In November EFG signed cooperation agreements with both the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) and the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA).
The signing organisations recognise that their objectives with respect to the professional practice of the geological sciences are similar and further recognise the importance of cooperation as the practice of the geological sciences transcends international borders.
The commitments are as follows:
1. Recognise one another and each organisation’s status with respect to the geosciences professions in their respective jurisdictions.
2. Extend to one another a standing invitation for a representative of the other organisation to attend all meetings, including those of any committee or subcommittee, at no registration cost.
3. Cooperate in developing a mechanism for the mutual recognition of standards between their continents.
4. Cooperate in the development and maintenance of beneficial liaisons with equivalent national organisations in other countries involved in the registration of professional geoscientists and the regulation of the practice of geoscience.
5. This agreement does not prohibit either organisation from pursuing other cooperative agreements with other geoscience organisations.
