November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure International Federation of Surveyors - Presentation of FIG and Its Activities

November 2006 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)

November 2006 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

November 2006 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

November 2006 General Assembly Council President and 4 Vice-Presidents FIG Office FIGDirector FIG Office Manager Assistant Com1 Practice Com2 Education Com3 Spat.Inf.Man Com4 Hydrography Com5 Posit.&Map Com6 Eng.Surveys Com7 Cad&LandMan. Com8 Spat.Plan.&Dev. Com9 Valuation Com10 Quantity Surv.. Chairman, vice-chairs, national delegates, work plan, working groups, seminars etc Organizational Structure ACCO Advisory Committee of Commission Officers

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Members More than 110 countries represented in ,000 individuals in member associations

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Members Membership categories: 101 members from 85 countries 19 affiliates 14 correspondents 83 academic members from 52 countries 34 corporate members 8 honorary presidents 32 honorary members

November 2006 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

November 2006 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 19 members

November 2006 International Federation of 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

November 2006 International Federation of 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 83 academic members from 52 countries membership fee is 190 in 2006 Surveying Educational Database with 275 institutions (77 countries) and more than 450 courses

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Surveying Education Database

November 2006 International Federation of 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 34 corporate members in 2006

November 2006 International Federation of 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 32 Honorary Members

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Permanent institutions International Office of Cadastre and Land Records OICRF, the Netherlands FIG Multi-Lingual Dictionary, Germany International Institution on the History of Surveying and Measurement, UK

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure FIG Foundation Building a Sustainable Future

November 2006 General Assembly Council President and 4 Vice-Presidents FIG Office FIGDirector FIG Office Manager Assistant Com1 Practice Com2 Education Com3 Spat.Inf.Man Com4 Hydrography Com5 Posit.&Map Com6 Eng.Surveys Com7 Cad&LandMan. Com8 Spat.Plan.&Dev. Com9 Valuation Com10 Quantity Surv.. Chairman, vice-chairs, national delegates, work plan, working groups, seminars etc Organizational Structure ACCO Advisory Committee of Commission Officers

November 2006 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

November 2006 International Federation of 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 1 - Professional Practice Commission 1 - Professional Practice Chair: 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.

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 1 – Professional Practice Working Groups Working Groups 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)

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 2 - Professional Education Commission 2 - Professional Education Chair: 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.

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 2 – Professional Education Working Groups Virtual Academy Curricula Models and CPD Mutual Recognition Knowledge in Spatial Information Management Capacity building in Land Management

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale 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.

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 3 – Spatial Information Management Working Groups e-Government and e-Citizen SIM-Infrastructure State of the art of SIM

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 4 – Hydrography Commission 4 – Hydrography Chair: Andrew Leyzack, Canada The marine environment Hydrographic surveying Data processing and management Nautical charts and bathymetric maps - analogue, digital and electronic

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 4 - Hydrography Working Groups Strategic Partnerships Vertical Reference Frame Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Education and CPD

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 5 - Positioning and Measurement 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.

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 5 – Positioning and Measurement Working Groups Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration Reference Frame in Practice Integrated Positioning, Navigation and Mapping Systems

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys 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.

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 6 – Engineering Surveys Working Groups 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management Working Groups Creating Land Administration in formal and informal environment Instruments for land distribution Advances in Modern Land Administration

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development 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.

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 8 – Spatial Planning and Development Working Groups Urban Regeneration PPP – Public Private Partnership Global Urban Process in Large Cities

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 9 - Valuation and the Management of Real Estate Commission 9 - Valuation and the 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 9 – Valuation and the Management of Real Estate Working Groups 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 10 - Construction Economics and Management 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Commission 10 – Construction Economics and Management Working Groups 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

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Standards Network 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

November 2006 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 (2007-) current German Council new Governance in full operation

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Council President: Prof. Holger Magel (Germany) Vice Presidents: Dr. Andreas Drees (Germany) Dr. Ralf Schroth (Germany) Mr. T. N. Wong, Hong Kong SAR, China Mr. Ken Allred, Canada Prof. Stig Enemark, Denmark Congress Director: Mr. Thomas Gollwitzer ACCO Representative: Mr. Matt Higgins (Australia),

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Council President: Prof. Stig Enemark (Denmark) Vice Presidents: Mr. Ken Allred (Canada – ) Dr. Dalal S. Alnaggar (Egypt – ) Mr. Matt Higgins (Australia – ) Prof. Paul van der Molen (Netherlands – ) ACCO representative: Dr. Chryssy Potsiou (Greece – )

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Administration Advisory Committee of Commission Officers ACCO Commission chairs and chairs elect Council members Permanent office FIG Director, FIG Office Manager and Assistant Located in Copenhagen at the Surveyors House hosted by DdL

November 2006 International Federation of 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:

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure Co-operation with United Nations

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure FIG Publications

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure FIG Events Working Week, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China May 2007 – 6th Regional Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica November 2007 Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden June 2008 – Working Week, Eilat, Israel, 3-8 May 2009 XXIV FIG Congress, Sydney, Australia 9-16 April 2010 Working Week, Marrakech, Morocco, April/May 2011

November 2006 International Federation of Surveyors Fédération Internationale des Géomètres International Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure FIG Office in Copenhagen