FIG Foundation - Building a Sustainable Future
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The story of the recipients
Where Do Donations Go?
| During the period 2002-2019 the FIG Foundation has donated a
total 158 grants to surveyors from 69 countries. The Foundation also
aims to sponsor 3-5 Young Surveyors to the yearly FIG Working Week/
Congress, all from different continents. In total 336,000 EUR has
been spent on grants in this period and distributed around the
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Meet the FIG Foundation supported recipients - learn how the FIG
Foundation grant helped them to establish long term contacts, gain valuable
knowledge and enabled them to make a difference in their home countries.
Below you can find a selection of recipients the FIG Foundation has
supported. The overview should only serve as inspiration. It does not draw
the complete pictures of everyone the FIG Foundation has supported. You can
see the list of all the recipients here.
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Habtemicael
Weldegiorgis
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Participation in
FIG Working Week 2009
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ph.D Scholarship
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FIG Foundation Grants in 2017
The Ph.D. Scholarship 2016 was awared to Mr Wallace Mukupa, Zambia,
presently at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China for his project:
Structural Change Detection and Deformation Monitoring. He got his peer
review paper accepted for oral presentation for the FIG Working Week 2017,
and this released a FIG Foundation travel and registration grant to attend
the Working Week.
Read his story
FIG Working Week 2017 Foundation Grants
At FIG Working Week 2017 FIG Foundation Grants were given to: Biplov
Bhandari, Nepal, Mladen Femic, Montenegro, and KaarinaToivo, Namibia.
FIG Foundation Grants in 2016
PhD Scholarship 2016
The PhD Scholarship 2016 was awarded to Mr Wallace Mukupa,
Zambia, presently at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China for his
project: Structural Change Detection and Deformation Monitoring.
FIG Working Week 2016 Foundation Grants
At FIG Working Week 2016, FIG Foundation Grants were given to: Donmarl
Camua, Philippines, Suman Baral, Nepal, Maitena Navarro, Argentina and
KelvinTang, Malaysia.
FIG Foundation Grants in 2015
In 2015 the FIG Foundation awarded grants to 13 young surveyors to attend
and participate in the FIG Working Week 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. These were
awarded to:
- Nur Zurairah ABDUL HALIM (Malaysia)
- Marina DAVIDOVIC (Serbia)
- Casper FIBAEK (Denmark)
- Franka GRUBIŠIĆ (Croatia)
- Tomislav HORVAT (Croatia)
- Konstantina MANGINA (Greece)
- Miljana PLJEVALJCIC (Serbia)
- Erisem QEHAJA (Albania)
- Georgios RIGOPOULOS (Greece)
- Melissa ROBERT (Uruguay)
- Aliona SCUTELNIC (Moldova)
- Kelvin Kang Wee TANG (Malaysia)
- Benedicta Amarachi UGWULEBO (Nigeria)
The FIG Foundation Board of Directors has also approved a grant to Ms
Melissa Robert, Uruguay in support of attending several
conferences to make presentations promoting the FIG Young Surveyors Network
and FIG in South America.
The Italian member association CNGeGL was supported to help Young
Surveyors to attend the International Summer School for Surveying, Milan,
Italy.
FIG Foundation Grants in 2014
In 2014 the FIG Foundation awarded eight Young Surveyors Conference
Fellowships to provide funding for eight young surveyors from the six World
regions plus two additional from developing countries to cover the costs to
attend and participate in the FIG Congress in Kuala Lumpur. These were
awarded to:
- Odil AKBAROV (Uzbekistan)
- Asmae AZZIOUI (Morocco)
- Chandan DAS (Nepal)
- Jonathan GUSTAFSON (USA)
- Odkhuu KHALZAN (Mongolia)
- Melissa ROBERT (Uruguay)
- Irena ROJKO (Slovenia)
- Emily TIDEY (New Zealand)
Irena Rojko, Asmae Azzioui, Odil Akbarov, Chandan Das and Melissa Robert
also attended the FIG-UN-Habitat/GLTN Train the Trainers Workshop on Social
Tenure Domain Model (STDM) that was held just prior the FIG Working Week.
