Organizers
Romanian Surveyors Union (UGR)
Romanian Surveyor Union (U.G.R.) is a professional, independent, non-government and non-political organization, with a non-working character. It was established in 1990 through the initiative of geodetic engineers. One of the UGR objectives is to increase the prestige of geodesy and professional authority of surveyors. The UGR sustain and protect the professional and economic interests of its members, while presenting and promoting the importance of surveying activities. UGR initiate and propose laws regarding the surveying activities and surveyor role. Today UGR counts almost 1.100 members, organized in 47 local associations. Romanian Surveyors Union is member of FIG.
Source and more information: www.ugr.ro
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Politehnica University Timisoara
Politehnica University Timisoara, a university of advanced research and education, is today one of the traditional Romanian schools and is recognized nationally and internationally both through the work of generations of teachers and the outstanding work of prestigious academics.
The mission of Politehnica University Timisoara resides in meeting the competence requirements of the societal environment by providing superior training at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. Bearing fundamental values, the university mission reflects at the same time concern for the future of society, by tracing its development at local, regional, national, and international levels.
Politehnica University Timisoara is recognized as an outstanding actor on the research stage both nationally and internationally.
The Faculty of Civil Engineering Timişoara established as the third faculty of the Polytechnic School, on November 11th 1941, has got national and international recognition, and through the reputation of its staff and professional reliability of over 18000 graduates, has built its tradition in the frontline of academic, scientific and professional development in the field.
The educational offer is adapted to both national and international standards for three study domains, which are closely related: Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering and Geodetic Engineering.
The research topics are adapted to the actual trends in the field, which is demonstrated by the important number of national and international research projects in which the faculty is involved, together with partners from important universities, research centers or industrial companies.
The Faculty of Civil Engineering Timisoara is involved in the national standardization activity, as well as in consulting activities for important objectives.
Source and more information: www.upt.ro
The University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" from Timisoara, Faculty of Agriculture
The University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" from Timisoara, a prominent presence in the Romanian academic scene, a member of the Timisoara University Alliance since 2020, symbolizes a future built on values and ethical principles that ensure the community, a good functioning and real progress.
USVT trains specialists for the future in the field of rural development who excel economically, scientifically, industrially and socially. Agriculture, veterinary medicine, food industry, bioengineering of animal resources, rural management and tourism, as well as applied technologies are a corollary of the educational offerings and specialization opportunities under the umbrella of life sciences.
The University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" of Timișoara is a strong, sustainable, responsible and dynamic institution, a university open to communication, with an evolutionary vision that promotes innovation and not routine, oriented towards creating through information, specialization and communication, internal potentialities and the means to transform them into reality under the motto "Life, Science, Hope for the Future"!
The Faculty of Agriculture, one of the six faculties of the University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timișoara, a center of excellence in education, research, and innovation, offers a diverse academic portfolio aligned with the current needs of society. By study programmes at bachelor, master, and doctoral, in fields such as: agronomy, environmental engineering, biology, mechanical engineering and geodesy, the faculty prepares professionals equipped to meet the challenges of a constantly evolving world. International collaborations and Erasmus+ programs provide students with opportunities to broaden their horizons and prepare for global careers.
The academic activity is complemented by impactful research and development projects, that promote sustainable agricultural technologies, solutions for reducing carbon footprints, and strategies for protecting the environment, biodiversity and the use of geospatial technologies in monitoring terrestrial surfaces.
The faculty plays an active role in both rural and urban development through consultancy, support for entrepreneurs, and direct community engagement. It is a space for continuous learning, where technical skills are combined with critical thinking, responsibility, and a spirit of innovation, all under the banner of life sciences and sustainable development.
Source and more information: www.usab-tm.ro
Co - Organizers
FIG - International Federation of Surveyors
The International Federation of Surveyors is an international, non-government organisation whose purpose is to support international collaboration for the progress of surveying in all fields and applications.
FIG is the premier international organization representing the interests of surveyors worldwide. It is a federation of the national member associations and covers the whole range of professional fields within the global surveying community. It provides an international forum for discussion and development aiming to promote professional practice and standards.
FIG was founded on July 18 1878 in Paris by delegates from seven national associations - Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Switzerland - and was known as the Fédération Internationale des Géomètres. This has become anglicized to the International Federation of Surveyors. It is a UN-recognized non-government organization (NGO), representing more than 120 countries throughout the world, and its aim is to ensure that the disciplines of surveying and all who practice them meet the needs of the markets and communities that they serve.
FIG’s technical work is led by ten Commissions. The responsibilities and work plans of Commissions are approved by the General Assembly during the FIG Congress. The work of each Commission is lead by the Chairperson – elected for four-year term of office by the General Assembly at the Congress. He is assisted by the Commission Vice-Chairpersons also appointed by the General Assembly. The Chair-Elect is elected by the General Assembly two years before the Congress. The Commission Chair is also assisted by a Vice-Chair of Administration who is in charge for the administration of the Commission. Every Commission has established at least three working groups on special topics.
Source and more information: www.fig.net
FIG Commission 2 – Professional Education
The focus of FIG Commission 2 is professional surveying education. The core areas for the commission are: 1) curriculum and core surveying body of knowledge, 2) effective teaching and learning methods, 3) knowledge exchange and 4) continuing professional development.
The FIG Commission 2 mission is to raise the next generation of surveying professionals that have a sound education foundation, can impart knowledge and about surveying theory and best practices, have the competencies, skills and instincts in surveying sciences and technologies.
