> Could the national user groups be members of the European user group? I don't see why not, as long as a national user group is also a juridical person it should not be an issue.
That could actually be a good kick start if some europeans user group are willing to become members of this potential new user group Regards, Valentin Le jeu. 15 janv. 2026 à 08:32, Karl Magnus Jönsson < [email protected]> a écrit : > Hi all > > Good idea. Among your points below, I also see other EU directives to > follow and work with such as security. But I somehow fear that it could be > difficult to gather engagement for such an organization. Hopefully, I am > wrong. Could the national user groups be members of the European user > group? > > > > Kind regards > > > > *Karl-Magnus Jönsson* > > > > *Från:* QGIS-User <[email protected]> *För *Valentin > Buira via QGIS-User > *Skickat:* den 13 januari 2026 20:33 > *Till:* [email protected] > *Ämne:* [Qgis-user] The case for a Europe user group ? > > > > Hi all > > > Sorry for hijacking this global mailing list for a local user group topic > (even though I seek the experience from outside Europe as well) > > > As the title of this email suggests, I would like to discuss the case for > a new QGIS Europe user group. Is there any interest ? Would it be relevant ? > > To me given our specificities, I would argue the response to these > questions is yes > > > In random order a mix of rationales and potential goals for a > European user group: > > > * Provides a representation for European countries that do not have a user > group representation. At the moment only 12 out of 27 EU members have a > QGIS user group, and if we get a broader definition of Europe [1]including > candidates to the EU, non EFTA members, and former member we get 19 out of > 41 have one [1] . > * I know it sounds dreadful but the INSPIRE directive should make studies > that use the INSPIRE data interpolate to any other countries. > * Mutualize plugin that only vary by language and translate them to other > european languages, for example "Spanish Inspire Catastral Downloader" > and "Italy Inspire Cadastre Downloader" > * Lobbying (in a good way) for more open data across the EU (cf > https://data.europa.eu/en/open-data-maturity/2025 ) > * Sovereignty, QGIS is the archetype of the geocommon. It belongs to > everyone, for free, forever. QGIS is not rooted into any countries, and is > not subject to any kill switches neither technical nor political. > * QGIS it's free to use but not to develop, mutualize funding QGIS feature > that benefits users of this potential future user group. > * Apply for EU funds [2], if someone has any experience with it, it would > be very welcome. > > Side note : I would advocate to call it Europe user group and not EU user > group because I feel like Ukraine and other candidate countries to join EU > should definitely be included as the Bruxelles effect make their GIS data > converge before even joining the EU > > > Regards, and in hope to see this happening. > Valentin Buira > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N_727UP3XSEtGnH5SprPs76HPc8XOe0PrZ3purp7KbA/edit?usp=sharing > [2] > https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/mobile-eufame > > >
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