Invitation

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The focus of the 5th FIG Regional Conference will be on land administration and good governance as conditions for sustainable development. It will discuss these topics also through the technical tools that modern surveying technology can offer in promoting these main goals.

Sub-themes of the conference include topics that cover all FIG ten technical commissions as well as the three divisions of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), namely general practice, land surveying and quantity surveying. The objective of the conference is therefore how to utilize effectively modern technologies to promote good land administration strategies in furtherance of appropriate governance practices to bring about integrated economic, environmental and sustainable development.

The 5th FIG Regional Conference is organized by the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) and co-hosted by the Ministry of Land, Forestry and Mines (MLFM) of Ghana. It is the first FIG Regional Conference to be held in West Africa and continuity to two previous conferences held in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya in 2001 and in Marrakech, Morocco in 2003. As has been the case with the previous FIG regional conferences the conference in Accra will be organized in co-operation with other international and regional organizations like the United Nations and its agencies (e.g. the UN Economic Commission for Africa), as well as with international spatial information societies. The regional partners will include associations in Africa. The conference is open to participants from all over the world however with the main focus on Africa and especially West Africa. To help participation from the West African countries the conference will be held in English and French. In all previous FIG regional conferences there have been participants from 30-50 countries representing all continents.

FIG is an international, non-governmental organisation whose purpose is to support international collaboration for the progress of surveying in all fields and applications. FIG is the only international association representing all surveying disciplines. FIG has members in more than 110 countries and in the member associations there are more than 230,000 individual members. In addition to 94 member associations FIG has 84 academic members, 15 affiliates and 14 correspondents. More information: http://www.fig.net.

GhIS is established in 1969 and represents all surveyors in Ghana. Its work is divided in three divisions: general practice, quantity surveying and land surveying. GhIS has 955 members at the end of 2004 (128 Fellows, 533 Professional Associates and 294 Surveying Technicians). GhIS is the member association of FIG in Ghana. More information: http://www.ghisonline.org/

The Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines (MLFM) of Ghana is responsible for the Land Administration Program (LAP) together with other ministries as the Ministry of Environment and Science. The LAP is a project dedicated mainly to the improvement in the Land Administration of the country. The main agencies involved in the LAP under the Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines are:

  • Survey Department
  • Lands Commission
  • Land Valuation Board
  • Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands
  • Land Title Registry; and
  • Town and Country Planning Department (under the Ministry of Environment and Science)

The 5th FIG Regional Conference will, in particular, provide a unique opportunity to discuss the problems and achievements of land administration in Africa and the ways that modern technologies can assist in solving these problems as well as to learn about the special conditions in West Africa and experiences on the several land administration projects in the region.

The Conference will be held at the La Palm Beach Hotel on the Golden Coastlines of Accra. The programme is carefully prepared to provide high-profile technical sessions and in addition a superb entertainment components which includes, social events, technical tour including ecotourism (canopy walk), gala dinner and an opening and a closing ceremony which will be full of the Ghanaian Cultural heritage.

The Organizing Committee therefore has the singular pleasure to welcome you to Ghana and wishes you a pleasant stay before, during and after the Conference.

Enjoy the Ghanaian hospitality. We look forward to meeting you in Accra.

Akwaaba!

Dr. B. E. Kwesi Prah
President of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors
Chairman of the organizing committee

 

 

 

Prof. Holger Magel
President of the International Federation of Surveyors, FIG

 

 

 

 

Online registration:
International participants:
https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=33
Participants from Western Africa:
https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=34 

 
Organised by:

 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF
SURVEYORS (FIG)


GHANA INSTITUTION
OF SURVEYORS
(GhIS)

In co-operation with:


Ministry of Lands, Forests and Mines (MLFM)
Land Administration Project (LAP)

Co-hosted by:


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS



UN-HABITAT

UNITED NATIONS Economic Commission for Africa

REGIONAL CENTRE FOR TRAINING IN AEROSPACE SURVEYS


JOINT BOARD OF GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SOCIETIES

The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

INTERNATIONAL
SOCIETY FOR MINE SURVEYING
 

Sponsored by:



GOLD FIELDS LTD


HANSALUFTBILD


GEOTECH SYSTEMS LTD.


SOKKIA CO, LTD


GEO:CONNEXION
 
SWEDESURVEY


SAMBUS COMPANY LTD

ESRI


MAPS GEOSYSTEMS


 


BLOM ASA


 

GTZ (German Agency for Technical Cooperation)
 

THE CENTRE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICES (CERSGIS)


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