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Visit to Accra, Ghana for preparations for FIG Working Week 2024
9-11 January 2023, Accra, Ghana
FIG President Diana Dumashie, Director
Louise Friis-Hansen and Event Manager Claudia Stormoen
visited Accra, the lively, bustling, and sprawling capital of Ghana for
the preparations for the Working Week 2024. It was a pleasure to
continue the preparations and to meet a very dedicated and hard working
Local Organising Committee (LOC). They have been working towards hosting
the Working Week since 2017, when they won their bid. It has been a long
journey, which was prolonged due to COVID-19. The Ghanaian local
organisers should have hosted the FIG Working Week in 2021, but showed a
real FIG spirit and generously offered the Dutch to take over the
Working Week in 2021, since the FIG Working Week 2020 was cancelled due
to the COVID-19.
The three days visit was dedicated to meetings, visits to see
potential venues and gave the opportunity to visit the Minister of Land
and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor.
In the morning of the first day the Steering Committee met. FIG was
represented by President Diane Dumashie, Vice President
Kwame Tenadu, Director Louise Friis-Hansen
and Event Manager Claudia Stormoen. The locals were
represented by the President of GhiS Rosemargaret Esubonteng
and the President of LiSAG Samuel Larbi Darko,
Co-conference Director Stephen Djaba, sub-co-conference
director Humphrey Amegadoe, as well as Yvonne
Danquah.
First item of the agenda was to sign the agreement between FIG, GhiS
and LISAG.
From left: FIG President Diane Dumashie, President of GhiS Rosemargaret Esubonteng, President of LiSAG Samuel Larbi Darko
and Director Louise Friis-Hansen after signing of the
agreement.
The overall theme of the Working Week was discussed. Good governance,
land management, environment resilience, people and planet were highlighted as
topics that should be reflected by the overall theme. There will be
further discussions on this in order to be sure that the right themes
will be included.
The dates for the Working Week were decided: Sunday 19 to Thursday 23
May, and potential pre- and post events were also discussed.
In the afternoon, the local organizing committee members (LOC) were
invited to join the meeting. LOC is represented by representatives from
both member associations, GhiS and LISAG. Hereto the quantity surveyors
and cost engineers, Ghana Lands Commission, the Young Surveyors,
ministry representative from the Ministry of Lands and Natural
Resources, and the industry.
The diversity of the Local Organising Committee is an advantage and
will secure that the Working Week programme will be broad and include
many interesting areas. The LOC has been formed and the roles has
distributed among the members. At the meeting we went through the
planning that lies ahead and everyone was very engaged and came with
great ideas for the Working Week.
On day two several potential conference venues were visited. The
Working Week in 2021 should have taken place at the International
Conference Centre in Accra, due to its size and capacity. Unfortunately,
the Center is being rebuilt in 2023 and 2024, thus a new venue has to be
found. A detailed assessment study will follow the visits which will
assist the final decision.
In the afternoon we visited the Minister for Land and Natural
Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor who ensured FIG President
Diane Dumashie and the steering committee of their
support, and said: the government will provide the necessary support
for the hosting of the 2024 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
Working Week.
Read the full article here:
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ghana-ready-to-host-2024-FIG-working-week-Abu-Jinapor-1694096
FIG is looking very much forward to welcoming all in Ghana in May
2024, and to the preparations together with the Ghanaian Local
Organisers with Stephen Djaba as Co-Conference
Director, Humphrey Amegadoe as sub-co-conference
director and Rosemargaret Esubonteng, President of GhiS
and Samuel Larbi Darko, President of LiSAG as Steering
Committee member and their dedicated Local Organising Committee.
Claudia Stormoen
26 January 2023
