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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
International Federation of Surveyors -
Presentation of FIG and Its Activities
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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
What is FIG?

• Established in 1878 in Paris by 7 member
  associations (Belgium, France (OGE), Germany,
  Italy, Spain, Switzerland and UK)
• Federation of national associations
• Only international body representing all
  surveying disciplines
• UN-recognised non-governmental organisation
  (NGO)

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Who are surveyors?

• Surveyors are professional people whose
• academic qualifications and postgraduate
• training enable them to advise
• on the management and use of land and
  property
• whether rural or urban
• and developed or undeveloped

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Who are surveyors?

• Surveyors understand
• the legislation governing land and property
• the trade markets
• supporting services
• economics of construction, management,
  maintenance, acquisition and disposal

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Organizational Structure
General Assembly
Council President and 4 Vice-Presidents
FIG Office FIGDirector FIG Office
ManagerAssistant
ACCO Advisory Committee of Commission Officers
Com1 Practice
Com3 Spat.Inf.Man
Com5 Posit.Map
Com7 CadLandMan.
Com9 Valuation
Com2 Education
Com4 Hydrography
Com6 Eng.Surveys
Com8 Spat.Plan.Dev.
Com10 Quantity Surv..
Chairman, vice-chairs, national delegates, work
plan, working groups, seminars etc
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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Members

• More than 110 countries represented in 2007
• 250,000 individuals in member associations

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Members

• Membership categories
• 101 members from 85 countries
• 20 affiliates
• 14 correspondents
• 85 academic members from 52 countries
• 35 corporate members
• 8 honorary presidents
• 31 honorary members

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Members

• professional societies representing one or
  more of the surveying disciplines in their
  respective countries
• 85 countries represented 101 associations
• over 250,000 individuals
• new statutes encourage to have whole
  profession represented
• allow more than one member per country
• currently 16 countries have more than one
  member association

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Affiliates

• groups of surveyors undertaking professional
  activities but not fulfilling criteria for
  membership
• currently 20 members

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Correspondents

• individual in a country where no association
  exists that is eligible to join FIG
• currently 14 correspondents

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Academic members

• organisation, institution or agency which
  promotes education or research in one or more
  of the disciplines of surveying
• first academic members in 1999, now 85 academic
  members from 52 countries
• membership fee is 200 in 2007
• Surveying Educational Database with 277
  institutions (78 countries) and more than 450
  courses

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Surveying Education Database
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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Corporate Members

• organisation, institution or agency which
  manufactures or distributes instruments,
  equipment or supplies or which operates or
  provides commercial services in support of the
  profession
• 35 corporate members in 2007

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Honorary Presidents and Honorary Members

• past presidents who have rendered outstanding
  service to FIG
• individuals who have materially assisted the
  development and promotion of the surveying
  profession at international level
• 8 Honorary Presidents
• 31 Honorary Members

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Permanent institutions

• International Office of Cadastre and Land
  Records OICRF, the Netherlands
• International Institution on the History of
  Surveying and Measurement, UK

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

FIG FoundationBuilding a Sustainable Future

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Organizational Structure
General Assembly
Council President and 4 Vice-Presidents
FIG Office FIGDirector FIG Office
ManagerAssistant
ACCO Advisory Committee of Commission Officers
Com1 Practice
Com3 Spat.Inf.Man
Com5 Posit.Map
Com7 CadLandMan.
Com9 Valuation
Com2 Education
Com4 Hydrography
Com6 Eng.Surveys
Com8 Spat.Plan.Dev.
Com10 Quantity Surv..
Chairman, vice-chairs, national delegates, work
plan, working groups, seminars etc
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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commissions

• Professional Practice
• Professional Education
• Spatial Information Management
• Hydrography
• Positioning and Measurement
• Engineering Surveys
• Cadastre and Land Management
• Spatial Planning and Development
• Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
• Construction Economics and Management

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission administration

• Chair
• Vice-chair(s)
• Vice-chair of administration
• Delegates - each member to nominate one
  delegate to each of the commissions
• Annual meetings
• Workshops and seminars
• Working groups

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Commission 1 - Professional PracticeChair
Yaacoub Saade, Lebanon

• Ethical principles and codes of professional
  conduct
• Guidelines relating to the provision of services
  
• Standards of business practice and total quality
  management
• Changes affecting the operation of surveying
  practices, their management and their
  professional structures
• International legislation affecting the
  profession including the liberalisation of
  trade in services
• The role of surveyors in the public sector.

