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	  FIG General Assembly
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		Agenda
	  44th General Assembly - 2021
	Sunday 20 and Friday 25 June 2021
	INTRODUCTION
	Welcome to this 44th FIG General Assembly, and the first ever General 
	Assembly to be held online. The current situation that does not allow us to 
	meet in person gives us a unique opportunity to test this virtual format and 
	also to conduct a different General Assembly which we aim to make inclusive, 
	inspiring, informative and interactive.
	An online General Assembly also gives this special possibility for many 
	more to participate - both official member representatives and all who have 
	an interest in what FIG is doing. 
	The 43rd General Assembly 2020 was postponed due to the outbreak of the 
	COVID 19 pandemic. This means that the General Assembly agenda items for 
	2020 are still open and need to be adopted at this General Assembly 2021.
	In October 2020 it became clear to FIG Council and the organisers of FIG 
	Working Week 2021 that it would be unlikely to gather FIG representatives 
	and participants from the profession from all over the world in the 
	Netherlands in June 2021. The decision was made to transform the Working 
	Week into a purely digital format inclusive the General Assembly – into the 
	1st FIG e-Working Week.
	The positive side of the virtual format is that there are no costs for 
	travel, visa, and accommodation and within the speed of light you can attend 
	from all over the world! The only thing you need is a stable 
	internet-connection. Between the different GA-sessions you can accomplish 
	the normal daily business or be with your family. Your attendance, and 
	especially your active participation (questions, ideas, proposals and 
	comments) are making the General Assembly vital and remarkable.
	FIG Council encourages that you submit questions and comments in advance. 
	This will help make the sessions relevant and that specifically your 
	questions and comments will be responded to. It will be possible to ask 
	questions during the sessions, but the more questions and comments that can 
	be collected in advance the better we can structure and prepare in advance.
	We ask for your active participation:
	
		- Read this agenda with its attachments
- Submit your questions and comments – members, 
		individuals, persons with an interest in FIG… – you are all encouraged 
		to submit: https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 
Special information to member associations: Please 
	submit in this second form the name and contact details of your official 
	delegate. This is needed in order to vote. Read more under “Voting” and 
	“Roll Call”.
	https://forms.gle/B8WGoHRWMkUyReqW9 
	The following will explain in detail the format and procedure of the 
	General Assembly.
		Go to:
		
	
    
	Registration
	The General Assembly will be held online through the conference platform 
	that has been selected for the Working Week, called Hopin. Hopin is a 
	software with the focus on a  “virtual conference centre” where you can move 
	around and visit sessions, walk through the exhibition , networking 
	possibilities etc.
	To register for the Working Week and General Assembly please go to: 
	www.fig.net/registration 
	Roll call
	All members are encouraged to participate in the General Assembly (as 
	well as all other interested). With the appointment of an official 
	representative, FIG considers the respective member as being “present” at 
	the General Assembly. 
	Please note that only member associations in good standing will be able 
	to vote at the General Assembly. This means that the association does not 
	have unpaid arrears from 2020 or earlier. FIG Office will send out reminders 
	to all members in arrears. If you are in doubt whether your association has 
	unpaid, please contact FIG Office at 
	FIG@fig.net. Payment of arrears must be received before 10 June 2021 in 
	order for the member association to register and to be included in the 
	voting. Later payments will be considered as not received in due time.
	All member associations will be asked to appoint their official delegate 
	the latest on 1 June 2021. This will be done through a google questionnaire. 
	In this questionnaire we also ask you to submit your questions and comments 
	to the agenda items. 
	https://forms.gle/B8WGoHRWMkUyReqW9 
	NOW CLOSED
	Roll call - registered members
	added 17 June 2021
		If you cannot access the google form, please contact FIG-Director Louise 
	Friis-Hansen to receive the form directly (in .doc format)
	LFH@fig.net 
		Please note: All who want to attend the 
		General Assembly, including the official delegate must also register to 
		the 
		e-Working Week to get access to the General Assembly
	Agenda for the General Assembly
	The agenda for the General Assembly can be found in this document after 
	the introduction. (link). The General Assembly sessions will not go through 
	each agenda items in a traditional manner. There will be in total four 
	sessions of each 2 hours. Two sessions on Sunday 20 June 2021 and two 
	sessions on Friday 25 June. Council hopes that the sessions will be 
	inclusive and encourage a dialog – as much as is possible online. For that 
	reason, you will find here a link to a form in which you can write your 
	comments and questions to each of the agenda items. Selected comments and 
	questions will be addressed in the sessions.
	Link to google form: 
	https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 
	To make the sessions relevant you will find written reports in the agenda 
	as usual. Oral reports will be replaced by short video-reports and/or 
	presentation slides that will be submitted by 20 May.
	Time Zone
	The challenge of such a global event will be the different time zones. It 
	will never be possible to organise the sessions in a time that will fit to 
	all. Unfortunately, some of you will experience that the sessions are not 
	well fitted to your time zone. In 2021 the General Assembly was planned to 
	take place in the Netherlands but was changed to online. For that reason we 
	announce all times in this time zone (CEST – Central European Summer Time) 
	which is UT (Universal Time +2 hours, and the General Assembly will be held 
	during the day-time CEST due to the fact that Dutch studio facilities and 
	Audio Visual experts are being used to help with the transmission of the 
	General Assembly. 
	General Assembly Sessions
	Session 1 is called “Presidents and council session” – 
	and takes you through the General Assembly agenda. Since the agenda items 
	from 2020 have not yet been adopted these motions are also included in this 
	agenda for 2021, and you will find a link to the agenda items 2020.
	Session 2 will introduce you to the candidates for the 
	Vice President positions, Commission Chair candidates and destination for 
	the FIG Working Week 2025. 
	Votings will start after this session
	Session 3 will present the results of the voting. 
	Hereafter the session is dedicated to the Task Force on Governance; the 
	report from the Task Force, and the response from Council. There will be 
	discussions in breakout rooms on selected topics. Please send your comments 
	and questions in advance.
	Session 4 will concentrate on the work of FIG; the work 
	of the commissions, networks, task force and permanent institutions. Reports 
	can be found in the agenda, and the session will include questions and 
	comments from you. Please remember to include your questions and comments in 
	the questionnaire
	Link to google form: 
	https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
	
	VOTING AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA ITEMS
	We will be using an online voting system called Simply Voting (https://www.simplyvoting.com/). 
	In order to make sure that each member association can vote (due to the 
	different time zones and eventually instable internet connection) we will 
	give you sufficient time to cast your vote. When a voting ends FIG Director 
	and the appointed tellers, will get a certified report from Simply Voting 
	with the result. In case a delegate is not able to access the system the 
	tellers can confidentially assist with the cast of vote.
	All member associations will be asked to appoint an official 
	representative for the voting. Submission of the official representative 
	must be done here: 
	https://forms.gle/B8WGoHRWMkUyReqW9   
	Please note: It is important that we get a valid email 
	address for the official representative. The links to the voting sheets will 
	be sent to the email address that you provide to us, and only this one email 
	address. You cannot enter more than one email address. 
	Two different and parallel voting processes
	The official representative from each member in good standing will 
	receive emails coming from simplyvoting.com with a link to the voting sheet. 
	The system ensures that it is not possible to see how the votes are cast.   
	There will be two parallel voting processes: 
	
		-  Election for the two Vice President posts
- All other agenda items 
Process 1: Election for the two Vice President posts 
	Two Vice Presidents must be elected. There are three candidates. This 
	means that at least two voting rounds are needed, and maybe three. According 
	to the statutes: 
	IF: one candidate gets 50% or more votes in the first 
	round this candidate is elected. Election continues to the election of the 
	2nd candidate between the remaining two candidates.
	IF: no candidate gets 50% of the votes there will be a 
	new round of voting for 1st candidate between the two candidates with the 
	most votes.
	
		
			| First voting round | Start: Sunday 20 June 16:00 
			CEST End: Monday 21 June 16:00 CEST
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			| Second voting round * | Start: Monday 21 June 17:00 
			CEST End: Tuesday 17:00 CEST
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			| Third voting round ** | Start: Tuesday 18:00 CEST, End: Wednesday 18:00 CEST
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			| * with EITHER 2nd round for the 1st candidate
			OR voting for the second candidate among the two remaining 
	candidates. ** if needed
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	Process 2: All other agenda items
	The voting sheet for all other items will include the following topics: 
	
		- Adoption of the president’s report
- Adoption of the audited financial reports from 2019 and 2020, the 
		written financial reports and the budgets 2021-2024 2020
- Adoption of the motions of agenda items for 2020 and 2021 that do 
		not require voting
- Adoption of the candidates for commissions 1-9
- Election for the post for Commission 10
		
			| This voting will take place over 4 days
 | Start: Sunday 20 June 17:00 
			CEST End: Thursday 24 June 9:00 (AM) CEST
 | 
	
	
	Please be aware that when you have cast your vote, you cannot undo or 
	change your voting. 
	For each new round of voting, all official appointed member association 
	representatives will receive an email from
	www.simplyvoting.com  with a 
	link to the voting sheet.
	The voting system is generating anonymous replies which means that no-one 
	can see who has voted what. Further, no-one can see the result until the 
	voting round has been finalised. A reminder will be sent at a certain time 
	before deadline from the system to those who have not voted. All this is 
	done automatically.
	Time Line of the voting process with start and end time:
		
	
    
  
  
    | See the full 
	Working Week programme at the  
 FIG 
	Working Week 2021 web site.
	 
		
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			Sunday, 20 June 2021
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			| 9:00-11:00 CEST
 | General Assembly, Session 1Agenda items
 | This first General Assembly session will include the Presidents 
			report, the Financial Report, FIG Foundation, membership matters and 
			other General Agenda items. We encourage you to submit questions and 
			comments in advance:https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
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			| 12:00-14:00 CEST | General Assembly, Session 2 Election - presentation of candidates
 | Get to know your candidates... This second General Assembly 
			session will focus on the elections that are going to take place in 
			the following days. To be elected are two Vice Presidents, nine 
			Commission Chairs Elects and the destination for FIG Working Week 
			2025. Ask questions in advance to your candidates to get to know 
			them. Ask your questions here: https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 |  
			| The voting will start after this session |  
			| Monday 21 - Wednesday 
			23 June 2021
			FIG e-Working Week 2021,
			Thursday 24 June 2021 - Workshop Day
 www.fig.net/fig2021
 Special programme items
 |  
			| Monday 21 June10:30-12:00 CEST
 | Member Association Forum | Discussion on topics relevant for members
 |  
			| Monday 21 June 15:00-16:30 CEST
 | Council special session: Reimagining the future of the Surveying Profession Post 2020
 | A focus on the skills and talent that we need to remain 
			relevant as we move toward 2028.  The achievements of the past 18 
			months brings into sharp focus an important question for our 
			profession today; as we look to the future of surveying, What skills 
			and talents will we need to possess to solve the problems of the 
			21st century, and why.The session aims to draft a statement 
			addressed to Council for inclusion in the Future 2028 strategy 
			deliberations and to gain knowledge, to achieve results with land 
			and property organisations, to exchange knowledge and to be 
			inspired. |  
			| Tuesday 22 June 15:00-16:30 CEST
 | Director Generals Forum | The annual FIG Director Generals Forum brings together Chief 
			Executives or Director Generals of national (or provincial) agencies 
			and FIG Affiliate Members that have responsibility over mapping, 
			cadastral, valuation, planning and development, land administration 
			and management from around the world. The Forum allows peer-to-peer 
			engagement to address the present challenges and opportunities, 
			including the responsibility of national agencies to stay relevant 
			and effective. In line with the overall theme of the Working Week, 
			the DG Forum this year will focus on sharing a vision on the role of 
			our profession in land and water management and the challenges in a 
			new reality. |  
			| Wednesday 23 June 12:00-13:00 CEST
 | Commission annual meetings |  |  
			| 
			Friday, 25 June 2021 |  
			| 9:00-10:30 CEST | Presidents meeting 
 | The yearly meeting for Presidents or head of delegation from FIG 
			Member Associations |  
			| 11:00-13:00 CEST
 | General Assembly Session 3 - FIG Governance 
 | At this third General Assembly Session the results of the 
			election will be announced. FIG Task Force on Governance report will 
			be presented and a response from Council. Discussions in breakout 
			rooms on: The value of FIG to members; The FIG brand; and Young 
			Surveyors transitioning. https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 |  
			| 14:00-16:00 CEST | General Assembly Session 4 - The work of FIG | FIG as an organization is very broad in its scope. We are active 
			from grass-root level to UN. We are seen as an important 
			international organization representing the field of surveyors. This 
			session will highlight some of our achievements and involvements.  
			It is impossible to cover all. In this session we will hear from 
			FIGs work related to Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), Land 
			Administration Domain Model (LADM), international boundaries, 
			African water governance, Surveying history, FIG Volunteer Community 
			Surveyor Program (VCSP) and we will also celebrate 20 years of FIG 
			Foundation 
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 |  
			| 16:00-17:00 | Closing ceremony |  
 |  | 
		
	
	For the full Working Week programme check: 	
	http://www.fig.net/fig2021
	
	 
	
	AGENDA
	
	
	 
	
	Introduction
	This online version of the agenda includes link to all 
	appendices in .pdf.
	In addition to this on-line version, the agenda with links 
	to all appendices is also published as a .pdf file. 
	To download the agenda in Acrobat format 
	please click here: 
	
	 Agenda- uploaded on the web site 
	on 13 May (pdf, 30 pages)
	Agenda- uploaded on the web site 
	on 13 May (pdf, 30 pages) 
	
	
	Note: Revisions are shown only on the .htm version 
	of the agenda and marked with colour.
	The individual appendix files can be downloaded below under 
	each item in pdf format.
	PLEASE NOTE: FIG 
	Office has sent invitation and agenda only by email. The General Assembly 
	has been announced previously directly to all members. 
	Changes to the agenda after it was 
	originally distributed by email to the member associations are marked in 
	this agenda with colour and date. 
	
