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CLGE President’s New Year Wishes 2026



The beginning of each year is traditionally a time for exchanging greetings. It is in this spirit that all the members of the CLGE Executive Board join me in sending you our best wishes for 2026.


In these very turbulent times around the world, and particularly in Ukraine, we wish to offer strength to all peoples suffering oppression.


Through our profession and, in particular, the skills we have acquired during our studies and experience, we are professionals specialising in the resolution of conflicts and problems that may be perceived as abstract by our interlocutors, but which are very concrete for us. To achieve this, we always act with pragmatism, independence and impartiality, with the aim of achieving justice. That is why it is particularly sad and difficult for me to observe all these phenomena of instability. I would therefore like our profession, in Europe and throughout the world, to join forces and efforts to alleviate as much as possible the difficult situations in which people are suffering, such as wars.We hope that the advent of new technologies, laws and regulations can be used wisely to improve the human condition and the environment, rather than the opposite.


We send strength and energy to all those who are fighting adversity and injustice. We wish healing to the sick, work to those who are unemployed, and joy to those who are suffering.


I will conclude this message by announcing that the theme of the year for CLGE in 2026 will be ‘Artificial Intelligence’. In this context, we ask anyone who would like to participate in discussions, or anyone who can put us in touch with someone with experience in this field, to contact us. This topic is also being addressed by many of our members and partners, as it is highly topical. We hope to find synergies in these different studies in order to identify tools and methods that will enable us to improve the quality of service for our clients, users and citizens, while respecting the ethical principles that embody the profession of surveyor.


May 2026 be a better year than 2025 for you and your loved ones, in every way.

See you soon!
Nicolas Smith, CLGE President


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