FIG General Assembly
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Minutes
48th General Assembly - 2025
Sunday 6 April 2025 09:00 - 16:00, in
Mezzanine Room M3/M4
Thursday 10 April 2025 09:00 - 12:00 in Plaza Terrace Room
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
(BCEC), Australia
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Sunday 6 April 09:00 - 16:00 and
Thursday 10 April 2025 09:00 - 12:00
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List of Agenda Items
- OPENING PROCEEDINGS
- ROLL CALL
- APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS
- ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
- ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE 47th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- MEMBERSHIP
- APPOINTMENT OF HONRARY MEMBER
- PRESIDENT'S REPORT
- CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD BANK
- LIAISON WITH INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATOINS
- NEW PUBLICATIONS
- FIG ACCOUNTS FOR 2024 AND AUDITOR'S REPORT AND BUDGETS 2025-2028
- SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR 2027
- PROPOSED CHANGE OF FIG INTERNAL RULES - ELECTION OF COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS
- FIG PERMANENT INSTITUTIONS
- FIG FOUNDATION
- FIG COMMISSIONS
- FIG NETWORKS
- TASK FORCES
- ELECTION OF 10 COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS FOR 2025-26 - PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES
- ELECTION OF HOST AND DESTINATION FOR FIG WORKING WEEK 2029 - PRESENTATION OF BIDS
- FIG PRESIDENT'S MEETING
- ROLL CALL
- ELECTION OF CHANGE TO INTERNAL RULES ON ELECTION OF CHAIRS ELECTS - RESULT
- ELECTION OF TEN COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS - RESULT
- ELECTION OF HOST AND DESTINATION FOR FIG WORKING WEEK 2029 - RESULT
- MEMBERSHIP ISSUES
- REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATION Á REGIONAL BODIES FORUM, AFFILIATE, ACADEMIC AND CORPORATE MEMBERS FORUM
- REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS
- REPORTS FROM TASK FORCES
- REPORTS FROM NETWORKS, PERMANENT INSTITUTIONS, FIG FOUNDATION AND OTHER WORKING WEEK ACTIVITIES
- OTHER ISSUES
- REPORT ON THE FIG WORKING WEEK 2028 IN PARIS, FRANCE
- REPORT ON THE FIG WORKING WEEK 2027 IN STAVANGER, NORWAY
- REPORT ON THE FIG CONGRESS 2026 IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
- CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
1. OPENING PROCEEDINGS
President Diane A Dumashie opened the 48th General Assembly and
welcomed all to Brisbane, Australia. She thanked all delegates and
observers for travelling to Brisbane to attend this FIG General
Assembly. President Dumashie mentioned that exciting and busy days were
ahead of all participants at the Working Week.
A minute silence was held to commemorate deceased colleagues, and
especially: Surv K.H. Osei-Asante, Ghana, Chair of Commission 10 Working
Group 2 – Deceased June 2024, IvanKatzarsky - Honorary member,
Bulgaria, deceased 22 November 2024 and Rob Mahoney – UK, active over
many years in FIG, passed away 17 January 2025.
FIG President thanked sister organisations for their presence
hereunder ICEC and ISPRS.
2. ROLL CALL
The General Assembly was open for all interested participants. All
member associations were asked to appoint their official delegate in
advance for voting purposes. These are registered in a special column in
the roll call.
Vice President Michalis Kalogiannakis took the roll call for members
attending in Brisbane, Australia. The roll call was done for member
associations only.
Appendix to item 2 & 23:
Roll call including information on
member associations that had registered for voting and members that were
present on the two General Assembly days.
Motion: That member associations that are present at the first General
Assembly day are recorded in the minutes.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
3. APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS
The General Assembly was asked to appoint two persons as tellers for the
entire General Assembly.
FIG Council suggested to appoint per tradition two tellers from
preceding, current or upcoming events:
- Samuel Larbi Darko, Co-Conference Director, FIG Working
Week 2024
- Derek Clarke, Co-Conference Director FIG Congress 2026
The actual voting took place online through a secure voting system,
SimplyVoting, who delivered certified reports for each voting.
