The Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) is an intergovernmental organization whose mission is to facilitate and coordinate the implementation of applied geoscience programmes in East and Southeast Asia in order to contribute to economic development and the improvement of the quality of life in the region. To this end, CCOP promotes capacity building, technology transfer, exchange of information and institutional linkages for sustainable resource development, management of geo-information, geo-hazard mitigation and protection of the environment. CCOP has thirteen member countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. It is supported by fifteen cooperating countries namely Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States of America.