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• FIG organised or co-sponsored events this and coming months

• FIG Working Week 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden - 14-19 June 2008

  

  	FIG Working Week gathered 950 participants from more than 90 countries to Stockholm. Many thanks to all participants for attending this biggest FIG Working Week. Report of the Working Week is now available with picture galleries. Technical Programme and Proceedings with all papers and handouts of presentations are now available at: www.fig.net/pub/fig2008. Opening ceremony addresses: Anna Tibaijuka - paper Svante Astermo - paper Stig Enemark - paper Plenary Session 1 Presentations: Andreas Carlgren - paper and slides Ashraf Ghani - slides Stig Enemark - slides Plenary Session 2 Presentations: Michael Mutter - slides Renu S. Karnad - slides Malcolm Childress - slides Dan Ericsson - paper Plenary Session 3 Presentations: David Zilkoski - slides Frank Udnaes - slides Stig Jönsson - paper and slides Summary of the Working Week by FIG President Stig Enemark List of participants

• General Assembly in Stockholm, Sweden - 15 and 19 June 2008 - Minutes now available

The FIG General Assembly was held in Stockholm 15 and 19 June 2008. The General Assembly elected two new Vice Presidents for the term of office 1.1.2009-31.12.2012. The new Vice Presidents are Mr. Iain Greenway from United Kingdom and Mr. Teo CheeHai from Malaysia.

The General Assembly elected following chairs elect to Commissions: Ms. Leonie Newnham (Commission 1), Dr. Yerach Doytsher (Commission 3), Mr. Daniel Roberge (Commission 7) and Dr. Frances Plimmer (Commission 9). Prof. Steven Frank was appointed as Chair Elect to Commission 2, Dr. Michael Sutherland to Commission 4, Mr. Mikael Lilje to Commission 5 and Dr. Gethin W. Roberts to Commission 6.

New member associations were adopted from the Philippines and from Bulgaria and affiliate members from the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, USA as well as from Iraq, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Russian Federation (Siberian State Academy of Geodesy).

The General Assembly also endorsed the Costa Rica Declaration on Pro-Poor Coastal Zone Management and adopted the FIG Statutes and Internal Rules.

You can read the minutes now on the web. Hard copies will be circulated by 10 July 2008. A larger report of the General Assembly and the Working Week is now available.

• Article of the Month - July 2008

  In the FIG Article of the Month series high-level papers focusing on interesting topics to all surveyors are published. The paper can be picked up from FIG conference or another event. The Article of the Month in July 2008 is "A Model for Integrating Generations - Young Surveyors Working Group". It is written by Mr. Cemal Özgür Kivilcim, Turkey and Ms. Chris McAlister, Australia. This paper has been prepared and was presented at the FIG Working Week in Stockholm, Sweden 14-19 June 2008.

• FIG e-Newsletter

  You can download the latest June 2008 e-Newsletter from here. If you do not already get your copy of the e-Newsletter you can order it now from http://www.fig.net/pub/subscriptions/getnewsletter.htm.

• FIG Task Force on Institutional and Organisational Development Questionnaire

The Task Force on Institutional and Organisational Development, set up at the 2007 FIG General Assembly, has been progressing its work. A key element to allow further progress is for the Task Force to understand areas where particular support and assistance is required, and whether this is the same throughout the world or varies by region. To allow it to gather information in a structured manner, the Task Force has created an on-line survey which will take about 20 minutes to complete. As many surveyors, and related professionals, as possible are encouraged to complete the questionnaire. It can be found at www.questionpro.com/akira/takesurvey?id=878684.
Questionnaires completed by end of May 2008 are included in the interim report of the Task Force to the General Assembly in Stockholm in June. Read more about the Task Force at its web site: http://www.fig.net/tf/organisation/

• International Seminar on State and Public Land Management in Verona, Italy, 9-10 September 2008 - Registration closes 30 July 2008

Seminar on State and Public Land Management will be organised in Verona, Italy, September 9-10, 2008, just before the FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting. The seminar is organised by FIG Commission 7 and the Consiglio Nazionale Geometri (CNG), in co-operation with FIG Commission 9 and FAO Land Tenure and Management Unit. The major goal of the seminar is to share experience and discuss policy options and practices in relation to state and public sector land management, including between land managers, policy advisers and decision makers and their professional advisers, and the civil society organisations working in these areas. The seminar will help raise global awareness of problems associated with state/public land and its management, improve knowledge of good practices in this area, and encourage these to be increasingly addressed in new development initiatives. Invitation as a .pdf-file. Registration deadline has been extended to 30 July 2008. Web site: www.collegio.geometri.vr.it/seminar/

• FIG/CIREA/HKIS Seminar on Appraisal and Property Protection - 18-19 October, Beijing, China P. R.

Seminar on Appraisal and Property Protection is organised by FIG Commission 9, CIREA and HKIS and supported by FIG Commission 8. Web site: www.fig.net/commission9/beijing_2008 register now at: https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=60. Deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2008 and deadline for registrations: 5 September 2008. Invitation and call for papers as a .pdf file.

• FIG International Workshop - Sharing Good Practices: E-learning in Surveying, Geo-Information Sciences and Land Administration - ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 11-13 June 2008

Proceedings of the FIG International Workshop - Sharing Good Practices: E-learning in Surveying, Geo-Information Sciences and Land Administration organised by FIG Commission 2, ITC (International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation) and Kadaster, The Netherlands. Report of the FIG International Workshop - Sharing Good Practices: E-learning in Surveying, Geo-Information Sciences and Land Administration: Sharing Good Practices in E-Learning at ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 11-13 June 2008

• A Report on the Joint Symposium “Measuring the Changes” of the FIG 13th Symposium on Deformation Measurement and Analysis and the IAG 4th Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering - Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May 2008

• FIG President Stig Enemark visits the Croatian Geodetic Society at the 15th biannual meeting - Rovinj, Croatia, 22-25 May 2008

• Improving the FIG/UN-HABITAT cooperation: FIG President Stig Enemark attends the GLTN International Advisory Board Meeting, during the 16th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development - UN Headquarters, New York, 6-8 May 2008

• Vice President Paul van der Molen delivers a keynote at the 2nd Cadastral Congress in Ankara - Ankara, Turkey, 21-24 May 2008

• Vice President Matt Higgins visits GEO-Siberia-2008 - Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, 22-24 April 2008

• FIG President Stig Enemark attends FAO / UN-HABITAT Expert Group Meeting on Guidelines for Addressing Land Issues after Natural Disasters - Geneva, Switzerland, 21-23 April 2008

• Land Professionals Workshop on Gendering Land Tools organised by UN-HABITAT in Co-operation with FIG Commission 8 - Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 10-11 March 2008

• FIG present at Workshop on Legal Empowerment of the Poor in the UN/ECE Region - Bergen, Norway, 10-11 April 2008

• FIG Working Week 2009 in Eilat, Israel - 3-8 May 2009

Second Invitation as a .pdf-file Web site: www.fig.net/fig2009

• Job opportunities (latest updated 4 May 2008)

• Personalia and visits (last updated 15 May 2008)

• ESRI GIS Software available to FIG members at a discount - Effort contributes 10% of revenue  from software sales to the FIG Foundation - read more

• FIG Surveying Education Database (SEDB) 

The Surveying Education Database (SEDB) on Professional Education is in full operation. Universities and institutions are able with their user-ID and password to make changes directly to the database. Any academic department offering graduate and post-graduate courses in any surveying discipline can place a standard entry on the SEDB. The Surveying Education Database is a major benefit for being an  Academic Member of FIG. Academic Members of FIG can add a picture and additional information to their standard entries.

• Other news from the last months and World around FIG - News (last updated 4 July 2008)

• Latest FIG Publications and Newsletters

  • FIG International Workshop - Sharing Good Practices: E-learning in Surveying, Geo-Information Sciences and Land Administration. ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 11-13 June 2008 organised by FIG Commission 2, ITC and Kadaster, The Netherlands. Proceedings of the workshop. 2 July 2008
  • FIG Publication no. 40 - FIG Statutes, Internal Rules and Guidelines.  FIG Regulations. 20 June 2008
  • Working Group 1.2 Young Surveyors Newsletter - June 2008, Issue No. 3 15 June 2008
  • Commission 6 Newsletter - May 2008
  • FIG Publications - The development of policies, profession, and practice. Flyer as a .pdf-file.
  • FIG Publication no. 43 - Costa Rica Declaration on Pro-Poor Coastal Zone Management. FIG Policy Statement.
  • The FIG Profile and the benefits of being a member 2007 - 2010. FIG leaflet in .pdf-format. Printed copies to be available in Stockholm in June 2008.
  • FIG Publication no. 42 - Informal Settlements: The Road towards More Sustainable Places. FIG Report.
  • FIG Publication no. 41 - Capacity Assessment in Land Administration. FIG Guide.
  • FIG Publication no. 39 - FIG Work Plan 2007-2010. FIG Regulations.
  • Under-represented Groups in FIG - Newsletter 1/2008
  • FIG Annual Review June 2006 - December 2007
  • A letter from Commission Chair, Prof. Kauko Viitanen - FIG Commission 9 Activities 2007 and 2008
  • Commission 2 Newsletter, January 2008
  • Commission 7 Newsletter, December 2007
  • Commission 5 Newsletter, December 2007
  • Commission 4 Newsletter, September 2007

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