	List of Agenda Items 
	
		- OPENING PROCEEDINGS
- ROLL CALL
- APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS
- ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
- ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE 42nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- MEMBERSHIP
- PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2020 AND 2021 
- APPOINTMENT OF HONORARY 
		MEMBERS (agenda item from 2020)
- CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNITED 
		NATIONS AND THE WORLD BANK
- LIAISON WITH INTERNATIONAL 
		PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- FIG ACCOUNTS FOR 2019 AND 2020, 
		AUDITOR'S REPORTS AND BUDGETS 2021-2024
- SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR 2022 AND 2023
- FIG FOUNDATION
- FIG COMMISISONS
- FIG NETWORKS AND PERMANENT 
		INSTITUTIONS
- TASK FORCE ON FIG AND THE 
		SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- TASK FORCE ON FIG 
		GOVERNANCE
- ELECTION OF TWO VICE 
		PRESIDENTS FOR 2021-2024
- ELECTION OF COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS
- DECISION ON THE VENUE FOR 
		FIG WORKING WEEK 2025
- OTHER ISSUES 
- REPORT ON THE FIG CONGRESS 2022 IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
		
- FIG PRESIDENTS MEETING(BY INVITATION ONLY)
- PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION AND CLOSING CEREMONY
		
	
	1. OPENING PROCEEDINGS
	President Rudolf 
	Staiger to open the 44th General Assembly. Please note that this agenda also 
	includes motions from the 43rd General Assembly 2020 which was postponed to 
	2021.
	
	2. ROLL CALL
	Both official members and also persons with an interest in FIG are 
	encouraged to participate in the General Assembly. 
	With the appointment of an official representative, FIG considers the 
	members as “present” at the General Assembly. It is important that you 
	register your official delegate.
	Please register your official delegate here: 
	https://forms.gle/B8WGoHRWMkUyReqW9 
	(CLOSED)
	Please note that only member associations in good standing (no unpaid 
	membership fees from 2020 or earlier) will be able to vote at the General 
	Assembly. FIG Office will send out reminders to all members in arrears. If 
	you are in doubt, please contact FIG Office at 
	FIG@fig.net. Payment of arrears must be received before 10 June 
	2021 to be included in the voting. Later payments will not be 
	considered received in due time.
	All member associations are asked to appoint their official delegate the 
	latest on 1 June 2021. Please use this google form: 
	
	https://forms.gle/B8WGoHRWMkUyReqW9 
	(CLOSED)
		If you cannot access the google form, please contact FIG Director Louise 
	Friis-Hansen to receive the form directly (in .doc format)
	LFH@fig.net 
		Please note: All who want to attend the 
		General Assembly, including the official delegate must also register to 
		the 
		e-Working Week to get access to the General Assembly
	Appendix to item 2: Roll Call including information on 
	member associations that are not allowed to vote at the General Assembly 
	because of unpaid membership fees for 2020 and earlier. 
		Roll call - registered members 
		- Added 17 June 2021
	Motion: Those members who have assigned an official delegate are 
	recorded in the minutes. 
	Decision:
	3. APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS
	Normally the General Assembly shall appoint two persons as tellers for 
	the entire General Assembly. Since voting will take place online through a 
	secure voting system, SimplyVoting, a certified report from SimplyVoting 
	with the results will be published.
	The voting sheets will be prepared by FIG-Office and two appointed 
	tellers will apart from FIG Director have access to the SimplyVoting system.
	
		
			| Security, Reliability and Transparency of the Electronic 
			Voting It is important to note that nobody within FIG including the two 
			tellers will have access to details of the cast votes. The voting itself 
			runs fully automatic and is under the external control of Simply 
			Voting Inc., 5160 Decarie Boulevard Suite 502, Montreal, QC H3X 2H9, 
			Canada. For more information please. visit the website
			www.simplyvoting.com  | 
	
	The voting system allows the tellers to see who has cast a vote and when 
	this has been done, but they cannot see any details on what each delegate 
	has voted, nor can they see any results until the voting is finalised and a 
	report has been created by SimplyVoting. Once the voting is over the overall 
	result will be published by the system.
	FIG Council suggests to appoint:
	
		- Jaap Zevenbergen, the Netherlands – member of the 
		FIG e-Working Week 2021 Steering Committee and LOC
- Chrit Lemmen, the Netherlands – FIG Honorary Member
Motion: That the General Assembly appoints two tellers:
	
		- Jaap Zevenbergen, the Netherlands – member of the 
		FIG e-Working Week 2021 Steering Committee and LOC
- Chrit Lemmen, the Netherlands – FIG Honorary Member
Decision:
	4. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
	The General Assembly was announced through the 
	newsletter and on FIG web site, and the Agenda for the General Assembly was 
	published in March on the web site and sent by email to all members. 
	Motion: That the agenda for both 2020 and 2021 will be adopted 
	Decision:
	5. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE 42nd
	GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	The minutes from 2019 have been circulated previously. There are no 
	minutes from 2020 due to the postponement of the General Assembly. 
	Appendix to item 5:
	Minutes of the General 
	Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 2019, without appendices. 
	Motion: That the minutes are adopted as recorded. 
	Decision:
	6. MEMBERSHIP
	6.1 Admittance of new Member Associations
	FIG has received three
	two applications for membership since the 42nd General Assembly.
	
