FIG
Commission 8 Working Group 8.3 on Spatial Planning Instruments and
Climate Change is organizing the webinar “Climate-smart land use
planning - towards flood and drought resilience.” The webinar will
take place via the FIG Zoom platform on 4th April 2024 at 2 pm CET.
During the webinar, the invited experts will share their knowledge
of adaptive spatial planning tools that can help face climate change
mitigation and adaptation challenges. The webinar provides space for
knowledge sharing and discussing our challenges. We will be looking
to answer the question: what could the surveyors' role be in these
processes?
Invited experts:
Prof (em) Richard Sliuzas, University of Twente
“Positioning spatial planning to increase flood and drought
resilience”
Dr. Susa Eräranta, Aalto University
“Towards planetary-sensitive planning: Planning for Regenerative
Urban Futures”
Dr. Giulia Motta Zanin, Polytechnic University of Bari
“The role of public participation in flood risk governance
processes. Some insights from Mediterranean coastal areas”
Mr Lawrence Ofosu Gyinaye, ICEYE Oy
“Using cutting-edge satellite technology to monitor and map
floods in near real-time to help emergency services respond
better to natural catastrophes globally”
The presentations will be followed by a Q&A with the moderators
and the audience.
Join Us!
Register here
Digital Transformation and Integration
of Land Administration and Land Use Planning / Land
Management
March 2024
The joint FIG Working Group 7.6 / 8.4 of
Commission 7 (Cadastre and Land Management) and
Commission 8 (Spatial Planning and Development)
on Digital Transformation and Integration of Land
Administration and Land Use Planning / Land
Management. This survey aims to gather qualitative
and quantitative insights into perceptions of
digital technologies and digitally-enabled processes
in your field of work. It will be of great value in
informing the work of our working group and will
only take 20 minutes to complete.
The survey will be open until 26 May 2024 and
the results will be presented at upcoming FIG events and
disseminated via the relevant newsletters.
FIG Working Week 2023 took place
28 May - 1 june 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
Commission
8 had organised severaly sessions in the
tehcnical programme and held its annual meeting
during the conference days. At the General Assembly
the Work plans of all commissions were presented
Please, join us an take part in the joint Workshop on the theme: "Spatial Information and planning in a world facing multiple crises -
a surveyors' perspective"
The workshop will be the 1st edition of the "International
Scientific Conferences of European Surveyors", organized by
EGoS - European Group of Surveyors.
FIG Commission 3 (spatial information management) and 8 (spatial
planning and development) together with EGOS cordially invite you to
attend the conference.
TO REGISTER, PLEASE FILL IN THE REGISTRATION FORM AND EMAIL IT TO: [email protected]
AND [email protected](NOTE: IT'S
IMPORTANT TO USE BOTH EMAIL ADDRESSES).
The General Assembly
elected Mr. Kwabena Asiamafrom Ghana, GhIS,
as the Chair Elect of Commission 8, the elected Chair Elect
term as the Chair of the Commission will be initiated at the
FIG Congress 2022 for the period 2023-2026.
New FIG Publication on Water Governance Challenges in Africa
June 2021
"Good Practice for Resilience Planning to address
Water Governance Challenges in Africa" is prepared by
FIG Commission 8 and is no 77 in the series of FIG
Publications.
FIG Commission’s 8 Working Group 8.5 about African water
governance has delivered a report addressing the challenges
of water governance in urbanised areas in Africa. Lack of
water is impacting the ecology, agriculture, and the general
economy of most African nations. In addition, poor water
governance results in inequitable access to freshwater and
unsustainable water usage in many parts of Africa.
After having cancelled the FIG Working Week last year, we are now
heading towards our first online FIG Working Week ever.With this
newsletter we would like to update you on the activities of
commission 8 and give a sneakpreview
of activities not to be missed during the FIG e-Working Week from
21-25th of June 2021. Enjoy
the newsletter
Article: Key Global and Technology Drivers Impacting Surveying
February 2021
The article was published in GIM International. As the FIG commission chairs
are near the halfway point in their
terms, they reflect on the global and technological drivers
influencing their work. This article describes the breadth of work
across the FIG commissions as well as the common areas. The
discussion is also informed by global reports such as the UN-GGIM’s
Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management and the RICS
Futures Report 2020.
Enjoy the article
Successful webinar about Land Banking
December 2020
The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia is finalizing
a study on European good practices on land policy instruments
particularly focusing on land banking. For this reason, FAO
organised a well-attended webinar on Friday 11th of December about
the application of land banking instruments in Europe and Central
Asia.
The first panel discussion focused on land banking practices in
five different countries, respectively the Netherlands, France,
Germany, Turkey and Montenegro. We heard about some interesting
examples on how each country derived their own strategy and related
land banking to agricultural policies and other instruments like
land consolidation. Then based on these practices, the potential of
land banking for countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia was
discussed.
