Working Groups
VWA members work together on the topics shaping European Virtual Worlds. Find a group to contribute to, or bring a new topic to the community.
Active Working Groups
Cultural Heritage in Virtual Worlds
Exploring how cultural heritage can be represented, preserved and experienced in Virtual Worlds.
View Working GroupGreen Building
Simplifying 3D building capture and virtual tours to accelerate affordable, sustainable renovation and improve construction collaboration.
View Working GroupAI Avatars in Virtual Worlds
Advancing interoperable, trustworthy AI avatars through shared architectures, standards contributions and sovereign deployment frameworks.
View Working GroupVirtual Worlds Standardisation and Interoperability
Mapping virtual-world standards and European priorities to strengthen interoperability, expert participation and transfer into standardisation processes.
View Working GroupEthical and Inclusive Virtual Worlds
Translating human rights, ethics, safety and inclusion into practical requirements for accessible, human-centric virtual worlds.
View Working GroupLearning, Training and Skills in Virtual Worlds
Advancing responsible XR and virtual-world learning, training and skills across education, workplaces and lifelong learning.
View Working GroupWhat is a Working Group?
A focused collaboration between VWA members, built around a shared topic, a roadmap and practical outcomes.
Why take part?
Connect
Build relationships across the European ecosystem, exchange expertise and find opportunities to collaborate.
Shape
Contribute to strategic priorities, policy, the SRIA and standardisation through shared expertise.
Share
Increase your visibility through workshops, showcases and dissemination across the wider ecosystem.
Start a Working Group
Bring a new topic to the community. Follow these steps to propose a Working Group.
Build initial interest
Bring together 3–5 initial VWA members around a shared topic.
Prepare your proposal
Define the scope, objectives, roadmap and expected outputs.
Board review
The Board considers relevance, feasibility and community value.
Frequently asked questions
Working Groups bring VWA members together around shared interests. Open a group’s page and choose “Join this Working Group” to tell us about your organisation and the expertise you would like to contribute.
Not a VWA member yet? Find out about membership.Each group has a Chair, a Co-Chair, active members and a Board liaison or observer. A kick-off meeting, regular meetings, a shared workspace and a defined roadmap give the collaboration a practical structure.
Each group defines outputs that fit its scope and objectives. These can include contributions to SRIA updates, white papers and position papers, policy recommendations, industry guidelines and best practices, workshops and showcases, matchmaking activities, standardisation contributions, educational or dissemination materials, demonstrators or pilots, and inputs to EU consultations or calls.
Groups can discuss upcoming calls, connect interested members and organise matchmaking or brokerage activities. Consortium creation, proposal preparation and competitive proposal development remain outside the Association's formal scope and are managed independently by participating organisations.
The Board reviews the proposal and may approve it, merge it with an existing Working Group, or reject it with feedback. The proposal page explains what to prepare and how proposals are assessed.
Prepare a proposalGroups are reviewed periodically against activity, participation, progress on deliverables and ecosystem impact. Inactive groups may be discontinued. For urgent strategic topics, VWA may create a temporary group through a lightweight fast-track process.
Have a question?
Contact the Secretariat