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Appendix to item 27
REPORT FROM ACCO
The following brief report summarises the outcomes of discussions at ACCO and
the main actions.
1. ACCO Nominee to Council
At the Inter-Commission meeting on the 5 May, it was recommended to ACCO and
the General Assembly that the ACCO representative to the Council for the period
from January 2002 - December 2002 should be John Parker. In addition 2
substitutes (Matt Higgins and Jes Ryttersgaard) should work with
John Parker and form an informal executive group. This was subsequently agreed
by ACCO and in consultation with the Bureau it was agreed to invite John Parker
to the Council meeting to be held in Washington in December, 2001.
2. Review of Commission/Task Force/Permanent Institutions Task Force
ACCO provided views to Tom Kennie on the work of his Task Force and
endorse the paper to be presented to the GA at the final session on May 11.
3. Future Strategies
Following a brainstorming discussion at ACCO, further ideas were provided to
complement those already being developed by the Shadow Bureau.
4. Co-operation with UN Agencies
ACCO held discussions with Ian Williamson on the current and future links
with UN Agencies.
5. Joint Activities
ACCO identified a number of Joint Commission activities including;
- The 5th Conference on Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques, Vienna, Austria,
1-4 October, 2001 (Commissions 5 and 6)
- International Conference on Spatial Information for Sustainable
Development, organised by Commission 3, Nairobi, Kenya, 2-5 October, 2001
(Commissions 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9)
- Seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam, 16-17 November, 2001 (Commissions 2, 3, 5 and
7)
- Conference in Puerto Rico, 6-8 February, 2002 (Commissions 1 and 2)
- Conference in the Mekong Region (February, 2003 - Commissions 2, 7 and 8)
- FIG/UN workshop in Mexico, September 2002 (Commissions 1 and 2)
6. Cooperation with Sister Organisation
Note signing of MoU with ISM and IAG and in due course with ISPRS and ICA.
7. Congress 2002
Discussed form and structure of Washington 2002 with Mary Clawson and John
Hohol and held separate meetings with all Commissions.
8. Cooperation on Standards
Further discussion was held on the co-ordination of standards activities and
the next stages in the evolution of the standards Task Force and to encourage
participation from all Commissions.
9. ACCO Meeting Agenda October, 2001
Agreed to meet from 0900hrs on Friday 26th October until 1900hrs on Saturday
27th October. Wherever possible ACCO members will arrive on Thursday evening.
Day 1 will focus on the Congress (with a parallel meeting for Vice Chairs)
and Day 2 will concentrate on the development of future strategies and the
coordination of Commission, Task Force and Permanent Institution work plans.
10. Role of Commission Secretaries
Proposed enhancement of this increasingly important role was noted and this
is reported on further in the Task Force report on Commission structure.
11. Publications on the FIG web site
Agreed that proceedings from FIG events (including Commission seminars) will
be posted on the FIG web site. In particular it was agreed that where the use of
the FIG logo was permitted, proceedings from such events would also be posted on
the web site.
Holger Magel
Vice President - Chair of ACCO
Email: magel@landentwicklung-muenchen.de
11 May 2001
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