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Appendix to item 9.1
Report for the 24th General Assembly
FIG Working Week in Seoul, 6-11 May 2001
COMMISSION 1 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICE
Commission 1 held its annual meeting in Prague in May which included
additional meetings and papers for the two main working groups on 'organisational
matters' and 'business practices'. The guide being produced on business
practices is proceeding well under the chairmanship of Iain Greenway will
include chapters on legal frameworks, professional ethics, quality and customer
service and information technology. The intended audience is professionals
setting up their own private practice survey firms - such people are likely to
have received university education and practical training in surveying but will
often have limited experience of business practices. The Guide will also be of
use to people already in private practice, providing a benchmark against which
they can check their systems and practices (the Guide will have at its heart a
checklist of topics to be addressed). The Guide will include high level guidance
on how practices need to be adapted between different cultures but will not
attempt to provide detailed guidance relating to, for instance, the different
legal systems in place in each country. The Guide will incorporate documents
such as the FIG Statement on Ethical Principles and Model Code of Professional
Conduct, and the FIG Charter for Quality. It will therefore pull together a
range of FIG work in this area, helping raise the standard of business
professionalism demonstrated by surveyors, as increasingly expected by customers
and governments.
In October Commission 1 contributed and participated in the successful
Commission 2 Symposium in Argentina, resulting in potentially a number of new
members to FIG.
Liaison has continued to occur with UN agencies, particularly the World Bank.
The World Bank now has on its web site, FIG Publication No. 16
"Constituting Professional Associations" as an example of how to set
up a professional association. The chair of Commission 1 represented FIG at
World Bank/USAID Central American Workshop in El Salvador on "Training for
the Quality and Sustainability of Processes" in November.
Prof. John Parker
Chair of Commission 1
Email: park106@dcsi.net.au
3 March 2001
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