Responsibilities of the Council Members 2011-2012
The individual responsibilities of the members of the Council for
2011-2012 as follows.
President CheeHai TEO (2011 – 2014)
- Manage, together with Council, the business of the Federation in
accordance with the Statutes
and Internal Rules and ensure that the Federation remains the
premier international nongovernmental
organization that represents the interests of surveyors and users of
surveying
services globally.
- Lead the Council in ensuring effective management of the
Federation and
engagement with the general membership.
- Responsible for the agenda and related motions to each General
Assembly and implement all
decisions of the General Assembly.
- Provide strategic leadership of the Federation; take appropriate
initiatives to ensure that the Federation achieves its principal
objectives as laid down in the statutes and the adopted work plan.
- Promote the Federation and the significance of the profession;
- communicate and clarify to the membership the vision and
direction of the Federation;
- co-ordinate and enhance the Federation’s partnership with UN
related agencies, the World Bank and other external
international or multi-lateral agencies as well as sister and
allied organization;
- oversee the overall management of the Federation and matters
related
thereto;
- recommend the formation of task forces and inter-commission
working party to
undertake specific tasks, monitor and guide their work thereof
and undertake any other tasks
and duties as decided by the General Assembly and the Council.
Vice President Dalal S. ALNAGGAR (2011 – 2012)
- Responsible for the Federation’s links and cooperation
with regional structures in the Middle East and North Africa
including supporting any development in the areas of
professionalism and ethics; regional activities; oversee the
Council’s initiatives to under-represented groups and
provide Council with regular report on matters thereto
indicating highlights and challenges.
- Responsible for the development of the Federation’s
information policy together with FIG Office and participate
in projects and tasks as decided by Council.
- Together with the President, promote the Federation and
the significance of the profession; communicate and clarify
to the membership the vision and direction of the
Federation, contribute in enhancing the Federation’s
partnership with UN related agencies, the World Bank and
other external international or multi-lateral agencies as
well as sister and allied organizations.
- Council’s representative on the FIG Task Force on
Africa.
Vice President Iain GREENWAY (2011 – 2012)
- Responsible for the Federation’s initiatives on
membership issues and standards; financial and
administrative strategy and management; oversee the FIG
Office and matters related thereto and together with the
FIG Office, provide Council with quarterly financial and
administrative report indicating finance and
administrative highlights, challenges and constraints.
- Responsible for reporting on all finance and
administrative matters and presentation to the General
Assembly and implementing related decisions.
- Provide leadership towards the development and
implementation of the FIG Administrative (Office)
Manual, co-ordinate the annual forum for Directors
General/CEOs of national mapping and cadastral
organisations; continuing developing the Federation’s
policy on capacity building and participate in projects
and tasks as decided by Council.
- Together with the President, promote the Federation
and the significance of the profession; communicate and
clarify to the membership the vision and direction of
the Federation, contribute in enhancing the Federation’s
partnership with UN related agencies, the World Bank and
other external international or multi-lateral agencies
as well as sister and allied organizations.
Vice President Chryssy POTSIOU (2011 – 2014)
- Responsible for the Federation’s initiatives on
Young Surveyors and Academic Members; chair FIG Task
Force on Property and Housing; co-ordinate related
agenda for action and promote appropriate outputs
and delivery; supporting development in the areas of
professionalism and ethics and provide Council with
regular status report indicating highlights and
challenges on matters related thereto.
- Responsible for reporting on academic and young
surveyors matters, presentation to the General
Assembly and implementing related decisions.
- Provide leadership towards the convening of
biennial young surveyors symposia alongside the
Federation’s Working Week or Congress; co-ordinate
the annual Forum for Academic Members and
participate in projects and tasks as decided by
Council.
- Together with the President, promote the
Federation and the significance of the profession;
communicate and clarify to the membership the vision
and direction of the Federation, contribute in
enhancing the Federation’s partnership with UN
related agencies, the World Bank and other external
international or multi-lateral agencies as well as
sister and allied organizations.
- Council’s representative on the FIG Task Force
of Spatially Enabled Societies as well as
- Council’s representative to the FIG Foundation.
Vice President Rudolf STAIGER (2011 – 2014)
- Responsible for the Federation’s technical
strategy and management and the ten commissions;
together with the ACCO Representative on
Council, co-ordinate their work plans and
promote alignment with Council’s priorities,
quality and excellence in their outputs as well
as delivery.
- Provide Council with regular status report
indicating highlights, challenges and
constraints.
- Responsible for reporting on technical and
ACCO matters, presentation to the General
Assembly and implementing related decisions; as
well as the Federation’s peer-review process.
- Co-ordinate the liaison between ACCO and
organizers of the Federation’s working weeks,
conferences and congress.
- Provide leadership to Council’s initiatives
to ensure better dissemination of surveying
sciences, knowledge and practices through
Commission’s workshops and symposia to the
Federation’s membership and that these events be
geographically strategic; leadership in the
development and implementation of the
Federation’s knowledge sharing policy via the
web and participate in projects and tasks as
decided by Council.
- Together with the President, promote the
Federation and the significance of the
profession; communicate and clarify to the
membership the vision and direction of the
Federation, contribute in enhancing the
Federation’s partnership with UN related
agencies, the World Bank and other external
international or multi-lateral agencies as well
as sister and allied organizations.
- Chair, FIG’s Advisory Committee of
Commission Officers (ACCO) and Council’s
representative on the FIG Task Force on Surveyor
and Climate Change.
This list of responsibilities will be updated in relation to the plan
of action for implementing the Council Work Plan as necessary. |
