With 70 in-person participants and more than 100 connected online, the kick-off meeting marked the beginning of the five-year project that will provide valuable new datasets, knowledge and user-oriented tools on critical raw materials, geoenergy, groundwater resources, coastal erosion and offshore wind farms, basic geological information and supporting information infrastructure - the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI). The overarching goal of the GSEU project is to lead EuroGeoSurveys toward a sustainable Geological Service for Europe.