The European Mission Soil Week is designated to become an annual gathering for the European soil community. It brings together a mosaic of individuals, from researchers to business leaders, from politicians to farmers, from land managers to landowners, foresters, and the general public. The first edition was organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) in collaboration with the Joint Research Centre - EU Soil Observatory (EUSO), together with the EU funded project PREPSOIL, and hosted by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) under the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU.