COMMISSION 7

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF COMMISSION 7

Cadastre and land management are the responsibility of Commission 7 in the International Federation of Surveyors. The Commission considers the needs of both the developed and developing world. The activities of the Commission are equally applicable to systems based on Codified Law, Common Law and Customary Law, and to both market driven and planned economies.

MISSION

To promote international goodwill, cooperation and understanding in issues of cadastre and land management

TERMS OF REFERENCE

- Land Management and administration.
- Cadastral reform, multi-purpose cadastres, parcel-based land information systems and computerisation of cadastral records.
- Cadastral surveying and mapping.
- Land titling, land tenure, land law and land registration.
- Urban and rural land consolidation with emphasis on environmental and economic issues.
- National and international boundaries.
- Land and marine management.

FIG STATEMENT ON THE CADASTRE

- Summary
- Statement on the Cadastre
- Figure 1. The Cadastral Statement
Copies of the Statement can be obtained in eleven languages from the FIG Bureau including English, French, German, Spanish, Latvian and Russian.

THE BOGOR DECLARATION

- Bogor Declaration
- Report of the Bogor Conference, Bogor, Indonesia, March 1996.

FINAL REPORT FOR COMMISSION 7 FOR YEARS 1994-1998

- Final Report

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

For management purposes, it was agreed by Commission 7 that the Chairman should be able to discuss with Dr Paul Munro-Faure (UK), Mr Jurg Kaufmann (Switzerland) and Mr Tommy Osterberg (Sweden), any issues affecting the Commission which require a quick decision to be made in cases where the necessary time to correspond with all Commission delegates is not available.