FIG Commission 7
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Term 2007-2010
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Highlights |
Commission Chair
2007-2010 |
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Commission 7 deals with land administration (“the process of
determining recording and disseminating information about the
ownership, value and use of land when implementing land
management policies”, ref. UNECE Land Administration Guidelines
1996). Commission 7 established its concept of activities about
15 years ago. It is in line with the FIG long term strategy and
selected topics to deal with
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Mr.Andras Ossko,
Hungaria |
- advanced cadastre
- creating secure land tenure
- application of innovative, advance technology in land
administration
Commission 7 aims
- to provide a forum for enhancing knowledge about cadastre, land
administration and land management world wide
- to encourage the development of pro poor land management and land
administration
- to promote the importance of development of sustainable land
administration as infrastructure for sustainable development to underpin
economic growth
- to promote the application of innovative and advanced technology in
cadastre, land administration
- to promote awareness of the role of surveyors in land
administration matters to the public and among stakeholders
Work Plan 2007-2010
The Commission activities followed the work plan basically but extended
its work supporting participating and contributing actively in many FIG and
other events relevant to Commission 7.
Annual meeting
The Commission 7 Annual meeting has been traditionally an important event
for the Commission since many years. Commission 7 Annual meeting 2009 was
held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 12-16, 2009, together with a
one-day International Open Symposium on “Progressing Towards Ubiquitous
Cadastre”. The meeting was organized by the Commission in Cooperation with
the Association of Authorised Land Surveyors Malaysia, PEJUTA. The chief
organizer was Mr. Teo Chee Hai, Malaysian delegate and FIG Vice president
who did an excellent job. The FIG Office helped the Commission in the
registration for the Annual meeting.
More than 40 delegates from 22 countries participated in the event. The
program followed the tradition of the Commission 7 Annual Meetings, three
days meeting, one day open symposium and one day technical tour.
The meeting always starts with the introduction of the host country,
information about the land surveyor profession, land administration
activities, education, etc. These presentations used to be given by top
officials but this time 4 young surveyors informed us about the current
situation in Malaysia. It was a very good idea, delegates very much enjoyed
it and Commission 7 followed FIG strategy to involve young surveyors in the
FIG activities.
Commission chair András Osskó and working group chairs gave reports on
the Commission 7 activities, including information about the major FIG
events for those who were not able to attend. Working group chairs spoke
about the progress of ongoing initiatives of the commission (Land
Administration Domain Model-ISO acceptance, Social Tenure Domain Model,
Cadastral Template, FLOSS Cadastre, etc.
Richard Grover UK delegate introduced a questionnaire on “Public, State
Land management” which was circulated after the Annual meeting. The
questionnaire was proposed by the Cyprus delegate Elia Elikkos. The topic is
very live in every country hoping to have sufficient number of response to
continue the work. All of the 22 national delegates gave a country report
about the new developments in land administration and cadastre in 2008-2009.
The One-Day Open International Symposium on “Progressing towards
Ubiquitous Cadastre” was a successful event. Besides the international
delegates, more than 200 professionals attended from the host and
neighbouring countries. Ubiquitous Cadastre is the next step after the
e-Cadastre requires a very advanced e-technology. We could follow 12 very
interesting presentations by Commission 7 delegates, Malaysian and other
international professionals. FIG President Stig Enemark also participated in
the Open Symposium presenting an excellent keynote paper “Facing the Global
Challenges: the Importance of Land Governance and the Significance of the
Cadastre”. Delegates visited the historical Malacca town. The technical tour
included the visit to the Regional Cadastre Office and enjoyable
sightseeing. In the Regional Cadastre Office we received many information
about the development of e-cadastre in the region.
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