	International Association of Assessing Officers 
	IAAO have unfortunately withdrawn their application.
	Amended 5 June 2021
	International Association of 
	Assessing Officers (IAAO), MA-10136  (also 
	included 2020)
	International Association of Assessing 
	Officers, US has applied for association membership. The association was 
	established in 1934, US and fulfils the criteria of FIG Member Association. 
	In accordance with the Statutes and Internal Rules the two current members 
	from US have been consulted and have both sent their support to include 
	International Association of Assessing Officers as member of FIG.   
	Appendix to item 6.1.1: Application form incl. Vision 2020 and IAAO code of ethics 
	Standards of Professional Conduct    
	Motion:That the General Assembly admits International 
	Association of Assessing Officers, IAAO, US to become a member of FIG. 
	Decision:
	Zimbabwe Institute of Geomatics - ZIG  MA-10137 
	(also included 2020)
	Zimbabwe Institute of Geomatics ZIG has applied for association 
	membership. The association was established in 2018. Zimbabwe Institute of 
	Geomatics, Zimbabwe, fulfils the criteria of FIG Member Association. In 
	accordance with the Statutes and Internal Rules, the current member from 
	Zimbabwe, Survey Institute of Zimbabwe has been consulted and has sent its 
	support to include ZIG as member of FIG. ZIG has 20 members.  
	Appendix to item 6.1.2: 
	Application form 
	Motion: That the General Assembly admits Zimbabwe Institute of 
	Geomatics – ZIG to become a member of FIG 
	Decision: 
	
	Association of Surveyors of the Solomon Islands - MA-10138
	Association of Surveyors of the Solomon Islands has applied for 
	association membership. The association was established in August 2017 and 
	has currently 28 qualified members and 35 qualifying members.
	 
	Appendix to item 6.1.3:
	
	Application form 
	Motion: That the General Assembly admits Association of 
	Surveyors of the Solomon Islands to become a member of FIG.
	Decision:
	6.2 Other Member Association Issues
	Tanzania Institution of Valuers and Estate Agents (TIVEA) - 
	MA-10130 (from 2020)  
	Unfortunately, Tanzania Institution of Valuers and Estate Agents (TIVEA) 
	has decided to resign from their membership   
	Serbian Union of Surveyors MA-10072 was expelled at the 
	General Assembly 2019. FIG Office has since then received payment and 
	Serbian Union of Surveyors has been reinstalled. 
	Motion: That the General Assembly notes the update.
	Decision: 
	
	6.3 Expulsion of member associations
	The General Assembly has power to expel from the Federation any member 
	association whose fees are in arrears and shall under normal circumstances 
	expel any member association whose fees are three years in arrears. (Article 
	4.3 of the Statutes). The FIG office has sent information to these 
	associations informing that if their membership fees are still in arrears at 
	the time of the General Assembly the General Assembly shall expel the above 
	member associations at its meeting on 20 June 2021. 
	
		- Colombian Society of Surveyors - MA-124
- Society of Professionals of Land Information Technologies (SPLIT), 
		Georgia – MA-10099 
Unless FIG Office receives payment from the associations.
	After acceptance of new member associations, the number of FIG member 
	associations is 105
	104 from 88 countries.
	Amended 5 June 2021
	Motion: That the General Assembly notes that at this General 
	Assembly there are two members to expel unless FIG office receives payment 
	from the associations:
	
		- Colombian Society of Surveyors, Colombia - MA-124
- Society of Professionals of Land Information Technologies (SPLIT), 
		Georgia – MA-10099
Decision: 
	6.4 Suspended status 2020 and 2021
	In accordance with its administrative measures, FIG Council, has deferred 
	to continue for 2020 the issuance of a membership subscription invoice to 
	the following members and FIG Council deem their membership to be in 
	suspension: 
	
		- the Order of Syrian Engineers and Architects, OSEA as all efforts to 
		maintain contact with them has not yielded results and will deem their 
		membership in suspension giving due consideration to its internal 
		situation.
-  Licensed Surveyors Association in Palestine 
Council has decided to also move 
	
		- Iranian Society of Surveyors (ISS) 
to suspended status as again an international ban makes it impossible for 
	them to transfer the registration fee. 
	The situation with these associations will be reconsidered by Council 
	again in 2022.
	Motion: That the General Assembly notes the members in suspension.
	Decision: 
	6.5 Other membership issues 
	6.5.1 Affiliate members 
	There has been one application for affiliate membership 
	since the General Assembly 2019.   
	
	Two affiliate members have been expelled:
	
		- State Geodetic Administration of Republic of Croatia AF-20042 
		(2021)
- National Survey Authority (NSA), Oman, AF-20067 (2021)
After these changes the number of Affiliate members is 44 from 43 
	countries.
	6.5.2 Corporate members 
	FIG Council has admitted one application for corporate membership:
	
		- AlmatyGeoCenter, Kazakhstan, CM-30075 (2021)
SuperMap, China, has changed their corporate member level from gold 
	(category B) to bronze (category D) (2020)
	Geoweb S.p.A, Italy has changed their corporate member level from silver 
	(category C) to basic level (category E) (2020)
	FIG Council has expelled the following members due to lack of payment of 
	membership fee:
	
		- Géographie, Topographie, Hydraulique, Energie et Construction 
		(GEOTHECO), Uganda, CM-30062
- Génie Congo Sarl, Democratic Republic of the Congo, CM-30063 
		
- M/s. Survey Scale Pvt. Limited. Pakistan, CM-30065
- Branco Etera Kazakhstan, CM-30055
- M/s Accord Marine Surveyors & Consultants, India, CM 30066
- RKSoft Mühendislik Bilgisayar Programiama Egitim Dan. Ith Ltd, 
		Turkey, CM-30070     
COWI – Corporate member category D- Bronze level has unfortunately 
	terminated its membership per 31.12.2020. 
	Thomsen Reuters (Earlier ILS) – Corporate member Category C – Silver 
	Level has decided to terminate their membership. 
	After these changes, the number of corporate members is now 22.
	
	6.5.3 Academic members 
	FIG Council has admitted five applications to become Academic member 
	since the General Assembly 2019:
	
		- The University Southern Mississippi Hydrographic Science Research 
		Center, USA, AC-40152 (from 2020)
- University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), 
		Bulgaria, AC-40153 (from 2020)
- University of Glasgow, Scotland, AC40154 (from 2020)
- 
		Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Geomatics Engineering, Indonesia, 
		AC-40155 (new from 2021)
- 
		Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan 2, Rabat, Morocco, 
		AC-40118 (reinstalled)
		
The payment structure of the Academic Members was changed in 2013 so that 
	Academic Members would be invoiced every 4 years instead of every year. The 
	four-year payment will reward the members with a 50% discount. Academic 
	members were invoiced in 2014, and again in 2018.
The number of Academic Members after these changes is 89 from 51 
	countries.
	6.5.4 Correspondents 
	The number of correspondent members has increased from four to five. The 
	current correspondents are coming from Maldives, Pakistan, Rwanda and Tonga.
	One new correspondent has been admitted:
	Society of Geodetic Engineers, Geomatics and Surveyors of Venezuela 
	(SIGGMA) – a recently formed new association for surveyors in and 
	outside Venezuela. As a result of the very deep economical and political 
	crisis in Venezuela, many professionals and students have had to move 
	worldwide. The exodus is between 5 and 6 million people. Nowadays many 
	surveyors, geodesists, geomatics, geospatial professionals, and students are 
	trying to settle down in different countries. SIGGMA was created to gather 
	and provide strategic support to all of them.
	As long as the society is under development Council has decided to include 
	them as correspondent member, working towards becoming a member association 
	over time.
	Motion: That the General Assembly notes the actions that the 
	Council has taken with other membership matters.
	Decision:
	7. PRESIDENT’S REPORT 
	President Rudolf Staiger has prepared the President’s report on the 
	activities of the Federation since the General Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam 
	April, 2019.  
	
