Professional practice, legal aspects and organisational structures
Standards and certification
Code of ethics and applications
Under-represented groups in surveying
Students and young surveyors
Information technology management and professional practice
Project-management, quality and best practice
Support to under-represented groups
Mission statement
Capability of development:
Changes are affecting the operation of surveying practices, their management
and their professional structures under the challenges of widening
professional activities.
Change of technology: Managing processes and infrastructure with ever
changing business infrastructures in the areas of IT, internet, networks and
total quality management.
Improving surveyors' reputation: Supporting the essential dialogue
between politicians and surveyors with regard to further development and
setting up the own business in strengthening surveyors' role in economy and
politics.
Under represented groups: To focus public attention on under represented
groups by surveying activities taking place to improve representation.
To implement this mission statement by
Promoting the profession wverywhere by developing applicable codes of
standards and ethics
Conserving the human aspect of the profession
Gathering data on problems, successes and researches and by analysing
these to expose new issues for professional practice discussion
Working on establishing standard rules and legislations that can be used
in developing countries to promote the surveyors instititutional position.
Developing the involvement of practising surveyors in the development and
use of standards
Increasing the influence of surveyors on key international
standardisation bodies
Building the linkage between FIG workplans and standardisation
activities
Advising FIG officers and members on standards and standardisation
Supporting the implementation of FIG's policy on standards
Chair
Iain Greenway
Ireland
igreenway[at]compuserve.com
Working Group 1.2 - Students and Young Professionals (a Joint
Working Group with Commission 2)
Policy issue
To improve the number of young professionals participating within the FIG.
To help young professionals in the beginning of their careers with
contacts.
To increase co-operation between the commission boards and the Students
and Young Professionals working group.
Chair
Cecilia Lindén Sweden
clinden[at]kth.se
Vice Chair
Thorsten Schwing
Germany
t_schwing[at]web.de
Working Group 1.3 - Surveyors Changing Role in Society
Policy issue
To study surveyors as entrepreneurs – Surveyors changing
role in Society. This would show in detail how Surveyors are taking new
roles in a changing world over and above the typical thoughts/mindset around
the role of Surveyors.
Chair
Leonie Newnham
Australia
Leonie.Newnham[at]dse.vic.gov.au