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Business Matters for Professionals

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
FIG Guide on Standardisation


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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Enhancing the Representation of Under-Represented
Groups in FIG


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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 1 Professional Practice Working
Groups 2002-2006

• FIG Standards Network
• Professional practice and organisational
  structures
• Information technology management as it relates
  to professional practice and communications
• International project management (Joint Activity
  with Commission 10)
• Under-represented Groups in Surveying (Joint
  working group with other FIG Technical
  Commissions)

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 2 - Professional EducationChair Bela
Markus, Hungary

• Education and teaching methods
• Continuing professional development and training
  
• The interaction between education, research and
  practice
• Encouragement of the exchange of students and
  personnel between member countries.

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Enhancing Professional Competence of Surveyors in
Europe

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 2 Professional Education Working
Groups 2002-2006

• Virtual Academy
• Curricula Models and CPD
• Mutual Recognition
• Knowledge in Spatial Information Management
• Capacity building in Land Management

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des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 3 - Spatial Information
Management Chair Chryssy Potsiou, Greece

• Management of land, property and hydrographic
  information and the related processes,
  procedures and resources
• Spatial data infrastructure - data models,
  standards, availability and legal aspects,
  management of spatial knowledge
• The impacts on organisational structures,
  business models, professional practice and
  administration
• Management of spatial information supporting
  sustainable development.

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
The Nairobi Statement of Spatial Information for
Sustainable Development

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Land Information Management for Sustainable
Development of CitiesBest Practice Guidelines in
City-wide Information Management

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 3 Spatial Information Management
Working Groups 2002-2006

• e-Government and e-Citizen
• SIM-Infrastructure
• State of the art of SIM

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Commission 4 HydrographyChair Andrew Leyzack,
Canada

• The marine environment
• Hydrographic surveying
• Data processing and management
• Nautical charts and bathymetric maps - analogue,
  digital and electronic

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Administering Marine Spaces International Issues

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
FIG Guide on the Development of a Vertical
Reference Surface for Hydrography

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 4 - Hydrography Working Groups
2002-2006

• Strategic Partnerships
• Vertical Reference Frame
• Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
• Education and CPD

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 5 - Positioning and Measurement
Chair Rudolf Staiger, Germany

• The science of measurement
• The acquisition of accurate, precise and
  reliable survey data related to the position,
  size and shape of natural and artificial
  features of the earth and its environment.

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des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 5 Positioning and Measurement
Working Groups 2002-2006

• Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration
• Reference Frame in Practice
• Integrated Positioning, Navigation and Mapping
  Systems

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys Chair Alojz
Kopacik, Slovakia

• Acquisition, processing and management of
  topographic and other related information
  throughout the life cycle of a project
• Setting out methods in engineering projects
• Validation and quality control for civil
  construction and manufacturing
• Deformation monitoring, analysis and
  interpretation
• Prediction of deformation in engineering
  projects, mines and areas of geological
  hazard.

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 6 Engineering Surveys Working
Groups 2002-2006

• Deformation Measurement and Analysis
• Engineering Surveys for Industry and Research
• Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility
  Management
• Engineering Surveys for Construction Works and
  Structural Engineering

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management
Chair András Osskó, Hungary

• Land management and administration
• Cadastral reform and multi-purpose cadastres
• Parcel-based land information systems and
  computerisation of cadastral records
• Cadastral surveying and mapping
• Land titling, land tenure, land law and land
  registration
• Urban and rural land consolidation
• National and international boundaries
• Land and marine resource management

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Cadastre 2014A vision for a future cadastral
system

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
The Bathurst Declaration on Land Administration
for Sustainable Development


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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
The Bathurst Declaration on Land Administration
for Sustainable Development

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Womens Access to Land FIG Guidelines

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management
Working Groups 2002-2006

• Creating Land Administration in formal and
  informal environment
• Instruments for land distribution
• Advances in Modern Land Administration

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des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development
Chair Simon Adcock, Australia

• Regional and local structure planning
• Urban and rural land use planning
• Planning policies and environmental improvement
• Urban development and implementation
• Public-private partnerships
• Informal settlements and urbanisation in
  developing countries
• Environmental impact assessment.