Appendix to item 7: 
	
	All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and are 
	encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance and the latest on 
	10 June 2021
	
	
		
			| All members and individuals interested in FIG have 
			the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in 
			advance to the President and his Council on FIG matters and the latest on 10 
			June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 | 
	
		
	Motion: That the General Assembly accepts the President’s report 
	2020-2021.
	
	Decision:
	8. APPOINTMENT OF HONORARY MEMBERS
	(agenda item from 2020)
	The Council has received three nominations for Honorary Members:
	
		- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK has nominated 
		Dr Robin McLaren
- The International Institution for the History of Surveying and 
		Measurement, together with FIG Council, has nominated Mr. Jim Smith
- FIG Foundation, together with FIG Council, has nominated Prof. 
		Michael Barry
Appendix to agenda item 8: The nomination letters for:
	
	According to the Statutes paragraph 3.1.7 an individual who has 
	materially assisted the development and promotion of the surveying 
	profession at the international level can be appointed as an honorary 
	member. Nomination for this appointment shall be made by a member 
	association or the Council, which will consider it and submit it to a vote 
	of the General Assembly.
	The Council has considered all three proposals and decided to propose to 
	the General Assembly that it appoints Dr Robin McLaren, Mr. Jim Smith and 
	Prof. Michael Barry as Honorary Members of the Federation for the 
	outstanding services they have provided to the Federation in different 
	positions and functions.
	Motion: That FIG General Assembly appoints Dr Robin McLaren, Mr Jim Smith 
	and Prof. Michael Barry as Honorary Members of FIG. 
	Decision: 
	9. COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD 
	BANK 
	Update from 2019-2020 can be found here: 
	
	https://fig.net/organisation/general_assembly/agendas_and_minutes/2020/agenda.asp#9
	
	Update 2020-2021
	FIG has continued to collaborate with the World Bank and various agencies 
	and structures within the United Nations. 
	The main activities in the co-operation with the United Nations and the 
	World Bank during this period have been:
	Participation to FAO and the Voluntary Guidelines, VGGT.
	Under a Letter of Agreement, several sessions were planned for the FIG 
	Working Week 2020. Instead, a webinar was successfully held in June 2020 on 
	land consolidation legislation – FAO legal guide and its application at 
	country level with more than 550 participants.
	Again in 2021 joint FIG/FAO sessions are included in the technical programme 
	of FIG e-Working Week.
	Participation to Global Land Tool Network GLTN:
	
		-  Co-lead of Global Land Tool Network Professional Cluster 
		2019-2020, together with Arab Union 
- At the GLTN partners meeting in December 2020 the Professional 
		Bodies cluster again elected FIG to be co-lead of the cluster for the 
		term 2021-2022.
			- Co-Lead on two activities:A conceptual framework on urban-rural 
			land linkages has been completed – report has been finalised.
- A manual on valuation of unregistered lands has been completed
 
- Participation in the GLTN International Advisory Board
- Participation in the GLTN Steering Committee
- Special sessions in the e-Working Week technical programme
Participation to the work of UN-GGIM
	
		- UN-GGIM-Geospatial Societies – FIG has taken over the chairmanship 
		of UN-GGIM Geospatial Societies for the term 2020-21
- Expert Group on Land Administration
- Associate member of Sub-committee on Geodesy
- Participation at the ninth Session of the United Nations Committee 
		of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management in New York, USA, 
		August 2019
Participation to the work of the International Committee on Global 
	Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
	Participation to UN-OOSA, Co-chairing WG-D
	 FIG had planned participation at the World Bank Conference in March 2020 
	which was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID 19. FIG had planned a side event.
	Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report on the 
	co-operation between FIG and the United Nations, its agencies and the World 
	Bank and records its thanks to all those who have contributed to this 
	co-operation. 
	Decision: 
	10. LIAISON WITH INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL 
	ORGANISATIONS
	Update from 2019-20 can be found here:
	
	https://fig.net/organisation/general_assembly/agendas_and_minutes/2020/agenda.asp#10 
	The Joint Board of Spatial Information Societies JB-GIS was formally 
	established during the FIG Working Week in Cairo in 2005. The name was in 
	2017 changed to UN-GGIM-Geospatial Societies. The Geospatial Societies meet 
	annually during the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial 
	Information Management meetings. 
	The meeting of UN-GGIM-GS in 2020 was held online. 
	FIG has taken over the lead of UN-GGIM-GS for the two year term 
	(08.2020-08.2022) FIG has collaborative MoUs with several organizations who 
	are part of the Geospatial Societies.  
	FIG has collaborative MoUs with several organizations who are part of the 
	Geospatial Societies.  
	FIG has further bilateral agreements of co-operation with several other 
	international associations like ECCE, ISM, IFHP, CIB, IAO, IHO, ION, ICEC, 
	FIABCI, IFHS, PAIGH, PAQS, and UIA.
	FIG Chair of Commission 10, Alan Muse, has been appointed chair of the 
	International Construction Measurement Standards Standard Setting Committee. 
	FIG is represented on the ICMS Trustee Board by the President 
	FIG is represented in International Land Measurement Standard Coalition 
	by Mr. Maurice Barbieri.
	FIG is member of the Ethics Standard Committee.
	FIG is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and is 
	working together with ISO and International Valuation Standards Committee 
	(IVSC) on standards.
	Again in 2021 there were various activities around the world
	
	celebrating Global Surveyors day on and around 21 March 2021.
	Motion: That the General Assembly records the report on the 
	liaison with other international associations. 
	Decision: 
	11. FIG ACCOUNTS FOR 2019 AND 2020, AUDITOR'S REPORTS AND 
	BUDGETS 2021-2024
	FIG President Rudolf Staiger will present the report to the General 
	Assembly. This report includes the auditor’s report from 2019 and 2020, official 
	accounts (income statement 2019 and 2020) and balance sheet at 31 December 2020, 
	an updated budget for 2021 and proposals for budgets 2022-2024 and proposal for 
	membership fees for member associations in 2022 and 2023. Since the General 
	Assembly 2020 was postponed, the 2020 budget was agreed by FIG Council on 
	behalf of the General Assembly.
	Appendix to item 11: 
	Appendix 2021:
	Report on Financial 
	Issues  (including 2020 accounts and budgets 2021-2024)
	Annexes:
	
	Appendix from the 
	General Assembly 2020   
	
		
			| All members and individuals interested in FIG have 
			the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in 
			advance to the financial results, the budget and financial matters 
			in general, and the latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 | 
	
