Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer

Susanna Occhipinti (Vice-Chair) Elvaene James (General Secretary) The Commission for Geoscience Education, Training, and Technology Transfer, mostly known as the Commission on Geoscience Education (COGE), is a global organization operating under the International Union of Geological Sciences.

[2] The current structure of COGE comprises 23 members from 22 countries, including a governing Board, four sub-commissions, and five committees.

[2] The current board of the commission is formed by four members representing Asia (Elvaene James), Australia (Ian Clark), Europe (Susanna Occhipinti), and South America (Sandra Villacorta).

Today, the 22 countries represented in the commission are: Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, The Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Spain and USA.

[2] COGE works closely with International organisations like IGEO, EGU, Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Australasia (WOMEESA)[4] and locally, with the Geosciences center of the National University of Mexico (CGEO-UNAM).