In between the two panel discussions, FAO presented the results
of the study about “European Good Practices on Land Policy
Instruments with focus on land banking”. The findings were discussed
in the second panel from the perspective of different organisations
and stakeholders. Also, participants posted several questions to the
panellists. Representatives in this panel from FIG (International
Federation of Surveyors), smallholder farms in Romania (European
Coordination Via Campesina & Eco Ruralis) and FAO highlighted the
importance of capacity building and the need to back up the
instrument of land banking with policies and legislation, like a
land policy and agricultural policy.
The topic of land policy instruments, and land banking is one of
these, is also included in FIG’s work programme of commission 8
‘spatial planning and development’. Working group 8.4 focuses on
this topic and on its role for spatial development.
A recording of the webinar about land banking is available
here:
Newsletter
August 2020
This year, unfortunately, we had to miss the
opportunity to meet each other at the FIG Working
Week in Amsterdam. Many commission 8 activities were
scheduled during the FIG Working Week, including a
fully booked tour about land and water management.
To bridge the time to the next Working Week, we will
reach out to you in various digital ways; by this
newsletter but also by organizing digital
activities.
Enjoy
the newsletter
Land Consolidation Legislation: FAO Legal Guide
and its application at country level
June 2020
More than 550 people from across the world took
the opportunity to learn about land consolidation,
the legal framework, and its implementation at the
country level. The successful webinar was jointly
organised by FIG and FAO on 18 June. Originally, two
sessions about land consolidation and the
implementation at country level were planned for the
FIG Working Week 2020 in Amsterdam (May 2020). Since
the FIG Working Week had to be cancelled, FAO and
FIG jointly agreed to organise a webinar to replace
the two sessions initially planned.
The webinar will serve to support the application and implementation of
the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,
Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and
achieving SDG targets such as 1.4, 2.3 and 5.a. The objective of this
discussion is to promote good land consolidation practices and the practical
application of the FAO Legal Guide with the examples from a range of
European countries.
In this webinar, FAO introduce the new Legal Guide on Land Consolidation,
prepared based on the outcomes of a study of good practices for land
consolidation legislation in Europe. The Legal Guide has been prepared by
FAO in close cooperation with technical networks such as LANDNET, FIG and
UNECE WPLA. The Legal Guide weaves together legislative and technical
guidance to make the process accessible to countries where land
consolidation is initiated. It will be useful to a broad range of
stakeholders: legislatures, legal drafters and land consolidation
professionals, public and private entities and persons involved in the land
consolidation process.
More information.
Were you not able to join live? You can watch the webinar now on
Youtube
FIG Working (from home) Week 2020 -
Proceedings
May 2020
During the conference days a range of articles
highlighting the hot-topics, the ground breaking
research, and the hidden gems in the proceedings was
published.
Spatial planning – the focus of commission 8 – is
logically much related to the subtheme ‘integrated
land and water management’ of the FIG Working Week
2020.
Read the article.
It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we
announce the cancellation of this year’s FIG Working
Week in Amsterdam due 10-14 May.
This is not a decision we have taken lightly and there are two
overriding concerns that have caused us to make this decision at this
time.
First, the Dutch Government announced new measurements to control the
COVID-19 outbreak. In the Netherlands all gatherings are prohibited until
1 June.
Second, our primary concern is always the wellbeing of you, and we
would not take on the responsibility, during these times, to bring so many
surveyors from all over the world together.
The theme Smart Surveyors for Land and
Water Management is both relevant in a
world where drinking water is a scarce resource,
waste water needs to be recycled rather than seen as
waste, where the sea needs to be better mapped and
managed, where land resources need to be protected
against sea-level rise, and where land-based fresh
water habitats are threatened.
The Dutch have an excellent reputation when it comes to water
management and successful living with water. Some even say that
contemporary spatial planning and development originates from
attempts to keep the water out in order to optimise land use.
There is so much to see and so little time... Therefore, we
combine the best the Dutch have to offer in a one day event
during the FIG Working Week 2020!
The Working Week took place in Hanoi, Vietnam
22-26 April 2019. Commission 8 held its yearly meeting and was
involved in several sessions covering the commission 8 areas and
also in cooperation with among others FAO.
Commission chairs 2015-2018 at their meeting during the FIG
Working Week, 29 May-2 June in Helsinki, Finland: Remy Boudon(comm. 6) Volker
Schwieger (comm. 5), See Lian ONG (comm. 10), Angela Etuonovbe
(comm. 4), Steven Nystrom (comm. 9), Kwame Tenadu (comm. 8),
Enrico Rispoli (comm. 3), Gerda Schennach (comm. 7), Fahria Masum(comm. 2), Brian J.
Coutts (comm. 1)
Commissin 8 at the FIG Working Week 2016 in
Christchurch, New Zealand 2-6 May
Commission 8 had its annual meeting during the FIG
Working Week 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-6 May
2016
Commission 8 report - presented at the General Assembly
[Report]
Commission chairs 2015-2018 at their meeting during the FIG Working
Week, 2-6 May 2016 in Christchurch, New Zealand: Brian J. Coutts (comm. 1), E.M.C.
