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Agreement on Cooperation between IAEG and the IAPG

The IAEG - International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment and the IAPG have signed an Agreement on Collaboration on 25 March 2016. The aim of the agreement is to promote a co-ordinated policy for promoting initiatives and events discussing the ethical, social and cultural implications of engineering geology and favouring the adoption of ethical standards in the research and practice of geoscience community in order to better serving the Society.
The agreement expresses a mutual desire to co-operate on a range of themes in the field of Geoethics, in particular, the following issues:

• promotion of principles of geoethics, research integrity and professional deontology in engineering geology activities among their networks;
• definition of ethical problems, also through case-studies, affecting geoscience community and organizations;
• co-organization of scientific events to disseminate concepts of geoethics, among both the professional and research communities, with particular attention to young engineering geologists;
• production of relevant publications;
• identification of possibilities to apply for the development of common projects on geoethics, research integrity and professional deontology.

The IAEG (http://www.iaeg.info/) was founded in 1964 and is affiliated to the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). IAEG is a worldwide scientific society with more than 5,200 members and 59 national groups. The official languages of the IAEG are English and French. The aims of the IAEG are 1) to promote and encourage the advancement of Engineering Geology through technological activities and research, 2) to improve teaching and training in Engineering Geology, and 3) to collect, evaluate and disseminate the results of engineering geological activities on a worldwide basis.


Read more about IAPG affiliations and agreements at:http://www.geoethics.org/affiliations.html