FIG PUBLICATION NO. 70
Africa Regional Network
2015-2018
FIG REPORT
Author: Chair of FIG Africa Regional Network and FIG
Vice President Diane Dumashie
1. FOREWORD
This publication presents the aim and objectives of the Africa FIG
Regional Capacity Development Network over an 8 year period, with a focus on
the activities undertaken during 2015–2018.
The Africa FIG Regional Network (ARN) was established 2014 as a
continuation of the Africa Task Force (2008–2014) in order to build on the
success of providing a participatory platform for capacity development and
engagement within the Africa land professional community, and with an aim of
contributing to meeting the key challenges of poverty alleviation, economic
growth and environmental sustainability.
The ARN mission relates to building a strong and successful network,
recognising collaborative learning, and providing an adaptive template for
African land professionals to become influential agents of change.
Dr. Diane Dumashie (RICS, United Kingdom) has chaired the ARN, led and
organised its activities. Supported by members of the Steering Group, the
work has been guided by a Strategy Framework 2015–2018 (Appendix A).
This publication represents the overall vision and mission of the ARN as
well as the outcome of the three workshop activities over the period 2015-
2018. African member associations collaborated with the ARN to deliver three
workshops. Each of the workshops focused on a specific theme relating to the
future challenges of Africa land professional community. In this regard, the
Regional Capacity Network and FIG Council are grateful for and appreciates
the logistical support provided during 2015–17 by the three FIG Member
hosts: Kenya Institution of Surveyors, De L’Ordre des Geometres- Experts de
Cote d’Ivore / Fédération des Géomètres Francophones and INES-Ruhengeri
Institute of Applied Science
FIG wants to convey our sincere thanks to Dr. Diane Dumashie for her
leadership and to the ARN Steering Group for their efforts in realizing the
objectives and purpose of the ARN over 2015–2018. Finally, we acknowledge
and sincerely thank the inspiration and efforts of the participants of the
workshops that ensured the success through their enthusiastic and active
participation.
On behalf of FIG Council, our sincere thanks to all who
participated, contributed, supported and encouraged the work of this Africa
Regional Network.
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Chryssy Potsiou |
Diane Dumashie |
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FIG President
(2015-2018) |
FIG Vice President (2015-2022) |
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Africa Regional Network
leads professionals’ prosperity across Africa by helping land professionals
to build their capacity to become meaningfully engaged in societal
development.
This publication overviews the development of the network since its
inception in 2009 to the present day and the vision beyond. It highlights
how the Africa FIG Regional Network (ARN) has successfully overcome the
challenges of bringing together, land professionals from across the African
continent to work and to share knowledge, discuss technological changes and
build and increase their professional skills.
FIG established an African Regional Capacity Network emanating from the
four-year intervention program, the Africa Task Force (ATF 2009–2014).
Amongst other things the ARN was asked to deliver a clear direction for
African member associations and African land professionals on the
international stage. The ARN enables a platform that has a mainstreaming
strategy to ensure that strategic stakeholder groups are fully involved
including young professionals, Anglo and Franco-phone land professionals as
well as the main cohort of Membership Associations.
The Africa FIG Regional Network is a platform with a flexible approach
and able to respond to global trends, change and opportunities. It heralds a
new type of relationship between the Member Association and their respective
regions. The ARN thereby offers the opportunity for big picture thinking
which transcends administrative boundaries and is a way of building a more
prosperous and dynamic profession. (See FIG web site
http://www.fig.net/organisation/networks/capacity_development/africa/index.asp
The outcome and result of the network over the past 8 years has enabled
the model to act as a template for other FIG member associations and land
professionals in other global regions, and accordingly in 2016 the FIG
Regional Capacity Network was pleased to include the Asia Pacific Region.
This is a journey of a successful network of land professionals teaching
each other; but also learning from each other and importantly learning to
collaborate across the generations that are now found in the workplace. The
ARN has set a new trend in networking and collaboration that is predicated
upon sharing, and commitments and providing the basis of how our future
young generation will be involved in the African profession.
How this has been achieved is overviewed according to key milestones in
the evolution of the network: First, the network’s beginning is presented
next, a growing regional focus, this is followed by the salient point’s
arising from the ARN workshop during 2015–17. Then some reflections are
presented on how the ARN has managed to deliver success, and finally some
observations on the future of the ARN into the next FIG term 2019+.
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Published in English
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ISSN 1018-6530 (printed)
ISSN 2311-8423 (pdf)
ISBN 978-87-92853-74-5 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-75-2 (pdf)
This publication is written by Dr. Diane Dumashie, chair of Africa FIG Regional
Network
Editors: Dr. Diane Dumashie and Prof. Stig Enemark
Layout: Lagarto
Published by
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
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