Professional practice, legal aspects and organisational structures
Standards and certification
Code of ethics and applications
Under-represented groups in surveying
Students and young surveyors
Information technology management and professional practice
Project-management, quality and best practice
Support to under-represented groups
Mission statement
Capability of development:
Changes are affecting the operation of surveying practices, their management
and their professional structures under the challenges of widening
professional activities.
Change of technology: Managing processes and infrastructure with ever
changing business infrastructures in the areas of IT, internet, networks and
total quality management.
Improving surveyors' reputation: Supporting the essential dialogue
between politicians and surveyors with regard to further development and
setting up the own business in strengthening surveyors' role in economy and
politics.
Under represented groups: To focus public attention on under represented
groups by surveying activities taking place to improve representation.
To implement this mission statement by
Promoting the profession wverywhere by developing applicable codes of
standards and ethics
Conserving the human aspect of the profession
Gathering data on problems, successes and researches and by analysing
these to expose new issues for professional practice discussion
Working on establishing standard rules and legislations that can be used
in developing countries to promote the surveyors instititutional position.
General
In addition to the specific activities above, the Commission will support and
contribute to FIG Task Forces and the Standards Network. The Commission will
also respond to the FIG Council to address new issues as they emerge.
Continuing to research the most effective way to influence the
standardisation process, building relationships with member associations and
sister societies as necessary
Coordinating FIG's input to and relationship with ISO (in particular
TC211 and TC172 SC6) and IVSC
Working with Commissions to provide appropriate briefings to FIG's
members on developing and recently published standards
Maintaining and updating a standards area on the FIG website and the FIG
Guide on Standardisation
Publications
At least one paper at each FIG Working Week, providing an update on
activities and progress
Timetable
The Working Group will continue until at least to Congress in Sydney in
2010, but options for new chair will be considered in 2008.
Beneficiaries
Surveyors and surveying practices;
Other professionals working in land management and development;
Member associations and sister associations involved in standard
setting;
ISO and IVSC;
All Commissions;
Universities and educational organisations
Working Group 1.2 - Students and Young Professionals (a Joint
Working Group with Commission 2)
Policy issues
To improve the number of young professionals participating within the FIG.
To help young professionals in the beginning of their careers with
contacts.
To increase co-operation between the commission boards and the Students
and Young Professionals working group.
Vice-chair: Mr. Thorsten Schwing (Germany), e-mail:
Thorsten Schwing
Specific project(s)
In a time where many of the member organizations are facing difficulties
to attract young people to the profession of surveying this working group have
been created. The goal is to cerate connections between “older” and “younger”
surveyors.
Workshops
Meeting at the FIG Working Weeks.
Publications
Internal and external progress reports will be prepared, working towards
the final formation of the group.
Beneficiaries
The target groups of this working group are Master- and PhD Students,
young professionals and commission delegates.
Working Group 1.3 - Surveyors Changing Role in Society
Policy issues
To study surveyors as entrepreneurs – Surveyors changing
role in Society. This would show in detail how Surveyors are taking new
roles in a changing world over and above the typical thoughts/mindset around
the role of Surveyors.
Mr.
Yaacoub Saade, Chair of Commission 1.
