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Responsibilities of Council Members 2007-2008

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Responsibilities of the Council Members 2007-2010

The individual responsibilities of the members of the Council for 2007-2010 are as follows.

President Stig Enemark

  • provide the professional and strategic leadership of the Federation
  • take appropriate initiatives to ensure that the Federation achieves its principal objectives as laid down in the statutes and defined within the plan of work
  • clarify and communicate a future vision for the Federation and oversee the development of the Federation’s strategic plan
  • promote the Federation to external agencies and ensure the coordination of the Federation’s relations with such agencies
  • recommend and ensure the appointment of task forces to undertake specific tasks which are not within the ambit of the commissions or to assist the work of the Council
  • consult the General Assembly whenever a question arises outside the administrative powers of the Council submit a written report to each meeting of the General Assembly.

Vice president Ken Allred

  • be responsible for financial strategy and its implementation based on the guidelines given by the Council, advice the FIG office on finance issues, presentation and reporting back to the General Assembly on finance issues, and negotiation on salaries and issues related to the office staff in cooperation with the President
  • develop fundraising policies for the Federation
  • provide the link between the Federation and the FIG Foundation
  • lead on links with member associations within North America
  • co-operate with other international and with regional bodies according to the decisions of the Council
  • chair and participate in task forces as appropriate
  • report as required to meetings of the General Assembly.

Vice president Matt Higgins

  • chair the Advisory Committee of Commission Officers together with the ACCO representative
  • ensure that commission chairs develop their plans of work for inclusion in the Federation’s work plan
  • ensure that commission chairs implement tasks assigned to them in congress resolutions and included in their work plans
  • ensure that commission chairs deliver high quality technical programmes at the FIG events
  • ensure liaison as required between the commissions together with the ACCO representative
  • ensure liaison between the Council and the local organizing committee of FIG Congress 2010 as agreed with the President
  • lead on links with member associations within Australia and the Pacific
  • co-operate with other international and with regional bodies according to the decisions of the Council, especially UN OOSA
  • chair and participate in task forces as appropriate
  • report as required to meetings of the General Assembly.

Vice president Dalal S. Alnaggar

  • be responsible for co-operation with students, young surveyors and under-represented groups
  • lead on links with member associations within Arab countries and cooperation with the Arab Union of Surveyors
  • develop the Federation’s information policy and quality of FIG events
  • co-operate with other international and with regional bodies according to the decisions of the Council, especially UNESCO
  • chair and participate in task forces as appropriate
  • report as required to meetings of the General Assembly.

Vice president Paul van der Molen

  • be responsible for relations to the United Nations and the World Bank based on agreement with the President
  • chair and participate in task forces as appropriate and chair the Task force on Developing Global Land Tools for Pro Poor Land Management
  • co-operate with other international and with regional bodies according to the decisions of the Council
  • report as required to meetings of the General Assembly.

This list of responsibilities will be updated in relation to the plan of action that will
be prepared for implementing Council Work Plan when adopted by the General
Assembly.


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