An introduction to the work of EUROGEO, the European Association of Geographers, presented at the AAG in San Francisco, March 2016

1. European Association of
Geographers (EUROGEO)
Karl Donert, President EUROGEO,
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk

2. EUROGEO
• European Association of Geographers
• Legally based in Belgium
• NGO – established 1979
• Professional association
• Participatory status at Parliamentary Assembly,
Council of Europe
• Position to lobby and influence in Europe and to
protect and promote all our interests

3. • EUROGEO at the Council of Europe (since 1983)
• Culture, Education, Environment, Economy
– Lobbying in the Parliamentary Assembly
– Responding to statements and policy
• Huge education and awareness raising needs
EUROGEO

4. EUROGEO – geo-project
activities
• Digital-earth.eu
• iGuess – I-Use
• Spatial Citizenship
• SeaChange
• GeoCapabilities
• GeoSkills Plus
• School on the Cloud
• GI-N2K

5. http://www.geocapabilities.org
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ARENESS RAISING, NETW
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DEVELOPM
ENT
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RESEARCH

7. Monthly e-
newsletter

8. European Journal of Geography
http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu
“A fine journal with
excellent and widely
cited papers on
European geography”
The SCOPUS
Evaluation Team
(2014)
Translating the
vital work of
geo-scientists
into the policy
arena

9. Promoting Geography

10. Visit www.eurogeography.eu to find out more

11. Social Media
Twitter
LinkedIn
Facebook
Social Media
Twitter
LinkedIn
Facebook