FIG Position Papers

FIG Position Papers are papers and articles from FIG Commissions, Networks, Task Forces etc on specific topics.

Position papers from Commissions

Viewpoint on Transparency in Real Estate Markets
Commission 9 Valuation and the Management of Real Estate:

The position paper is written by Chair of the commission Peter Ache with Grazyna Wiejak-Roy, James Kavanagh, Eva Katharina Korinke, Bastiaan Reydon. 
The paper provides an excellent basis for clearly and definitively defining and measuring the concept of "transparency in the real estate market," as is fitting for geodesists.

Published November 2024

Teaching Essentials for Responsible Land Administration: Considerations for future education and training
Commission 2 Professional Education and 7 Cadastre and Land Management

The postion paper is written by by Simon Hull, Menare Royal Mabakeng, Didier Milindi Rugema, Grazyna Wiejak-Roy, Rosalie Kingwill and Eugene Uchendu Chigbu with foreword by Dimo Todorovski and Rohan Bennett
Chairs of FIG Commissions 2 and 7.
The Teaching Essentials for Responsible Land Administration (TERLA) developed between 2015 and 2018 under the patronage of the Global Land Tools Network (GLTN). TERLA addressed the challenge of teaching the daunting and complex domain of land governance at a country-level. This publication looks back on the foundation work, unpacking lessons with its application to case forward. Representing the joint efforts of Commissions 2 and 7, this paper recognizes the need to adapt TERLA to the evolving demands of professional education in land administration.