Rashaya’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

4

1

7

Bsharri’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

4

1

7

Mennieh-Dennieh’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

4

1

7

Matn’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

8

1

11

Beiteddine’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Jbeil’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Jezzine’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Jeb Jennine’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Tyre’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Marjeyoun’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Zgharta’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Amioun’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Batroun’s Cadastral Secretariat

-

-

2

6

1

9

Total

 

8

44

165

26

243

Land Surveying Department

Final Fees’ Office

1

3

5

1

9

Cadastral Improvement Office

1

5

1

7

Land surveying offices in Beirut, Baabda and Tripoli (each of the 3 offices comprises 11 employees, 1 holding a grade 1 job, 9 holding grade 4 jobs and 1 a grade 5 job)

 

3

27

3

33

Land surveying offices in Zahle, Nabatieh, Saida, Baalbeck, Aley, Jounieh and Matn (each of the 7 offices comprises 10 employees, 1 holding a grade 3 job, 8 holding grade 4 jobs and 1 a grade 5 job)

 

7

56

7

70

Land surveying offices in Beiteddine, Jbeil, Jeb Jannine, Jezzine, Marjeyoun, Tyre, Zgharta, Halba, Amioun, Batroun, Hermel, Bint Jbeil, Hasbaya, Rashya, Bsharri and Mennieh-Dennieh (each of the 16 offices comprises 8 employees, 1 holding a grade 3 job, 6 holding grade 4 jobs and 1 a grade 5 job)

 

16

96

16

128

Total

 

1

30

189

28

248+4 engineers classified at the Grade 3 level

Grand total

 

11

82

395

57

549

Budget

The budget of the Directorate General of Cadastral Affairs is listed under Chapter 4 within the Ministry of Finance’s budget. In 2012, the Directorate’s budget stood at nearly LBP 15 billion distributed as follows:

  • Salaries and allocations: LBP 4,125 million
  • Fees for services: LBP 2,700 million
  • Office rent: LBP 1500 million
  • Publications: LBP 1500 million
  • IT and technical equipment: LBP 1,060 million
  • Supervision of land surveying and measurement: LBP 1000 million
  • Equipment and office maintenance: LBP 750 million
  • Office stationery: LBP 700 million
  • Furniture: LBP 500 million 

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