University of Miskolc, the largest higher education institution and a scientific centre in Northern Hungary looks back to a history of more than 280 years.

University of Szeged is a Hungarian state owned university dedicated to higher education and state of the art R&D.

EFG is a not-for-profit professional geoscience organisation focused on the promotion of excellence in the application of geology and in raising public awareness of the importance of geosciences for society.

BGS is UK’s leading body to advance the understanding of the structure, properties and processes of the solid Earth system through interdisciplinary surveys, monitoring and research.

LNEG is a national R&D institution oriented to meet the needs of society and business, within a sustainability frame through the generation of energetic and geological knowledge of Portugal.

MinPol is an internationally operating network consisting of experts for every related branch in the field of minerals policy.

Geological Institute of Romania, as national geological survey, elaborates the national geological, hydro-geological, geophysical, geothermal and metallogenetic maps at various scales.

KU Leuven is the largest Dutch-speaking university in Belgium, founded in 1425 and considered the oldest Catholic university still in existence.