The final report will be presented for adoption at the FIG Congress in Washington 2002. The mutual recognition of professional qualifications provides a means whereby professional qualifications held by individual surveyors can be recognised by individual professional organisations as comparable to those acquired by their own national surveyors. There are a number of barriers, which hinder mutual recognition at a worldwide scale. Language, national customs and cultures are, however, not true barriers to mutual recognition. Ignorance and fear are the main barriers and yet with improved communication and understanding, these should disappear.
Surveyors have professional skills, which are vital for the success of the global marketplace.
We need to communicate effectively in order to develop an understanding of the processes and benefits on which mutual recognition can be based. The work of the Task Force has contributed to and furthered the debate. The principle of mutual recognition has been established and we have the chance to adopt a framework that suits the surveying profession. We should take it. This page is maintained by the FIG Office .