Aset Properti Mengelola Pemerintah: Pengalaman Internasional - diedit oleh Olga Kaganova dari Urban Institute dan James

McKellar dari Sekolah Schulich of Business di Toronto York University - membedah topik penting langgeng untuk perekonomian matang dan reformasi, mengingat sejauh mana kepemilikan publik tanah dan bangunan di seluruh dunia. Buku, yang mewakili karya 16 sarjana dan praktisi dari 7 negara, diarahkan berorientasi reformasi pemerintah, menawarkan suatu kerangka kerja untuk membantu mereka memenuhi tantangan yang reformis lainnya telah diatasi. Untuk profesional yang bekerja dengan milik umum, buku ini adalah sumber tak ternilai pada pemikiran konseptual, praktik terbaik, pelajaran, dan ide-ide baru, beberapa berhasil dan orang lain tidak. "Ini buku acuan menimbulkan, untuk pertama kalinya dengan cara yang terpadu dan komparatif, pertanyaan utama tentang bagaimana pusat, pemerintah daerah, dan lokal dapat menjadi pemilik lebih baik aset real estat, di negara maju dan negara berkembang sama," kata Bertrand Renaud, mantan penasehat di Departemen Keuangan Pembangunan Bank Dunia. Mengelola Aset Pemerintah Properti menjembatani kesenjangan antara dua alam semesta tampaknya terputus: mereka sedikit negara yang telah menerapkan reformasi manajemen properti publik dan mayoritas negara-negara baru sekarang mulai berjuang dengan tugas. Buku ini juga menawarkan wawasan ke dalam pengalaman manajemen di bawah tingkat nasional, tentang yang sedikit yang telah ditulis sebelumnya. Bab pertama, pengantar oleh editor Kaganova dan McKellar, bersama dengan George Peterson dari Urban Institute, mengidentifikasi umum pra-reformasi masalah. Hal ini termasuk kurangnya kebijakan eksplisit; tanggung jawab manajemen bagi; praktek tidak efisien, dan kurangnya transparansi, akuntabilitas, dan sistem informasi. Hal ini juga membahas hubungan antara akuntansi dan reformasi pengelolaan aset dan pemisahan kepemilikan dari manajemen. Sisa dari buku ini membahas manajemen aset pemerintah pusat, manajemen di tingkat subnasional dari pemerintah dan instrumen canggih khusus dari manajemen aset publik. Pemerintah Pusat Manajemen Aset Empat bab menyajikan mendalam review dari reformasi properti pemerintah pusat di Australia (oleh Francis Conway), Kanada (oleh James McKellar), Selandia Baru (oleh Peter Dow, Iain Gillies, Gary Nichols, dan Sarah Polen), dan Perancis (oleh Bernard Bizet). Bab keenam membandingkan dan kontras berbagai pendekatan yang diambil oleh negaranegara ini, tiga yang umumnya diakui sebagai pemimpin di lapangan, dan menawarkan "gambar komposit reformasi." Manajemen Aset oleh Pemerintah Daerah Enam bab berikut menjelajahi manajemen aset pada tingkat sub-nasional dan menggabungkan negara-spesifik analisis dengan perdebatan tentang topik utama. Peterson membahas bagaimana neraca pandangan aset properti dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kedudukan keuangan pemerintah atau mencapai pembangunan ekonomi dan penyediaan layanan-gol.

John Hentschel dan Marilee sorotan mengucapkan tantangan dalam mengelola aset properti di kota-kota Amerika. Bernard Dafflon menunjukkan bahwa reformasi kerangka Swiss untuk manajemen aset, berdasarkan proses demokrasi, lebih maju dalam teori daripada praktek. Karl-Werner Schulte dan Christian Ecke menunjukkan bahwa properti-reformasi manajemen oleh otoritas lokal di Jerman adalah dalam tahap awal dan bahwa otoritas lokal sering jatuh pendek dari target mereka. Kaganova memberikan laporan lengkap atas aset-masalah manajemen dalam ekonomi perencanaan pusat sebelumnya, yang menggambarkan bagaimana kekayaan publik terkonsentrasi di real estate kota yang salah urus. Kaganova dan Charles Undeland membahas pendekatan konseptual dan praktis untuk bantuan teknis untuk lokal aset-manajemen reformasi dan berbagi pelajaran mereka sebagai penyedia bantuan. Khusus Instrumen Manajemen Aset Publik Tiga bab memeriksa strategi inovatif dan struktur organisasi: Alan Jowett berubah ke Kanada untuk menyajikan salah satu upaya lebih berhasil untuk menerapkan sistem data nasional untuk aset real properti. McKellar menawarkan pemeriksaan mendalam dari tiga tujuan khusus perusahaan yang didirikan oleh provinsi Kanada untuk mengelola aset milik mereka dan menunjukkan sebuah kerangka kerja konseptual untuk model-model alternatif. Kaganova dan Polen membahas pelajaran pemerintah pusat dan daerah dapat menarik dari eksperimen dengan kemitraan swasta-publik. Berbagi Pengalaman Kaganova dan McKellar menyimpulkan dengan perspektif "besar gambar", pengelompokan praktik terbaik ke enam kategori: hubungan antara manajemen, akuntansi anggaran, dan; pengaturan kelembagaan; derajat privatisasi; lingkup langkah-langkah reformasi; urutan peluncuran upaya reformasi, dan sistem informasi. "Tidak ada resep sederhana untuk sukses," kata McKellar. "Pelajaran dibagi melalui upaya seperti buku ini sangat penting untuk bergerak maju dengan kemajuan diperlukan untuk memastikan bahwa baik matang dan negara-negara berkembang membuat penggunaan terbaik dari salah satu aset mereka yang paling berharga."

