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	FIG President Potsiou meets with all 6 Russian FIG members
		15-18 June 2015, Irkutsk, Russia
		
				
		
			FIG has 6 active members from Russia. During her visit to Irkutsk 
			amazingly all the Russian members had arranged a meeting with FIG 
			President Chryssy and Prof Ioannidis. The members are : “Scientific aerogeodetical 
			enterprise “Meridian+” Ltd., Moscow State University of Geodesy and 
			Cartography (MIIGAiK), Rosreestr, SRO NP “Cadastral engineers”, 
			State University of Land Use Planning (SULUP) and Siberian State 
			University of Geosystems and Technologies (SSUGT)
		IV All-Russian annual Congress of cadastral engineers
		On the15-18 of June the IV All-Russian annual Congress of cadastral 
		engineers - the main event in Russian cadaster in 2015 - took place in 
		Irkutsk.
		The Congress goals included among other: discussion about the cadastral 
		issues and possible ways for their solution, consideration of the state 
		policy in the field of real estate registration, cadastral activities 
		and self-regulation of the profession, the procedures and employers, and 
		also planning the further development of the profession of cadastral 
		engineers.
		The Congress was held in Irkutsk, the “gate” of Lake Baikal, which is a 
		specially protected natural resort and an UNESCO World Heritage Site. 
		One of the round-table sessions was dedicated on the “legal assistance 
		for the specially protected natural area taking into account state 
		cadastral registration”. The questions concerning changes in the 
		activity of a cadastral engineer due to the major challenges such as 
		“urbanization” and the “global climate change” were also addressed 
		during the meeting.
		This Congress included one plenary session, 6 round-table sessions, 4 
		technical sessions and 4 working group meetings with more than 100 
		presentations in total. About 400 delegates from over 50 regions of 
		Russia participated in the Congress, and among them about 85 young 
		(under 35) surveyors.
		
			
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				 FIG President Potsiou together with president of SRO NP 
				“Cadastral engineers” V.S. Kislov
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 Meeting with the Russian Young Surveyors  | 
		
		At the plenary session, titled “Development and perfection of cadastral 
		engineers institution”, the participants discussed the changes in the 
		Russian legislation affecting cadaster. At the round-table sessions the 
		delegates also worked out the solutions for the current problems, shared 
		information about new technologies and also proposed some amendments to 
		the legal acts, which will be submitted for evaluation to the 
		legislative authorities.
		The international delegation included presentations by the president of 
		the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Dr. Chryssy A. Potsiou, 
		the vice-president of EGoS Nikos Zaharias and professor Charalambos 
		Ioannidis from the National Technical University, Athens. 
		The Russian delegation included presentations by the vice-president of 
		Rosreestr S.G.Miroshnichenko, the vice-president of FSBI “Federal 
		cadastral chamber” Litvintzev K.A., the Minister of the Property 
		Relations of Irkutsk region A.A.Protasov, the head of Irkutsk department 
		of Rosreestr Zherdev V.P. and other officials.
		Visit to FSBI branch in Angarsk
		The international guests visited FSBI branch “Irkutsk region’s FKP” in 
		Angarsk. They got acquainted with the procedure of the state cadastral 
		registration in Russia and heard several presentations made by employees 
		of Cadastral Chamber. FIG President, Prof Chryssy Potsiou, presented the 
		FIG motto: “Ensuring the Rapid Response to Change, Ensuring the Surveyor 
		of Tomorrow”; she also presented the “FIG Work Plan for 2014-2018”, and 
		she gave a speech on “Climate Change and Cadastre”. FIG President met 
		with the Russian Young Cadastral Surveyors and discussed their more 
		active participation in the international activities. Dr. Potsiou 
		emphasized the importance of the involvement of young specialists in the 
		activities of the FIG YSs Network and the detailed training courses and 
		gave information about the initiatives of the FIG Foundation.
		Prof Ioannidis gave a presentation on a recent research in NTUA, in the 
		field of developing a 5d LIS tool to deal with urban land readjustment 
		of property rights. In turn, the vice-president of EGoS Nikos Zaharias 
		reported about the present and possible future of cadaster in Greece, 
		and in addition Denis Zhukov – the head of State real estate 
		registration department of GUP “National cadastral agency” of State 
		Committee on Property of Belarus – presented a review about a progress 
		of cadaster in the 
		Republic of Belarus. Participants also exchanged their views on 
		these and other urgent problems taking place in cadaster nowadays.
		FIG President and the international delegation also visited two 
		companies in Irkutsk. The first one - East Siberian aerogeodetical 
		enterprise demonstrated the huge on-going project of gass-pipe in East 
		Siberia, using aerial photos, making orthophotos and laser scanning 
		processes. The enterprise has up-to-date equipment, for example UAVs.
		The staff of the second – small private company
		SPC
		“Zemlemer” Ltd. – showed and explained their activities: preparation of 
		documents for state cadastral registration, land surveying and advisory 
		activity.
		Meeting with all Russian FIG members
		On the 17th of June there was the meeting of FIG president Dr. Chryssy 
		A. Potsiou with the representatives of all Russian FIG-members:
		
			- Tikhonov V.V. – 
		“Scientific aerogeodetical enterprise “Meridian+” Ltd.
- Petrushina M.I. – 
		Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK)
- Miroshnichenko S.G. – 
		Rosreestr
- Kislov V.S. – the 
		president of SRO NP “Cadastral engineers”
- Grachev I.A. – the 
		vice-rector of State University of Land Use Planning (SULUP)
- Seredovich V.A. – the 
		vice-rector of Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies 
		(SSUGT)
At this meeting FIG President reported about the Federation’s plans for 
		the next 4-year period, and also asked the Russian experts to 
		participate actively in the FIG activities.
		Russian representatives briefly presented their companies and underlined 
		the directions that may be interested for a close collaboration with 
		FIG, for example, they demonstrated their strong interest in 
		contributing in creating a FIG professional journal.
		The Congress program included some cultural events such as a tour of 
		Irkutsk and a voyage on the Angara River.
		In the end of their visit our foreign guests had a boat trip on Lake 
		Baikal and took a look at Listvyanka village and a couple of interesting 
		museums.
		Vladimir Tikhonov and Chryssy Potsiou
		July 2015
		 
		
			
				|  Angara River
 |  Evening event at Angara River
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				|  The Listvyanka village
 |  Model of Listvyanka village
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				|  The beautiful Lake Baikal
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