The IAPG has signed an Agreement of Co-operation with the IGEO - International Geoscience Education Organisation
The International Geoscience Education Organisation (IGEO) and the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) have signed on 20 May 2015 an Agreement of Co-operation. The agreement expresses a mutual desire to co-operate on a range of issues in the field of geoethics and geoscience education, in particular, the following affairs:
- promoting the principles of geoethics and research integrity in geosciences through their networks;
- promoting the importance of geoscience education inside the scientific community;
- promoting geoscience education internationally at all levels;
- promoting the debate and working for the enhancement of quality in the international provision of geoscience education;
- to encourage developments that raise public awareness of geoscience, particularly amongst younger people.
- co-organising scientific and dissemination events on geoethics and geoscience education;
- identifying possibilities to apply for funding for the development of common projects on geoethics and geoscience education.
Both organizations will establish a liaison to ensure good information flow and cooperation.
IGEO (http://www.igeoscied.org/) is an association formed on January 2000 at the 3rd International Conference on Geoscience Education in Sydney, Australia, with the aim of promoting geoscience education internationally at all levels; working for the enhancement of quality in the international provision of geoscience education; encouraging developments that raise public awareness of geoscience, particularly amongst younger people. The IGEO is an affiliated organization of the IUGS – the International Union of Geological Sciences.
