MINDeSEA is the flagship project of GeoERA on seabed mineral deposits in the European Seas. The first Newsletter contains the following content: The MINDeSEA Project GeoERA Starts News and Events Download the MINDeSEA Newsletter...

The Commission has published its proposal for Horizon Europe, an ambitious €100 billion research and innovation programme that will succeed Horizon 2020. The proposal was made as part of the EU’s proposal for the next EU long-term budget, the multiannual financial framework (MFF). Various building blocks were taken into account including the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, the Lab-Fab-App report (informally the Lamy report), foresight studies and various other reports. Horizon Europe will incorporate policy missions to ensure the effectiveness of research and innovation funding by pursuing clearly defined targets. The Commission has engaged policy experts to develop studies, case studies and reports on how a mission-oriented policy approach will work. Read more about the next research and innovation framework programme.   ...

A Memorandum will be signed today, 26 April 2018 at Palais des Nations in Geneva, between EuroGeoSurveys and UNECE. This cooperation chiefly contributes in realizing a European Geological Knowledge Base for all resources. Download the press release...

“EU Raw Materials 2050: Roadmap to Success”  took place in Brussels on 17 April 2018. This Horizon2020 funded project brought together diverse stakeholders – including five European Technology Platforms (ETPs): Sustainable Minerals Resources, Forest, Construction, Sustainable Chemistry and Advanced Materials. The conference discussed the work of VERAM, its methodologies and its results including the launch of the “Research and Innovation Roadmap 2050: A Sustainable and Competitive Future for European Raw Materials”.  To learn more about the future of raw materials in Europe and the importance of the sector to European competitiveness, jobs and growth, as well as the need and capacity to innovate, we invite you to visit the VERAM Final Conference webpage. Images and presentations are also available. The full post-event report is available...

FORAM project just released his third newsletter! Find out more about: – the last World Resources Forum 2017 – the questionnaire for stakeholders – the global mapping of existing Raw Materials initiatives – the INTRAW and FORAM project round table during the last Raw Materials Week edition Click here to download the...

Based on the conclusions from the Central European (CE) National Geological Surveys (NGS) Directors’ meeting in Maribor, May 2017, the State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur initiated, hosted and organized on 22nd  and 23rd November 2017 in Bratislava the first workshop of experts from the CE NGSs of Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. This event was attended by Secretary General of the EuroGeoSurveys, Slavko Solar as well. The purpose of the workshop was to find out the real potential and fighting power of the mentioned geological surveys. In total 41 foreign and Slovak experts presented the actual state of affaires and exchanged their experiences within four working groups for geological mapping, raw materials, hydrogeology including geothermal energy and geohazards. The findings and facts will be the subject of analysis and elaboration of recommendations for future prospective cooperation in Central Europe.      ...