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[ 2012 FIG Foundation Young
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The FIG Foundation
Building a Sustainable Future
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FIG Foundation flier (242 KB) |
The FIG Foundation will build a sustainable future:
- To give grants and scholarships to projects, for instance to
develop curricula for surveying education, training and capacity
building, especially in developing countries;
- To encourage research into all disciplines of surveying and
to disseminate the results of that research;
- To promote high standards of education and training for
surveyors and to facilitate continuing professional development;
- To educate people in the disciplines of surveying,
particularly in developing countries and countries in
transition;
- To promote the use of distance learning, networking ,
eLearning and knowledge management if surveying education and
continuing professional development;
To promote the exchange of surveying personnel for greater
understanding of all facets of the profession of surveying;
- To support by seed funding conferences, meetings of young
surveyors and similar events in co-operation with international
agencies such as the United Nations.
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The FIG Foundation - what is it?
The FIG Foundation is an independent body under the International
Federation of Surveyors.
- The Foundation has been established for the purpose of raising funds
to finance educational and capacity building projects and scholarships.
- The Foundation aims to raise a fund of 1 million US dollars in the
coming years. This will allow activities to be funded by using the
annual interest. The Foundation may use 50 per cent of its
annual income for supporting its aims.
- The Foundation funds shall not be used to support the normal
activities of FIG.
- The Foundation is administered by the FIG Office in Copenhagen and
directed by a Board of five Directors appointed by the FIG Council.
- The Directors of the Foundation will announce every year the
scholarships and grants available.
- The Directors will also announce the distribution of funds and
promote the results of supported projects.
2012 FIG Foundation Academic Research Grants
The FIG Foundation will be providing research grants of up to 20,000
euros spread over two years.
Applicants should:
- be based in a surveying/geomatics academic or research programme
in a country listed by the World Bank as a low-income, lower-middle
or upper-middle income economy,
- have an established record of published research - at least two
articles in good quality internationally recognised peer reviewed
journals serves as a useful guideline, and
- have experience in managing postgraduate students.
Applications will be judged on the quality of the application and
need. In the event that two excellent applications are judged to be of
equal quality, applications from low-income and lower-middle income
countries will be preferred.
Deadline for applications: 15 January 2012
Board of Directors (1.1.2011-31.12.2014)
The Board of Directors of the FIG Foundation is:
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John Hohol, USA, President |
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Prof. Mike Barry,
Canada, Director |
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Prof. Steve Frank, USA, Director |
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Prof. Chryssy Potsiou,
Greece, Director |
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Prof. Paul van
der Molen, Netherlands, Director |
The FIG Foundation - How can I contribute?
Companies, associations, institutions, events, surveyors’ groups and
individuals may contribute to the Foundation by:
- Donations which will be recognised by a plaque or a certificate of
different categories reflecting the sum of donation as follows:.
- platinum plaque US$ 25,000
- gold plaque US$ 10,000
- silver plaque US$ 5,000
- bronze plaque US$ 1,000
- All contributors will also be recognised in the FIG Annual Review.
- Donations to support specific projects or by offering scholarships.
Donors and Benefactors may use the FIG Foundation logo to promote
their project donations or scholarships.
- Voluntary donation when registering to FIG events.
- Attending social functions such as the FIG Foundation Dinners held
during every FIG Congress and Working Week and other events.
Bank information
Donations to the FIG Foundation can be made to the Foundation's bank
account in Denmark. For account details please contact the FIG office,
email: fig@fig.net
History of the FIG Foundation
The FIG Education Foundation was established in 1996 as a public
company under the Corporation Laws of Australia. In 2000 the
administration of the FIG Education Foundation was transferred to the
FIG permanent office in Copenhagen. The General Assembly of FIG adopted
the new Statutes for the FIG Foundation at its meeting in Seoul 11 May
2001. At the same time the original FIG Education Foundation was closed
and the new FIG Foundation officially opened under the FIG umbrella.
The purpose of the Foundation is the funding of educational and
capacity building projects and scholarships. For the over 100 years of its existence FIG has experienced a
shortage of funds to finance education projects, even though education is
vital to the surveying profession and is relevant to all the
organisational members of FIG.
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Foundation - read more
History of the FIG Foundation
The FIG Education Foundation was established in 1996 as a public
company under the Corporation Laws of Australia. In 2000 the
administration of the FIG Education Foundation was transferred to the
FIG permanent office in Copenhagen. The General Assembly of FIG adopted
the new Statutes for the FIG Foundation at its meeting in Seoul 11 May
2001. At the same time the original FIG Education Foundation was closed
and the new FIG Foundation officially opened under the FIG umbrella.
The purpose of the Foundation is the funding of educational and
capacity building projects and scholarships. For the over 100 years of its existence FIG has experienced a
shortage of funds to finance education projects, even though education is
vital to the surveying profession and is relevant to all the
organisational members of FIG.
More information
- Guidance Notes for
Application to the FIG Foundation
- FIG Foundation - Building a Sustainable Future
- promotion leaflet (242 KB)
- Statutes of the FIG Foundation, adopted
in 2008
- Report to the
30th FIG General Assembly, Hong Kong SAR, China, May 2007
- Report to the 29th FIG General Assembly, Munich, Germany, October
2006
- Report to the 28th FIG General Assembly,
Cairo, Egypt, April 2005
- Reports to the 27th FIG General Assembly, Athens, Greece, May
2004
- Report to the
26th FIG General Assembly, Paris, France, April 2003
- Report
to the 25th FIG General Assembly, Washington, DC, USA, April
2002
- Report of the President of the FIG Foundation to the FIG General
Assembly, May 2001
- FIG Foundation logo as a .pdf
file
Contact
President: Mr. John Hohol (USA)
Secretary: Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen, FIG Office
Email: fig@fig.net
The FIG Foundation
c/o International Federation of Surveyors, FIG
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
e-mail: FIG@fig.net
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252 29 September 2011 |
