FIG Task Force on FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals
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 will be your role for the coming 10 years and how
can you make the world a better place with your skills?
The Council has established a new Task Force for 2019-2022. The
Task Force will focus on FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals.
This Task Force is chaired by Ms. Paula Dijkstra from the
Netherlands.
The Task Force will continue during the term 2023-2026.
The Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and related land
indicators will re-shape and influence our profession
profoundly in the decade to come. It is considered to be
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. FIG has a responsibility to raise awareness on
the relevance of the SDGs and the indicators for FIG,
the commissions and the delegates, to facilitate
discussions to enhance SDG-related performance and to
contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. At the
General Assembly, during the FIG Working Week in Hanoi,
the council established the Task Force on FIG and the
Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Paula Dijkstra was
appointed to chair the Task Force.
At the General Assembly, during the FIG Working Week
in Hanoi, the council established the Task Force on FIG
and the Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Paula
Dijkstra was appointed to chair the Task Force. On this
page the FIG community can find information about the
relevant SDGs.
Statement by FIG President, Prof. Dr.
Rudolf Staiger
In 2015 the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) were set by the United Nations
General Assembly. How would you define the role of
geospatial information in accomplishing these goals?
“If
you want to ‘measure’ the
17 SDGs and their degree of fulfilment, it is
obvious that more than 70% of the goals are directly
related to geospatial data. So the first priority for
our profession is to deliver precise and up-to-date data
enabling SDG-related performance to be measured. There
is no doubt that the 17 SDGs are important milestones on
the way to a better world in order to improve the living
conditions for everybody. FIG will support the
accomplishment of these goals without restrictions. The
role of a professional organization like FIG is to offer
expertise in the form of proposals, approaches or even
solutions. In addition to this, with events like our
Working Weeks and our
Congress, FIG provides platforms where experts from all
over the world – coming from academia (universities,
research institutions), national mapping agencies,
cadastre agencies, private-sector companies and
international bodies – can gather and meet.”
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Identification of relevant SDG's for FIG and FIG Commissions
Structure of the Sustainable
development goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are 17 goals
created by the UN to achieve peace and prosperity for
people and the planet. Each SDG is split up in several
smaller targets which, when reached, will achieve this
goal. Each target has at least one indicator. The
indicators are used to measure to what extent the target
is achieved. Below the relevant SDG’s, targets and
indicators for each FIG Commission are mentioned. FIG
members can contribute to the SDG’s in two main ways. On
the one hand they can create awareness and contribute to
achieving the SDG’s and the specific targets. On the
other hand they can collect relevant data to contribute
to the measurement of the targets by using the
indicators. In cases where the FIG Commission can play a
role in measuring the Indicator, the Indicator is marked
green.
For more information
see
UN SDG site.
Important SDG's for FIG in
general
All the SDGs can be related to the work of FIG.
However the following ten goals are, at the moment,
considered to be of more importance to FIG:
An overview is prepared by the Task Force on FIG and
the SDGs together with the commission chairs, to
identify the relevant SDGs for each FIG commission.
SDG Article: Key Global and Technology Drivers Impacting
Surveying
As the FIG commission chairs near the halfway point in their
terms, they reflect on the global and technological drivers
influencing their work. The article Key Global and
Technology Drivers Impacting Surveying describes the
breadth of work across the FIG commissions as well as the common
areas. The discussion is also informed by global reports such as
the UN-GGIM’s Future Trends in Geospatial Information
Management and the RICS Futures Report 2020.
SDG Article: Ten Years to go to Achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals - Unlocking valuable
contributions of the FIG Working Week 2020
The countdown begins, only one decade to go to
accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The
SDGs are the blueprint to achieve a better and more
sustainable future for all and surveying professionals
have a key role to play. It is therefore of crucial
importance that FIG member organisations and surveyors
are aware and prepared on how their work contributes to
the achievement of the SDGs and vice versa. The SDGs
were appointed as one of the central themes during the
FIG Working Week 2020. Many colleagues from the FIG
community shared their experiences at practical and
strategic level. In this article you read about how the
FIG community is helping to achieve and monitor the SDGs
and what the role of the surveying community will be in
the coming 10 years. Aspects that were highlighted in
the papers range from land rights for all, to women's
access to land, sustainable land use, cities livelihood
and strengthened partnerships.
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