The
2013 International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week was held May 4-10
in Abuja, Nigeria with the theme Environment
for Sustainability. Delegates
from 36 member organizations, including NSPS, attended. Due to security restrictions some
organizations were not able to send delegates. In total there were over 2200 attendees with almost 2000
from Nigeria.
The Opening Ceremony was held in the African Hall of the
Abuja International Conference Centre.
The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan was scheduled to be the guest speaker. However, due to a conflict, he could not attend and his
presentation was made by the Nigerian Minister of Works, Architect Mike
Onolememe.
Over 200 papers were presented covering all areas of the ten
FIG technical commissions.
Partners participating in the working week included UN-Habitat, World
Bank, Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), African Union Commission (AUC), African
Development Bank (AfDB) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA).
More information about the 2013 FIG Working Week is
available here.
The next FIG annual conference is the 2014 FIG Congress
which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 16-21.
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