	 
	Motion: That the General Assembly: 
	
		- adopts the audited accounts for 2019 and 2020,
- adopts the Finance Reports from 2019 and 2020, and
-  adopts budgets for 2021–2024
Decision: 
	12. SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR 2022 AND 2023
	The General Assembly has to set levels of fees for member associations 
	two years in advance of the year in which they become payable. Fees are 
	payable in respect of each individual member up to a maximum of 5,500 
	members. Membership fees have been discussed as part of the finance report, 
	appendix to item 11.
	The 2019 General Assembly approved membership fees for 2021 as follows:
	 
	
	
		
			|  | Per capita fee | Minimum fee | Maximum fee | 
		
			| 2021 | € 4.80 per member 
			up to a maximum of 5,500 members Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as 
			low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay
			€ 2.40 member up to a maximum of 5,500 members.
 | 25 members or € 50 
			(whichever is greater) | 5,500 members (€ 26,400) | 
	
		
		The World Bank lists of the low-income economies and the 
		lower-middle-income economies are available at:
		
		http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups   
	
	The General Assembly decided in 2017 to increase subscription fees with 
	8% for 2019 after subscription fees have been kept at the same level for the 
	years 2012-2018. In 2018 and 2019 the General Assembly agreed to keep the 
	level from 2019 for the 2020 and 2021 subscriptions, and Council suggest 
	keeping this same rate for both 2022 and 2023.  
	  Motion: That the General Assembly adopts following 
	membership fees payable by member associations in 2022 and 2023: 
	 
	
	
		
			|  | Per capita fee | Minimum fee | Maximum fee | 
		
			| 2022 + 2023 | € 4.80 per member 
			up to a maximum of 5,500 members Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as 
			low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay
			€ 2.40 member up to a maximum of 5,500 members.
 | 25 members or € 50 
			(whichever is greater) | 5,500 members (€ 26,400) | 
	
		
	Decision:
	
	13. FIG FOUNDATION
	Mr. John Hohol, President of the FIG Foundation has prepared a written 
	report on the FIG Foundation activities in 2020. 
	Appendix to item 13: 
	
	Reports from the General Assembly 2020:
	
	
		
			| All members and individuals interested in FIG have 
			the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in 
			advance to FIG Founcation and the latest on 10 June 2021 
			at: 
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 | 
	
	Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the 
	written report of the President of the FIG Foundation and records its thanks 
	to the President and members of the Board of Directors of the FIG Foundation 
	for their past year’s work
	Decision:   
	14. FIG COMMISSIONS
	The Commission Chairs have prepared a written report for each commission 
	which are attached to this agenda item. There will be no oral reports 
	following the written reports, so delegates are asked to read the reports 
	carefully. Instead during general assembly session 4 all chairs will be 
	ready to respond to questions and comments from the delegates. 
	Appendix to item 14: Commission reports:
		
	
	  
		Go to Commission reports 
	from 2020 
	
		
			| On 25 June 2021 there will be a special session on the work of 
			FIG. All members and individuals interested in FIG have the 
			option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance 
			and the latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 | 
	
	Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the written reports of 
	the Commission Chairs and records its thanks to the chairs and other 
	officers of the Commissions for their ongoing contributions. 
	Decision: 
	
 
	
	15. 
	
	FIG NETWORKS AND PERMANENT INSTITUTIONS
	15.1 Young Surveyors Network
	FIG Young Surveyors Network was for the term 2019-2020 chaired by Ms. 
	Melissa Harrington. In 2021 Kwabena Asiama took over as chair of YSN. 
	Attached to this agenda is a report on the FIG Young Surveyors activities 
	during the past yeasr. The Chair of the Young Surveyors Network will be 
	ready during general assembly session 4 to respond to questions and comments 
	from the delegates. 
	Appendix to item 15.1:
		2021: Young 
		Surveyors Report
		Go to 2020 report: Young Surveyors Report
	Motion: that the General Assembly adopts the written report, and 
	thanks all the many active Young Surveyors. 
	Decision:
	15.2 Standards Network
	The Chair of the network, David Martin has prepared a written 
	report to the General Assembly of the activities 2019-21. The Chair of the 
	Standards Network will be ready during general assembly session 4 to respond 
	to questions and comments from the delegates.   
	Appendix to item 15.2 –
	
	Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the written report from 
	the Network and records its thanks to the Chair of the Network and its 
	members. 
	Decision:
	15.3 FIG Regional Capacity Development Networks
	The chairs of the two networks have prepared a written report on the 
	status of the networks. The Chairs of the Network will be ready during this 
	agenda item to respond to questions and comments from the delegates:
	
		- Africa Network (Jennifer Whittal)
- Asia/Pacific Network (Rob Sarib)
Appendix to item 15.3 –
	2021:
	
	2020:
	
	Motion:That the General Assembly adopts the written report from 
	the networks and records its thanks to the Chair of the Network and its 
	members. 
	Decision:
	15.4 International Office of Cadastre and Land Records (Office 
	International du Cadastre et du Régime Foncier) OICRF 
	Prof. Dr. Christiaan Lemmen, Director of OICRF has prepared a written 
	report on the OICRF activities. The Chair of the Permanent Institution will 
	be ready during general assembly session 4 to respond to questions and 
	comments from the delegates.  
	Appendix to item 15.4: 
	2021:
	Report from the International Office of Cadastre 
	and Land Records (Office International du Cadastre et du Régime Foncier) 
	OICRF
	2020:
	Report from the International Office of Cadastre 
	and Land Records (Office International du Cadastre et du Régime Foncier) 
	OICRF
	Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report and records its 
	thanks to the members of OICRF for their past year’s work and contribution. 
	Decision:
	15.5 International Institution for the History of Surveying and 
	Measurement, Permanent Institution of FIG 
	Mr. Jan de Graeve, Director of the IIHSM, Mr. John Brock and Mr. Jim 
	Smith have prepared a report on the IIHSM. Representatives of the Network 
	will be ready during general assembly session 4 to respond to questions and 
	comments from the delegates. 
	Appendix to item 15.5:
	2021: 
	Report from the International 
	Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement, Permanent 
	Institution of FIG
	2020:  Report from the International 
	Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement, Permanent 
	Institution of FIG. 
	Motion:That the General Assembly adopts the report and records its 
	thanks to the Director and the members of the permanent institution for 
	their past year’s work and contribution.  
	Decision:
	
		
			| On 25 June 2021 there will be a special session on the work of 
			FIG. All members and individuals interested in FIG have the 
			option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance 
			and the latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 | 
	
	16.
	TASK FORCE ON FIG AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
	The Council has established two new Task Forces for 2019-2022. The first 
	Task Force will focus on FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals. This 
	Task Force is chaired by Ms. Paula Dijkstra from the Netherlands. The Task 
	Force has organised several sessions in the technical programme at the 
	e-Working Week. The Chair of the Task force has submitted a written report 
	and will be ready during general assembly session 4 to respond to questions 
	and comments from the delegates.
	
