Yaoundé International Conference on Surveying Week in
Cameroun - Semaine internationale du géomètres au Cameroun
Promotion of the Profession of Land Surveyors in Central African
Countries
Yaounde, Cameroun, 10-13 April 2012
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Participants of the event |
The Ordre des géomètres experts du Cameroun (OGEC) organized, from
10 to 13 April 2012, an international event to promote the profession of
land surveyors in this Central African country. Themes like cadastre and
land property in Cameroun and in foreign countries: Canada, France, Gabon,
Germany, the Netherlands, Sénégal, standards, young surveyors, were
presented and discussed. Our colleagues from Cameroun had also the
opportunity to present national projects that will improve land
infrastructures in their country: the national geodetic network and a pilot
cadastre project.
This event was strongly supported by the Ministère des domaines, du
cadastre et des Affaires foncières. Her Excellence the minister Mrs Jacqueline Koung à Bessike was present at the opening and the closing
ceremony and during the State dinner. She namely mentioned her support to
establishing a university programme for Geoinformatics and Land Management
in this country. This governmental support has been confirmed by the Prime
Minister during a meeting with the Fabien Omboudou Ndjina, President
of the OGEC and Stig Enemark, Honorary President of FIG. This
university programme would be available for all Francophone countries in the
Central Africa region.
FIG was well represented during this conference by Daniel Roberge,
chair of FIG Commission 7, also representing FIG President CheeHai Teo,
Steven Frank, chair of Commission 2, Stig Enemark, FIG
Honorary President and Benedicta Ugwebo, FIG Young Surveyors Network
representative for Africa. The Fédération des géomètres francophones (FGF)
hwas represented by Alain Gaudet, Honorary President of the FGF and
Géomètres sans frontières by
Claire Galpin.
This event was well covered by media. Namely, representatives of OGEC,
FIG and FGF have been invited to participate to a radio program on the Radio
national network. They had the opportunity to better explain the role of
land surveyors in Cameroun and internationally.
Congratulations to Fabien Omboudou Njina, president of the OGEC and the
organizing committee for this high quality event that should contribute to
strengthen the profession in Cameroun and support the up coming land
reforms.
More to read: http://yicsw.info
Daniel Roberge
Chair, FIG Commission 7
Ms
Benedicta Ugwebo, Nigerian Young Surveyors Network
representative, Daniel Roberge, Mr Jean-Maie Vianney
Bendegue, rapporteur general, Stig Enemark,
Fabien
Omboudou Ndjina, President of OGEC, Steve Frank |
Daniel Roberge and Vice President of OGEC Mr Joseph Ngassa
K. during the morning radio program on the Cameroun national
radio network. |
20 April 2012
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