Igu international Geographical Union

Statement of Intent

My affiliation with a French-Language open higher-education institution strongly influences my vision of the accessibility to Geographic education. Consequently, should I be elected on the Executive of the IGU my work would be dedicated to the following five areas:

1. 
   Promote the democratisation of Geographic education by fostering the development of online Geography Programmes and creating more North-South university alliances.
   
2. 
   Encourage universities and colleges to use open-access geography textbooks and material so emerging and developing countries can work up courses at lesser cost while having a wider range of resources available to them.
   
3. 
   Discuss with publishers to offer more affordable prices and free access to their publications outside of Europe and North America.
   
4. 
   Use Geographic Education as a tool to make people aware of social and economic inequalities around the World.
   
5. 
   Facilitate research collaborations between Geography students and scholars, in particular those in the South.
   

In addition to this specific five-points agenda, I will work closely and collaboratively with the other executives to advance the objectives of the Union, as prescribed in the Statutes.

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