The major event INSPIRE Conference was held in Barcelona on the 26th-30th September 2016. Introduced by Mr de Groof (European Commission DG for Environment), EuroGeoSurveys Secretary General Mr Luca Demicheli gave a remarkable talk on the European Geological Surveys contribution to INSPIRE, from One-Geology Europe to EGDI. “EGDI now is a reality in a new portal, where there is already a prototype perfectly functioning” “You can have access through a very simple system to information provided by the National Geological Surveys, all harmonized, INSPIRE-compliant, etc. It’s a fantastic tool” “We can state that now for the first time there is a home for pan-european geological datasets and services from past and ongoing projects. That will stay there forever, as we will maintain it” The INSPIRE Directive aims to create a European Union spatial data infrastructure for the purposes of EU environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment....

EuroGeoSurveys Secretary General Mr Luca Demicheli attended the INTRAW Project Workshop in Cornwall (UK) from 5 to 7 October 2016, as part of the high-level Panel of Experts on international Raw materials cooperation. The panel of Experts provides the project consortium with suggestions on how to enhance the European Union’s International Observatory for Raw Materials that will be launched by the end of the project’s lifetime. The INTRAW (International Raw Materials Observatory) Project is coordinated by the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) and brings together an international consortium of 15 partners from 9 European countries, Australia, South Africa and the USA. [To know more about INTRAW and the Workshop outcomes read the full press release...