Mission
Mission
Similarly to the surveys operating in Western Europe, the Survey aims at satisfying both governmental and public demands to:
– fulfil legal duties in the field of expert authority, mineral resource assessment and geoscience information service as a part of the state and regional administration process;
– run core research projects that are considered important by the government agencies, using the brain capacity, equipment and data processing background of the Institutes;
– provide client services on the basis of the Institutes’ competencies, matching the particular geological structure of this country;
– reinforce its adequate role as a public entity of the administration in the geoscience sector, disseminating the due information for the expert audience and for the general public;
– pave the way of the national geoscience when returning to the European Community, working on duties while Hungary is on preparation for membership of the European Union.
Some of the activities are managed as long-term public service duties, defined by law, due heritage, or adequate necessity. Apart from the authority and information-management objectives, running of libraries (National Library of Geology, Geophysical Library), collections (Geological Museum, Eötvös Collection, Core Sample Archives), reference networks (e.g. Gravity Network, Well-logging Metrologic Station) and observatories (Tihany and Mátyáshegy) is in this line.
Relatively short-term activity of research and prospecting are performed in a project system with defined objectives and sources, utilising grants and other sources as well.
