FIG News Feed

Reflections on UN CSW67

3/20/2023 8:52:17 AM

Claire Buxton represented FIG Commission 7 at the UN Compound in New York in a session on�Innovation and Digital Technology - A facilitator to Secure Land Tenure and Natural Resources for All organised by S4HL (Stand for Her Land) during the Commission of the Status of Women CSW67.

Happy Global Surveyors' Day

3/4/2023 10:58:04 PM

Global Surveyors' Day is a way to globally recognize the ground-breakers, pioneers, individuals and the industry that has shaped our history and continues to be the foundation of our communities.

Administrative meetings in the FIG Office in Copenhagen

3/3/2023 6:25:23 PM

FIG Council as well as all commission chairs met in a cold but sunny Copenhagen in February for the planning of this term of office

Preparations for the FIG Working Week 2023 in Orlando

2/3/2023 7:10:46 PM

FIG President Diane Dumashie paid a visit to Orlando, Florida to meet with the local organisers from NSPS. An exciting Working Week programme is taking shape and is awaiting all attendees.

Meeting and cooperation with International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC)

2/3/2023 4:21:38 PM

FIG President Diane Dumashie and Vice President Kwame Tenadu met with representatives from ICEC to re-vitalise the MoU between the two organisations

Preparatory meeting for FIG Working Week 2024

1/26/2023 11:40:11 AM

The Local Organising Committee for the Working Week 2024 with Co-Congress Director Stephen Djaba in the lead has already worked intensely on the preparations for the FIG Wokring Week 2024.

Joint workshop Commissions 3 + 8, Athens December 2022

1/17/2023 1:31:04 PM

In December the joint workshop took place as the first edition of the "International Scientific Conferences of European Surveyors";

Seasons greeting from FIG Office

12/23/2022 11:06:53 AM

Seasons Greeting and a Happy New Year!
Joyeux No�l et Bonne Ann�e
Fr�hliche Weihnachten und Ein Gutes Neues Jahr
Feliz Navidad y Prospero a�o nuevo!
Kul sanna wa'intum b'kheir
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Gl�delig jul og godt nyt�r

Dr. Haim Srebro receives award for his work on boundary-making practice

12/22/2022 12:03:22 PM

IBRU has awarded its fifth annual Raymond Milefsky Award to Dr. Haim Srebro, after being nominated by FIG.

National Land Conference 2022, Ghana

12/22/2022 11:28:31 AM

A four-day conference on land was held in Accra Ghana to highlight the implementation of the recently promulgated laws on land management and physical planning for sustainable development

Recipient of the FIG Foundation PhD Scholarship 2021 finished PhD

12/14/2022 1:24:36 PM

Dogus Guler finished his PhD at the Geomatics Engineering Department of Instanbul Technical University, T�rkiye

FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals - Commission 8

12/13/2022 1:25:48 PM

Commission Chair Marije Louwsma gives her Statement on the sustainable development goals in relation to Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development

FIG President Elect Diane Dumashie attends VIII CLGE Conference "Blue Surveying"

11/18/2022 1:54:28 PM

As part of the TOPCART Congress in Sevilla, Spain, CLGE held a conference and General Assembly as well as the FIG Commission 7 annual meeting.

"Having Ice in the Stomach" or 22 years of FIG - FIG Hand-Over Event

11/11/2022 11:27:52 AM

The German Association DVW hosted a hand-over event marking the transition to the new council with Diane Dumashie as incoming President

Back at Intergeo

11/4/2022 11:03:14 AM

FIG was represented with a stand at Intergeo 2022 in Essen, Germany having the opportunity to promote FIG activities and also the future conferences, especially the Working Weeks 2023 and 24 in Florida and Ghana

FIG at UNWGIC 2022

11/2/2022 12:47:12 PM

UNWGIC 2022 was held in Hyderabad, India. FG was represented by FIG President Rudolf Staiger and Hartmut M�ller, Commission 3 who had organised a well-attended side event on The Importance of Land Administration for the Implementation of the SDGs.

FIG Congress 2022 - report

10/14/2022 10:41:49 AM

The local Polish organisers had planned an remarkable and memorable Congress, and it was a joy to meet participants who managed to travel to Warsaw, Poland for the FIG Congress.

VCSP in-Country deployment and e-Volunteering opportunities

10/14/2022 8:43:35 AM

VCSP shares information about an in-Country Deployment opportunity in Uganda, Kenya and Namibia, a Mentor position and the e-Volunteering Mapathon.

FIG General Assembly 2022 report

10/14/2022 8:24:38 AM

FIG General Assembly 2022 took place over three sessions - one online, and two onsite in Warsaw Poland and included elections for President and two Vice Presidents.

Call for bids for FIG Working Week 2027

10/13/2022 12:26:28 PM

Will you be our host in 2027? FIG Council announces the bidding material for the FIG Working Week 2027. All member associations are encouraged to consider to submit a bid. Election of the destination will take place at the Working Week 2023 and General Assembly in Orlando, Florida.

Meet FIG at Intergeo 2022 in Essen

10/12/2022 2:14:34 PM

You will find FIG in Hall 2, C2.020 18-20 October 2022 in Essen, Germany, together with other organisations