| FIG President Stig Enemark attended the 2nd 
			European Conference on Cadastre, Bucharest, Romania, 6-7 May 2010. 
			The conference was entitled “The Cadastral surveyor – Paving the 
			Way to the Future” and was organized by the European Council of 
			European Geodetic Surveyors (CLGE) in cooperation with the Romanian 
			Association of Private Surveyors, the Romanian Geodetic Union, and 
			the Romanian Agency of Cadastre and Land Registration.  The opening session included welcome addresses from 
			the Romanian government and the Romanian surveying organisations 
			followed by an opening speech from the CLGE President Mr. Henning 
			Elmstroem and a keynote address by the FIG President Stig 
			Enemark entitled “From Cadastre to Land Governance” showing 
			the evolution of cadastral systems over recent years towards the 
			broader concept of land governance and the role of FIG and global 
			surveying profession in this regard.  The conference was well attended by the delegates 
			from the more than 30 CLGE member countries and about 130 local 
			Romanian surveyors. The conference was organized in three main 
			sessions: (i) The Cadastral surveyor, a Cornerstone in Society; (ii) 
			The Publicly Appointed Surveyor; and (iii) The Romanian Surveyor and 
			their Role in the Real Estate Economy. The session included 
			presentations from Mr. Albert Jacquard French Scientist and 
			Philosopher on “What is the societal role of the surveyor seen 
			from the outside World”; Mr. Rudolf Kolbe (AT), 
			Vice-President of CLGE and CEPLIS, on the “Code of Conduct of the 
			European Surveyors”; Mrs. 
			Dorine Burmanje (NL), Chair of EuroGeographics, on the “Advantages 
			of a Harmonisation of the European Cadastres”; and Mr. Rob 
			Mahoney 
			(GB), Vice-President of CLGE, on the “Impact of EU Legislation on 
			Cadastral Surveying”. Furthermore, a number of country 
			perspectives were given from Belgium, Switzerland Croatia, Denmark, 
			Romania, and Italy.  The Conference included the launch of the adopted “Code 
			of Conduct of the European Surveyors” that is an important and 
			very useful document also in a global context. The conference also 
			adopted the Bucharest Declaration stating some key principles of the 
			role of the cadastral surveyors in serving society.  |