FIG Commission 1
- Professional Standards and Practice
"FIG Commission 1 focuses on establishing a set
of ethical principles that fits the surveying
profession for reference by professional
institutions. It also focuses on promoting greater
understanding and improving community perceptions
about the surveying profession, which is underlined
by the foundation’s vision to improve gender
equality and maintaining global peace and justice,
in line with Goal No. 5 and 16 of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals respectively."
What we do
For the term 2023-2026 FIG Commission 1 will be
working on:
FIG Commission 1 Chair, Tim Burch, encourages you
in this video
to share your knowledge on Professional Standards
and Practice at FIG Congress 2026 in South Africa.
Remember 1 November 2025 non-peer review abstract
deadline.
Submit
here
Read more and register for the FIG
Congress 2026
here.
See Tim Burch's video:
There are lots of reasons for you to come to South
Africa next year - We hope to see YOU!
Commission 10 at FIG Working Week 2025
The FIG Working Week 2025 was held from 6-10
April
in Brisbane, Australia. During the conference, Commission
10 had organised severaly sessions in the tehcnical
programme and conducted its annual meeting.
Additionally, the progress of all commissions was
presented at the General Assembly.
Ética profesional y deontología para la Comunidad Geomática y Topográfica Mundial / Professional ethics and deontology for the global geomatics and surveying community organised by APPAT, CLGE, COIGT Spain, and FIG with
participation by the chair of FIG Commission 1.
Each member association has the right to
nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical
commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic
Members and Corporate Members are welcome to nominate a
correspondent to each commission.
Interested? If you are
interested to become a national delegate from your
country, please contact your
member association. The contact information of national delegates is
updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact
information should be sent to the FIG
Office.
Achievements
The publication is intended to promote the
sharing of methodological knowledge and
experience regarding delimitation of
international boundaries and to promote
Peace throughout the world.
Read the publication
The FIG Young Surveyor Network was
established, with the initial purpose to
bring more YS into FIG, as Commission 1
‘Working Group'. In 2009 the working group
was upgraded to a Network. Visit the
FIG Young
Surveyors Network site
The
publication addresses surveying methodology and
experiences in the delimitation and demarcation of
international boundaries.
Read the publication
There are perhaps three ways in which to
make a case that standards are important.
Firstly, the breadth of standardisation
activities. Secondly, there are the
benefits of standardisation. Thirdly, at a
very practical level, all aspects of our
lives involve standardisation. Visit the
FIG Standards Network site
Learn more about how 
