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Background sheet # 2
32nd INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
PARTNERS AND PROMOTERS
Background Sheet Number 1
The
organization of the 32nd International Geological Congress,
which will take place in Florence August 20-28, 2004 under the
aegis of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers
was made possible by the active contributions of a variety of
international and national bodies, scientific as well as educational.
The scientific sponsor of this worldwide event is the International
Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) with support from
the various countries which gave rise to an “ad hoc”
Mediterranean Consortium.
Founded
in 1961, the IUGS today is one of the major
non-governmental scientific organizations in the world. It aims
at the highest possible level of international cooperation in
behalf of studies of the Earth Sciences.
Among the principal, best-known scientific programs in which
it has played a leading role is the International Geoscience
Program (IGCP), launched and run in collaboration with UNESCO.
Other Key initiatives of IUGS are: the International Stratigraphic
Commission, the Commission for the Geological Applications for
the Environmental Planning, and many others, altogether involving
thousand of geologists throughout the world.
The
Mediterranean Consortium is a temporary association
of 31 countries (European, Asian and African) which border on
or near the Mediterranean and which are actively collaborating
with Italy through their own scientific associations, institutes,
universities and public administrations to ensure the efficient
organization of the 32nd International Geological Congress.
This Consortium too is particularly active on the international
front. The “TRANSMED” Project, which aims at providing
a more complete and up to date picture of the geological structure
of the Mediterranean, currently represents the Consortium’s
principal scientific program.
In
addition to these two promoters of the event the organization
of the 32nd International Geological Congress is backed by financial
support from the Italian Ministry of Education, University
and Research, the European Commission,
and, among other Italian institutions, the Civil Defense
Department, the National Research Council,
the Agency for the Protection of the Environment and
Technical Services, ENEA and ENI.
As the host nation, Italy has also mobilized a large number
of authorities, institutes, associations and public administrations
whose support has been precious for the organization of so complex
an event.
This list includes:
Istituto
Nazionale per la Geofisica e la Vulcanologia (INGV)
Servizio Geologico Nazionale (SGN)
Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
Federazione Italiana di Scienze della Terra (FIST)
Società Geologica Italiana (SGI)
Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (SIMP)
Società Paleontologica Italiana (SPI)
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale
(OGS)
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Regione Toscana
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Università degli Studi di Milano
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra (Università
di Firenze)
Press
Office Hill & Knowlton - Gaia
For information: Ph # +39 06 4416401 - +39 335 1309390
Alessia Calvanese, calvanesea@hkgaia.com, Irene Celli, cellii@hkgaia.com
www.32igc.com
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