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FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals
November 2021
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related land indicators
will re-shape and influence our profession profoundly in the decade to
come. It is of crucial importance that FIG member organisations and
surveyors are aware and prepared on how their (daily) work contributes
to the achievement of the SDGs and vice versa. What is your role for the
coming 10 years and how can you make the world a better place with your
skills?
The vast majority of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be
directly related to geospatial data and thereby the profession of
surveyors- and geospatial professionals. Surveyors- and geospatial
professionals can with a continuously distribution of precise and timely
data support the measuring of SDG-related performance. FIG has committed
to support this agenda and the accomplishment of the SDG’s.
To address the SDG’s and how FIG works with the SDG’s, the Council
established a new Task Force for 2019-2022. The Task Force focusses on
FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals. This Task Force is chaired by
Ms. Paula Dijkstra from the Netherlands. The Taskforce has developed a
FIG page dedicated to highlight FIG’s overall dedication to promote the
SDG’s, how FIG in practice works with the SDG’s and relevant SDG’s
materials for surveyors and geospatial professionals. The page also
includes statements from the FIG President, Rudolf Staiger and
statements from each Commission on their activities in practice with the
SDG’s in their FIG work.
The three main topics on the
FIG SDG page is:
FIG and the SDG’s in general and the most important
SDG’s for surveyors
How each Commission works with the SDG’s
Relevant materials from FIG conferences and
publications within surveying and SDG’s
Go to the the FIG SDG
page
The Task Force was launched at FIG Working Week 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam where chair of the Task Force Paula Dijkstra organised a session and meting.
Paula Dijkstra
November 2021
