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							International Boundary Making addresses 
							surveying methodology and experiences in the 
							delimitation and demarcation of international 
							boundaries. Commission 1 has initiated the 
							publication, and main editor is Haim Srebro. FIG furthermore thanks the United Nations 
							Cartographic Section for their peer review and 
							New Zealand Institute of Surveyors for their 
							support. The publication is a reference 
							publication for all involved or interested in 
							international boundaries and fills a gap both in 
							surveying and international boundary literature.
 The publication report on the 
							International Boundary Making has been 
							published in FIG report series and is available 
							both as pdf and in hard copy.
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							 | The 5th Global Land Tool 
							Network (GLTN ) Partners’ Meeting held in The 
							Hague, The Netherlands, in November 2013 was the 
							ideal occasion to interview Dr Clarissa 
							Augustinus - the key driver behind GLTN – and 
							Teo CheeHai, president of FIG. Published in the 
							GIM Magazine, they discuss what GLTN means for 
							surveyors. Read the 
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							 Students and staff of the UNU School for Land 
							Administration Studies with Teo CheeHai at ITC 
							Faculty, University of Twente, Enschede
 | Subsequent to the Global Land 
							Tool Network (GLTN) partner meeting conducted  
							in The Hague, FIG President CheeHai Teo 
							paid a successful visit to GIN, Geo-Information 
							Netherlands, the sole Member Association from 
							The Netherlands, the Netherlands Kadaster and 
							ITC Faculty of Twente University, both also 
							members of FIG. Gratitude was expressed on 
							behalf of FIG for the significant role the 
							Netherlands has played in promoting innovative 
							approaches to land administration, particularly 
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							 The bag
 | ...the goal of the second phase 
							is to improve tenure security of the urban and 
							rural poor through the adoption and 
							implementation of land policies, tools and 
							approaches that are pro-poor, gender 
							appropriate, effective and sustainable. For several years FIG has been an active partner 
							of the network and has contributed with various 
							activities to help GLTN fulfill their overall 
							goals. In November all the partners met at the Dutch 
							Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, 
							Netherlands for a three-day meeting with  
							insightful speeches, discussions and a site 
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							 Current FIG Council 2013-2014 (from left): VP 
							Rudolf Staiger, Germany, VP Chryssy Potsiou 
								Greece, President CheeHai Teo, Malaysia, VP
								Pengfei Cheng China, ACCO rep. Yerach 
							Doytsher. VP Bruno Razza Italy was 
							unfortunately not present for the photo session.
 | At the FIG Congress 2014, the 37th FIG 
							General Assembly will take place on 16 and 21 June 2014. 
							FIG Council is hereby inviting Member Associations to 
							consider nominations for FIG President and for two FIG 
							Vice Presidents for the period 2015-2018. Nominations must be received by Louise Friis-Hansen at 
							louise.friis-hansen@fig.net.
 Deadline for nominations: 15 February 2014.
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							 The Theater that is used in the 2015 Working 
							Week logo
 | Although there is still long 
							time to May 2015 the preparations for FIG 
							Working Week have started. FIG Manager Louise 
							Friis-Hansen visited the local organisers who 
							had organised a meeting with Director General 
							Valentin Yovev and his engaged staff, who 
							showed their engagement in the Working Week 
							2015. A visit to the Bulgarian Minister of 
							Investigation Design Ivan Danov was also 
							organised, who gave his support to the FIG 2015 
							Working Week.
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							 | FIG member associations are invited to 
							consider making a bid to host the FIG Working Week 2017 
							or FIG Congress 2018 together with FIG. At its meeting 
							in Kuala Lumpur 16-21 June 2014, the FIG General 
							Assembly will select the host and venue for the two 
							events The Council has prepared bidding guidelines for 
							making the bid. These guidelines explain in detail the 
							information that is required for a successful bid.
							
