2.2.2 The aims of FIG are to group the national associations
or organisations of surveyors of all countries with the object of
exchanging views on matters of general interestto organise
liaison between the various affiliated associations; to inform
members of the social conditions prevailing among professional
surveyors in individual countries so that each may take advantage
of the improvements attained; to encourage, subsidise and dissem
inate the results of professional research, and discoveries useful to
surveyors in the scientific, technical, legal, economic and social
spheres; and to foster relations with the appropriate authorities
and the exchange of surveying personnel between different countries.
2.2.3 The technical studies of FIG are carried out by technical
commissions; there are nine of them organised in three groups.
The first group is concerned with professional practice, education
and literature. The second is concerned with cadastre and rural
remembrement, survey instruments and methods, and engineering
and functional surveys. The final group is concerned with legal
and social studies of urban land systems, town planning and de
velopment, and valuation and management of real estate. Its
most important publications are the reports of the congresses,
held every three years, and a multilingual dictionary.
2.2.4 The International Office of Cadastre and Land Records
(Office International du Cadastre et du Régime Fonder; OICRF),
is an organ of FIG. It was established following a resolution at the
Lausanne FIG Congress in 1949. Its objectives are to collect and
systematically file and index all documentation relating to existing
cadastral and land registration systems; to make a comparative
study of that material followed by publication of the results; to
give information and advice on all cadastral and land registration
systems to all interested persons, whether for the purpose of study,
or to help countries wishing either to introduce cadastral or land
registration systems, or to improve their existing systems.
2.3 International Federation for Housing and Planning
2.3.1 The International Federation for Flousing and Planning
(IFHP) was founded in 1913 under the name of the International
Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. Its present name was
adopted in 1958. Its address is Wassenaarseweg, No. 43, the Hague
(Holland). Its membership consists of national, regional and local
societies and public bodies for housing and allied subjects; univer
sities and libraries; and individuals. It has active contacts in 70
countries. The aims of the Federation are to promote and coordinate
throughout the world the study and practice of housing and regional
town and country planning and development with a view to
securing higher standards of housing, the improvement of towns
and cities and the better distribution of the population. It organises
international congresses with study tours; produces a regular bul-
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