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FIG General Assembly 2010, Sydney, Australia, 11 and 16
April 2010
Teo CheeHai elected as the next FIG President (2011-2014)
and Congress 2014 voted for Kuala Lumpur
The FIG General Assembly 2010 was held in conjunction to the FIG
Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The General Assembly took place in two
sessions. The first session was attended by 54 member associations and the
second one, in which the elections took place by 67 member associations (66
members were able to vote). Both sessions were attended by several other
members (affiliates, academic members and corporate members), honorary
members and observers so that the total number of participants was more than
300 in both sessions.
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The biggest interest in the agenda was election of the next FIG President
and new Vice Presidents. In the election for the President the first vote
took place between three strong candidates who were all current FIG Vice
Presidents. In the first vote Teo CheeHai from Malaysia got 27 votes,
Matthew Higgins from Australia 24 and Iain Greenway 15 votes.
In the second round Teo CheeHai got 33 votes and Matt Higgins 32 votes. So
Teo CheeHai was elected as the next FIG President in a very close race. It
shall be mentioned that Teo CheeHai is the first FIG President from Asia.
The term of the new President is four years starting 1st January 2011. A
formal ceremony for the handover is planned to take place in Copenhagen by
the end November.
The General Assembly further elected two new Vice Presidents for term of
office 1.1.2011-31.12-2014. After Teo CheeHai was elected for the next
President also a third post for Vice President for a two-year period was
opened. The election took place between three candidates one post at a time.
In the election for the first Vice President Dr. Chryssy Potsiou from
Greece won over Prof. Rudolf Staiger on the second round. For the
second Vice President Prof. Staiger got most votes. As result Dr. Potsiou
and Prof. Staiger Germany were elected as new Vice Presidents for term of
office 1.1.2011-31.12.2014 and Dr. Dalal S. Alnaggar from Egypt for
term of office 1.1.2011-31.12.2012.
The General Assembly appointed new chairs for the ten FIG Commissions
(2011-2014). All current chairs elect were appointed and because there were
no further candidates the appointment took place by acclamation. The new
chairs will be:
- Commission 1: Ms. Leonie Newnham, SSSI, Australia
- Commission 2: Prof. Dr. Steven Frank, ACSM, USA
- Commission 3: Prof. Yerach Doytsher, ALSI, Israel
- Commission 4: Dr. Michael Sutherland, CIG, Canada and
Trinidad and Tobago
- Commission 5: Mr. Mikael Lilje, ASPECT, Sweden
- Commission 6: Dr. Gethin Wyn Roberts, ICES, United Kingdom
- Commission 7: Mr. Daniel Roberge, CIG, Canada
- Commission 8: Mr. Wafula Nabutola, ISK, Kenya
- Commission 9: Prof. Frances Plimmer, RICS, United Kingdom
- Commission 10: Mr. Robert Šinkner, CUSC, Czech Republic
The General Assembly appointed also a new chairperson for OICRF, FIG
permanent institution where Mr. Christiaan Lemmen from the
Netherlands replaced Prof. Paul van der Molen, who has been chairing
OICRF for more than 15 years. Ms. Kate Fairlie from Australia was
appointed as chair to the Young Surveyors Network and Mr. David Martin
from France as chair to the Standards Network for 2011-2014.
Prof. Pedro Cavero from Spain, Prof. Paul van der Molen from the
Netherlands and Mr. Helge Onsrud from Norway were all appointed as
Honorary Members for the long term work in FIG. They have all been – among
other duties – Commission chairs and have carried out key roles in task
forces among other.
For the host of the next FIG Congress 2014 there was a tight competition
between two very strong candidates. In the voting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia got
35 votes while Istanbul, Turkey was able to collect 31 votes. The General
Assembly thus admitted the next FIG Congress to PEJUTA to host it jointly
with FIG in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will be the first time when the FIG
Congress will be organised in Asia. Earlier Asia has only been the host for
Working Weeks and regional conferences.
