FIG represents the interests of surveyors worldwide
FIG was founded in 1878 and is a United Nations and World Bank recognized non-governmental organization of national member associations, cadastral and mapping agencies and ministries, universities and corporates from over 120 countries. FIG covers the whole range of professional fields within the global surveying community, hereunder surveying, cadastre, valuation, mapping, geodesy, hydrography, geospatial, and quantity surveyors and provides an international forum for discussion and development aiming to promote professional practice and standards.
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FIG Congress 2022

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FIG Publication No. 80

FIG Publication no. 80 - FIG Guide: Digital transformation and land administration - Sustainable practices from the UNECE region and beyond, published by FAO, UN and FIG

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the FAO, UNECE and FIG fostered dialogue between countries using webinars to capture experiences and the key lessons. That knowledge forms the basis for what is presented here. The publication delivers country- level perspectives using case materials drawn mainly from the UNECE region. Read more...

FIG Publication No. 79

FIG Publication no. 79 - FIG Report: Land Consolidation - The Fundamentals to Guide Practice

This publication is published by FIG Commission 8 Land consolidation is a specialised land policy instrument, which has already been on the agenda within the FIG community for a long time. Now, we decided to bundle the available international experiences, insights, and knowledge into a FIG publication. It is my great pleasure to present this land consolidation publication to you. Read more...

FIG Publication No. 78

FIG Publication no. 78 - FIG Report: Geospatial Data in the 2020s - Transformative Power and Pathways to Sustainabililty

This Commission 3 publication sheds light on several areas where geospatial data can be particularly useful in supporting the path to sustainability in the 2020s, for spatial land use planning and health monitoring, with data collection through voluntary geographic information, with attention to diversity and inclusion, and by providing information on property, including property values Read more...

FIG Publication No. 77

Good Practice for Resilience Planning to Address Water Governance Challenges in Africa

FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development, Working Group 8.5 on African Water Governance FIG Report 2021
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FIG 2022 Proceedings

"Volunteering for the future - Geospatial excellence for a better living” FIG Congress 2022 Proceedings

FIG Peer Review Journal

Since 2008 it has been possible to offer a conference paper for a peer-review, an opportunity that about 10% of presenters take advantage of. The accepted papers that have been presented at a major FIG conference are included in the FIG Peer Review Journal.
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FIG Surveyors Reference Library

The library is a short cut to all papers from FIG Congresses, Working Weeks and other FIG events, as well as so-called recommended papers that are specially selected by the ten FIG commissions. Read more...

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Reflections on UN CSW67

Claire Buxton represented FIG Commission 7 at the UN Compound in New York in a session on Innovation and Digital Technology - A facilitator to Secure Land Tenure and Natural Resources for Al...

Happy Global Surveyors' Day

Global Surveyors' Day is a way to globally recognize the ground-breakers, pioneers, individuals and the industry that has shaped our history and continues to be the foundation of our communiti...

Administrative meetings in the FIG Office in Copenhagen

FIG Council as well as all commission chairs met in a cold but sunny Copenhagen in February for the planning of this term of office...

Preparations for the FIG Working Week 2023 in Orlando

FIG President Diane Dumashie paid a visit to Orlando, Florida to meet with the local organisers from NSPS. An exciting Working Week programme...

Meeting and cooperation with International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC)

FIG President Diane Dumashie and Vice President Kwame Tenadu met with representatives from ICEC to re-vitalise the MoU between the two organis...

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... the Volunteer Community Surveyor Programme
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Latest Releases

> Proceedings - FIG Congress 2022
> History of Surveying - special edition
> FIG Pub 78 - Geospatial Data in the 2020s
> FIG Pub 79 - Land Consolidation
>FIG Pub 80 - Digital transformation and land administration

 

Meeting the President General Assembly 2022

Dr. Diane Dumashie was elected President at the General Assembly in September 2022

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Diane Dumashie answers questions about the surveying profession in GIM Magazine September 2022  Read more.

The General Assembly took place in September 2022 with one online session on 4 September and two on-site sessions on 11 and 15 September

Council Work Plan for the term 2019-2022.

FIG Members Article of the Month

FIG has five different levels of membership and two levels of honorary membership. Through different membership categories 121 countries are represented in FIG. The membership categories are:

- Member Associations
- Affiliates
- Corporate Members
- Academic Members
- Correspondents
- Honorary Presidents
- Honorary Members

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FIG publishes each month the FIG Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topic to all surveyors.

The article of the month in March 2023 is a recording of the FIG Congress 2022 Keynote: Geospatial Excellence for a Better Living - Digitalisation and Modern Surveying and Cadastre in a Post-Covid19 Era in which Ewa Surma, Rumyana Tonchovska and Paweł Hanus take the audience through their undertakings and experiences during these past years with the Covid19 pandemic, how the transformation has been handled, and what learnings can be drawn from this.

Watch the video here.