Commission Responsibilities
The commissions, under the guidance of their chairs, are responsible
for pursuing FIG’s professional and technical objectives, through the
implementation of work plans that are adopted by the General Assembly
following the FIG Congress and culminate with the delivery of technical programmes at the
following congress
Between them, they cover all the activities listed in the FIG
definition of a surveyor. Most appoint working groups to progress specific
aspects of their work.
Each commission chairman works with the assistance of a Chair Elect and
Vice Chairs and a Vice Chair of Administration. Commission Chair and
Vice Chairs (working group chairs) serve for a four-year term (Chair
Elect for two years), which
starts at the beginning of the year that follows the congress and concludes at the end of
year of the next
congress. Member associations may each appoint one delegate to each
commission. Affiliates, sponsors and academic members are encouraged to
appoint a correspondent to all commissions of their interest.
In addition to delivering the technical programmes at congresses and
working seeks, commissions and their working groups organise other
seminars and conferences on technical and professional topics, either
individually or jointly (usually in collaboration with an FIG member
association or an allied international professional society). Commissions
also seek opportunities for participating in events sponsored by United
Nations or other funding agency, with a view to assisting professional
development in developing countries and those in economic transition.
Commission Terms of Reference 2011-2014
Commission 1 – Professional Standards and Practice
- Professional practice, legal aspects and organisational structures
- Codes of ethics and applications
- Changes to society and ways of working and the corresponding impacts
on professional practice
- Community perceptions and understanding about the surveying
profession
- Participation in FIG Standards Network and Young Surveyors Network
Commission 2 – Professional Education
- Curriculum development
- Core surveying knowledge
- Learning and teaching methods and technologies
- Educational management and marketing
- Continuing professional development
- Networking in education and training
Commission 3 – Spatial Information Management
- Management of spatial information about land and property (data, tools,
methods, policies, processes, procedures, standards, regulations);
- Spatial data infrastructure – collection technology, integration
processing, maintenance, visualization, standardization, and dissemination
(technical, organizational, personnel, administrative, research, financial,
policy, and legal aspects);
- Management and dissemination of knowledge and skills for SIM
(educational, professional development and capacity building aspects);
- Impacts on organizational structure, business models,
Public-Private-Partnerships, professional practice and administration;
- Management of spatial information supporting good governance
(sustainable development, social and economic growth and poverty reduction,
environment protection, democracy, freedom, participation in decision
making, social security).
Commission 4 – Hydrography
- Hydrographic surveying
- Offshore surveying in support of energy, environment, submarine
telecommunications, ports and harbours
- Hydrographic education, training and Continual Professional Development
(CPD)
- Marine Environment & Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
- Data processing and management of hydrographic data
- Nautical charting and bathymetric maps - analogue and digital, includes
ENCs (Electronic Navigational Charts)
Commission 5 – Positioning and Measurement
- The science of measurement (instrumentation, methodology and guidelines)
- The acquisition of accurate and reliable survey data related to the
position, size and shape of natural and artificial features of the earth and
its environment and including variation with time.
Commission 6 – Engineering Surveys
- Acquisition, processing and management of topometric data and all
related information throughout the life cycle of a project (at construction
site)
- Quality control and validation for civil engineering constructions and
manufacturing of large objects (method statements)
- Modern concepts for setting-out and machine guidance
- Deformation monitoring, analysis and interpretation, measurement of
dynamic loaded structures (general)
- Prediction of deformation and movements in engineering projects, mines
and areas of geological hazard such as land slides, subsidence etc
- Automatic measuring systems, construction and industry and multi-sensor
measuring systems
- Terrestrial laser systems, their usage in architecture, civil
engineering and industry including automated periodic measurements in order
to measure track movements
- Industry measuring system metrology, testing and quality control
- Standards related to the construction, deformation measurement and
measuring system metrology
Commission 7 – Cadastre and Land Management
Commission 7 deals with land administration and land rights infrastructures
in a sustainable development perspective:
- cadastre and land registration
- land reform, cadastral reform, land consolidation
- land governance
- land use and land management
- land valuation and land taxation
- security of tenure
- land policy and land legislation
- land market
- capacity building in land administration
- e-governance
- low cost technology in land administration
Commission 8 – Spatial Planning and Development
- Regional and local structure planning
- Urban and rural land use planning and control
- Planning policies and environmental improvement
- Land use planning and implementation and control
- Public-private partnerships
- Informal settlement issues in spatial development,
- Spatial planning and good governance
- Re-engineering mega cities
- Strategy for environmentally sustainable development
- Disaster risk management and land use planning
- Inter-relationship between Commissions
Commission 9 – Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
- Valuation, being the estimating of value of all kinds of real estate by
valuers and appraisers for various purposes, including market value,
property taxation, eminent domain, investment, redevelopment and
refurbishment, and for both public and private purposes;
- Investment in real estate, investment planning and real estate
investment vehicles;
- Real estate finance, development finance, land use feasibility planning;
- Real estate economics, markets and market analysis;
- Management of all kinds of real estate at all levels;
- Asset management for corporate private and public sectors;
- Management of the use of buildings to ensure optimum benefits to
occupiers
Commission 10 - Construction Economics and Management
- Construction economics including Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying,
Cost Engineering and Management, Estimating and Tendering (Bidding)
- Commercial management including Procurement, Risk Management and
Contract Law for construction and non construction activity
- Construction Law and Negotiation
- Project and programme management including Planning / Scheduling
Young Surveyors Network
To facilitate an international network of young surveyors and as a result:
- To promote international opportunities and experiences for young
surveyors.
- To improve the global image of surveying.
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