Working Groups
Working Group 1.1 - International Ethics Standards
Background
This Working Group was formed in 2015, subsequent updates of the progress
of the work had been reported at the FIG Working Weeks / Congress since
2016. A publication of International Ethics Standards (IES) by International
Ethics Standards Coalition (IESC), which was established in the United
Nations in 2014, was published in Dec 2016. More than 120 professional
institutes, including FIG, have joined the IESC as members.
Policy issues
- To study ethics within the surveying
profession and prepare proposals how to respond
to the competition to market the profession as
ethical for current and future generations;
- Surveying professionals practice in a
variety of work environments increasingly
internationally and are required to respond to
constant changes ethically in how they deliver
services. This creates challenges to them in how
they practice and challenges on how to adapt to
change; and
- Identifying and sharing new ethical ways of
working from around the world will provide
practical examples of ways others have
successfully adapted and will build a set of
case studies of change.
Chair:
Mr.
Timothy Burch, United States
NSPS
tim.burch [at] nsps.us.com
Working Group 1.2 - Women in Surveying
Background
During the period from 2015-2018, the WG asked the question: Are women
still underrepresented in the surveying industry? The results of our
research have indicated that this is still the case.
The outcome from the study showed that there has been little change in
the participation of women in the surveying profession and that there is
some resistance to changing the ratio of male to female representation in
certain areas of the profession, for example, in the makeup of panels of
keynote speakers at conferences and seminars.
The Working Group confirmed in the 2018 Working Week in Istanbul that
there is a need and/or demand for a Women in Surveying Network and the
Working Group on Women in Surveying will look into how to implement this.
Policy Issues
Therefore we have concluded that a policy is required to ensure that
there is equal representation of females and males in all FIG arenas. The WG
proposal is to present a policy statement to the FIG council to ensure a
series of recommendations that came out of the previous WG are applied in
FIG.
Chair
Ms.
Robyn McCutcheon, Australia
Data Manager, SIBA
robyn.mccutcheon [at] gmail.com
Working Group 1.3 - International Boundary Settlement and Demarcation
Background
The Working Group will continue the work of Working Group 1.4 initiated
and led by Haim Srebo, in the 2011-14 Work Plan, which led to the FIG
Publication 59: “International Boundary Making”, and will continue the work
of Working Group 1.3 led by Don Grant in the 2015-18 Work Plan to publish a
supplementary to FIG Publication 59 dealing with international boundaries on
unstable ground.
Policy issues
- To deal with theoretical, methodological, legal aspects and analysis
of practical cases in international and national boundaries;
- To investigate and report on the long-term definition, delineation,
demarcation, documentation, maintenance, recovery and stability of
international land and maritime boundaries;
- To liaise with FIG Commissions 4 and 7 on matters of common interest
Chair
Dr.
Haim Srebro, Israel
Director Mapping & Boundaries, Israel-Jordan Joint
Boundary Commission
haim.srebro [at] gmail.com
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