Presentations at meetings introducing the work of EUROGEO with the specific example of the Tell Your Story Project

1. Karl Donert, President EUROGEO,
Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
Director: Innovative Learning Network
eurogeomaail@yahoo.co.uk
Introduction to EUROGEO

2. EUROGEO Aims
Advance the status of geography:
• organise events / activities for members
• produce publications
• support geographers
• identify and promote good practise
• research, give advice on geography
• lobby at European and national level
• make recommendations on policies

3. EUROGEO
• Legally based in Belgium (Flanders)
• International NGO – established 1979
• Participatory status at Council of Europe
• Consultative status at the United Nations
• Position to influence in Europe / beyond
• Aim to protect geography and promote
the work of geographers

4. • EUROGEO at the Council of Europe (since 1983)
• Culture, Education, Environment, Economy
– Lobbying in the Parliamentary Assembly
– Responding to statements and policy
• Human rights, Democracy
Engaged in policy

5. Council of Europe

7. EUROGEO in Policy
(Parliamentary Assembly)

8. EUROGEO in the policy
arena

9. EUROGEO in the Policy
arena (SDGs)

10. EUROGEO in the policy
arena (UN)

12. Springer Book Series

13. http://www.geocapabilities.org
European Journal of Geography
http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu
“A fine journal with
excellent and widely cited
papers on European
geography”
SCOPUS Evaluation
Team (2014)
Translating the
work of geo-
scientists into
the policy arena

14. http://www.geocapabilities.org
Monthly e-
newsletter
News &
updates
Jobs, grants
Social media http://www.eurogeography.eu

15. EUROGEO projects
GeoCapabilities: teachers as curriculum
leaders
GI-Learner: learning lines in GIS
School on the Cloud: impact of the
Cloud in education
SeaChange: Ocean Literacy
SMILE: sustainable transport and the
very young
YouthMetre: young people and policy

16. http://www.geocapabilities.org16

17. http://www.geocapabilities.org
Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/

18. http://www.geocapabilities.org
Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/

19. http://www.geocapabilities.org
Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/

20. http://www.geocapabilities.org
Example Storymap
Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/

21. http://www.geocapabilities.org
Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/

22. Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/

23. Tell Your Story Project
http://tellyourstorymap.eu/
Valuable project which demonstrates:
• Early school leaving remains a problem in
European countries
• Storymapping works as a way to
understand the barriers
• Use of geo-tools and technologies very
valuable – mapping concepts should be
extended

24. Conferences 2019
14-15 March 2019: Paris, France
Theme: ”Teaching in challenging times”
1-3 September 2019: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Theme: ”Hidden Geographies”
http://www.eurogeography.eu

25. Follow EUROGEO on Social Media
Twitter @eurogeography
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2267015
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/
194359357259031/

26. Karl Donert, Consultant
President EUROGEO
kdonert@yahoo.com
@karldonert