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des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
FIG Agenda 21

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
The Contribution of the Surveying Profession to
Disaster Risk Management

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 8 Spatial Planning and Development
Working Groups 2002-2006

• Urban Regeneration
• PPP Public Private Partnership
• Global Urban Process in Large Cities

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Commission 9 - Valuation andthe Management of
Real Estate Chair Kauko Viitanen, Finland

• Valuation - the estimating of value of real
  estate by valuers and appraisers, for various
  purposes, including market value, property
  taxation, eminent domain, claims of damage or
  impact on value by some cause or event, and
  acquisitions for public use or public policy
• Investment Market Value and Investment Planning
• Development Finance, Land Use Feasibility
  Planning
• Management of Property, as a single asset or by
  management companies
• Management of property systems to ensure
  efficient use of public and private resources
• Management of public sector property

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des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

Commission 9 Valuation and the Management of
Real Estate Working Groups 2002-2006

• Education of Valuation Professionals in FIG
• Environmental and Ecological Influences
  Effecting Use, Value and Demand for Real
  Estate
• Valuation for Taxation and Statutory
  Compensation
• Organizations of Valuers and Appraisers in
  Emerging Eastern European Markets

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des Géomètres International
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Commission 10 - Construction Economics and
Management Chair Andrew Morley, United Kingdom

• Construction technology and information
  technology
• Construction economics and measurement
• Construction management and environmental
  management
• Construction law and contract administration

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des Géomètres International
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Commission 10 Construction Economics and
Management Working Groups 2002-2006

• Human Settlements, Economics and Environment
  Sustainability
• Database for Quantity Surveying Education and
  Cost Management Professionals Worldwide
• Construction Procurement
• Standard, research and development in Cost
  management, Quantity Surveying, Cost
  Engineering and Project Management

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Standards Network Chair Iain Greenway, United
Kingdom

• appoint experts to the work items of ISO
  Technical Committee 211 (geographic
  information/geomatics) and ensure that FIG is
  represented at plenary meetings of TC211
• gain liaison status and appoint experts to other
  appropriate technical committees of ISO and of
  other standards bodies, to assist in the
  creation of workable and current standards
• create explanatory material and guidance notes
  on the implications of standards for surveyors
• propose guidelines which can be translated into
  standards as technologies and methodologies
  mature

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Administration

• General Assembly ? combined to FIG annual
  working weeks
• Council
• ? 4 year term of office
• ? President and 4 Vice-Presidents

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International Federation of
Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Council 2007-2010

• President Prof. Stig Enemark (Denmark)
• Vice Presidents
• Mr. Ken Allred (Canada 2007-08)
• Dr. Dalal S. Alnaggar (Egypt 2007-10)
• Mr. Matt Higgins (Australia 2007-10)
• Prof. Paul van der Molen (Netherlands 2007-08)
• ACCO representative
• Dr. Chryssy Potsiou (Greece 2007-08)

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Administration

• Advisory Committee of Commission Officers
  ACCO
• Permanent office
• ? FIG Director, FIG Office Manager and
  Assistant
• ? Located in Copenhagen, Denmark and
• hosted by DdL

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Information delivery

• Annual Review
• monthly e-Newsletter
• commission newsletters
• publications
• congress and working week publications
• Surveyors Reference Library
• web site www.fig.net

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
Co-operation with United Nations

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
FIG Publications

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Surveyors Fédération Internationale
des Géomètres International
Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure
FIG Events

• Working Week, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
  13-17 May 2007 www.figww2007.hk
• 6th Regional Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica
• 12-15 November 2007
• Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden 14-19 June
  2008 www.fig.net/fig2008
• Working Week, Eilat, Israel, 3-8 May 2009
• XXIV FIG Congress, Sydney, Australia 9-16
  April 2010
• Working Week, Marrakech, Morocco, April/May 2011

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Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure

FIG Office in Copenhagen