FIG Foundation - Building a Sustainable Future
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Report from Ana Julia HERRERA GONZALEZ
FIG Foundation Young Surveyor Grant Recipient to attend the FIG Congress
2018 in Istanbul, Turkey
“Honestly, having attended the FIG
2018 Congress and the FIG Young Surveyor Network Meeting has
been the best experience of my entire life. Not only because I
traveled from the other side of the world and what that could
mean for me, but because these two events completely exceeded my
expectations. ”
Group photo of the participants of the 4th FIG Young
Surveyors Conference
It was very interesting to know the vision and projects of colleagues
from other countries and understand that although we all advance at
different steps, we have had or have the same challenges, be it educational,
work or technologically speaking, among others.
Having been in the General Assembly for a while was something impressive
for me that made me wonder why my country was not present and what can I do
to make that different?
I could also understand the importance of the work carried out by the FIG
Commissions and I hope that the countries of the Americas will be
increasingly integrated into these working groups, for which I believe that
the role of us young people who are part of the Network is key since we can
promote ideas from the groups of students through tools and knowledge
acquired in the Youth Meeting, which seemed to me, not only an energizing,
dynamic and fun activity but also an experience that allowed me to meet many
people, Make friends and create contacts. In addition, which I left with
great desire to create a network in my country and strengthen it more and
more, with the hope that one day we can work together with countries in the
region, cover the Caribbean and grow to cover all America.
So in summary with this scholarship, I not only won a great trip, the
entrance to these magnificent events, the meeting and experiences with
different cultures, new friends and many new photos for my albums but also
challenges, concerns, new projects and much desire to work.
Julia Herrera
Costa Rica
From the top left corner: James Quick, United Kingdom and Cemre Sahinkaya,
Turkey
From the bottom left corner: Mudit Kapoor, India, Ana Julia Herrera
Gonzalez, Costa Rica and Jean-Pierre Habiyaremye, Rwanda
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