FIG Commission 1

• build the capacity of professionals to adapt to changing circumstances. Changes are affecting the operation of surveying practices, their management and their professional structures under the challenges of widening professional activities and a changing world;
• create a community of practice to share knowledge about professional standards and practice challenges and responses by surveying professions; build links to regional and world structures for surveying professionals that focus on issues around professional standards and practice;
• support professional surveyors by providing tools and approaches to dealing with common practice issues;
• develop individuals as professional surveyors and provide opportunities for them to continue to develop as part of the surveying community.

Message from incoming chair

Dear National Delegates of Commission 1,

I'm pleased being the Chair-Elect of FIG Commission 1 'Professional Standards and Practice’.

Submission of abstracts for Peer Reviewed and Non-peer Reviewed Papers for the FIG Working Week 2019 in Hanoi Vietnam will be closed on 1.10.2018 and 1.11.2018 respectively. The theme of the conference is 'Geospatial Information for a Smarter Life and Environmental Resillience'. It will be great for the delegates from various countries be able to listen and share your expertise and views in the areas of Professional Ethics and Standards, International Boundaries and Women in Surveying. Click www.fig.net/fig2019 for details of the Working Week and I look forward to receiving your submission and seeing you at the Working Week in Vietnam.

Please feel free to contact me at shiuwinnie@yahoo.com.

Regards,
Winnie SHIU
Chair Elect Commission 1

Commission 1 Newsletter 2017

Read the latest newsletter from Commission 1with updates on the Working Week 2017 and news from the Working Groups

• Newsletter 2017

Commisson 1 at the FIG Working Week 2017 in Helsinki, Finland 29 May - 2 June

Commission 1 had its annual meeting during the FIG Working Week 2017 in Helsinki, Finland 29 May - 2 June 2017

• Commission 1 report - presented at the General Assembly
  [Report] [Handouts]
• General Assembly report
• General Assembly minutes
• Report from FIG Working Week 2017
• Programme book
• Photo gallery
• Proceedings
• FIG President report
• FIG President closing presentation 
• List of attendees

Commission chairs 2015-2018 at their meeting during the FIG Working Week, 29 May-2 June in Helsinki, Finland: Remy Boudon(comm. 6) Volker Schwieger (comm. 5), See Lian ONG (comm. 10), Angela Etuonovbe (comm. 4), Steven Nystrom (comm. 9), Kwame Tenadu (comm. 8), Enrico Rispoli (comm. 3), Gerda Schennach (comm. 7), Fahria Masum(comm. 2), Brian J. Coutts (comm. 1)

Commisson 1 at the FIG Working Week 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand 2-6 May

Commission 1 had its annual meeting during the FIG Working Week 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-6 May 2016

• Commission 1 report - presented at the General Assembly
  [Report] [Handouts]
• General Assembly report
• General Assembly minutes (to be added)
• Report from FIG Working Week 2016
• Programme book
• Photo gallery
• Proceedings
• FIG President opening address
• FIG President closing presentation 
• List of attendees
• SIDS Declaration

Commission chairs 2015-2018 at their meeting during the FIG Working Week, 2-6 May 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand: Brian J. Coutts (comm. 1), E.M.C. (Liza) Groenendijk (comm. 2), Enrico Rispoli (comm. 3), Angela Etuonovbe (comm. 4), Volker Schwieger (comm. 5), Diane Dumashie (Vice president), Ivo Milev (comm. 6)., Gerda Schennach (comm. 7), Steven Nystrom (comm. 9), See Lian ONG (comm. 10) and Eva-Maria Unger (YSN)

Newsletter - November 2015

• Newsletter

Commission 1 at the FIG Working Week 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria 17-21 May 2015

Mr. Brian Coutts, Chair of commission 1 making his report to the General Assembly

Commission 1 had its annual meeting during the FIG Working Week 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria, 17-21 May 2015. Commission 1 Workplan 2015-2018 - presented at the General Assembly Report from FIG 2015 Picture Galleries Report from the General Assembly Minutes - FIG General Assembly 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria, 17 and 21 May 2015 List of participants Conference Proceedings Conference web site

Mr. Brian J. Coutts
School of Surveying
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9015
NEW ZEALAND
E-mail: brian.coutts@otago.ac.nz