FIG Permanent Institutions

Permament Institutions

FIG has set up two Permanent Institutions:

Office International du Cadastre et du Régime Foncier – OICRF

OICRF is a study and documentation center for Cadaster, land administration and affiliated fields of interest.

The responsibilities of the Office International du Cadastre et du Régime Foncier (OICRF) are:

To collect and systematically file and index all documentary material relating to existing cadastral and land registration systems in all countries
To make comparative studies of that material followed by publication of the results
To give information and advice on all cadastral and land registration systems to all interested institutions or persons, whether for the purpose of study or to help countries wishing either to introduce a cadastre or a land registration system or to improve their existing system
To maintain the documentary material on a day to day basis
To endeavour to have a correspondent in each country, whether or not that country is a member of the Federation.

The responsibilities of the International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement – Permanent Institution of FIG are:

To study the achievements of surveyors, the evolution of knowledge and the methodology of measuring, and the evolution of surveying instrumentation
To encourage the preservation of instruments, basis documentation, and books (including manuscripts, diaries and field books)
To promote an interest in the history of surveying, inter alia through research and exhibitions
To collaborate with other experts, including curators and others who have the care of collections of relevant material
To encourage and promote survey art.