FIG membership is still increasing. The number of member associations is
now 103 including following five new member associations:
- Albania Association of Geodesy
- Ordre des Géometrès Experts du Benin
- Geodetic Association of Herceg-Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Cyprus Association of Valuers and Property Consultants;and
- Nepal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
The Council has set a target to reach 50 affiliate members by the end of
2010. Ten new affiliate members were approved in Sydney and it is possible
that the target of new members could be reached especially based on the good
feed back from the Surveyor General Forum. The new affiliate members are:
- Afghan Land Consulting Organization, ALCO, Afghanistan
- Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Topography, SIFET, Italy
- Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Swisstopo, Switzerland
- National Cartographic Center, Iran
- Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS), Afghanistan
- Cadastral Survey Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of the Interior
(BLM), USA
- State Geodetic Administration of Republic of Croatia (DGU), Croatia
- Survey of Israel, Israel
- Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources, Fiji
- Agency for Land Administration and Cadastre of Republic of Moldova
Further three corporate members were admitted FIG membership: Geotrilho
Topografia Engenharia e Projecto lda, Portugal, Geoweb S.p.A., Italy, and
Coordinates Magazine, India.
Number of academic members is now 89 after six new members:
- The National Research Institute of Astronomy & Geophysics,
Geodynamics Department, Egypt
- The College of Estate Management, United Kingdom
- Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- College of Technology, University of Houston, USA
- Center for Soil Protection and Land Use Policy (Zentrum für
Bodenschutz und Flächenhaushaltspolitik am Umwelt), (ZBF-UCB), Germany
- School of Rural Estate and Planning, Reading University, United
Kingdom.
Three correspondents from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Peru were accepted to the
end of 2010.
Other decisions of the General Assembly included the normal
administrative issues like budget and reports from different institutions
(permanent institutions, FIG Foundations and on co-operation with the United
Nations and sister organisations.
Two new memorandum of understanding were signed between FIG and the
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) and the Pan American
Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH).
The General Assembly agreed to establish the FIG members’ database by the
end of 2010. This web based database will offer information on surveying and
the profession in each FIG member country.
The end of the four-year administration means that many projects will
come to an end by the end of this year. In Sydney eight major publications
were launched and further the same number of publications will be launched
by the end of 2010.
The General Assembly decided to accept that a congress declaration will
be prepared and published as an outcome from the FIG Congress 2010.
President Enemark presented a
draft Sydney Declaration at the second General Assembly. It was decided
that this draft will be circulated to FIG members for their comments. The
members are requested to send their comments by 14 June 2010. After this
deadline the FIG Council will decide on and publish the final version of the
declaration.
More to Read:
Links to documents and reports of the FIG Congress 2010 and
the XXXIII General Assembly in Sydney, Australia
- Keynote presentations:
Opening Ceremony
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Opening Address - Prof.
Stig Enemark, FIG President
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Opening Address
- Mr.
Jonathan Saxon, Act. President of SSSI
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Opening Greeting - Hon. Dr. Marie Bashir,
Governor of New South Wales, Australia
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Keynote Address - Dr. Tim Flannery, Australia
Plenary Session 1 - FIG Achievements for 2007-2010
- Stig Enemark, FIG President (Denmark):
Building the Capacity - the FIG Agenda and Achievements
2007-2010 (4643)
[handouts]
Plenary Session 2 - Spatially Enabled Society
- Abbas Rajabifard, GSDI President (Australia):
Spatially Enabled Society (4644)
[paper]
[handouts]
- Santiago Borrero, PAIGH President (Colombia):
Spatially Enabled Society (4645)
[abstract]
[handouts]
- Warwick Watkins, Surveyor General NSW (Australia):
Spatially Enabled Society (4646)
[paper]
[handouts]
Plenary Session 3 - The Big Challenges
- Daniel Fitzpatrick (Australia): Climate Change,
Disaster Management and Land Governance (4647)
- Paul Munro-Faure, FAO (Italy): Good Land Governance
(4648)
[handouts]
- Mohamed El-Sioufi, UN-HABITAT (Kenya): Climate Change
and Sustainable Cities (4658)
[paper]
[handouts]
Plenary Session 4 - Technological Futures
- Mary O’Kane (Australia): Technological Futures (4649)
[handouts]
- Ed Parsons (United Kingdom): Technological Futures
(4650)
- Matt Higgins FIG Vice President (Australia):
Technological Futures (4653)
[handouts]
Closing Ceremony
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