How We Work

Practical Solutions & Empowering Approaches

For government partners, Cadasta offers affordable tools and training to collect, analyze, store, and share critical land and property data. Our fit-for-purpose tools and data models comply with national and international standards and make it easy to incorporate community-based data into national-level systems. 

Fit-for-purpose Tools

Cost-effective Data Collection

Data Monitoring & Analysis 

With Cadasta’s tools and training, NGO partners are equipped to design effective data collection approaches to secure the land, property, and housing rights of vulnerable communities. Our tools and training also support NGOs in managing their data easily and monitoring the effectiveness of their work.  

 

Data Collection & Design Training

Field Support

Data Management & Monitoring

Communities that partner with Cadasta are supported in their efforts to collect and leverage their data to claim their rights to land, property, and housing. Using Cadasta’s tools for data collection and analysis, communities can better advocate for, manage, and monitor land and forest use, as well as connect their data to government systems. 

Land & Forest Management

Data-supported Land Claims

Advocacy

Cadasta uses innovative technology, services, and advocacy to advance global land and resource rights. We target the world’s tenure-insecure people in rural, urban, and peri-urban areas left out of top-down government land registry systems. Recognizing that every partner is unique, our tools and services can accommodate a wide range of technical capabilities and resources and can be applied to various sectors.

Cadasta offers an accessible and flexible suite of mobile and web-based tools to help users collect, manage, store, and analyze land and resource rights data. Our platform and tools are built on the principles of open standards and access and are powered by Esri ArcGIS technology—the world’s leading, cloud-based mapping and analytics platform.

Cadasta offers participatory, demand-driven, and tailored services to empower our partners and beneficiaries. As land, development, GIS, and data professionals, we support partners as they design gender-sensitive approaches, identify and mitigate conflict, and build local knowledge of land administration systems to advance tenure security.

We understand and advance community-led and government-driven approaches to land rights. We work to close the existing gap between community and government systems by building unique partnerships with communities, governments, and development organizations. 

In all of our work, projects, and partnerships, Cadasta aims to support and advocate for secure land and resource rights and improved opportunities for vulnerable households and communities. We do this by amplifying the work of our partners on a global stage with international partners and press. Our in-house communications team works closely with our partners to collect stories and highlight impact.