FGF : a network at the service of training and land governance
Fournier-Schmitt, Benedicte & Marc Vanderschueren
The Federation of French Speaking Surveyors (FGF) is an association created in 2005 which gathers 26 countries. Its main objectives are to bring its members, coming mainly from the African continent, a technical as well as a political support to contribute to the organization of the surveying profession, to guarantee a high level of initial and continuous training and to contribute to the maintain of the use of the French language within international institutions. Thanks to the commitment of its members and to the support of international organizations such as UN-Habitat or the International Organization of la Francophonie, FGF organized in Niamey (Niger) in October 2010 the first seminar of evaluation of the training needs for the surveyors of the French-speaking countries in Africa. Also, FGF organized in October 2012 during 3 days the first post-graduate university of French-speaking African surveyors and technicians in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The purpose of the presentation is to present the Federation of French Speaking Surveyors, its objectives and actions towards training, women (regarding their access to education, land and property rights) as well as more transparent land governance.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013
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