The voting sheets were prepared by FIG Office and the two appointed
tellers together with FIG Director had access to the SimplyVoting
system.
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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* on what each delegate has
voted. 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
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*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.
Motion: That the General Assembly appoints the two tellers from
preceding, current or upcoming events.
- Samuel Larbi Darko, Co-Conference Director, FIG Working Week
2024
- Derek Clarke, Co-Conference Director FIG Congress 2026
Decision: The motion was adopted.
4. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The General Assembly was announced through the
newsletter and on FIG web site, and the full 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 2025 will be adopted
Decision: The motion was adopted.
5.. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE 47th
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The minutes from 2024 have been circulated previously.
Appendix to item 5:
The minutes of the General
Assembly 2024
Motion: That the minutes are adopted as recorded.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6. MEMBERSHIP
6.1 Admittance of new Member Associations
FIG has received one new application for membership since the 47th
General Assembly.
Society of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineers Azerbaijan
FIG Council has received an application from Society of Geodesy and
Geomatics Engineers Azerbaijan. The association was established in 2022
but is still working on approval from Azerbaijan Republic. The
association has 20 members.
Motion: That the General Assembly
approves Society of Geodesy and Geomatics
Engineers Azerbaijan as new member associatoin of FIG.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.2 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).
- Bahamas: Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors, MA-10006
The FIG office has sent information to the association 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 association at
its meeting on 6 April 2025 unless FIG Office receives payment from the associations.
After acceptance of the new member association and after expulsions, the
number of FIG member associations is 103 from 85 countries.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes that at this General
Assembly there is one member to expel unless FIG office receives payment
from the association:
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Bahamas: Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors, MA-10006
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.3 Suspended status 2025
In accordance with its administrative measures, FIG Council, has deferred
to continue for 2025 the issuance of a membership subscription invoice to
the following members and FIG Council deems their membership to be in
suspension:
- Palestine: Licensed Surveyors Association in Palestine; effort to
maintain contact
- Russia: Noncommercial partnership "Self-regulated organisation of
activity of cadastral engineers" MA-10121 (Danish banks do not accept
payment from Russia)
- Syria: 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.
- Ukraine: Ukrainian Society of Geodesy and Cartography
MA-10088 has cleared its arrears for 2025, but would appreciate to
return to suspended status in 2026 due to the ongoing conflict.
The situation with these associations will be reconsidered by Council
again in 2026.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the members in suspension.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.4 Other membership issues
6.4.1 Affiliate members
There has been one application for affiliate
membership since the General Assembly 2024:
- Zanzibar Commission for Lands – AF-20079
One affiliate member hase been expelled:
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Azerbaijan: State Committee on Property Issues of the Republic of
Azerbaijan AF-20069
One affiliate member has cancelled their membership:
- Iceland: Fasteignaskrá Íslands
After these changes the number of Affiliate members is
44 from
43
countries.
6.4.2 Corporate members
FIG Council has admitted four applications for corporate membership:
- CHC Navigation for Platinum Corporate membership of FIG
Category A CM-30088
- Meter platform & application Company, Saudi Arabia, Category D
CM-30090
- Global GIS PVT LTD, Sri Lanka Category F CM-30089
- Alisteshaar Geospatial Consultancy, Saudi Arabia, Corporate
member category F CM-30087
The following member has been expelled due to lack of payment of
membership fee:
- DR Congo: Africa Mining Services AMSLOG, Category F, Regional
level, CM-30078
fter these changes, the number of corporate members is now
28.
6.4.3 Academic members
FIG Council has admitted two new Academic members since the General
Assembly 2024:
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC, Brazil, AC-40165
- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland AC-40166
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, 2018 and again in 2022.
The following Academic member has terminated its membership:
- Multinational: UNIGIS AC-40120
The number of Academic Members after these changes is 84 from 54
countries.
6.4.4 Correspondents
The number of correspondent members are five. The current
correspondents are coming from Maldives, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tonga and
Venezuela.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the actions that the
Council has taken with other membership matters.
Decision:
7.. APPOINTMENT OF HONORARY MEMBERS
FIG office has received a letter from the Swedish Member Association,
Swedish Professionals for the Built Environment with a proposal for
nomination of Mr Mikael Lilje for Honorary member of FIG.
