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EuroGeoSurveys bridges science and policy through research and advice relevant to EU strategy, policy, and regulations. Our Expert Groups are actively engaged at European level in projects and advisory groups that directly contribute to European policy and key societal challenges.
EuroGeoSurveys bridges science and policy through research and advice relevant to EU strategy, policy, and regulations. Our Expert Groups are actively engaged at European level in projects and advisory groups that directly contribute to European policy and key societal challenges.
EuroGeoSurveys’ strategy and our path toward a sustainable Geological Service for Europe is aligned with the European Green Deal and will contribute to acceleration of the green transition. EGS strategy is also tied closely to the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan, the 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP), and international agreements including the Paris Agreement, the Rio Conventions, and the UN 2030 Agenda.
Through the Geological Service for Europe (GSEU) project, other projects and Expert Group activities, EuroGeoSurveys contributes to advisory on and implementation of:
- EU Floods Directive
- EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change
- European Partnership under Horizon Europe Agriculture of Data
- Including participation in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) High Level Working Group and engagement via Copernicus
- European Partnership under Horizon Europe Agriculture of Data
- Water Framework Directive
- Mine Waste Directive
- REACH Directive
- Farm to Fork Strategy
- Zero Pollution Action Plan
- EU’s chemicals strategy for sustainability towards a toxic-free environment
- EU soil strategy for 2030, including through representation on the Commission Expert Group on the implementation of the EU Soil Strategy
(including through SCRREEN2, MDNP2, and RASTOOL), the
- UN Framework Classification for Raw Materials and the UN Resource Management System,
- Strategic Implementation Plan for the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials,
- 2020 Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials,
- New Circular Economy Action Plan,
- Strategic Action Plan to develop a European value chain
- European Raw Materials Alliance,
- Mineral Security Partnership
- Mine Waste Directive
- Next Generation EU Recovery Plan,
- European industrial strategy,
- Including through representation on the High-level Working Group for Critical Raw Materials, the UNECE Expert Group on Resource Management – Raw Materials, Raw Materials Supply Group, the EIP High-Level Steering Group, and the Sherpa Group of the EIP on Raw Materials
(and all other Expert Groups), the
- Climate Adaptation Strategy,
- Water Framework Directive,
- EU Floods Directive,
- EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change
- Urban Waste Water Directive
- Including representation on the Working Group for Groundwater (WGGW), and the UNECE Expert Group on Resource Management – Groundwater Resources Working Group
and related projects including PanAfGeo2 and AfricaMaVal, EuroGeoSurveys contributes to the