Committees

The administrative activities of the Union are carried out through committees, established by the Council as necessary. EGU has presently eight committees that report to the Council.

• Coordinates EGU medal committees and proposes medal recipients to the Council
• Chair: Özgür Karatekin (awards-medals@egu.eu)
• Members: the EGU Executive Board

• Coordinates the EGU activities related to secondary and tertiary education
• Chair: Chris King (education@egu.eu)
• Members: Annegret Schwarz, Carlo Laj, Francesca Cifelli, Francesca Funiciello, Friedrich Barnikel, Gordon Curry, Herbert Summesberger, Hélder Pereira, Jean Luc Berenguer, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Phil Smith, Stephen Macko, Teresita Gravina, the Head of Media, Communications and Outreach, the Outreach and Topical Events Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board

• Coordinates EGU finances and proposes budget to the Council
• Chair: Patric Jacobs (treasurer@egu.eu)
• Members: the EGU Executive Board

• Oversees the various nomination processes related to EGU elections and awards and medals
• Consists of the president and vice-president

• Coordinates outreach activities as stipulated by By-laws 1.5 and 1.6
• Chair: Mioara Mandea (outreach@egu.eu)
• Members: Anne Burlet-Parendel, Claudia Alves de Jesus Rydin, Giuliana Panieri, Hazel Gibson, Helen M. Glaves, Martin Archer, Mathew Stiller-Reeve, Miguel Gomez-Heras, the Head of Media, Communications and Outreach, the Communications Officer, the Policy Officer, the Union-level ECS representative, the Topical Events and Education Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board

• Coordinates the scientific programme of the annual General Assembly including travel support
• Chair: Susanne Buiter (programme-committee@egu.eu)
• Members: one member representing each Programme Group as appointed by the Council, Programme Committee officers, the EGU Executive Board, and the meeting organisers – see also the Programme Committee page of the General Assembly

• Coordinates the EGU journals and other publications
• Chair: Hubert H.G. Savenije (publications@egu.eu)
• Members: one member representing each EGU journal (usually chief/executive editors), the EGU Executive Board, and the publisher as ex-officio member

• Coordinates activities related to topical meetings, conference series, workshops and training schools
• Chair: Jürg Schweizer (topical-events@egu.eu)
• Members: Annica Ekman, Claudio Rosenberg, Daniel Parsons, Giorgio Boni, Margit Haberreiter, Olga Malandraki, Peter van der Beek, the Outreach and Education Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board