Simon Hull, University of Cape Town, South Africa
received a scholarship of 4000 EUR to conduct a research trip to the
Netherlands and Germany during September and October 2014.
Report: Research Trip 2014 - Report by Simon Hull, South Africa
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Thanks to sponsorship received from the
FIG Foundation I was able to conduct a research trip to
the Netherlands and Germany during September and October
2014. The purpose of the trip was to learn as much as
possible about the cadastral systems of the two countries.
Read the report from Simon Hull.. |
Jamal Browne, The UWI St. Augustine, Trinidad And
Tobago was supported with USD1000 (approx. 730 EUR) to support his
participation at the World Bank Land & Poverty, March 2014 Conference.
Report on the 2014
World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty by Jamal Browne
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The International Federation of
Surveyors (FIG) Foundation, The Aubrey Barker Fund,
and The University of the West Indies St. Augustinei>
had sponsored Mr. Jamal Browne's
participation in the 2014 World Bank Conference on
Land Poverty.
Read a brief outline of his involvement... |
FIG Foundation also provided funding to support participation of the FIG
Young Surveyors Network by Eva-Maria Unger to go to the World Bank Land &
Poverty Conference, March 2014, in Washington, DC and the FIG Young
Surveyors North American Meeting April 2014 in San Diego, California.
The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), USA was supported
with 2,500 USD to conduct the Young Surveyors meeting in North America.
CNGeGL, Italy was supported with 2000 EUR to help Young Surveyors to attend
the Commission 3 Workshop 4- 7 November 2014 in Bologna, Italy.
The 2nd FIG Young Surveyors European Meeting in Berlin, Germany was
support with 5,000 EUR. Six Young Surveyors were granted a scholarship:
- Xhemail ISLAMI (Macedonia)
- Eftychia KALOGIANNI (Greece)
- Ferah Pırlanta KÖKSAL (Turkey)
- Jakov MAGANIĆ (Croatia)
- Milos PANDZIC (Serbia)
- Eva Maria Unger (Austria)
FIG Foundation Grants in 2013
In 2013 the FIG Foundation research grants were announced for
the second time. At the first announcement in 2012 FIG received 8
applications of which two continued to a second round. FIG Foundation Board
decided not to grant any of the two with the FIG Foundation Academic
Research Grant but to re‐publish the call for grants for a new round for
2014. Deadline for application was postponed to 31 March 2014. Again the
research grants will be provided of up to 20,000 euros spread over two years
and the conditions are that applicants shall be based in a
surveying/geomatics academic programme that teaches surveying in a country
listed by the World Bank as a low-income, lower-middle or upper-middle
income economy.
The PhD grant was also postponed and was published in 2013
with the deadline 1 February 2014. Scholarships will be provided of up to
4,000 euros to PhD students. Conditions are that applicants shall be
studying for a PhD degree and registered solely in a surveying/geomatics
academic programme that teaches surveying in a country listed by the World
Bank as a lowincome, lower-middle or upper-middle income economy.
The FIG Foundation Board of Directors is evaluating, in
cooperation with FIG Platinum Corporate Member Trimble Navigation,
supporting the recovery and reestablishment of key points marking the Arc of
the 30th Meridian.
FIG Foundation Grants in 2012
FIG Foundation had decided to publish a 2012 FIG Foundation
Academic Research Grants to provide for research grants of up to 20,000
euros spread over two years. The grants were intended to researchers
representing countries which on the World Bank list are rated as low or
lower middle income countries. At the deadline, FIG had received 8
applications of which two continued to a second round. At the meeting FIG
Foundation Board decided not to grant any of the two with the FIG Foundation
Academic Research Grant but re-published the call for grants for a new
round. These grants should be decided upon in 2013.
FIG Foundation also decided on announcing a PhD Scholarship
to help a PhD student in the final stage of the study, i.e. to someone who
has a dissertation ready to publish. According to the statutes of the
Foundation the PhD grants were intended to applicants who on the World Bank
list are rated as low or lower middle income countries. Unfortunately, none
of the received applications met the demands of the scholarship, and it was
therefore decided to withdraw the scholarship.
The FIG Foundation decided at the 2011 FIG Working Week in
Marrakech, Morocco to fully fund FIG Foundation Young Surveyor Fellowships
for four young surveyors from developing countries to attend and participate
in the 1st FIG Young Surveyors Conference and FIG Working Week in Rome. The
four fellowships were awarded to:
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Rizqi Abdulharis (Indonesia)
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Luther Matonthu (Tanzania)
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Aliona Scutelnic
(Moldova)
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Ronald Ssegendo (Uganda)
Additional support was provided to Kate Fairlie, Chair of the FIG Young
Surveyors Network and Organizer of the 1st FIG Young Surveyors Conference to
attend and participate in the conference and working week in Rome.
Encouraged by the success of the first FIG Young Surveyors Conference and
the enthusiastic participation of 120+ young surveyors from over 40
countries at both the conference and working week, the FIG Foundation Board
of Directors decided to provide additional funds to support FIG Young
Surveyor Network (YSN) activities in 2012. All awards were made by
application. These included:
Young Surveyor participation at African Task Force Workshop in Ghana,
September 2012, 7 grants:
- Yusuf Aro-Lambo (Nigeria)
- Kate Fairlie (Australia)
- Luther Matontu (Tanzania)
- Leah Njuguna (Kenya)
- Adama Sarr (Senegal)
- Ronald Ssegando (Uganda)
- Benedicta Ugwulebo (Nigeria)
Young Surveyors participation in FIG Regional Conference 2012, November
2012 in Montevideo, Uruguay, 5 grants:
- Kate Fairlie (Australia)
- Thobias Furlanetti (Brazil)
- Genique J Kemp (Bahamas)
- Melissa Robert (Uruguay)
- Eva-Maria Unger (Austria)
2000 EUR in support to the CNGeGL two-week course for Young Surveyors:
“IV International Training Course in Topography for Young Surveyors” which
took place in September 2012 in Spain. Funds were also provided to Eva-Maria
Unger, Secretary of the FIG Young Surveyors Network, to attend the opening
of the course to make a presentation about the YSN and FIG.
FIG Foundation Grants in 2011
5,000 USD was given to a project in Uganda in co-operation
with Trimble and UNHABITAT/ GLT. The STDM Pilot Project was co-implemented
by Actogether - a national urban NGO based in Uganda and an affiliate of
Slum Dwellers International (SDI). The grant provided technical support to
data collection and capacity building process, technical and logistical
support to Missions/Workshops and undertook the over-all process
documentation.
Young Surveyors received a grant of 3000 EUR to help Young
Surveyors to participate in the African Task Force Seminar in South Africa,
because part of the agenda was dedicated Young Surveyors.
FIG Foundation Grants in 2010
The FIG Foundation has received fourteen applications for
grants, fellowships and awards for 2010. Nine of these were for fellowships
and/or awards to attend the FIG International Congress in Sydney. The other
five applications were unsolicited applications for general grants, none of
which were approved by the Directors.
One grant appointed was for the Foundation Congress
Fellowship to Shewakena Aytenfisu Abab, Ethiopia to attend
the Sydney congress and present his paper “Facing the Challenges in Building
Sustainable land Management Capacity in Ethiopia”. However, he could not
participate as his visa application was declined.
FIG Foundation Grants
in 2009
The FIG Foundation received 15 applications for grants
and fellowships for 2009. The Board of Directors decided to give one
grant and three Foundation Fellowships to authors from
developing countries to present their peer review paper at the FIG
Working Week 2009 in Eilat, Israel in May 2009. These scholarships were
available for the first time in 2009. The FIG Foundation decided further
to support the International Geodetic Students Meeting in Zürich,
Switzerland.
The recipients of the Grant and the Foundation
Fellowships for 2009 were:
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William Kalande from Kenya
received the FIG Grant for his project “Development of a
Cadastral Land Dispute Classification System Using Geographical
Data Modelling”. “…..the FIG Foundation enabled me to
collect field data and buy relevant secondary datasets for my
Msc thesis… and to probe, have insights into and to contribute
to modelling of solutions to land disputes. It is also worth
noting the research enabled me to positively contribute to the
well being of the community in his study area. In the words of
the tribunal chairman: “This was a rare convergence of academic
knowledge, real problems, victims of these problems and great
international acts of generosity and thoughtfulness .....” |
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Ganesh Prasad
Bhatta from Nepal received the Foundation Fellowship for his
project “Cadastral Surveying 'For the People, By the
People':Developing a Participatory Model for Cadastral
Resurveying in Nepal”.
“I am one among the luckiest surveyors to get benefit from the
opportunities offered by the FIG Foundation. In fact, these
research projects would not have been possible without the
support of the FIG Foundation… I feel proud to state that FIG
Foundation is the source of motivation, inspiration and
encouragement for me to continue my research interest in the
sector of cadastral surveying. I would encourage surveyors,
especially from the developing world to cash the opportunities
offered by the FIG Foundation to enhance their capacity and
professional development. In my understanding, FIG Foundation is
really playing a role of the foundation of empowering surveyors
in developing world.” |
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Jayanta Kumar Ghosh from
India received the Foundation Fellowship for his paper
“GEOWARNS : A System to Warn Geo-deformation failure”
"The Foundation it possible for the first author to present
the paper personally. This has helped to disseminate how latest
technologies can be applied for interdisciplinary works and thus
made use of latest surveying technologies for societal benefits.
It helped to interact with other participants from all over the
world and get aware of other salient developments in the
surveying techniques.” |
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Habtemicael Weldegiorgis
from Eritrea received the Foundation Fellowship to present his
paper “The Cadastral System in Eritrea: Practice,
Constraints, and Prospects" “My participation at the FIG
Conference in Eilat, Israel assisted through the Foundation’s
Grants was eye-opening, rare- opportunity, which exposed me to
world class experts where valuable experiences and best
practices were learnt. The interactions with such august body of
experts enabled me to initiate revisions into the arbitrary
service charge regime ….and ensuring self sustainability of the
Eritrean Cadastral Office.”
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FIG Foundation Grants in 2008
Ten applications for grants were received in 2008, but after the
evaluation the Board of Directors decided not to support any of the
applications. The Foundation decided to give a grant to the International
Geodetic Students Meeting in 2008.
FIG Foundation Grants
in 2007
The FIG Foundation received this year twelve
applications. The Board of Directors decided to give three grants. The
size of the grant vary according to the project. The grants were admitted
to following projects:
- Sara J Wilkinson and Richard Reed
(Australia): Student Perceptions of Professional Surveying Bodies (3,000
EUR)
- Ganesh Prasad Bhatta (Nepal): Cadastral
Surveying 'For the People, By the People':Developing a Participatory
Model for Cadastral Resurveying in Nepal (2,750 EUR)
- Dev Raj Paudyal (India): Low cost pro-poor land management
techniques in developing countries: A case study in Nepal and India
(2,000 EUR).
A special Foundation Grant was given to support young surveyors
attendance to the Young Surveyors Workshop in Cairo in November 2008.
FIG Foundation Grants in
2006
The FIG Foundation received this year nine
applications. The Board of Directors decided to give three grants at its
meeting during the FIG Congress in Munich. Each of these grants is 2,000
EUR. The grants were admitted to following projects:
- Parama Anandan (India): Educating Voluntary
Organizations in Disciplines of Surveying in Various Districts of
Tamilnadu
- Catherine Kariuki (Kenya): The Impact of
HIV/AIDS on Land Values and the Women's Property Rights in the Context
of HIV/AIDS
- Ganesh Prasad Bhatta (Nepal): Institutional
and Legal Aspects in Land Disputes: the Context of Nepalese Cadastral
Surveying
The Board of Directors of the FIG Foundation decided on the FIG Grants
2005 at its meeting in Cairo during the FIG Working Week 2005. About 7,000
€ was given to 7 applicants from 6 countries. The total number of
applications was 14. The grants were given to the following applicants:
- Parama Anandan, India
Education of NGOs in the coastal districts of Tamilnadu on the surveying
education after the tsunami
- Hasanuddin Zainal Abidin, Indonesia
Studying land subsidence of Bandung Basin (Indonesia) using GPS survey
technique
- Daniel Paez, Australia
Promoting surveying education in Colombia by awarding best Colombian
paper published during the year
- Ganesh Prasad, Nepal
Identification of technical deficiencies and human factors in land
disputes: In the context of Nepalese cadastral surveying
- Karin Viergever, United Kingdom
Promoting the understanding and value of new developments in remote
sensing and global navigation satellite systems for interdisciplinary
professional groups in a developing country
- Mia Flores-Bórquez, United Kingdom (rescinded - 2008)
Land disputes resolution and restitution in post-conflict societies
- Emmanuel Tembo, Botswana
Growing a profession – a comparative study of Southern African
professional bodies
- Hasanuddin Zainal Abidin, Indonesia
The Board of Directors of the FIG Foundation decided on the FIG Grants
2004 at its meeting in Athens during the FIG Working Week 2004. About
6,000 € was given to 4 applicants from 4 countries. The total number of
applications was 12. The grants were given to the following applicants:
- Boipuso Nkwae, Canada
Managing Land Information for Urban Governance in Botswana
- Jennifer Whittal, South Africa
Capacity Building and Postgraduate Research in Land Tenure and Cadastral
Systems in Southern Africa
- Daniel Paez, Australia
Increasing the Range of Services of the Colombian Surveyors by
Demonstrating DISCUSS, a Decision Support System that Uses Latest
Surveying Technologies
- Jose David Belaga, Argentina
The Argentine Cadastre over the Last Fifty Years and an Overview of the
Brazilian Cadastre
- G.C. Mulaku, Kenya,
Assessment of Kenya’s Readiness for NSDI
The Board of Directors further reserved 500 € for the International
Geodetics Students Meeting to be held in Istanbul in 2005 under the
condition that the local member association of FIG matches the same
amount.
The Board of Directors of
the FIG Foundation decided on the FIG Grants 2003 at its meeting in
Paris during the FIG Working Week and 125th Anniversary. Almost US$ 7,000
was given to 7 applicants from 7 countries. The total number of
applications was 15. The grants were given to the following applicants:
Juan B. Paez-Ferro (Colombia): Development of an actualization
course in order to prepare the academic infrastructure in Colombian
universities for the new technologies in the surveying profession; Nick
Nunnington (Netherlands): The European Challenge - an Overview;
Renida Sarala (India): Survey orientation programme; Marina
Vaskovich (Sweden): Property formation modelling with application of
the Republic of Belarus; Andrew Kozikov (Ukraine): Cadastral
Development - the contribution of scientific enquiry; and the
International Geodetic Students Meetings 2003 in Germany and in 2004 in
Finland under the condition that the local member association of FIG
matches the same amount.
FIG Foundation grants in 2002
The Board of Directors of
the FIG Foundation has decided on the FIG Grants 2002 at its meeting
19 December 2002. Totally US$ 13,000 were given to 12 applicants from 10
countries. The total number of applications was 20. The grants were given
to the following applicants:
Dr. Frances Plimmer (United Kingdom), Boipuso Nkwae
(Canada/Botswana), Mabel Alvarez de Lopez (Argentina), Dra.
Analía Argerich (Argentina), Dr. Ioan Stancu (Romania), PhD
Hande Demirel
(Turkey), Alick R. Mwanza (Zambia), Sara J. Wilkinson
(United Kingdom), Dr. Sankaran Rajendran (India), Marie C.
Robidoux (Canada), Dr.
Galcano Canny Mulaku (Kenya) and Dr. Jinyun Guo (P. R.
China).
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