The FIG Commission 2 achieves its mission by promoting good practices in professional surveying education through:
• Exploring the needs of society and endorsing universities and other educational organizations to develop mechanisms and processes that will help to meet those needs.
• Methods and content of education: To support and promote advances in learning and teaching methods and content of curricula with special emphasis on the impact of technology and learning styles on education.
• Knowledge sharing. Promoting sharing of advances in professional education, research in surveying education and training and initiate joint projects (curriculum development, educational material development, joint courses, quality assurance etc.). Improving dissemination of information on educational theory and practice to the members across the world via existing academic networks.
• Supporting capacity building for surveying education in the developing world, through strengthening knowledge transfer (including collaboration with UN-GGIM, GLTN, RICS and academic networks).
• Cooperation with other professions. Reinforcing cooperation with Educational Commissions of International Organisations on the related professions.
• Continuing Professional Development. Encourage improved surveying practice through the promotion of continuing professional development (CPD) and the practical application of research, help surveyors continuously to update their academic and professional profiles.
Source and more information: www.fig.net/organisation/comm/2/index.asp
FIG Commission 8 – Spatial planning and development
The work of FIG commission 8 reffers to:
• Responsible knowledge transfer and innovation
• Spatial and development planning policy, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
• Land and spatial policy instruments
• Land and spatial governance
• Digitization of spatial planning processes
• Responsible transfer of spatial planning
• Valuation in spatial planning and land use
• Sustainable Development
Mission of FIG Commission 8
Globalisation, in tandem with limited natural resources, has placed spatial planning and land management activities at the core of overcoming the global challenges of the day. The mission of commission 8 is to explore new approaches to spatial planning and governance, in order to balance the interests of stakeholder in pursuit of sustainable development in the short-, medium-, and long-term.
Source and more information: www.fig.net/organisation/comm/8/index.asp
RCS – Romanian College of Surveyors
The Romanian College of Surveyors (RCS) is a professional, independent, autonomous, non-political, non-profit, professional organization of public interest, that represents and supports the activity of surveyors in Romania and whose mission is to ensure that the profession is exercised to the highest standards of competence, ethics and responsibility, for the benefit of society.
The Romanian College of Surveyors aims to establish ethical and technical standards to improve the environment in which surveyors work, to defend the rights and interests of surveying professionals in their relations with state authorities and institutional partners, to promote integrity and respect for professional ethics and to facilitate access to continuing education for surveyors.
Furthermore, the role of the RCS is to strengthen the status of surveyors in society, to ensure recognition of the importance of the profession and to support the development of public policies that contribute to the modernization and efficiency of the sector. Through its actions, the College is committed to creating a fair professional environment, encouraging innovation and supporting the implementation of new technologies in the field.
Through constant dialog with authorities, academia and the private sector, the RCS aims to give surveyors a strong voice in the development of specific legislation and to promote best practice in the field. At the same time, the College supports the exchange of experience and cooperation with international organizations, thus facilitating the access of Romanian specialists to professional networks, state-of-the-art resources, and the best practices in the field.
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Patrocad - The Employers' Organization of Surveying, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, Cadastre and GIS Companies
The Employers' Organization of Surveying, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, Cadastre and GIS Companies (Patrocad) was established in order to have strong representation in relations with public administration and trade unions.
The Organization is supporting the joint development of affiliated contractors and the profession in general. The initiative of the 12 founding companies is just beginning, but the founder promise to be writing about it for a long time to come.
The main objectives of the organization are:
• To achieve fair interaction with state institutions by participating in consultative commissions, in boards of institutions that interact with the work of the organization's members;
• Monitoring the evolution of legislation and expressing the interests of the organization's members by following the evolution of laws on the path of promotion and approval and promoting legislative initiatives;
• Creating an organized framework for collaboration with the specialized education system by organizing joint programs with universities and promoting forms of medium vocational education;
• Mediation in relations with trade unions;
• Development and promotion of an indicative guide of recommended minimum tariffs;
• Collaboration with other employers' organizations within employers' federations and confederations.
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Technical Sciences Academy of Romania
Section X of Petroleum, Mining Engineering and Geonomy of Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, includes scientists and specialists, Romanian and foreign, from the fields of petroleum engineering, mining, machine building, geology, geography, topography/cadastre, geonomy.
The scientific and technical economic objectives of section X concern the superior capitalization of useful mineral substances and their sustainable management, in good harmony with the environment.
For the development of human society a component of the greatest importance is the capitalization and processing of useful mineral substances (solids, liquids, gases) from the earth's crust, seas and oceans, even from the cosmos through mining, so mining and oil engineering is from scientifically inextricably linked to the geonomic and ecological sciences.
The word "geonomy" was used to describe the system of rational management of resources (for the meadow and the Danube delta) first in 1909, by biologist Grigore Antipa.
Geonomy is a well-defined science, both in theory and in practice: it studies the use, "consumption" and reaction of environments, but can also experiment and predict actions and solutions to problems. Descriptive starting from measures and tests, conceptual starting from modeling, and predictive through the perspective of the described phenomena, geonomy allows us to know under what conditions the transformations that affect our everyday life are elaborated. This (relatively) new science allows us to predict the consequences of our decisions and actions, through impact studies. It can show us what we need to do to increase our chances of surviving as a species on a constantly evolving planet, and what dangers our future may threaten.
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