FIG Commission 2 is the domain of professional surveying
education. The traditional core areas for the commission are: 1)
curriculum and core surveying body of knowledge, 2) teaching and
learning methodology, 3) marketing and management of
professional education and 4) accreditation and quality
assurance. For its term 2015 – 2018 these core areas are being
addressed by the four following working groups:
Ir. E.M.C. (Liza) Groenendijk The Netherlands
Working Group 2.1 – Towards educating the land professional
Working Group 2.2 – Innovative learning and teaching
Working Group 2.3 – Demand for and supply of Professional
Education
Working Group 2.4 - Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Traditionally Commission 2 has a leading role in the Academic Forum.
The Academic Forum is the platform for FIG Academic Members. FIG
Commission 2 further supports the FIG Young Surveyors Network, the OICRF
and participates in the FIG Foundation.
FIG Commission 2 – ISPRS Kathmandu Workshop a great success!
Kathmandu, Nepal, was from 25 – 27th of November 2015 the host
of the International Workshop on the Role of Land Professionals
and SDI in Disaster Risk Reduction in the context of Post 2015
Nepal Earthquake. What started as an initial idea for a possible
FIG Commission 2 Workshop resulted in a large joint event
together with ISPRS Technical Commission IV, and was supported
by FIG Commission 7. Read more
Work Plan
Terms of Reference
The domain of professional surveying education
(vocational, higher and academic education, and continuing
professional development)
The role of professional education and its relation
to the public sector, private sector and professional
organizations.
Mission statement
Promote good practices in professional surveying
education by:
Exploring the needs of society and endorsing
universities and other educational organizations to develop
mechanisms and processes that will help to meet those needs.
Supporting and promoting advances in survey education
through identification of core surveying knowledge
Promoting cooperative ventures in surveying education
and research
Supporting the building of capacity for surveying
education in the developing world
Reinforcing contacts to educational commissions of
related professions
Working Group 2.2 – Innovative learning and teaching
Objectives
To exchange and promote good practices in teaching
and learning methodologies in professional education of the
surveying and land professional
To make recommendations for learning methods and
teaching formats under specific circumstances: distant learning,
off-the-job-training, life-long learning and continuous professional
education, and organizational learning.
To promote ubiquitous learning and open learning
approaches
To promote organizational learning in FIG and its
members
To support the FIG in promoting innovative ways of
organizing workshops, conferences and congresses.
