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Aboriginal dance at the opening
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The XXIV FIG Congress Facing the Challenges – Building
the Capacity held in Sydney Australia 11-16 April 2010
turned out to be the biggest FIG congress ever. With more
than 2,200 participants from 100 countries it gathered the
biggest attendance to an FIG event. The total number of
presented papers exceeded 800. Read the
full report and see the
picture
galleries. The congress
proceedings including handouts of PowerPoint
presentations are also available. Read also the
report from
the General Assembly and see the
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FIG Annual
Review 2009 is available on the web and as a hard copy.
You can download it from here as a
.pdf file
(32 pages, 3.47 MB) from here.
Hard copies have been mailed to all members in May 2010. Further copies can be
ordered from the FIG Office, email:
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Eight new FIG publications launched at the FIG
Congress in Sydney
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Eight new FIG publications were launched and circulated at
the FIG Congress in Sydney in April 2010. FIG Office has
sent a hard copy of all new publications to all FIG members
in May 2010. |
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Sangay Khandu and President Stig Enemark. |
Related to a consultancy on the national
Cadastral Resurvey Project in Bhutan, President Stig
Enemark met with Mr. Sangay Khandu, Honorary
secretary of the Bhutan National Land Commission. Bhutan
Discussions were around the ongoing cadastral resurvey
project and the development of a national land policy.
Bhutan is currently establishing the cadastral and
legislative basis towards a modern democratic and market
based society.
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FIG Vice President Prof. Dr. Dalal S.
Alnaggar represented the FIG President at the 40th
Congress of Ordre des Géomètres-Experts (OGE) l’Agenda 21
des géomètres-experts in June in Marseille. She attended the
congress for four days including meetings of the Fédération
des Géomètres Francophones (FGF) and the Mediterranean Union
of Surveyors (UMG). The 40th OGE congress with 700
registered participants from 30 countries was a big success.
The congress focussed in three main topics: sustainable
management of companies; sustainable management of territory
and planning; and sustainable management of land.
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Mr.
Batsukh and President Enemark. |
In connection with a consultancy on the
Property Rights Project of the Millennium Challenge
Account-Mongolia, President Enemark met with Mr. Batsukh, Chief of ALACGaC being affiliate member of FIG.
Discussions were around the ongoing development in Mongolia
towards a market economy based on clearly identified private
land rights. President Enemark also met with the staff of
ALACGaC and highlighted the core role of efficient and
effective cadastre systems in supporting the privatization
process and building a modern society.
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The Parliament Palace - a perfect setting for the
conference. |
The conference entitled “The Cadastral surveyor – Paving
the Way to the Future” was organized by the European
Council of European Geodetic Surveyors (CLGE) in cooperation
with the Romanian Association of Private Surveyors, the
Romanian Geodetic Union, and the Romanian Agency of Cadastre
and Land Registration. The conference also included the
launch of the adopted “Code of Conduct of the European
Surveyors” that is an important and very useful document
also in a global context as well as the adoption of the
Bucharest Declaration stating some key principles of the
role of the cadastral surveyors in serving society. Read
more... |
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The meeting was organized by United Nations Statistics
Division (UNSD) of the Department for Economic and Social
Affairs (DESA) in cooperation with the Cartographic Section
of the Department of Field Services (DFS). Experts from 16
countries and 15 Regional and International Organizations
attended the Meeting. The purpose to establish a global
mechanism for discussion and coordination of critical issues
in the field of geographic information management.
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Stig Enemark, FIG President 2007-2010 and Teo
CheeHai, President Elect 2011-2014 after the election.
Malaysian delegation making their presentation for the
General Assembly. |
The FIG General Assembly 2010 was held in
conjunction to the FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia.
The General Assembly was attended by 67member associations
and the total number of participants exceeded 300. The
biggest interest in the agenda was election of the next FIG
President and new Vice Presidents. Mr. Teo CheeHai
from Malaysia was elected as the next FIG President in a
very close race. He will be the first FIG President from
Asia. The term of the new President is four years starting
1st January 2011.
Dr. Chryssy Potsiou from Greece and Prof. Rudolf
Staiger from Germany were elected as new Vice Presidents
for term of office 1.1.2011-31.12.2014 and Dr. Dalal S.
Alnaggar from Egypt for term of office
1.1.2011-31.12.2012.
FIG Congress 2014 was given to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after
a very tight competition.
The General Assembly decided that a Sydney Declaration will
be published as outcome of the Congress. Final version of
the
Sydney Declaration
is now available.
The FIG Office has sent all members a hard copy of the
minutes together with the FIG Annual Review and a set of
latest publications.
Read full report from the General Assembly:
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