FIG 22nd General Assembly   31 May and 4 June 1999   Sun City, South Africa

Appendix to item 10: Reports from Chairs of Commissions et al.

 

Commission 1: Professional Standards and Practice

Report to the 22^nd General Assembly

Sun City 30 May - 4 June 1999

1. General

The activities of Commission 1 as proposed in the Work Plan have all commenced.

The Annual Meeting of the Commission is planned to take place in Sun City.

WG 1.1 Organisation

Working Group 1 is investigating organisational matters under the chair of Klaus Rürup and is hoping to have some draft papers for discussion in Sun City.

WG 1.2 Business Practices

Working Group 2 is looking into business practices under the chair of Iain Greenway have actively reviewed the terms of reference. The scope and objectives of the Working Group are now:

• To promote the importance of business ethics, and to provide explanatory material on how ethics apply in cross-cultural business
• To monitor and provide constructive comments and guidance on the impact of information technology, including the Internet, on business practice
• To continue to research and promote how quality services and products can be provided, in particular the role that total quality management, quality assurance and quality awards criteria can play in the management of a business
• To monitor and provide constructive comment on any ISO standards that may affect the management and business practice of surveying organisations, in collaboration with the FIG Task Force on Standards
• To review how international legislation impacts surveying businesses

In Sun City, a half-day workshop will consider the material available and how this can be translated into outputs by the Working Group. Likely outputs will be:

• A series of papers to be submitted to national and international journals during 1999 and early 2000, to stimulate debate on the topics and raise awareness
• Reflection on the comments received at the 2000 Working Week, along with the presentation of some papers during the Working Week
• Creation during 2000/2001 of (a) best practice guide(s), for submission to the 2001 General Assembly
• The arranging of a technical session at the 2002 Congress on the subjects covered, and the publicising of the best practice guide(s).

WG 1.3 Internet site

Working Group 3 is developing a web site for the Commission under the chair of Stephen Djaba. This Working Group has been very active and it is planned to review and finalise the content of the web pages with a workshop in Sun City.

The chair of the Commission participated in the Commission 2 Seminar in Wuhan, China during October 1998. He has also been involved with planning the proposed UN/FIG Roundtable to be held in Melbourne in October 1999.

A number of papers by delegates of Commission 1 are being presented at the Sun City Conference.

A newsletter is planned following the Sun City General Assembly and Conference.

John Parker
Chair

Contacts:
John Parker
PO Box 110
Brunswick East
Victoria 3057
Australia
Email park106@ibm.net
Tel + 61 (0)3 9387 1964
Fax + 61 (0)3 9381 1378

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