The 72nd EFG Council meeting was held in Brussles, on 19 and 20 November 2016. During the meeting two Board members were elected.

Vitor Correia was re-elected as EFG President.

Marko Komac  has been elected to the position of External Relations Officer. Marko is currently an independent consultant and researcher, an occasional lecturer at two Slovenian universities as the associated professor and an ardent sportsman. He has been involved in several international organisations in the past, more precisely from 2006 on and during that time he has gained excellent networking, facilitating and diplomatic skills, excellent managing and organisational skills in the field of research institutions and teams (also at the international level). In the period 2006 – 2014 he was a director of the Geological Survey of Slovenia and from 2013 to 2016 he was a Managing Director of OneGeology Consortium. In the years 2011 and 2012 he was the EuroGeoSurveys President and in the period of 2012 to 2016 was the Vice-President of the IUGS. From 2015 on he is also the officially appointed delegate of the Slovenian Geological Society (SGD) at EFG. Marko holds a PhD in geology and is specialized in GIS application in geological sciences, spatial analyses, remote sensing, satellite imagery and graphical analysis, geohazard analysis and assessment, landslide susceptibility analysis, and spatial modelling. He speaks Slovenian, English, less advanced French, Croatian, Serbian, and has just started to learn Russian.

EFG is also glad to welcome a new full member, the Bulgarian Geological Society (BGS). BGS was founded in 1925 and presently headquartered in Sofia. The BGS mission is contributing to the geological knowledge and the active protection of geological heritage of Bulgaria, promoting the achievements of the BGS’ members and the national geology, advancing cooperation with similar organizations in Bulgaria and abroad, supporting the development of geological education and raising the qualification of workers in the field of earth sciences and geological practice, taking care for raising the prestige of the geological profession and protection of the interests of Bulgarian geologists and to be the public corrective of state policy in the field of geology. EFG now counts 25 national membership associations in 26 European countries.

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EFG President Vitor Correia with Bulgarian colleague,  Lubomir Metodiev (BGS)