COGE Membership

There are currently 23 COGE members from 21 countries

COGE is governed by a Board of specialists from geoscience organisations worldwide.

A country educator is welcome to apply, but applications from representatives of countries that are not represented are especially encouraged. It is open to all whose nations and organisations are part of the International Union of Geological Sciences. 

The list of COGE members and countries is shown here.

MEMBERSHIP: The Role of a COGE Member (based on: Annual Report from Chris  King, 2019 and COGE Terms of Reference)

COGE values commissioners as national representatives and contributors to COGE objectives and initiatives. For their own countries and regions, they are expected to:

  • Publicise IUGS and COGE
  • Disseminate information on the educational strands of international conferences and other activities that COGE supports, together with other IUGS-COGE initiatives.
  • Provide feedback to IUGS-COGE on the state of geoscience education and on activities and initiatives that support geoscience education in their areas.
  • When possible, attend COGE meetings.
  • Renew their wish to remain as COGE Commissioners every four years.

COGE members agree:

  • To support IUGS rules and statutes;
  • To promote international networking in geoscience education;
  • To support the geoethical promise found at: https://www.geoethics.org/geopromise;
  • To behave professionally and respectfully in all their activities and not become involved in discrimination, bullying, harassment or intimidation of any kind.
  • To adhere to the commission's terms of reference, ethos and goals, as well as practise interpersonal geoethical values (Peppoloni & Di Capua, 2021) such as honesty, integrity, conviction, transparency and respect for others.

NOMINATION PROCEDURE FOR COGE MEMBERSHIP

To apply to represent your country in COGE, you should read the nomination procedure (95KB pdf document) and fill out this form. After completing these steps, please email: contact_iugscoge@iugscoge.org with the subject: MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION and your documents attached.