News in 2021
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FIG General Assembly 2021 - first virtual ever - Report
20 and 25 June 2021, online
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.
The General Assembly was divided into four sessions:
- Presidents report and agenda items, Sunday 20 June 2021
watch recording
- Get to know your candidates, Sunday 20 June 2021
watch recording
- Result of the elections and FIG Governance, Friday 25 June 2021
watch recording
- The work of FIG, Friday 25 June 2021
watch recording
- Closing session
watch
recording
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.
Election of two FIG Vice Presidents
Three candidates contested for the two Vice President posts for
2021-2024:
- Ghana: Kwame Tenadu,
Licenced Surveyors Association of Ghana - LISAG,
- Nigeria: Mohammed
Mamman Kabir, Nigerian Institution of Surveyors NIS,
- Sweden: Mikael Lilje,
Swedish Professionals for the Built Environment, Samhällsbyggarna
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.
Future FIG conferences
After intensive discussions with the LOCs from South Africa, USA and
the candidates fro 2025, Australia and Poland, Council took the
following decisions:
- Congress 2022 will be in Warsaw, Poland instead of Cape Town
South Africa
- Working Week 2025 will be in Brisbane, Australia
- Congress 2026 will be in Cape Town, South Africa
With these decisions the next FIG events will be:
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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.
New members
Two new member associations were admitted by the General Assembly:
- Zimbabwe Institute of Geomatics - ZIG
- Association of Surveyors of the Solomon Islands
Unfortunately it was also necessary to expel members due to unpaid
arrears. Members that were expelled were:
- Colombian Society of Surveyors, Colombia - MA-10124
- Society of Professionals of Land Information Technologies
(SPLIT), Georgia – MA-10099
However, in case FIG will receive payment from these associations
they will be reinstalled.
Welcome to FIG to all new members:
In the video of General Assembly session 3 you can watch a thank you
greeting from the two new member associations
Honorary members
Three new honorary members were adopted by the General Assembly
- Dr Robin McLaren
- Mr. Jim Smith
- Prof. Michael Barry
In General Assembly session 3 you can watch their thank you
greetings.
Ten new Commission Chairs elects
The elected commission chairs elecs will start their actual term as
commission chairs 2023-2026:
- Commission 1: Timothy W. Burch, USA
- Commission 2: Dimo Todorovski, Netherlands
- Commission 3: Sagi Daylot, Israel
- Commission 4: Malavige Don Eranda Kanachana
Gunathilaka, Sri Lanka
- Commission 5: Ryan Keenan, Australia
- Commission 6: Werner Lienhart, Austria
- Commission 7: Rohan Bennett, Australia/Netherlands
- Commission 8: Kwabena Asiama, Ghana
- Commission 9: Peter Ache, Germany
- Commission 10: Anil Sawhney, UK
Welcome to all and also a big thanks to all associations for their
nominations and support.
Engagement committee
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.
Task Force on FIG Governance
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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.
Hereafter FIG President Rudolf Staiger gave a council response
to the work and also thanked Diane Dumashie, the core group and
all those who have responded to questionnaires, online meetings
etc for their valuable contributions.
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Three topics were selected for breakout groups as part of FIG General
Assembly session 3:
- Member Benefits: The benefits of being a member of FIG - of the
different membership categories (moderated by Louise Friis-Hansen,
FIG Director)
- Brand: Understanding and defining the FIG brand (Moderated by
Diane Dumashie, FIG Vice President and chair of the Task Force on
FIG Governance)
- YSN transitioning and integration: Increasing and enabling young
surveyors to transition from the YSN (moderated by Kwabena Asiama,
Chair of Young Surveyors Network)
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.
The work of FIG
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:
- Land Administration Domain Model
- Water Governance Challenges in Africa
- International Boundary Making and International Boundaries
on Unstable Ground
- FIG Cooperation with UN-Habitat - Global Land Tool Network
(GLTN) incl the two latest publications
- The History of Surveying - Seven books covering three
millenniums of measurement of earth
- The Volunteer Community Surveyor Programme - VCSP
- 20 years of FIG Foundation
Please view the
recording of
General Assembly session 4
The General Assembly was divided into four sessions:
- Presidents report and agenda items, Sunday 20 June 2021
watch recording
- Get to know your candidates, Sunday 20 June 2021
watch recording
- Result of the elections and FIG Governance, Friday 25 June 2021
watch recording
- The work of FIG, Friday 25 June 2021
watch recording
- Closing session
watch
recording
Further readings
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
