Partnerships and co-operation agreements

FIG has partnership and a Memorandum of Understanding or formal co-operation agreement with following United Nations agencies and professional associations.

United Nations and UN Agencies

FIG is officially recognised by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

• UN-HABITAT
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2002
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2002
• United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN OOSA)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2004
• World Bank
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2007
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development 
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Statistics Division
• United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), Committee on Human Settlements, Working Party on Land Administration
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• Global Land Tool Network
• Habitat Professionals Forum

Professional associations

FIG is a founding member of the Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies and currently hosting its office and web site. FIG is also an international scientific associate of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

• International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2001
• International Cartographic Association (ICA)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2004
• International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2002
• Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2010
• International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2000
• International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2005
• Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2010
• International Standards Organisation (ISO) - TC211 (Geographic Information/Geomatics)
• International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI)
• International Research Council for Building Studies and Documentation (CIB)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 1999
• International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC)
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 1999
• International Federation of Housing and Planning, IFHP
  • Memorandum of Understanding, 2002
• International Geodetic Students Organisation, IGSO
• International Society of City and Regional Planners, IsoCaRP
• International Union of Architects, UIA
• International Valuation Standards Committee, IVSC

Regional and cultural partners

• Arab Union of Surveyors (AUS)
• Fédération des Géomètres Francophones
• The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors, CLGE
• The European Group of Valuers' Associations, TEGoVA
• The African Real Estate Society, AfRES