Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Citizenship and Governance
Development
Energy
Environment
Financing for Development
Governance
Habitat
Human Rights
Industrial Development
Information
Least Developed Countries
Micro-Credit
Migration
Minority Rights
Private Sector
Science and Technology
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Taxation Policy
Torture
United Nations Funding
Women
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Gender equality
Human settlements
Land management
Marine Resources
Rural Development
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1970 |
| Organizational structure: |
FIG is administered by its General Assembly â¿¿ delegates of the member associations and, as non-voting members, the Council, commission chairs and representatives of affiliates, corporate members and academic members â¿¿ which meets annually during the FIG working week or the FIG congress. The General Assembly debates and approves policies. Polices are implemented by the Council which meets several times a year. The Council is elected by the General Assembly. The Council consist of the President and four Vice Presidents. All Council members represent different countries. Professional and scientific work is implemented through ten technical commissions (professional practice; professional education; spatial information management; hydrography; positioning and measurement; engineering surveys; cadastre and land management; spatial planning and development; valuation and the management of real estate; construction economics and management). |
| Number and type of members: |
More than 120 countries are represented in FIG by member associations (national associations representing one or more of the disciplines of surveying); affiliates (groups of surveyors or surveying organisations hereunder ministries and government agencies undertaking professional activities); corporate members (organisations, institutions or agencies which provide commercial services related to the profession of surveying); academic members (organisations, institutions or agencies which promote education or research in one or more of the disciplines of surveying). |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fees for education and training services
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