News in 2021
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On 20 and 25 June the FIG General Assembly was held in conjuction to the e-Working Week 2021. It covered both the 43rd and 44th General Assembly agendas because of the postponement of the General Assembly 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic, and this was also the first virtual General Assembly ever.
In total 73 Member associations are included in the roll call. The 73 official delegates represented the member associations in the elections, representing in total 89 votes. The General Assembly sessions were open for all.
In the Presidents meeting held on 25 June 2021, 50 presidents/heads of delegations attended.
The minutes from the General Assembly will be available soon. This report highlights the most important decisions that were adopted by the General Assembly. You can also watch the videos of each of the General Assembly sessions.
Three candidates contested for the two Vice President posts for 2021-2024:
In the first round Mikael Lilje got 54.8% of all votes and was therefore elected directly for the first position.
In the second round Kwame Tenadu with 72.1% of
all votes got the second position.
A very big thanks to all three candidates and their associations who nominated them.
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Originally, this voting should have taken place in 2020 and the elected Vice Presidents were going to start their term at the beginning of 2021. The delay of the General Assembly caused the Council to decide that the current Vice Presidents would continue until the end of the General Assembly 2021 and the new Vice Presidents would take over immediately from there. Mikael Lilje stays on Council, and Kwame Tenadu replaces Orhan Ercan, Turkey, who is now stepping down. |
At the closing this was marked with a thank you from the President and a short statement from Orhan Ercan accompanied by a small video with pictures.
After intensive discussions with the LOCs from South Africa, USA and the candidates fro 2025, Australia and Poland, Council took the following decisions:
With these decisions the next FIG events will be:
| Year | Location |
| FIG Congress 2022 | Warsaw, Poland |
| FIG Working Week 2023 | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| FIG Working Week 2024 | Accra, Ghana |
| FIG Working Week 2025 | Brisbane, Australia |
| FIG Congress 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa |
The General Assembly welcomed the decisions with an overwhelming majority.
The General Assembly also authorized Council to take further extraordinary decisions within the next months if necessary.
Read more on the selection on the future destinations
In the video of session 2 you can meet the organisers from both Warsaw Poland (2022) and Brisbane Australia (2025), and in the Closing there is an interview with the Local organisers from Cape Town and from Poland.
Two new member associations were admitted by the General Assembly:
Unfortunately it was also necessary to expel members due to unpaid arrears. Members that were expelled were:
However, in case FIG will receive payment from these associations they will be reinstalled.
In the video of General Assembly session 3 you can watch a thank you greeting from the two new member associations
Three new honorary members were adopted by the General Assembly
In General Assembly session 3 you can watch their thank you greetings.
The elected commission chairs elecs will start their actual term as commission chairs 2023-2026:
Welcome to all and also a big thanks to all associations for their nominations and support.
One recommendation of the Task Force on Governance was to establish an informal Engagement Committee to create interest, motivate and encourage qualified people and member associations to apply for volunteer senior posts in FIG. FIG Council suggested to the General Assembly establishing already now an informal Engagement Committee as described in the Council response, Key issue E, for a trial period from now and until 2025.
Appointed in June/July 2021, the committee could assist in promoting the search for the next President and two Vice Presidents (to be elected in 2022).
The General Assembly voted on this issue:
FIG Council will work on how to compose this engagement committee.
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Most of FIG General Assembly session 3 was dedicated to the
results of the Task Force Work on FIG Governance. Chair of the
Task Force, FIG Vice President Diane Dumashie presented the
results of the Task Force work. |
Three topics were selected for breakout groups as part of FIG General Assembly session 3:
The outcome of the breakout discussions will be included in the minutes of the General Assembly.
The presentation and also the summaries after the breakout discussions can be viewed in the recording of FIG General Assembly session 3.
In the General Assembly agenda reports and also video presentations of the commission, network, task forces and permanenent insitutions are available. The General Assembly accepted all reports in the agenda.
General Assembly session 4 included a selection of the work that has been undertaken within the later years. FIG Vice President Mikael Lilje and Commission Chair Hartmut Müller, who also serves during 2021 and 2022 as the commission representative to Council (ACCO representative) chaired this session, and it included:
Please view the recording of General Assembly session 4
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 Session 3 - Diane Dumashie talks about the results of the Task Force on FIG Governance |
 FIG President Rudolf Staiger and his council in session 1 |
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Presentation of the History of Surveying written by Jan De Graeve and Jim Smith in General Assembly session 4 - The Work of FIG.
Louise Friis-Hansen
June 2021
