FIG Council Meeting in Malaysia
Council Confirms Nominations for Elections at the General Assembly in
Rome in May 2012 - Meetings with Organisers of Future Conferences
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-13 February 2012
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The Twin Tower is the icon of Kuala Lumpur. The Kuala Lumpur
Convention Centre is located next to the Petronas Tower and will
also be the venue for FIG Congress in 2014. |
Part of FIG Council and staff at the top of the Twin Tower:
Iain
Greenway, Rudolf Staiger, Hanne Elster, Dalal
Alnaggar and Louise Friis-Hansen. |
The FIG Council had its first face-to-face meeting this year in Kuala
Lumpur; Malaysia 12-13 February 2012. The meeting was organised in
conjunction to the UNRCC-PCGIAP International Symposium on Spatially Enabled
Government and Society that was held 15-16 February and that was preceded by
one day expert group meeting on the same topic. All meetings were held at
the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre that will also host the FIG Congress
16-21 June 2014.
The Council focussed at its meeting on preparations of the General
Assembly that will be held in Rome on the 6th and 10th May 2012. In addition
lot of time was used to discuss the future strategic challenges of the
Federation.
The Council approved nominations made by member associations for the
elections that will take place in Rome. The three candidates for the two
open posts as FIG Vice Presidents are: Dr. Pengfei Cheng (CSGPC,
China PR), Geom. Bruno Razza (CNGeGL, Italy) and Mr. Yaacoub Saade
(OSL, Lebanon).
Following nominations were confirmed for Commission Chairs Elect for term
of office 2013-2014:
- Commission 1: Mr. Brian J. Coutts, NZIS, New Zealand
Dr.
Ping Xiao, CSGPC, China PR
- Commission 2: Ms. Liza Groenendijk, GIN, Netherlands
- Commission 3: Mr. Enrico Rispoli, CNGeGL, Italy
- Commission 4: Ms. Angela Kesiena Etuonovbe, NIS, Nigeria
- Commission 5: Prof. Volker Schwieger, DVW, Germany
- Commission 6: Dr. Ivo Milev, USLMB, Bulgaria
- Commission 7: Ms. Claire Galpin, OGE, France
Ms.
Gerda Schennach, OVG, Austria
Dr.
Daniel Steudler, geosuisse,
Switzerland
- Commission 8: Mr. Raymond Chan Yuk Ming, HKIS, Hong Kong SAR,
China
Mr.
Kwame Tenadu, GhIS, Ghana
- Commission 9: Prof. Liao Jinping (Patrick), CIREA, China PR
- Commission 10: no proposals
The Council further confirmed that the bids to host the FIG Working Week
2015 and 2016 fulfil the criteria of hosting the Working Week and that all
submitted bids will be brought to the General Assembly together with an
evaluation report so that the assembly can decide on the hosts of the next
two open Working Weeks. The candidates are:
Working Week 2015
- Chamber of Graduated Surveyors Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Nepal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, NICS, Nepal
- Union of Romanian Geodesy, UGR and Romanian Association of Private
Surveyors, APCGC, Romania
Working Week 2016
- Chamber of Graduated Surveyors Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- New Zealand Institution of Surveyors, NZIS, New Zealand
- Union of Romanian Geodesy, UGR and Romanian Association of Private
Surveyors, APCGC, Romania
The accounts for 2011 were adopted and they show better result than
budgeted. The Council proposes to keep the membership fees in current level
and in addition to create a special reserve for FIG events to avoid any
unpleasant surprises with future events.
The Council decided also to accept several new member associations and to
bring these applications to the endorsement of the General Assembly as well
as several new other members.
The Council also noted the interim report from the chair of the Working
Group on Voting Rights that will be brought for information and discussion
at the General Assembly.
The meeting in Kuala Lumpur allowed the FIG representatives to have
meetings with the organisers of the next FIG conferences. The preparations
for Working Week in Rome are well under way and with more than 500
presentations in more than 90 sessions indicate the biggest Working Week in
the FIG history.
The FIG Office had also 1.5 day seminar with PEJUTA on arrangements of
the FIG Congress 2014. The dates of the 25th FIG Congress were confirmed to
16-21 June 2014.
More to read:
- Report from the UNRCC - PCGIAP International Symposium
Vice President
Dalal Alnaggar and Louise Friis-Hansen
and Hanne Elster at the Council meeting discussing the future
profile of the federation. |
President
CheeHai Teo opening the UNRCC-PCGIAP Expert Group
Meeting on spatially enabled society. |
Attendants at the Expert Group Meeting came from Asia and the
Pacific, Joint Board of GIS and some invited countries like Italy. |
Organising Committee of FIG 2014 in discussion with FIG office.
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The Organising Committee of the 25th FIG Congress to be held in
Kuala Lumpur in June 2014. |
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| The UNRCC-PCGIAP International Symposium was officiated by the
Honourable Joseph Kurup, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources
and Environment Malaysia (second from right) and at the officiating
ceremony, the Deputy Minister was accompanied by Dr. Hiroshi
Murakami, Vice President of PCGIAP (first from left), Dr. Paul Cheung, Director of the Statistic Division, Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (second from left), Mr.
Zoal Azha Yusof, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia (third from left) and
Prof Dr. Abdul Kadir Taib, Director General of Survey and
Mapping Malaysia (first from right). |
23 February 2012
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