							More information FIG Working Week 2017 
							deadline: 30 November 2013 
							
							Guidelines for FIG Working Week 2017 FIG Congress 2018 deadline: 15 December 
							2013Guidelines for FIG Congress 2018
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							 | During the meeting and related events 
							there were intense discussions with our colleagues from 
							Africa on the development of national cadastres. 
							Developments, innovations and challenges were under 
							debate. There was agreement that the “fit for purpose 
							approach” as proposed by Prof Stig Enemark 
							and other simple but evolving solutions are most 
							relevant to be considered in the further development of 
							Cadastre in Cameroon – and also in many other countries.Read 
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					Publication on the Proceedings of the 5th Land Administration Domain 
					Model Workshop
						
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							 | Over 40 participants attended the 
							workshop and a total of 25 peer reviewed papers were 
							presented, covering a range of themes, including: the 
							industry perspective on LADM; the linkage between LADM 
							and information infrastructures; refined LADM modeling, 
							3D representations and formalizing LADM semantics; 
							specific LADM country profiles; and implementation 
							aspects. 
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					Booklet on The Value of Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk 
					Management (VALID)
						
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							 | The Value of Geoinformation for Disaster 
							and Risk Management (VALID) - Benefit Analysis and 
							Stakeholder Assessment is published by the Joint Board 
							of Geospatial Information Societies (JB GIS). The 
							publication is the result of the collaboration of many 
							scientists who are dedicated to the implementation of 
							geospatial information for Disaster and Risk Management. The publication can be downloaded at:http://www.un-spider.org/sites/default/files/VALIDPublication.pdf 
							(9MB) orwithout login for the full 30 MB version
							
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							 | The 1st FIG Young Surveyors European 
							Meeting was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 17th to 18th 
							October 2013. Around 150 young surveyors from 32 
							countries gathered together to work towards a European 
							Network of Young Surveyors and facing the challenges 
							together as a team, as a Network.
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							 FIG Vice President, Prof. 
							Cheng Pengfei (in the middle of the picture) at 
							the Chengdu Forum
 | The Chengdu Forum on United Nations 
							Global Geospatial Information Management was held at the 
							Jinjiang Hotel in Chengdu, China from 15 to 17 October 
							2013. Nearly 200 participants from 40 countries 
							participated and represented the United Nations, 
							International Organizations and Industries. FIG Vice 
							President, Prof. Cheng Pengfei representing FIG was 
							present at the meeting. 
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							 The participants at the 2nd CoFLAS expert 
							meeting
 | The objective of the CoFLAS 
							project is to develop a useful and practical 
							tool whereby the costing and financing of land 
							administration services in developing countries 
							can be reformed and modernized with a view to 
							enabling the agencies provide cost effective, 
							efficient, sustainable and affordable services. 
							A second Expert Group Meeting (EGM) was hosted 
							by Lantmäteriet at its premises in Gävle, Sweden 
							on 14-15 October 2013 attended by 20 experts.
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							 | On 3 October 2013, the Dutch Minister 
							for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation has signed 
							an agreement with IFAD and UN-Habitat for a contribution 
							totaling US$20.4 million in support of Phase 2 of the 
							Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) programme particularly 
							on scaling up and advancing country-level engagement and 
							promoting good land governance through a comprehensive 
							set of demand-driven and pro-poor land tools and 
							approaches.
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							|  | Under the theme of “Integrating Land 
							Governance into the Post-2015 Agenda: Harnessing 
							Synergies for Implementation and Monitoring Impact”, the 
							2014 conference will focus on building a shared 
							understanding of best practices in land governance. By 
							providing an opportunity to strengthen collaboration 
							between diverse experts in land governance, the 
							conference aims to put stakeholders at the country level 
							in a position to address this key development issue.
							
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							 The 10th National Representative Assembly of CSGPC
 | The 10th National Representative 
							Assembly of the Chinese Society of Geodesy, 
							Photogrammetry and Cartography  (CSGPC), and the 
							Annual Comprehensive Academic Conference was held at 
							Jingxi Hotel in Beijing, China 10-12 October 2013. More 
							than 800 delegates participated. FIG Vice President, 
							Prof. Cheng Pengfei 
							represented FIG at the event. During the meeting, he was 
							elected specially-appointed Vice President of the CSGPC.
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							 DVW President Karl F. Thoene at the opening
 | Intergeo is the world’s largest trade 
							fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management and 
							is one of the key platforms for industry dialogue since 
							it covers a wide variety of fields, ranging from 
							surveying, geoinformation, remote sensing and 
							photogrammetry to complementary solutions and 
							technologies. FIG was represented with a stand and local 
							representatives from both Malaysia and Bulgaria were 
							attending to promote the FIG Congress 2014 and FIG 
							Working Week 2015
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							 MAKLI representatives and FIG Office gathering outside 
							the FIG Office at Kalvebod Brygge, Copenhagen
 | It was a pleasure for 
							FIG to welcome the Finnish association MAKLI in the 
							Copenhagen office. Although most of the work of the 
							office is solely administrative it is very inspiring to 
							meet members and to hear about the conditions of 
							surveyors and their challenges from various pars of the 
							world. FIG office also informed about the work of FIG 
							within the office and around the world 
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							 LADM audience listening focused
 | Over 40 participants attended the 
							workshop and a total of 25 peer reviewed papers were 
							presented, covering a range of themes, including: the 
							industry perspective on LADM; the linkage between LADM 
							and information infrastructures; refined LADM modeling, 
							3D representations and formalizing LADM semantics; 
							specific LADM country profiles; and implementation 
							aspects. Click here to find out more.. Download the proceedings
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							 The participants at the event
 | On 23 September 2013 the Social Tenure 
							Domain Model was introduced in Malaysia. The pro-poor 
							land information system was welcomed by a group of 35 
							land professionals and experts. The Social Tenure Domain 
							Model (STDM) is a concept and tool developed by UN 
							Habitat Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) in close 
							co-operation with FIG and builds on the Land 
							Administration Domain Model (LADM). 
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							|  The local organisers had done an amazing work to 
							organise the symposium, and partici-pants were greeted 
							by a fantastic street banner
 | The FIG/FAO workshop attracted 90 
							regional and international participants and had a 
							specific emphasis on the challenges in the Pacific Small 
							Island Developing States and was organised together with 
							FAO, UN-GGIM, FIG (in particular Commissions 3 and 5 and 
							the Climate Change Task Force) ,the Fiji Ministry of 
							Lands and Mineral Resources, the Fiji Institute of 
							Surveyors (a member association of FIG) and the Global 
							Land Tool Network Secretariat. A Suva Statement on 
							Specially Responsible Governance was agreed upon. 
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							 GPS Antennas in front of Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
 | This was the second time that the sister 
							organisations FIG (Commission 6, WG 6.1 “Deformation 
							Measurements and Analysis”) and IAG (International 
							Association of Geodesy, Commission 4 “Positioning and 
							Applications”) organized a joint symposium  
							following up the long series of individual symposia 
							within FIG (since 1975) and IAG (since 1996). Read more... |  
					
					
						
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							Under the theme of “Integrating Land Governance into the 
							Post-2015 Agenda: Harnessing Synergies for 
							Implementation and Monitoring Impact”, the 2014 
							conference will focus on building a shared understanding 
							of best practices in land governance. By providing an 
							opportunity to strengthen collaboration between diverse 
							experts in land governance, the conference aims to put 
							stakeholders at the country level in a position to 
							address this key development issue.
							
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							 What is the definition
 of a Surveyor?
 | The workshop reviewed the definition of 
							a Surveyor as defined by FIG in 1991. The findings were 
							that the content is right but is missing some elements 
							and the wording of the definition needs updating. Read 
							more here.. 
							FIG Commission 1 will progress towards a formal change 
							of definition. Discussions and input are welcome through 
							Facebook:
							
							www.facebook.com/internationalfederationofsurveyors
							and FIG commission 1 LinkedIn group:http://linkd.in/16iGj8H
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							 Malcolm McCoy received the award by FIG President 
							CheeHai Teo
 | FIG President CheeHai Teo was 
							honoured to present this award to Malcolm McCoy 
							at the 9th Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards Gala 
							Dinner held in conjunction with the 2013 SSSI Victoria 
							Spatial Summit held on 12 and 13 September in Melbourne, 
							Victoria, Australia. The Professional of the Year Award 
							is conferred on a practitioner working in any of the 
							disciplines of the surveying and spatial sciences whose 
							professional achievements are acknowledged by peer 
							citation as exemplifying the highest standards of 
							excellence and ethical conduct. 
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							 | Was the theme of the annual New Zealand 
							Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) Conference, which was held 
							between 28 – 31 August 2013 in Dunedin, New Zealand.  
							The conference celebrated the 125th anniversary of NZIS 
							as well as the 50th Anniversary of the University of 
							Otago’s School of Surveying. 
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							|  | The theme of the conference was “UN-GGIM 
							and the Americas: Addressing global challenges through 
							geospatial information”. UNRCC-Americas provides a 
							regional forum to address their common challenges and 
							share experiences and expertise in the field of 
							surveying and mapping, cartography, hydrography, remote 
							sensing, land and geospatial information systems.
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							|  | The Workshop is part of FAO’s 
							strategy to raise awareness on the Voluntary Guidelines 
							and to discuss the implementation and use, particularly 
							at the national and local levels. The regional focus of 
							this Workshop is Asia. The Workshop aimed at supporting 
							activities and actions to improve governance of tenure 
							of land, fisheries and forests. 
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							 | 2014 FIG 
							Foundation Academic Research Grants Research 
							grants will be provided of up to 20,000 euros spread over 
							two years. Applicants shall be based in a 
							surveying/geomatics academic programme that teaches 
							surveying in a country listed by the World Bank as a 
							low-income, lower-middle or upper-middle income economy. 
							Read more... Deadline for sending the application is 31 March 2014. 
							2014 FIG Foundation PhD ScholarshipsScholarships 
							will be provided of up to 4,000 euros to PhD students. 
							Applicants shall be studying for a PhD degree and registered 
							solely in a surveying/geomatics academic programme that 
							teaches surveying in a country listed by the World Bank as a 
							low-income, lower-middle or upper-middle income economy. 
							Read 
							more... Deadline for sending the application is 
							1 February 2014. 
							
							2014 FIG Foundation Young Surveyors Fellowship The FIG Foundation Young Surveyors Fellowships will 
							provide funding for individuals to cover the costs to attend 
							and participate in the 2014 FIG Congress in Kuala Lumpur, 
							Malaysia, including attendance at all FIG Young Surveyors 
							events during the congress. 
								
							Read more… Deadline for sending the application is 1 December 
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							|  | At the XX FIG Congress 1994 in 
							Melbourne, commission 7 initiated a working group 
							looking at trends and developments in the field of 
							cadastre. The working group was active from 1994-1998 
							and presented the results at the FIG-Congress in 
							Brighton in July, 1998. It projected the trends and 
							developed visions of what cadastral systems might be in 
							20 years' time – thus today! Cadastre 2014 has received worldwide attention and has 
							been translated into 28 languages – and is now also 
							available in
							
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							 O. Altan and R. Backhaus
 | On 3 September 2013, Joint Board of 
							Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS), International 
							Council for Science (ICSU) - GeoUnions, and United 
							Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) 
							presented a new report in Vienna, Austria, which shows 
							the economic, humanitarian and organizational benefits 
							of applying Geoinformation to disaster management. This 
							report was edited by a team headed Orhan Altan 
							and Robert Backhaus. The publication aims to 
							raise awareness and to help set priorities in research 
							and development. FIG as a member of JBGIS was 
							represented by Gert Steinkellner, the president 
							of the Austrian FIG-member organization. Download the publication
							
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							 | The book is published by The World Bank 
							and covers land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan 
							Africa. It provides simple practical steps to turn the 
							hugely controversial subject of "land grabs" into a 
							development opportunity by improving land governance to 
							reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while 
							ensuring mutually beneficial investors' deals. This book 
							shows how Sub Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant 
							and highly valuable natural resources to eradicate 
							poverty by improving land governance through a ten point 
							program to scale up policy reforms and investments at a 
							cost of USD 4.5 billion. Download the book
							
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							 | On 1 January 1999 FIG Director Markku 
							Villikka started working in the FIG Office. Together 
							with five councils and many volunteers he has built the 
							office and FIG to what it is today. FIG events were 
							developed and shaped to Congresses, Working Weeks and 
							Regional Conferences. The first year Markku Villikka 
							worked with President Peter Dale, and from 2000 he 
							served under the following 4 Presidents, who has each 
							contributed with a short good-bye to Markku. 
							
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							|  | The Land Administration Domain Model 
							LADM that FIG has worked on for several yeas was 
							eventually ISO certified in 2012. The LADM can 
							accelerate the implementation of proper land 
							administration systems that will support sustainable 
							development and is useful in many countries. FIG invites 
							to a special workshop on LADM 24-25 September in Kuala 
							Lumpur, Malaysia in connection with the International 
							Symposium and Exhibition on Geoinformation (ISG 2013) 
							
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							 Celebrating the 2nd anniversary of UNGGIM
 | The United Nations initiative on Global 
							Geospatial Information Management, UNGGIM met for the 
							third time, and at the same time celebrated the second 
							anniversary of UN-GGIM. This UN Committee was 
							established to provide a forum for coordination and 
							dialogue among Member States and between Member States 
							and relevant international organizations, including FIG, 
							on all issues related to geospatial information 
							management. FIG was represented by President CheeHai Teo 
							and Vice Chair of FIG Commission 4 Gordon Johnston. 
							
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							 | The authors: Professor 
							Ian Williamson, 
							Professor Stig Enemark, Land Policy Lawyer 
							Jude Wallace  and Professional Land Surveyor and 
							Chartered Engineer Abbas Rajabifard examine 
							global land administration systems and outlines basic 
							principles applicable to all countries. This book shows 
							how to help ensure social equality, economic growth, and 
							environmental protection through holistic land 
							management. Professors, government officials, and 
							students of land planning, land administrators, land 
							planning managers will find this an invaluable resource. 
							The book is furthermore being translated into French and 
							Spanish which should be available end 2013. 
							
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							 | The Global Land Tool Network has launched a 
							competition on good practices for tenure security in 
							the Muslim world. Click here to find 
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						 | FIG Commission 5 actively participated in 2 events in this unique region 
						to represent our membership and to raise the profile of the Commission. 
						The two events held in Manila were 1: South East Asia Survey Congress 
						(SEASC) and 2: Reference Frame in Practice Technical Seminar (RFIP TS). 
						The seminar showed the strong cooperation between IAG and FIG.
						
						
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 | The Global Land Tools Network (GLTN) in collaboration with the 
						International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) supported by Kadaster 
						International and Lantmateriet and other partners and stakeholders have 
						embarked on a process to develop a tool that can assist policy makers 
						and those responsible for land administration to adopt appropriate 
						technologies, methodologies and processes that will provide land 
						administration services more efficiently, cost effectively and with 
						options more appropriately tailored for incorporating all tenure types.
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						 FIG Director Markku Villikka receives his Certificate of Appointment to 
						Honorary Member of FIG by FIG President CheeHai Teo.
 | The General Assembly appointed FIG Director Markku 
						Villikka as an Honorary Member at its meeting in Abuja 6 May 2013. 
						He has been the director of FIG since the establishment of the permanent 
						office 1.1.1999. In total his active period in FIG is 25 remarkable 
						years. Because the Director was not able to be present at the Working 
						Week in Abuja, the Honorary membership was given to him by President 
						CheeHai Teo during his visit to Finland 13 May 2013. In his thanks Markku Villikka expressed gratitude that he had 
						started being active in FIG at a very young age and strongly encouraged 
						young surveyors to become active in the work of FIG. The appointment was 
						met with a long and strong applause at the General Assembly in Abuja .
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							 The General Assembly was attended by many delegates 
							and observers.
 | FIG General Assembly 
							2013 was held during the Working Week in Abuja, 
							Nigeria. In total 40 different member associations 
							were present at the two sessions of the General 
							Assembly. All membership categories apart from 
							Correspondents were represented, and there was a 
							strong presence of observers, especially Nigerians 
							who followed the General Assembly with great 
							interest. 
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						 | The Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme 
						(UN-Habitat) meets every two years to review and examine its activities 
						and programs. The 24th Session of UN-Habitat’s Governing Council was 
						held between April 15th and 19th 2013 with the theme ‘Sustainable 
						Development: The role of cities in creating improved economic 
						opportunities for all, with special reference to youth and gender’. 
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						 The council of Institute of Surveyors of Kenya and FIG President CheeHai 
						Teo
 | Chairman of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, Collins Kuwour 
						and his Council met President CheeHai Teo socially at the Stanley 
						Hotel in downtown Nairobi. In the course of the interactions during the 
						evening, the President noted a number of efforts by ISK to continually 
						advance the role and contribution of the Profession within Kenya.
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							 | The IX international 
							geo-forum “Interexpo GEO-Siberia-2013” was held in Novo 
							Siberia, Russian Federation from 16-18 April 2013. Read 
							the report here... Read FIG president Teo CheeHai greetings
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						 Curt Sumner, Lamar Evans and Patrick Smith
 | The national leadership of the National Society of Professional 
						Surveyors, NSPS met in the suburb of Gaithersburg, Maryland, outside 
						Washington DC, 12-14 April, 2013. President CheeHai Teo was invited and 
						welcomed the opportunity to address the Board of Governors Meeting and 
						to informe colleagues and fellow surveyors at the meeting on recent 
						global initiatives as well as international activities that has an 
						impact on the national and local practicing scene.  
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							 Klaus Deininger, The World Bank.
 | “Moving towards 
							transparent Land Governance: Evidence-based next Steps”
							was the theme of Annual World Bank Conference on 
							Land and Poverty. The conference brings together 
							representatives from governments, civil society, 
							academia, the private sector and the development 
							community to discuss issues of concern to land 
							practitioners and policymakers worldwide. As in previous years, FIG is privileged to collaborate with 
							the Bank as the Profession continues to consider its 
							contribution and relevance within society, environment 
							and economy, moving beyond its competencies in 
							measurement and technological sophistication and 
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						 | Each year the Association of Authorized Land Surveyors Malaysia, the 
						Member Association from Malaysia, convened its annual general meeting 
						where its membership from around the country gathers for half a day to 
						dispense the business of the Association. The progress in organizing the 
						silver jubilee edition of the FIG Congress was also reported. 
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							 FIG Vice President Rudolf Staiger at the CLGE General 
							Assembly.
 | Our sister organization CLGE had its 
							General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary on 22 and 23 
							March. FIG Vice President Rudolf Staiger participated in 
							the event. The General Assembly was accompanied by the 
							“Day of the European Surveyor and Geoinformation” where 
							Galileo Galilei was officially nominated as Surveyor of 
							the year 2013. In addition there was the European Space 
							Expo, dedicated to the European Navigation Satellite 
							system GALILEO. 
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					FIG General Assembly 2013 - Abuja, Nigeria, 6 and 
					10 May 2013 -
					
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						 Nicon Luxury Hotel where the General Assembly will take place
 | The 36th FIG General Assembly will be held 6 and 10 May 
						2013 at the Conference Hall, Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria. The 
						agenda is now available and the FIG Office has sent an invitation and 
						hard copy of the agenda without appendices to all members. |  
					
				    
				      
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						 | The FIG Annual Review 2012 is now available as .pdf. Hard copies will be 
						mailed to all members together with the minutes from the General 
						Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria  2013. Also FIG Profile has been updated. You can download the FIG Annual Review and profile here: |  
					
					
					 
						
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							 The Local Organising Committee | "From the wisdom of the ages to the 
							challenges of the modern world". 
							Read about the background for choosing the theme of the 
							Working Week 2015. At the FIG General Assembly in Rome 2012, 
							Bulgaria was elected to be the host of the Working week 
							2015, and the preparation already started in June 2012.The 
							local organizing committee has been established and is 
							already working intensely with the preparations. FIG visited 
							Sofia to discuss and work on the preparations. 
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							 Members of the JBGIS present at the Forum took the 
							opportunity to have an ad-hoc meeting on the sideline of the 
							Forum.
 | The Forum was staged pursuant to convene 
							global forums to promote comprehensive dialogue on global 
							geospatial information management with all relevant 
							governments, non-governmental organizations and the private 
							sector. The Forum provided member states and stakeholders 
							the unique opportunity to share and learn from each other to 
							support local, regional and global sustainable development 
							initiatives. 
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					The President of OGE - Ordre de Géomètre-Expert 
					Francois MAZUYER became a chevalier dans l’Ordre Nationale du 
					Mérite, 30 January 2013
						
							| On 30 of January 2013 Francois Mazuyer became a 
							knight of the” Ordre Nationale du Mérite”. The 
							official ceremony took place in the rooms of our 
							French member association in Paris close to the Arc 
							de Triomphe. He received the official nomination 
							from Mrs. Cécile Duflot Minister for Land and 
							Housing. FIG-Vice President Rudolf Staiger had the 
							occasion to assist to this remarkable event and 
							congratulated Francois for this outstanding 
							nomination on behalf of FIG. |  
					
					
						
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							 | In 1862, the Prussian General Johann 
							Jacob Baeyer initiated the Central European Arc 
							Measurement project. By the end of that year fifteen 
							countries had affirmed their participation, and in 1864 
							the first General Conference was held in Berlin. In 1870 
							the Prussian Geodetic Institute was established and 
							entrusted with the operation of the Central Bureau. 
							General Baeyer’s project is considered the forerunner to 
							today’s International Association of Geodesy (IAG). 
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							anniversary.. |  
					President of the Mediterranean Union of Surveyors 
					appointed Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
						
							| The trustees of the American University for 
							Science and Technology of California has granted Aziz 
							Hilali the degree of Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 
							(option: Civil Engineering, Surveying and Topology), in 
							recognition of his career and his quality as president of 
							the Mediterranean Union of surveyors. |  
				
				
					
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						 | The meeting was organized on 4 October 
						2013 at Survey Department (SD) Geodetic Hall. Members of 
						NICS and other dignitaries, including Nagendra Jha- 
						Director General of Survey Department, Rabin Kaji 
						Sharma, Former Director General of Survey Department and 
						President of Nepal RS and Photo-grammetric Society 
						(NRSPS), Saroj Chalise- General Secretary of Nepal 
						Surveyors Association (NSA), Kalyan Gopal Shrestha- 
						Executive Director of Land Management Training Center 
						(LMTC), Hridaya Narayan Mishra- Deputy Director General 
						of SD and other Survey Department Officers were present 
						at the function.Click here to find out more... |  |