The Cadastre Agency has a new director

The Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre has a new director. The Minister of Regional Development Ivan Ivanov has raised the current director of the Directorate « Information Technology and Spatial Data » at the Agency Georgi Georgiev.

Georgiev is a geodesy engineer, graduated as a master at the University of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy and is presented as a person with extensive experience in the field of geodesy, cadastre, development planning and investment design. He has participated in the development of specialized maps and cadastral plans in settlements, detailed and specialized development plans, investment projects, according to his presentation by the ministry.

In the period 2016-2024 he was the Head of the Department of Geodetic and Cadastral Activities in the Division « Architecture and Urban Planning », as well as the chairman of the Municipal Expert Council for Spatial Planning on the territory of the Sofia Municipality for the examination of the geodetic and cadastral activities.

The agency has so far been responsible for the implementation of the new cadastral information administrative system.

According to the announcement, the main priorities in Georgiev’s work will be to accelerate the procedures for the creation of cadastral maps and registers for the territory of the country; Changing the regulatory framework for the purpose of optimizing processes and reducing the administrative burden for citizens and businesses; Improvement of administrative services and performance of cadastral services within regulatory terms, as well as automation of the relationship with the property register.

Previous Director Milen Dimiev stayed for nine months. He was appointed by the Minister of Service Violeta Koritarova with similar tasks – to accelerate the acceptance of the cadastral map and registers and to offer high quality electronic services.

The Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. It has 28 territorial units – services for geodesy, cartography and cadastre, located in the administrative centers of the districts. It creates and maintains the cadastral map and cadastral registers, maintains the state geodetic, cartographic and cadastral fund; It creates and maintains state topographic maps, geodetic networks and topographic databases and the geoinformation system, carries out the technical activity for the establishment of the geographical names and leads their register. The sectors in which the data agency collects, creates, maintains and stored are: