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FIG President Prof. Stig Enemark, Vice President Dr. Dalal S.
Alnaggar and the FIG Director visited Morocco 16-20 December 2008 in
conjunction to the launch of the FIG Working Week 2011. During the visit
they attended the seminar organised by ONIGT and had meetings with
the Council of ONIGT, the organising committee of FIG 2011, representatives of the
Moroccan government, parliament and as well as tourism
authorities. The delegation also had the opportunity to meet with the
Moroccan surveyors both in Rabat and in Marrakech.
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The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (ICG), met in Pasadena, California, USA, from 8 to 12
December 2008. Vice President Matt Higgins attended
representing the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).
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FIG President Stig Enemark attended the Expert Group Meeting on
Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other
Natural Resources at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 24–25 November 2008. FAO, and partners such as the World Bank, UN-HABITAT, IFAD
(International Federation of Agricultural Development), and
FIG have been working since 2005 on governance of land
administration to raise awareness and produce guidelines.
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Nomination for Chair Elect of Commission 8 and Commission 10
The General Assembly elected Chairs Elect to 8 FIG Commissions in
Stockholm in June 2008. Election or appointment of Chair Elect to
Commission 8 (Spatial Planning and Development) and Commission 10
(Construction Economics and Management) was postponed to the General
Assembly in May 2009. Member associations have been invited to make
nominations for Chair Elect to these two commissions. Closing date
for nomination has passed. The term of office for the
Chair Elect will be from the appointment to the end of 2010. Under
normal circumstances the Chair Elect will be appointed to the Chair
of his/her Commission at the General Assembly in Sydney in April
2010 and the term of office will be 1.1.2011-31.12.2014.
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FIG Foundation Grants for 2009
The FIG Foundation has announced the grants for
grants and fellowships for 2009. Deadline for applications has
expired 30
November 2008. This time grants will be available traditionally
for projects and as a new initiative some fellowships will be
offered for participation to FIG conference (FIG Working Week in
Israel and the FIG Regional Conference in Vietnam). These
fellowships can be applied by authors from developing countries for
paper presentations that pass through the peer review process. For
further information see the guidance notes.
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FIG Working Week 2013 - Invitation to host the FIG Working
Week
FIG member associations that are willing to host the FIG
Working Week 2013 are invited to contact FIG Director Markku
Villikka (email: fig@fig.net).
Deadline for bidding document was 30
November 2008.
Requirements and
Bidding Guidelines for FIG Working Week 2013 as a .pdf-file.
Decision on the venue will be made in May 2009 in Eilat, Israel.
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Seminar on State and Public Land Management was organised in
Verona, Italy, September 9-10, 2008, just before the FIG Commission 7
Annual Meeting. The seminar was organised by FIG Commission 7 and the Consiglio Nazionale Geometri (CNG), in
co-operation with FIG Commission 9 and FAO Land Tenure and Management
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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
aimed to 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. Web
site: www.collegio.geometri.vr.it/seminar/
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programme. Commission 7 Annual Meeting was organised in
Verona 11-15 September 2008,
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This Task Force, set up at the 2007 FIG General Assembly, has
been progressing its work. The Task Force is now pleased to provide
a summary
of the responses to its on-line questionnaire (which has now
been closed) and its outline plan for further work. All comments on
this document are welcome. Comments should be directed to the Task Force Chair,
Iain Greenway, email:
iain.greenway@btinternet.com.
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.
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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.
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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 of the minutes including copies of the
latest FIG publications and the new FIG Profile have been circulated
to all members. You can download here the
minutes (short
version as a .pdf version) and
handouts of the finance report as promised to be circulated
together with the minutes.
Full set of
minutes as a .pdf-file (56 pages) is also available. A
larger report of the
General Assembly and the
Working Week is now available.
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Applications for a grant from the FIG
Foundation in 2008
The Board of Directors of the FIG
Foundation has announced the
grants from The FIG Foundation for 2008. Applications were to be submitted
to the Foundation at the FIG Office by 15 May 2008. The FIG
Foundation offers total grants up to 20,000 € in 2008. The
guidance notes for the application are
now available as well
as the application form in .pdf-format
and in .doc-format.
Decision on the grants will be made in June 2008.
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The General Assembly will elect two Vice Presidents to the FIG
Council and Chairs Elect to all ten technical Commissions at its
meeting in Stockholm 14-19 June 2008. The Council has received four
nominations for the position of Vice President and 12 nominations
for the position of Chair Elect. The Council has decided to publish
the names of the candidates
together with the nomination templates. The full agenda for the
General Assembly will be published and shipped to the members 14
April 2008.
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The FIG Annual Review June 2006 - December
2007 has now been published. Hard copies of the annual
review have been mailed to all members. If
you have not received your copy, you can contact the FIG
office, email: FIG@fig.net.
You can also download the FIG Annual Review from here:
The FIG
Annual Review June 2006 - December 2007 in pdf-format
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