MANAGING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY ASSETS, edited by Olga Kaganova, CRE, and James McKellar, allows input from a number of authors who are practitioners as well as researchers. The objective of the book, the editors write, is to establish a framework for more intensive debate and discussion on the topic of managing real property assets in the public domain from an international perspective. The book offers perspectives from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Germany, the United States and several emerging markets, including countries in Europe and Asia. A key objective is to identify potentially transferable approaches and practices that might be applicable in countries that are just beginning to wrestle with the

problem of devising a coherent management strategy for their real property assets, editors write. The book is not a comprehensive compendium of best practices or asset management approaches across nations, the editors state. Instead, it features authors from seven countries who provide a sampling of considerations that are important when considering public property asset management on an international basis. Because governments own huge amounts of extremely diversified properties, myriad issues and difficulties arise when categorizing and handling those assets. The book focuses primarily on common rules, institutional arrangements and management incentives to improve the efficiency and public usefulness of government owned property, editors write. Though the issue is daunting and enormousand a single book cannot cover it in detailManaging Government Property Assets is certainly a worthwhile tool to address many essential issues in property management when dealing with public assets. However, what this book cannot directly address is the political context for decisionmaking that inevitably affects how governments make the decisions that they do, editors write. They further explain that practitioners should research additional subjects related to national and local governmental practices. At local governmental levels, for example, vastly different legal positions and accounting principles could have a significant impact on property management positions. And in developing countries with emerging real estate markets, officials often focus primarily on building new properties instead of caring properly for existing assets. Most real estate professionals and government officials who deal with property management recognize the need for proper property management. This practice includes consistently updating property management techniques and tools as well as reviewing examination and accounting procedures to provide for transparency. Authors also examine issues related to pre-reform asset management such as the lack of a central policy framework, fragmented management of public property assets, economic inefficiencies associated with properties, incomplete or inaccurate information about properties, and the absence of transparency and accountability. The book attempts to present a unified framework of practices in the countries that authors cover, including: Process and key drivers of state real property asset management reform Legal and regulatory framework Institutional framework Inventory of state real property assets System of accounting and fiscal management Cycle for real property asset management Strengths and weaknesses of the current system Authors covered many of these issues; however, it is difficult to readily see a suggested unified framework as the guideline of each chapter. For future editions, if any, it would be helpful for the authors to employ a standard template for comparing data from various countries. And though many chapters contain some tables, adding maps, charts and other visual aids also would assist with making comparisons among countries. By raising the issues mentioned above, though, the work takes a valuable step toward providing a tool for properly managing public assets. Government officials should find this work helpful when managing the public assets of their governmentsand especially when examining practices and considering refinements. The editors are real estate researchers who offer detailed analysis in this important book. Kaganova, a senior associate at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., has conducted a great deal of analysis of numerous countries in eastern and central Europe, as well as the Middle East and Asia. Before joining the Urban Institute, she was a founder and

managing director of a consulting company in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has lectured at numerous universities and holds a number of professional designations. James McKellar is a professor and academic director of a real estate program at York University in Toronto. He also is a principal in McKellar and Associates Ltd., a firm that undertakes strategic advisory work. He has an impressive background in teaching and lecturing, holds a number of certifications, and is an honorary and life member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. The highly qualified authors who contributed to various chapters include myriad professors and professionals involved with strategic real estate research. Chapters cover subjects such as Management of Property in Australia, Framework for Management of Real Property in Canada, Asset Management in New Zealand; State Asset Management of Property in France; Asset Management Reforms; Balance Sheet Issues as to Asset Management; Examination of U.S. Cities and Management Issues; Real Property Management in Switzerland; Real Property Management in Germany; Guidance Issues for Management in Emerging Markets; Municipal Asset Management in Emerging Markets; Information Systems in Public Property in Canada; and several other topics relating to planning for and management of government assets. This book will prove valuable for real estate professionals and other practitioners covering international real estate issues with a focus on property management. Governmental employees who deal with property management of public assets and strategic planners involved in governmental positions also will benefit from reading it.