	Appendix to item 16:
	
		2021:
		
		 
	2020:
	Report from the Task 
	Force on FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals  
	Motion: That the General Assembly records the report and notes the 
	updates. 
	Decision:
	
		
			| On 25 June 2021 there will be a special session on the work of 
			FIG. All members and individuals interested in FIG have the 
			option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance 
			and the latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 | 
	
	17. TASK FORCE ON FIG GOVERNANCE
	The Task Force on the Future Governance of FIG is an internal Task Force 
	focusing on an evaluation and proposal of potential changes of the current 
	FIG Governance. Chaired by Vice President Diane Dumashie, it draws upon the 
	work from earlier Task Forces, including the TF on Commission Structure. It 
	aims to investigate the structure of the federation. 
	The Task Force has conducted several consultation rounds. A first round 
	with the purpose to narrow down the topic, which resulted in the definition 
	of three main areas and seven sub-topics; and a second round to get comments 
	on these seven sub topics. Findings and recommendations are collected in the 
	Task Force report.
		17.1 Task Force report and Council response
	FIG Council has prepared a written response to the report and to its 
	recommendations.
	On 25 June 2021 there will be a General Assembly session concentrating on 
	the findings of the report and the Council response. Delegates and others 
	are encouraged to take active part in this session.
	Appendix to item 17.1: 
		
		 
	
	More information about the Task Force can be found at:
	
	https://fig.net/organisation/general_assembly/task_force/governance_19-22.asp
	
		Motion: That the General Assembly records the update report. 
	Decision:
	17.2 Establishment of an Engagement Committee 
	
	One recommendation of the Task Force on Governance is to establish an 
	informal Engagement Committee to create interest, motivate and encourage 
	qualified people and member associations to apply for volunteer senior posts 
	in FIG.
	FIG Council suggests establishing already now an informal Engagement 
	Committee as described in the Council response, Key issue E, for a trial 
	period from now and until 2025. Appointed in June 2021, the committee could 
	assist in promoting the search for the next President and two Vice 
	Presidents (to be elected in 2022) and to help search for new Commission 
	Chairs for the following term (2027-2030) that should be elected in 2024 or 
	2025 (if following the suggestion of council to postpone the election of 
	commission chairs elects by one year. This suggestion needs further 
	investigation and may be brought to the General Assembly for a final 
	decision after further investigation at the General Assembly in 2022).
	Motion: That the General Assembly agrees that Council establishes an 
	informal Engagement Committee for a trial period until 2025 resulting in an 
	evaluation whether to continue this model.
	Decision:
		
	
		
			| On 25 June 2021 there will be a special session on the task 
			force findings, the council response and selected topics of 
			interest. All members and individuals interested in FIG have the 
			option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance 
			and the latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 | 
	
	
	
	
		
		
	
	18. 
	ELECTION OF TWO VICE PRESIDENTS FOR 2021-2024 - PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES
	This election was included in the General Assembly agenda 2020, but was 
	postponed to 2021. FIG Council decided that the current council members 
	would continue until the General Assembly 2021. This means that the elected 
	candidates will take over their post immediately after the General Assembly.
	FIG has received three proposals for the two open posts of FIG Vice 
	President for the term 2021 to 2024:
	
		- Ghana: Kwame Tenadu, Licenced Surveyors Association of Ghana 
		- LISAG, 
- Nigeria: Mohammed Mamman Kabir, Nigerian Institution of 
		Surveyors NIS, 
- Sweden: Mikael Lilje, Swedish Professionals for the Built 
		Environment, Samhällsbyggarna
The profile templates, a video and a promotion flyer of each candidate are attached to this agenda. In 
	the second session of the General Assembly on 20 June 2021 there will be 
	time for the General Assembly to ask questions to each of the candidates. 
	Each candidate also has the option to submit a short video presentation.
	The elections will take place online and will start shortly after session 
	2 on 20 June. Each election round will be open for 24 hours. The election 
	will follow the FIG Statutes and internal rules. The election will take 
	place one position at a time. If there will be no absolute majority in the 
	first voting, a second vote will be organized between those two candidates 
	that have most votes. Hereafter there will be another voting round between 
	the remaining two candidates for the last post. The appointed delegates from 
	each member association eligible to vote will receive an email when each of 
	the voting rounds starts, and one reminder if no vote has been cast after 12 
	hours. 
	
		
			| First voting round | Start: Sunday 20 June 16:00 
			CEST End: Monday 21 June 16:00 CEST
 | 
		
			| Second voting round * | Start: Monday 21 June 17:00 
			CEST End: Tuesday 17:00 CEST
 | 
		
			| Third voting round ** | Start: Tuesday 18:00 CEST, End: Wednesday 18:00 CEST
 | 
		
			| * with EITHER 2nd  round for the 1st candidate
			OR voting for the second candidate among the two remaining 
	candidates. ** if needed
 | 
	
		Please note that when you have cast your vote it is final 
		and cannot be undone or changed
		Appendix to item 18: 
		Profiles of the Candidates
		
		 
		
	
	
	
	
		
			| On 20 June 2021 there will be a General Assembly session in 
			which you can ask questions to all candidates for the elections. All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and 
			are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance and the 
			latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 | 
	
	Motion: That the General Assembly notes the 
	presentations of the candidates, makes its careful consideration for the 
	online election and elects two Vice Presidents for the term 2021-2024. 
	
	
	 Decision: 
	19. 
	ELECTION OF COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS
	According to the FIG Statutes and Internal Rules the General Assembly 
	appoints Commission Chairs at its meeting two years prior to the Congress. 
	In 2020 it was suggested to postpone this election to 2021. These Chairs 
	Elects will then automatically become Chairs of the Commissions for the next 
	term of office. Thus, the General Assembly shall appoint at this meeting 
	Commission Chairs Elects for term of office 1.7.2021-31.12.2022. Under 
	normal circumstances, the elected Chair Elect will be elected as the Chair 
	of the Commission at the FIG Congress 2022 for the period 2023-2026.
	
	Member associations have made the following nomination for the open posts 
	during the nomination period:
	
		
	
	
	The appointment/election for Chairs Elects will take place between Sunday 
	20 June 17:00 and Thursday 23 June 9:00 CEST.
	