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 the proposal and decided to propose to the
General Assembly that it appoints Mr. Mikael Lilje as Honorary Member of
the Federation for the outstanding services he has provided to the
Federation over many years. Among other things Mr Mikael Lilje has
served as Chair of FIG Commission 5 and two terms as Vice President of
FIG.
Appendix to agenda item 7: The
nomination letter for
Mr Mikael Lilje, Swedish Professionals for the Built Environment
Motion: That FIG General
Assembly appoints Mr Mikael Lilje as Honorary Members of FIG.
Decision:
The motion was adopted.
Mr Rob Sarib, Australia, motivated the nomination with stories and
anecdotes from over the years which was received with large applause
from the audience, and the nomination was approved. Mikael Lilje
received the silver FIG pin by FIG President and gave words of thanks,
elaborating on the beforementioned anecdotes. FIG thanks Mikael for his
long-term commitment to FIG. It is the hope that Mikael will still
remain as an active resource person in FIG.
8. PRESIDENTS REPORT
President Diane A Dumashie has prepared the President’s report on the
activities of the Federation since the General Assembly in 2024 that was
held in Accra, Ghana.
Appendix to agenda item 8: Presidents report:
Hand out of
presentation
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the
President’s report 2025
Decision:
The motion was adopted.
Mr Rob Sarib, Australia, motivated the nomination
with stories and anecdotes from over the years which was received with
large applause from the audience, and the nomination was approved.
Mikael Lilje received the silver FIG pin by FIG President and gave words
of thanks, elaborating on the beforementioned anecdotes. FIG thanks
Mikael for his long-term commitment to FIG. It is the hope
that Mikael will still remain as an active resource person in FIG.
9. CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD
BANK
FIG has continued to collaborate with the World Bank and various
agencies and structures within the United Nations.
Appendix to agenda items 9-10:
Report on the FIG
Cooperation with United Nations, World Bank and Professional
Organisations
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: The motion was adopted
10. LIAISON WITH INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
FIG continues work closely together with international professional
organisations.
Appendix to agenda items 9-10:
Report on the FIG
Cooperation with United Nations, World Bank and Professional
Organisations
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report on the
liaison with other international associations.
Decision: The motion was adopted
11. . NEW PUBLICATIONS
Since the last General Assembly agenda in May 2024, FIG has published
three new publications.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the new publications.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
12. FIG ACCOUNTS FOR 2024 AND AUDITOR'S REPORT AND
BUDGETS 2025-2028
The financial report was presented to the General Assembly by FIG
Director Louise Friis-Hansen. This
report includes the auditor’s report from 2024, official accounts
(income statement 2024) and balance sheet at 31 December 2024, an
updated budget for 2025 and proposals for budgets 2026-2028.
Appendix to item 12:
Annexes:
- 12A
Auditor's Report, Income Statement for 2023 and Balance Sheet at 31
December 2021.
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12B FIG Result 2023
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12C FIG Budgets 2024-2027
- 12D List of member associations whose membership fees are in
arrears for 20231 and earlier and that are not allowed to vote - to
be published b>10 May 2024
(in roll call).
Motion:
That the General Assembly
- adopts the audited accounts for 2024
- adopts the Finance Reports from 2024, and
- adopts budgets for 2025–2028
Decision: The motion was adopted.
FIG General Assembly agreed to a new special reserve for
activities during the anniversary year 2028.
13. SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR 2027
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 12.
The 2024 General Assembly approved membership fees for 2026 as
follows:
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Per capita fee |
Minimum fee |
Maximum fee |
| 2026 |
€ 5.20 per member
up to a maximum of 5,077 members
Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as
low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay
€ 2.60 member up to a maximum of 5,077 members. |
20 members or € 70
(whichever is greater) |
077500 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 by 8%
for 2019 after subscription fees have been kept at the same level for
the years 2012-2018. This level has been kept in the following years.
FIG Council has discussed the fees in the light of the current
inflation and the decrease in FIG subscription income. FIG Council
proposes an incremental approach for increase of subscription fees
instead of stepwise increases that have been done earlier. It must be
noted that from 2020-2024 it was difficult to increase fees due to first
the situation with the Covid19 pandemic that hit both FIG and national
associations hard and then some years with high inflation and decrease
in value of investments. In the years before the inflation was close to
zero. With the current situation, it is fundamental for FIG to get a
stable increase that will at least fit to the inflation rate.
Council proposes to increase the fee with €0.10 from 5.20 to 5.30
for 2027.
This is an increase of around 2%.
Council proposes that the maximum fee will not be affected, and will
remain unchanged at €26.400, which corresponds to 5,000 national
members.
Council proposes to increase the minimum fee to €80
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Per capita fee |
Minimum fee |
Maximum fee |
| 2027 |
€ 5.30 per member
up to a maximum of 5,000 members
Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as
low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay
€ 2.65 member up to a maximum of 5,000 members. |
15 members or € 80
(whichever is greater) |
5000 members (€ 26,400) |
The fees for the other membership categories are a decision of
council. These fees are decided for the following year. Council has
decided on the same approach with an incremental increase towards
Affiliate and Academic members.
Academic members are invoiced every 4 years. The current fee is €500
for the 4-year term. A General Assembly decision in 2013 changed the
invoicing to every 4 years instead of every year and gave Academic
member a 50% reduction in fee (reduced from €1,000 for 4 years to €500).
Since then, this fee has not been adjusted. The next time AC members
will be invoiced is in 2026 (the last time was in 2022).
Academic Member Fee will be increased from 2026 to €600 for a 4-year
term.
Affiliate member fee will be increased with €10 to 800 EUR from 2026.
Corporate members: Currently there is a Working Group under Council
focusing on corporate members. Due to its work council has decided to
keep the fees of the corporate members for 2026 stable until after the
recommendations from the Working Group.
It must be noted that in 2021 FIG Council granted a 20% reduction of
fee to all members due to the difficulties during the Covid19 Pandemic.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the membership fees suggested by FIG Ccouncil
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Per capita fee |
Minimum fee |
Maximum fee |
| 2027 |
€ 5.30 per member
up to a maximum of 5,000 members
Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as
low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay
€ 2.65 member up to a maximum of 5,000 members. |
15 members or € 80
(whichever is greater) |
5000 members (€ 26,400) |
and that the General Assembly notes the comments and changes to the fees
of the other membership categories.
Decision: The motion was adopted. FIG Director Louise
Friis-Hansen presented the proposal and the considerations behind the
incremental increase and the proposed fees for 2027 for member
associations to be increased with €0.10.
Other membership categories:
- Affiliate member fee 2026: €800
- Academic member fee 2026-2029: €600 (for a 4-year
term)
14. PROPOSED CHANGE OF FIG INTERNAL RULES - ELECTION OF
COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS
Council propose to the General Assembly to change FIG Internal
Rules in regard to the voting of Commission Chairs Elects.
See web version of Statutes at:
https://www.fig.net/organisation/general_assembly/statutes_and_internal_rules/index.asp
Proposal for change (marked with green):
11.8 The election of chair-elect shall be decided by a vote of
the General Assembly at the meeting which takes place
two years
one
year prior to the General Assembly at which chairs are elected.
The election of Commission Chairs has three consecutive times been
postponed. Each for various reasons. FIG Council has discussed the
possibility for a permanent change of when the chairs elects are being
elected. The proposed change is that the Chairs elects will not be
elected in year 2 of a term, but in year 3. There are advantages of the
election in year 2 giving the chairs elects time to prepare, however the
disadvantages of this early election are weighing heavily, especially
three factors:
- Election in year 2 requires the
current chairs to already work seriously on their succession plan in
their first year of being a chair, where they are still focused on their
own working plans
- It is getting more difficult to
get long term commitments. An election in year 2 requires 6 years of
commitment (and in principle 7 because nominations are due ½ year before
the election) whereas an election in year 3 will give 5 years of
commitment
- In year 2 there is already
election of two vice presidents. By electing Chairs elects in year 3 the
elections will be spread out.
The election of this agenda item will take place by vote online as part
of the voting sheet that will be sent to all registered representatives
on Tuesday 8 April 2025. The voting will take place between Tuesday 8
April 13:00 Noon and Thursday 10 April 7:00 AM Australian Eastern
Standard Time.
Please note that when you have cast your vote it is final and cannot be
undone.
Appendix to agenda item 14: Proposal to the General Assembly with
background information
Motion: That FIG General Assembly agrees to change the FIG
Internal Rules with the following change (marked with green):
11.8 The election of chair-elect shall be decided by a vote of
the General Assembly at the meeting which takes place
two years one
year prior to the General Assembly at which chairs are elected.
Decision:
The motion was adopted. The result is shown in agenda item 24.
67 out of 68 voters approved the change. One voter abstained.
15. FIG PERMANENT INSITUTITIONS
15.1 International Office of Cadastre and Land Records (Office
International du Cadastre et du Régime Foncier) OICRF
Dr. Eva-Maria Merscher Unger, Director of OICRF has prepared a
written report on the
OICRF activities.
Appendix to item 15.1:
OICRF report (to be added)
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report and
records its thanks to the Director and the members of OICRF for their
past year’s work and contributions.
Decision: With the absence of the director the report was not
presented.
15.2. International Institution for the History of Surveying and
Measurement, Permanent Institution of FIG
Mr Jan De Graeve has been Director of IIHS&M for now over 20 years.
He has done a remarkable and substantial work for the Permanent
Institution over the years including publications, historic marks and
latest a 7 volume of the History of Surveying and Measurement covering
three Millenniums (Copies
are still available by order). He has announced that he will be
stepping down from the post as director.
Council proposes to appoint Mr John Brock new Director IIHS&M. Mr
John Brock has already been quite active in the Permanent Institution,
and has now for several years organised History Symposia and sessions at
the FIG Event. This year at the Working Week there will be a full day (3
sessions) on History of Surveying in the technical programme.
Appendix to item 15.2: IIHS&M report (to be added)
Mr Jean-Yves Pirlot gave a presentation on the merits of Jan De
Graeve and his long-term and significant contributions to FIG and
especially the International Institution for the History of Surveying
and Measurement
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report and
appoints Mr John Brock as the new Director of IIHS&M. The General
Assembly records its thanks to the members of IIHS&M for their past
year’s work and sincere thanks to Mr Jan De Graeve for his long and
outstanding work in IIHS&M.
Decision: The motion was adopted. The General Assembly
applauded first and foremost Jan De Graeve, Belgium, for his remarkable
impact and hereafter John Brock, Australia, for accepting the post as
new Director of IIHS&M. FIG President Diane Dumashie handed over a
certificate of appointment to John Brock.
16. FIG FOUNDATION
Mr. Bryn Fosburgh, President of the FIG Foundation, has prepared a
written report on the FIG Foundation activities in 2024. In the absence
of the president, Mr John Hohol made a brief report orally at the
General Assembly.
Appendix to item 16:
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the 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: The motion was adopted.
17. FIG COMMISSIONS
The Commission Chairs have prepared a written update report for each
commission which are attached to this agenda item.
At the General Assembly time has been reserved for the members to
discuss the Commission activities with the Commission
Chairs. This discussion was chaired by Vice President Winnie Shiu,
Council representative to ACCO.
Appendix to item 17:
All commissions have established LinkedIn pages under the main FIG
Linked in page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fig---international-federation-of-surveyors).
Members, delegates and interested are encouraged to follow the FIG main
LinkedIn page as well as the commission pages (accessible from the main
page)
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the reports of the
Commission Chairs and records its thanks to the chairs and other
officers of the Commissions for their ongoing contributions.
Decision: The motion was adopted
18. FIG NETWORKS
18.1 Young Surveyors Network
FIG Young Surveyors is chaired by Shirley Tendai Capunza (Zimbabwe).
FIG Young Surveyors have prepared a report to the General Assembly which
will be presented at the General Assembly.
Appendix to agenda item 18.1: FIG Young Surveyors Report
Handouts of
presentation
Motion: that the General Assembly adopts the report of FIG
Young Surveyors, and thanks all the many active Young Surveyors.
Decision: The motion was adopted
18.2 Standards Network
The Chair of the network, David Martin has prepared a written report
to the General Assembly of the activities 2024-25. The report will be
presented at the General Assembly.
Appendix to item 18.2 –
Standards
Network report |
Handouts of
presentation
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report from
the Network and records its thanks to the Chair of the Network and its
members.
Decision: The motion was adopted
18.3 FIG Regional Capacity Development Networks
After the establishment of the Americas network, there are now three
Regional Capacity Development Networks.
The Chairs of:
- Asia/Pacific Network, Rob Sarib
- Americas Network, Dan Roman/Rosario Casanova
- Africa Network (ARN), Surv. Mohmmed M Kabir
will present a short oral report to the General Assembly
Mentoring Programme
The Africa Network (ARN) has during the past two years organised a
mentoring programme. They have provided a report to FIG Council and the
General Assembly with an evaluation of the programme together with
recommendations. The chair of the mentoring Programme, Jennifer Whittal,
will make a short presentation on their evaluation.
Appendix to item 18.3:
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the reports from the
networks and records its thanks to the Chairs of the Networks and their
members.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
19. TASK FORCES
19.1. TASK FORCE ON FIG AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(Agenda 2030)
In 2019 FIG Council established a Task Force to focus on FIG and
Agenda 2030 articulated by the Sustainable Development Goals. This Task
Force has been chaired by Ms. Paula Dijkstra from the Netherlands. Due
to the importance of the role of the Surveyors and the SDGs the Task
Force continues during this term. In the technical programme there will
be several sessions that include the role of Surveyors on the SDG’s.
After each plenary session there will be a special session with focus on
SDGs and the Industry, Governments and Education
Task Force web site:
https://fig.net/organisation/tf/sdg/index.asp
Appendix to item 19.1:
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the update and thanks
the chair and members of the Task Force for their past year’s work and
contribution
Decision: The motion was adopted
19.2. TASK FORCE ON THE ROLE OF FIG IN INTERNATIONAL TRENDS AND
FUTURE GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
This Task Force, established for the term 2023-2026, is looking into
the role of FIG in international trends and future geospatial
information ecosystem. This Task Force is chaired by Prof. Abbas
Rajabifard, Australia. The task force has prepared a written report to
Council for their consideration. The report was presented at the General
Assembly by Kirsikka Riekkinen.
Task Force web site:
https://fig.net/organisation/tf/geospatial_information_ecosystem/
Appendix to agenda item 19.2:
Handouts of
presentation
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the update and thanks
the chair and members of the Task Force for their past year’s work and
contribution.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
19.3. TASK FORCE ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE SURVEYING
PROFESSION
This Task Force, established for the term 2023-2026, is an outward
facing task force to encourage young people into the profession. This
task force is led by Mr Stephen Djaba, Ghana. There will be two special
Task Force sessions in the technical programme of the Working Week. The
task force invites newcomers and other interested to the
Newcomers/Icebreaker session on Monday Morning.
Task Force web site:
https://fig.net/organisation/tf/evolutionary_diversity/index.asp
Appendix to agenda item 19.3:
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the update and thanks
the chair and members of the Task Force for their past year’s work and
contribution.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
19.4. TASK FORCE ON REIMAGINING THE CLIMATE ACTION AGENDA FOR THE
GLOBAL SURVEYOR COMMUNITY THROUGH FIG
This Task Force, established for the term 2023-2026, is a FIG Climate
Compass Task Force – the Surveying Profession’s Global Response to
Tackling the Climate Agenda. Chair of the Task Force is Ms. Clarissa
Augustinus. At the Working Week there were two dedicated and innovative
sessions organised by the Task Force, and the climate agenda will be
included in several other sessions. The report was presented by David
Elegbede.
Task Force web site:
https://fig.net/organisation/tf/climate_compass/index.asp
Appendix to agenda item 19.4:
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the update and thanks
the chair and members of the Task Force for their past year’s work and
contribution.
All task forces have a LinkedIn page which delegates and others are
encouraged to follow according to interests.
20. ELECTION OF TEN COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS FOR 2025-26 -
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES
According to the FIG Statutes and Internal Rules the General Assembly
appoints Commission Chairs at its meeting two years prior to the
Congress. In 2024, General Assembly agreed to postpone this election to
2025. Thus, the General Assembly shall appoint at this meeting
Commission Chairs Elects for term of office 1.5.2025-31.12.2026. Under
normal circumstances, the elected Commission Chair Elect will be elected
as the Chair of the Commission at the FIG Congress 2026 for the term
2027-2030.
Member associations have made the following nomination for the open
posts during the nomination period:
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Commission 1 |
Mark Scanlon, ASC Australia |
Nomination |
Presentation |
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Commission 2 |
Rosario Casanova, AAU, Uruguay |
Nomination
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Presentation |
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Commission 3 A |
Vlado
Cetl, CGS, Croatia |
Nomination
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Presentation |
video |
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Commission 3 B |
Markus Schaffert, DVW, Germany |
Nomination
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Presentation |
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Commission 3 C |
David Siriba, ISK, Kenya |
Nomination
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Presentation |
video |
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Commission 4 |
Gordon Johnston, RICS, United Kingdom |
Nomination
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Presentation |
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Commission 5 |
Kevin Ahlgren, AAGS, United States |
Nomination
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Video |
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Commission 6 |
Peter Bauer, OVG, Austria |
Nomination
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Video |
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Commission 7 |
Kirsikka Riekkinen, MIL Finland |
Nomination
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Presentation |
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Commission 8 |
Naa Dedei Tagoe, LiSAG, Ghana |
Nomination
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Video |
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Commission 9 |
Małgorzata Renigier-Biłozor, SGP, Poland |
Nomination
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Presentation |
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Commission 10 |
Celestine Nkechi Eke, NIQS, Nigeria |
Nomination
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Presentation |
Each candidate had a maximum of five minutes to present themselves in
this General Assembly session. Not all could be presented, and they had
prepared a video presentation.
The appointment/election for Chairs Elects took place between Tuesday
8 April 12:00 Noon and Thursday 10 April 6:00 AM. Each election round
was open for 20 hours. Only for Commission 3 there were more than one
candidate and an actual election was taking place between the three
candidates.
The election followed the Statutes and Internal Rules. There could be
up to two rounds of voting.
The online system from
www.simplyvoting.com was used.
Motion: That the General Assembly:
- elects the Chair Elect to Commission 3
- agree to appoint the chair elects to the other commissions
Decision: The motion was adopted. The result is presented in
agenda item 25.
21. ELECTION OF HOST AND DESTINATION FOR FIG
WORKING WEEK 2029 - PRESENTATION OF BIDS
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 2029.
The FIG Council has received two bids to host the FIG Working Week
2029, and FIG Council thanks the national associations for their special
engagement and contribution to FIG.
The Council has prepared a desktop summary on the bids. In the
summary report the 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 summary report will not give a recommendation or a preference to
any candidate but it will draw from the bids to highlight the
information provided on each items listed above and summarise the pros
and cons of each candidate to assist the member association in making
their decision.
The General Assembly must note that, especially in these past years,
the issue of security and financial viability has come to the fore. The
purpose of the evaluation process is to maintain the continued
viability, high standard and quality of the FIG Working Week.
The Council has considered the bids and has decided to present the
submitted bids to the General Assembly for its decision:
- Halifax, Canada - Canadian Institute of Geomatics CIG
Bidding Document
Update on extra funding received -
added 2 April 2025
- Kampala, Uganda - Institution of Surveyors of Uganda ISU
Bidding Document
Summary Report
The election between the two candidates will take place online
between Tuesday 8 April 12:00 and Wednesday 9 April 8:00 AEST in the
same election form as for the 10 commission candidates.
The appointed delegates from each member association eligible to vote
will receive an email when the voting round starts, and one reminder if
no vote has been cast after 12 hours. The voting is open for 20 hours.
Please note that when you have cast your vote it is final and cannot
be undone.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the
submission and the presentation, makes its careful consideration and
decision for the online voting.
Decision:
FIG PRESIDENT'S MEETING
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 2025 - 07:30-08:45, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
22. FIG PRESIDENT'S MEETING
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 Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 07:30
– 08:45.
Appendix to agenda item 22: Benefits of being a member of FIG, updated
version
FIG GENERAL ASSEMBLY DAY 2
23 MAY 9:00 - 11:30
23. ROLL CALL
There will be a roll call for members attending in person in
Brisbane, Australia.
Appendix to item 2& 23: Roll call (added
11 May 2024, updated 23 May)
including information on member associations that are not allowed to
vote at the General Assembly because of unpaid membership fees for 2024
and earlier.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the members who are
present in person on day 2 of the General Assembly.
Decision:
The General Assembly has been presented to the proposed change to the
text in the FIG Internal Rules in the General Assembly day 1. Online
election will take place between Tuesday 8 April 13:00 and Wednesday 9
April 9:00.
The result of the voting will be presented by FIG Council.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting
result.
Decision:
25. ELECTION OF TEN COMMISSION CHAIRS ELECTS -
RESULT
The General Assembly has been presented to the candidates for the ten
Commissions on General Assembly day 1. Online election will take place
between Tuesday 8 April 13:00 and Thursday 10 April 7:00AM AEST.
The result of the voting will be presented by FIG Council.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting
result.
Decision:
26. ELECTION OF HOST AND DESTINATION FOR FIG WORKING
WEEK 2029 - RESULT
The General Assembly has been presented to the two candidates on
General Assembly day 1. Online election will take place between Tuesday
8 April 12:00 and Wednesday 9 April 8:00AM AEST.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting
result.
Decision:
27. MEMBERSHP ISSUES
The Council will decide on membership issues, if any, considered in
Brisbane and bring them to the General Assembly for decision or
information as necessary.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the
updates.
Decision:
28. REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATION,
AFFILIATE, ACADEMIC AND CORPORATE MEMBERS FORUM
During the Working Week there will be Member Association/Regional
Bodies Forum, the Director General’s/Affiliate Members Forum, Academic
Members Forum, and Corporate Members Meeting. They may report back to
the General Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or
are of general interest to the General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report(s)
Decision:
29.
REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS
FIG Commissions will have their annual meetings, administrative
meetings and technical sessions during the Working Week. They may report
back to the General Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement
of or are of general interest to the General Assembly. Any other
activities from the Working Week may be reported back to the General
Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or are of
general interest to the General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report(s).
Decision:
30. REPORTS FROM TASK FORCES
The task forces will be involved in various sessions and meetings and
will have the opportunity to report back to the General Assembly on any
issue that are of general interest to or may need endorsement of the
General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report(s).
Decision:
31.
REPORTS FROM NETWORKS, PERMANENT INSTITUTIONS, FIG
FOUNDATION AND OTHER WORKING WEEK ACTIVITIES
Networks, Permanent Institutions and others will have meetings and
technical sessions in Orlando. They may report back to the General
Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or are of
general interest to the General Assembly. Any other activities from the
Working Week may be reported back to the General Assembly on any issues
that may need the endorsement of or are of general interest to the
General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report
Decision:
32. OTHER ISSUES
Any other issues that the members want to raise for discussion.
Motion: That the discussion will be recorded, and the Council
will consider action that will be required.
Decision:
33. REPORT
OF THE FIG WORKING WEEK 2028 IN PARIS, FRANCE
The FIG Working Week 2028 will include the celebration of the 150
anniversary of FIG. Representatives from the Local Organising Committee
from the two French member associations OGE and ATF will give a short
presentation on the preparations of FIG Working Week 2028
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
34.
REPORT ON THE FIG WORKING WEEK 2027 IN
STAVANGER, NORWAY
Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from the
Norwegian Member Association will give a short presentation on the
preparations of FIG Working Week 2027.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
35.
REPORT ON THE FIG CONGRESS 2026 IN CAPE
TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from South
African Geomatics Institute (SAGI) will give a short presentation on
preparations of FIG Congress 2026.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
36.
CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
Data supplied by the FIG Office.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that this data
is accurate errors might exist. Requests for updates and corrections should
be emailed to the FIG Office.
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