APPENDIX TO ITEM 17
FIG Work Plan 2000 - 2003
Introduction
This document lists the tasks which FIG will undertake during
2000-2003. It comprises the vision statement and goals of the Federation, a plan
of work for the Bureau for 2000-2003 , in relation to the administration and
forward planning of the Federation; and plans of work 1998-2002 for each of the
nine technical commissions and ad hoc commission on Construction Economics and
Management which pursue FIG's professional and technical objectives. It is,
however the Bureau which has overall responsibility for fulfilling this plan, in
its role either as an executor or, in the case of commission-led activities, as
a facilitator and co-ordinator.
The Bureau's Work Plan is governed by FIG's aim and
objectives, the Statutes and Internal Rules of the Federation and decisions of
the General Assembly of FIG.
Aim
The aim of FIG is to be the premier international non-governmental
organization that represents the interests of surveyors and users of surveying
services in all countries in the world. It is a Federation of member
associations all of whom seek excellence in the services that they deliver.
Objectives
The objectives of the Federation as defined in its Statutes are:
- to provide an international forum for the exchange of information about
surveying and for the development of fellowship between surveyors
- to collaborate with the United Nations and other international and
regional agencies in the formulation and implementation of policies
affecting the use, development and management of land and marine resources
- to promote the disciplines of surveying, particularly in developing
countries and countries in economic transition
- to promote the role of the surveyor in the management of natural and
man-made environments
- to promote the development of national associations of surveyors and to
promote professional standards and codes of ethics and the exchange of
surveying personnel
- to promote high standards of education and training for surveyors and to
facilitate continuing professional development (CPD)
- to encourage the development and proper use of appropriate technology
- to encourage research in all disciplines of surveying and to disseminate
the results.
Mission Statement
The Mission of the International Federation of Surveyors is to ensure that
the disciplines of surveying and all who practice them meet the needs of the
markets and communities that they serve.
The Bureau Work Plan 2000 - 2003
- "Advancing the Global Role of Surveying"
1. General
This Work Plan provides the FIG Bureau direction in its
management of the Federation. The Bureau, as the managing board of the
Federation, has the authority and responsibility for fulfilling this plan.
The member organizations are FIG; thus, the Bureau will focus
on providing member organizations the tools to advance the global role of
surveying by
- Recognizing surveying's
significant role in the betterment of humanity and its environs;
- Recognizing its responsibilities to all surveyors including those not
represented by member organizations and will ensure that its activities will
benefit the profession as a whole;
- Implementing mechanisms for increasing participation by member
organizations in FIG activities and informing member organizations of FIG
and other international surveying activities;
- Emphasizing the strengthening of professional institutions, the promoting
of professional development, the participating in the development of
international standards, and the working with international organizations;
- Developing contacts with UN agencies and other international organizations
in the context of the commission work plans;
- Promoting international standards of professional competence;
- Encouraging the development and proper use of appropriate technology; and
- Encouraging research in all disciplines of surveying and to disseminate
research results.
FIG's financial security is directly related to its member
organizations' (and potential new member organizations) members perceptions of
FIG's responsiveness to their individual goals. Thus, the Bureau has as its
primary objective
- The improving of FIG's responsiveness to the needs of member
organizations' members.
The Bureau recognizes that the commissions are the
implementers of FIG policies and programs. Thus, the Bureau plans to achieve
this objective by
- Increasing the effectiveness and responsiveness of the commission work
plans through Bureau oversight (ensuring that commission work plans reflect
the FIG approved overall plan, ensuring coordination between commissions,
tracking of work plan schedules, etc.);
- Providing financial grants to commissions for high priority projects;
- Developing, through the commissions, products, training and services which
have practical application to member organizations and their individual
members; and
- Communicating the commissions' accomplishments to the member organizations
and others.