		Please note, only for commission 10 there are more than one candidate and 
	an actual election is going to take place between the two candidates.
	Amended 28 May 2021
		Please also note that when you have cast your vote it is final and 
		cannot be undone or changed  
	 
   
	
		
			| On 20 June 2021 there will be a General Assembly session in 
			which you can ask questions to all candidates for the elections.
			All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and 
			are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance and the 
			latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8 | 
	
	
	 Motion: That the General Assembly 
		
			- Elects the Chair Elect to Commission 10
	Amended 28 May 2021
- Agree to appoint the chair elects to the 
			other 10 commissions  Amended 28 May 2021
Decision:
	
	
	20. DECISION ON THE VENUE FOR FIG WORKING WEEK 2025
	The FIG Working Weeks are organised by FIG together with a local member 
	association. FIG will together with the local member association have full 
	responsibility of the arrangements and of the financial result. This offers 
	FIG better opportunities in terms of organising events and generating 
	revenue. Therefore, the Council has to ensure that all candidates are aware 
	of the role of FIG and split of responsibilities for organising the Working 
	Week. This General Assembly will decide on the host for the FIG Working Week 
	2025.
	Due to the fact that the FIG Working Week 2020 that should have taken 
	place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands had to be cancelled, the Local 
	Organisers for the FIG Working Week 2021 from Ghana generously offered to 
	the Dutch organisers that they could organise the Working Week 2021 in the 
	Netherlands instead of Ghana. To compensate the Ghanaian LOC, Council 
	decided that FIG Working Week 2024 would be dedicated to take place in 
	Accra, Ghana. This means that the next open year is 2025. The two bidders 
	for 2024 agreed to postpone their bid to the General Assembly 2021 and to 
	cover the year 2025. FIG has however not asked the bidders to amend their 
	bids, and therefore the dates in the bids are still referring to 2024. 
	The FIG Council has received two bids to host the FIG Working Week 2025, 
	and FIG Council thanks the bidding member associations for their special 
	engagement and contribution to FIG. 
	The Council has prepared a desktop summary on the bids. In the summary 
	report the following considerations, as laid out in the invitation 
	documentation, are described for comparison: 
	
	
		- Rotation of the conferences (region); 
- Country (hosting of earlier FIG events, experience); 
- Member association (its activeness, commitment to FIG and the 
		Working Week, execution ability for local association); 
- Supporting organisations (local support to the Working Week, 
		governmental support, financial support, general support); 
- Host city (characteristics and interest from congress programme 
		point of view, host city attractiveness, host city offerings); 
- Venue (price/affordability, location of venue, internet availability 
		suitability of rooms, size of venue, structure and layout of the venue, 
		catering, value for money, hotels nearby facilities for exhibition);
		
- Accessibility (flight connections, several access possibilities, 
		security, visa issues, air fare to destination); 
- Safety and security (political stability, airport safety, city 
		safety, political stability in the country - rating must be 3 or 
		higher); 
- Proposed dates (must meet FIG requirements, Following FIG statutes, 
		practical dates, availability of venue, other conferences at the same 
		time)
- Technical programme (coverage of all FIG Commissions, potential 
		partners, originality, special ideas); 
- Technical tours (coverage of all FIG Commissions, originality, ideas 
		proposed); 
- Social programme (attractiveness and variety, proposals for dinners, 
		attractiveness of offered dinners, proposals for tours, is the programme 
		following the overall FIG concept); 
- Attendance (expectation of international, regional and local 
		attendance, realistic number of international and national 
		participants); 
- Finances (estimate of surplus and financial risks, realistic fees 
		proposed, fees in an acceptable price range, difference between 
		international and national fees, realistic budget, estimated revenue);
		
- Sponsorship (estimate sponsorship and exhibition income, proposed 
		income, how realistic is proposed income, local sponsor offerings, 
		sponsor interest to conference); 
- Why host (reason for hosting);
- Objectives and outcomes (thought through why conference should be 
		held at destination, difference to other destinations, short term 
		outcome, long term outcome);
- Suggested theme (thought of possible theme that fits to 
		local/regional situation);
- Events organised in the past three years (how experienced is the 
		host in organising events)
- Major events planned in the proposed city (many events might 
		affect the price level):
- Initiatives for sustainable conference environment (is host city, 
		venue and local host paying attention to environmental issues);
- New initiatives or activities (originality – but within the overall 
		FIG concept)
- What legacy to leave locally from the Working Week (with host, 
		hosting city, for the surveying community) 
The Council has considered the bids and has decided to present the 
	submitted bids to the General Assembly for its decision:
	
		- Australia: Brisbane, submitted by Surveying and Spatial Sciences 
		Institute (SSSI)
- Poland: Warsaw, submitted by Association of Polish Surveyors (SGP)
The General Assembly is invited to read the two bids carefully.
	Appendix to item 20
		
		Summary report on the bids for FIG Working Week 2025
		
	
	Each candidate will be given the same time to publish a video 
	presentation of their proposal and framework of the Working Week and their 
	bid in the agenda. 
	At General Assembly session 2 on 20 June 2021 it will be possible to ask 
	questions to the two destinations.
	Decision on the venue of FIG Working Week 2025 will be made through an 
	online voting. The voting starts after this session on 20 June 2021at 17:00 
	and will run until 24 June at 9:00. All official delegates from 
	associations eligible to vote will receive an email with a link to the 
	voting sheet. There will be sent one reminder.
		Please note that when you have cast your vote it is final 
		and cannot be undone or changed
	
		
			| On 20 June 2021 there will be a General Assembly session in 
			which you can ask questions to all candidates for the elections. All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and 
			are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance and the 
			latest on 10 June 2021 at:
			
			https://forms.gle/2fu45zdn7J9zoFFv8
 | 
	
	
	Motion: That the General Assembly:
	
		- Notes the Council decision that FIG Working Week 2024 will take 
		place in Accra, Ghana organised by the two member associations from 
		Ghana in cooperation with other members from Ghana.
- notes the submissions for FIG Working Week 2025, 
- notes the summary report and the presentations, 
- makes its careful consideration and decision in the online voting.
Decision:
	
	
	
	
	21. OTHER ISSUES
		
		Any other issues that the members want to rais for discussion.
		
		Motion: That the discussion will be recorded and the 
		Council will consider action that will be required.
		
		Decision:
	
	
	
	
	22. REPORT ON THE FIG CONGRESS 2022 IN CAPE TOWN, 
	SOUTH AFRICA
	Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from South African 
	Geomatics Institute (SAGI) will give a presentation on preparations of FIG 
	Congress 2022. 
		Motion: That the General Assembly records the 
		report.
		Decision: 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	23. 
	FIG PRESIDENT'S MEETING (By invitation only)
	The Presidents Meeting is convened by the FIG President and is reserved 
	for Presidents or Heads of delegations of Member Associations (or their 
	representatives). 
		The meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday 25 June 2021 right 
		before the General Assembly sessions start. (by invitation only )
	
	
	
	24. CLOSING CEREMONY
	 
		
	 
	
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