FIG Commission 1 - Professional Standards and Practice
 

"FIG Commission 1 focuses on establishing a set of ethical principles that fits the surveying profession for reference by professional institutions. It also focuses on promoting greater understanding and improving community perceptions about the surveying profession, which is underlined by the foundation’s vision to improve gender equality and maintaining global peace and justice, in line with Goal No. 5 and 16 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals respectively."

 

What we do

For the term 2023-2026 FIG Commission 1 will be working on:

PDF: Work plan
VIDEO: Chair of the Commission Timothy Burch takes you through the work plan
Commission 1 on LinkedIn


Chair of FIG Commission 1:
Timothy Burch, United States

Learn more about how Commission 1 is working with the SDGs

NEWS

EVENTS

FIG Congress 2026

24-29 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa

www.fig.net/fig2026

Commission 10 at FIG Working Week 2025

The FIG Working Week 2025 was held from 6-10 April in Brisbane, Australia. During the conference, Commission 10 had organised severaly sessions in the tehcnical programme and conducted its annual meeting. Additionally, the progress of all commissions was presented at the General Assembly.

> Commission 10 annual report to General Assembly
> Minutes - General Assembly
> Report - General Assembly 
> Proceedings/Technical programme
> Conference Website

Webinar

1 February 2025

Ética profesional y deontología para la Comunidad Geomática y Topográfica Mundial / Professional ethics and deontology for the global geomatics and surveying community organised by APPAT, CLGE, COIGT Spain, and FIG with participation by the chair of FIG Commission 1. More information

Newsletter
 

More News from FIG Commission 1

  
 

Publications

  

Work Plans
   

Proceedings

  

Working Groups
 

Key Documents

Events

Meet the officers

Commission Chair


Mr. Timothy Burch, United States
Contact: FIGCommission1@fig.net

 

Working Group Chairs:

 

International Ethics Standards (WG 1.1)
open

 

Women in Surveying (WG 1.2)
open

International Boundary Settlement and Demarcation (WG 1.3)
Dr. Haim Srebro, Israel
Director Mapping & Boundaries, Israel-Jordan Joint Boundary Commission
haim.srebro@gmail.com

Delegates and Correspondents:

Each member association has the right to nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic Members and Corporate Members  are welcome to nominate a correspondent to each commission.

Commission Delegates and correspondents

Interested? If you are interested to become a national delegate from your country, please contact your member association. The contact information of national delegates is updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact information should be sent to the FIG Office.

Achievements
The publication is intended to promote the sharing of methodological knowledge and experience regarding delimitation of international boundaries and to promote Peace throughout the world. Read the publication The FIG Young Surveyor Network was established, with the initial purpose to bring more YS into FIG, as Commission 1 ‘Working Group'. In 2009 the working group was upgraded to a Network. Visit the FIG Young Surveyors Network site
 
The publication addresses surveying methodology and experiences in the delimitation and demarcation of international boundaries. Read the publication There are perhaps three ways in which to make a case that standards are important. Firstly, the breadth of standardisation activities.  Secondly, there are the benefits of standardisation. Thirdly, at a very practical level, all aspects of our lives involve standardisation. Visit the FIG Standards Network site
 

Working Groups

Term 2023-2026: Work plan

WG 1.1 International Ethics Standards
WG 1.2 Women in Surveying
WG 1.3 International Boundary Settlement and Demarcation

Previous terms

Term 2019-2022
Term 2015-2018
Term 2011-2014
Term 2007-2010
Term 2003-2006

 

Networks

FIG Young Surveyors Network
FIG Standards Network

Task Force

Under-represented Groups in Surveying

Previouis newsletters

Newsletter 2022
Newsletter 2019
Newsletter 2018

FIG Publications

FIG Pub. 76: International Boundaries on Unstable Ground

FIG Pub. no. 59: International Boundary Making

FIG Pub. no. 35: Enhancing the Representation of Under-Represented Groups in FIG

FIG Pub.no. 29: Business Matters for Professionals

FIG Proceedings

List of FIG Conference Proceedings
FIG Surveyors Reference Library

Events

All Commission 1 events

Reports to General Assembly

All Commission 1 reports

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