The following paper outlines the experience of the Faculty of Mining and Geo-engineering obtained while participating in several projects in cooperation with partners from EU member states, together with the results of the cooperation. The projects were concerned with geological and mining activity, the revitalisation of post-industrial sites and waste management. The largest portion was devoted to the project conducted under the Interreg III C initiative, namely the European Network of Mining Regions (ENMR). The purpose of this project, the enhancing of the mining sector through the creation of a network of mining regions, was evident in the article. Mining has been shown as the core link in the technological chain, providing resources vital to the development of both heavy industry and the most modern technologies, including information technology and nanotechnology which are currently so fashionable. Attention was given to the dissemination of best practice in solving technical and socio-economic problems in particular regions. The role of Poland as a strong mining state in Europe, providing positive experience to the common mineral policy, was emphasised. At present, a significant problem in many industrial regions of Europe is the change brought about by extraction and processing activities. The scale of the changes, and the problems left over from the abandonment of mines in the past, as well as the complexity of the process of revitalisation and the problems connected with it, represent some of the most difficult challenges encountered in recent years. The re-inclusion of post-mining areas in the structure of cities and villages is critical for changing the image of mining. In the delivery of the extremely difficult process of regeneration, Poland has the advantage of being able to observe its EU partners in progress and of being able to demonstrate a number of excellent solutions. The subject and the way of creating the road map were the result of cooperation between 20 partners from 10 European countries within ENMR. They attempted to define the most important factors determining them development possibilities of broadly defined European mining in the face of economic and environmental changes in the world.