Structure
The Association of Publicly Appointed Surveyors, which is registered in the register of associations as an incorporated association, has its own articles of association. The articles of association codify the BDVI’s name, head office as well as the association’s aims and responsibilities.
The association’s most important body is the committee. The committee is chaired by the president and the first and second vice-presidents. This body represents the association externally and implements the decisions made by the executive board and the general assembly, e.g. fee regulations and professional code of conduct. The committee of the BDVI sets up committees of experts for the discussion of the most important issues and substantiates the representation of interests and an advisory function towards representatives from the political, economic and administrative sector.
As the Länder are responsible for surveying in Germany the BDVI is divided into several regional factions. At present there are 15 regional factions, which are involved in committed association politics on the spot. Bavaria has not yet introduced the public appointment of freelance professionals. The responsibilities assumed by the regional factions are codified in the respective rules of procedure.
The executive board consists of the chairmen of the 15 regional factions as well as of the association’s most important office-holders.
The association’s work is based on the voluntary commitment of its members and the work of its full-time employees. The BDVI’s office in Berlin considers itself as a service provider for the association’s members and as a mediator between its members and the information relevant to professional policy issues and their protagonists. The work of the bodies and committees is prepared, support is given to the regional factions and varied contacts to other associations, institutions and decision-making bodies are extended and cultivated by the BDVI’s office.