Bring together SDI key players and target users in the Thematic Network established as platform for communication and exchange between stakeholders involved in creation and use of SDI's
Promotion of high-level decisions and bottom-up technical discussion, and information exchange
Help GI stakeholders realise full potential of digital GI for content providers and users and increase awareness concerning importance of GI enrichment and SDI's for GI reuse
Allow integrated view of experts and foster creation of integrated guide lines, standards, and implementation of best practices
Establish communication mechanisms between European and local levels to maximize benefits INSPIRE, GMES and GALILEO and e-government programmes in order to establish more sustainable e-communities.
Develop solutions for multicultural and multilingual access, exploitation, use, and reuse of digitalGI content in Europe
Stimulate aggregation of existing national data sets of core GI into cross-border data sets