(Liza) Groenendijk (comm. 2), Enrico
Rispoli (comm. 3), Angela Etuonovbe
(comm. 4), Volker Schwieger (comm. 5), Diane Dumashie (Vice
president), Ivo
Milev (comm. 6)., Gerda Schennach
(comm. 7), Steven Nystrom (comm. 9), See Lian ONG
(comm. 10) and Eva-Maria Unger (YSN)
Symposium on Land Consolidation
and Readjustment for Sustainable Development - Designing Resilient
Landscapes and Empowering Communities.
The symposium will be co-organised by FIG, FAO, Dutch Kadaster and
LANDNET. The symposium provides a unique opportunity to share your knowledge
and experiences with fellow scientists and practitioners working on land
consolidation and land readjustment from all over the world. There is an
attractive programme with a mixture of keynotes, technical sessions, field
trips and social activities. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st of
July 2016.
The symposium will be held in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 9 – 11 November
2016.
Commission 8 at the FIG Working Week 2012 in Rome,
Italy, 6-10 May 2012
Kwame Tenadu
Commission 8 had its annual meeting during the
FIG Working Week 2012 in Rome, Italy, 6-10 May 2012. The General
Assembly elected Mr.
Kwame Tenadu from Ghana as the Chair Elect of
Commission 8 for 2013-2014.
African Task Force Workshop 11-12 November, Mombassa,
Kenya
FIG African Task Force is proud to announce that agreement
has been reached with the Institute of Surveyors in Kenya (ISK)
to hold the first Africa Task Force Workshop in Mombassa. ISK have
demonstrably proved active in Kenya, having been instrumental in taking
on the role of advocates with the community in the recent government
activity in Land reform on Kenya. Their skills as acting as change
agents in Africa will lend itself to the objectives of the Task force in
debating and proposing tools for individual land professional members in
sub - Saharan Africa.
Chair of Commission 8, Diane Dumashie, visited
the 2010 international conference: Property RIghts, Economic Instruments
and Biodiversity, Aix-en-Provence, France, 17-19 June 2010
Commission 8 at the FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010
Wafula Nabutola
Commission 8 had its meeting during the
FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010. The
General Assembly appointed Mr. Wafula Nabutola from Kenya as
the Chair of Commission 8 for 2011-2014.
GhIS/CASLE/FIG Conference in Accra Ghana,
22-28 February 2010
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors, CASLE and FIG Commission 8
jointly organised an international conference "The Surveyor: Partner In
National Development - Towards the Millennium Development Goals - Taking
Stock of Progress" in Accra Ghana 22-28 February 2010.
The Joint
Seminar on Appraisal and Property Protection was organised in Beijing, China P. R.
18-19 October 2008 by the China Institute of
Real Estate Appraisers and Agents (CIREA), The Hong Kong Institute of
Surveyors (HKIS) and the International Federation of Surveyors, FIG
Commission 9 - Valuation and the Management of Real Estate in
co-operation with FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development.
The major goal of this seminar was to intensify the
discussion between valuers, surveyors, real estate experts, investors,
financiers, urban planners, researchers, teachers and decision makers
and develop common ideas for shaping the future.
FIG established a working group to highlight the
current and future need for research and action in the field of
disaster risk management in the year 2003. After three years of
research in the form of expert meetings as well as papers and
posters presented at the FIG conferences, FIG publication presents
application-oriented concepts, methods and instruments for an
effective disaster risk management. The publication is result of the
work of FIG Working Group 8.4 on Risk and Disaster Management.
ISBN-10:
87-90907-58-2
Simon Adcock from Australia elected as new Commission 8
Chair Elect
The
FIG General Assembly appointed Mr. Simon Adcock from Australia as
the new Chair Elect of Commission 8 after Dr. Spike Boydell resigned for
personal reasons some weeks before the Working Week in Cairo. Simon will
be the Chair Elect in 2005-2006 and then automatically follow Dr. Diane Dumashie as the Chair of Commission 8 in 2006-2010. You can read more
about Simon Adcock
in his CV.
Commission chairs 2015-2018 at their meeting during the FIG
Working Week, 29 May-2 June in Helsinki, Finland: Remy Boudon(comm. 6) Volker
Schwieger (comm. 5), See Lian ONG (comm. 10), Angela Etuonovbe
(comm. 4), Steven Nystrom (comm. 9), Kwame Tenadu (comm. 8),
Enrico Rispoli (comm. 3), Gerda Schennach (comm. 7), Fahria Masum(comm. 2), Brian J.
Coutts (comm. 1) 
The
FIG General Assembly appointed Mr. Simon Adcock from Australia as
the new Chair Elect of Commission 8 after Dr. Spike Boydell resigned for
personal reasons some weeks before the Working Week in Cairo. Simon will
be the Chair Elect in 2005-2006 and then automatically follow Dr. Diane Dumashie as the Chair of Commission 8 in 2006-2010. You can read more
about 
Diane Dumashie
was appointed to Commission 8 Chair
for 2004-2006. Diane is a private surveyor running her own company
Dumashie Associates 
