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About Estonian Land Board

Organisation

The Estonian Land Board was established in 1990 for the implementation of the land policy of the Government of Estonia.

The Estonian Land Board (ELB) is responsible to the Minister of Environment for the maintenance of the Land Cadastre, co-ordination and execution of land reform in the conformity with valid laws, supervision, organisation and co-ordination of the activities in the field of land consolidation, land assessment, geodesy, cartography, geographical information. The Land Board also manages contracts for cadastral and geodetic surveys, and for topographic mapping.

The Board has about 350 staff (250 in 2006), of which 120 are in the Board's Tallinn headquarters and the remainder are divided between the Board's branch office in Tartu and 15 County Cadastral Offices.

The activities of the Board are financed 100% from the state budget, all revenue earned by the Board goes back to the state budget. The total budget in the recent years has been as follows:

• 2007: 8.4 million Euros (equivalent)
• 2006: 6.8 million Euros
• 2005: 6.4 million Euros
• 2004: 5.9 million Euros
• 2003: 5.1 million Euros
• 2002: 4.3 million Euros
• 2001: 5.2 million Euros

Objectives

The Estonian Land Board has set itself the following objectives for the coming years:

• We will capture, maintain and deliver data to the community about the nation's most important geospatial features
• We will make land-related data available for the public
• We will become recognised as the best know-how centre in our fields of activity
• We will ensure good and timely execution of land-related national programmes
• We will remain an effective and well-functioning government agency

Contact Information:

Mustamäe tee 51, 10602 Tallinn,
Estonia
Tel:  (372) 66-50-600
Fax: (372) 66-50-604
E-mail:  maaamet@maaamet.ee 
Web: http://maaamet.ee