2. Specific Tasks
The specific tasks which the Bureau will under take during
its administration are
2.1 Planning and Developing the Federation
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To present, to the General Assembly in Prague 2000, the
findings and recommendations of the task force on the Future Governance and
Management of FIG and to implement the General Assembly=s
approved changes and prepare the new Statutes for the approval of the
General Assembly in Seoul 2001;
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To review and update the strategic plan for approval to
the General Assembly in Washington 2002;
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To develop a long-term financial strategy for FIG and
present the strategy to the General Assembly in Washington 2002;
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To initiate and fund a reserve account;
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To develop and implement work planning and budgeting
processes which incorporate and coordinate all FIG organizational units;
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To continue the work of the task force on the Future
Governance of FIG with ACCO to evaluate the need for any longer term changes
to the Commission structure in more detail so that the decisions can be made
at the General Assembly in Washington, 2002;
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To make recommendations, to the 2002 General Assembly, on
the process for selecting future congress sites;
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To develop, for presentation to the 2002 General
Assembly, protocols for the financing and the content of congresses and
working weeks, including a policy for the distribution of congress and
working week profits and losses;
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To develop, for approval by the 2001 General Assembly, a
list of authorities, responsibilities and duties for the Bureau, FIG Office,
and the commissions;
2.2 Membership
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To increase membership within under-represented regions:
especially, the Caribbean, and Central and South America;
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To increase secondary membership in countries that are
already members of FIG;
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To increase FIG regional activities and to seek the
support and the participation of member associations and commission
delegates to these activities;
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To increase academic membership and promote the Surveying
Education Database;
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To increase sponsor membership and develop the benefits
of being a sponsor member;
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To arrange for Bureau members and other FIG
representatives to visit all member associations;
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To encourage visits to the FIG office by member
association representatives and to use the FIG office for Commission and
other events;
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To develop strategies to encourage the surveyor to be
customer oriented and to provide a quality service;
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To improve coordination between the Bureau, ACCO and the
Commissions;
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To develop FIG and its commissions' co-operation with
international and regional surveying related organizations identifies by the
commissions.
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To develop and deepen co-operation with partner and
sister organizations and to sign memoranda of understanding or agreements
whenever needed;
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To enter into cooperative agreements with sister
organizations to work together on areas of common concern;
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To identify and make contact with UN related agencies
having common areas of interest with FIG and with whom FIG does not
currently have a formal relationship;
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To enter into a co-operative agreement with the Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Permanent Committee for GIS
Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) and other regional
organizations and to act as a catalyst for the establishment of a formalized
regional body in the Americas dealing with Spatial Data Infrastructures;
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To promote the activities of the UNCHS(Habitat) global
campaigns especially the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure;
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To prepare a report on progress made during the five
years since the Habitat II Conference for the June 2001 special meeting of
the UN General Assembly in New York (Istanbul+5);
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To evaluate the possibilities to participate in the
process of Rio + 10 to be held in 2002;
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To develop the coordination mechanisms for synchronizing
the planning and budgeting of FIG/UN cooperative programs;
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To prepare for distribution, by the World Bank,
compilations of the costs and benefits of various cadastre/land registration
projects and checklists on how to successfully conduct land administration
projects;
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To develop the mechanisms required to effectively liaise
with FAO regional organizations;
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To co-operate with the World Trade Organisation in the
promotion of global markets for surveying services;
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To develop further co-operation with certification and
standardisation bodies to ensure that workable standards which take full
account of the needs of FIG's members result;
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To develop strategies that facilitate the transfer of
donated equipment to educational establishments in developing countries.
2.5. Communications
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To improve communication between the Bureau, the
commissions, and the member associations and, through them, to their
individual members;
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To establish effective methods of notifying member
associations and their members of FIG services and products (e.g. seminars,
workshops, publications);
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To publish an annual review which will serve as FIG's
main medium of external communication and principal marketing tool;
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To publish FIG quarterly bulletin both as printed and
internet versions;
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To develop FIG home page as the main channel for daily
information delivery;
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To develop recommendations on the publication of a FIG
journal containing selected papers presented at FIG or FIG sponsored events;
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To produce literature describing why clients should use
the services of surveyors;
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To conduct a major internet campaign publicizing FIG's
work;
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To build and maintain a database of international,
regional, and national organizations whose activities are surveying related;
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To maintain an internet accessible system for holding FIG
publications.
Commission Work Plans 1998-2002
Commission 1 - Professional Standards
and Practice
Commission 2 - Professional Education
Commission 3 - Spatial Information
Management
Commission 4 - Hydrography
Commission 5 - Positioning and
Measurement
Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys
Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land
Management
Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and
Development
Commission 9 - Valuation and the
Management of Real Estate
Ad Hoc Commission on Construction Economics and Management
Appendix: FIG DEFINITION OF
SURVEYOR
FIG Office
20 March 2000
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