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Sharing Cities (SHAR-LLM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Sharing Cities has four key objectives. 1) To achieve scale in the European smart cities market by proving that properly designed smart city solutions, based around common needs, can be integrated in complex urban environments. This will be done in a way that exhibits their true potential and allows for the significant scale-up and consequent increase in social, economic and environmental value. ...
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European Programme for Accelerating the Take up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs-Up)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

Through SUMPs-Up, an experienced consortium of public and private organisations, including four major city networks and seven frontrunner cities, skilled in coordinating major European SUMP projects will accelerate the take-up of SUMPs, where this is currently low, ensuring that SUMP is the primary mobility planning concept in Europe. To achieve this, the project will combine comprehensive SUMP re ...
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New tOols for Design and OpEration of Urban Transport InterchangeS (NODES)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

...f transport and non-transport related services, it will also improve the functioning of the city in a global economy, as well as favour a greater use of environmentally friendly modes, and especially public transport.In order to support European cities in the design and operation of new or upgraded interchanges, NODES will produce Guidelines and a Toolbox on five topics which cover the key functio ...
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Efficient Carbon-reduction and Optimisation of Logistic Operations Generated via Innovative Services. Training and ICT using Cooperative Standards (ECOLOGISTICS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2015,

Ecologistics aims at raising awareness and opportunities for companies to optimize their freight operations by using standardized collaborative ICT tools. The tools developed by Ecologistics will enable an improved data exchange between the actors from different levels of Supply Chain. Currently. large companies and SMEs are not operating at the same information level: SMEs have little time an ...
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Strenghtening the development of sustainable connectivity in NWE for freight and logistics with the support of ICT innovative solutions (WEASTFLOWS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The project aims to increase sustainable freight transport. relieve congestion at key bottlenecks. remove technical barriers to modal shift and using ICT to make better use of existing infrastructure capacity in NWE. including by changing private sector behaviour. NWE manufacturing is increasingly outsourced and far eastern markets for NWE products are growing rapidly. The project treats log ...
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Involving the private sector in Mobility Management (INVOLVE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

... transport is a high priority for the EC in order to reduce pollution and increase Quality of Life. Car-user rates can be reduced by MOBILITY MANAGEMENT POLICIES. But these can only be delivered by public authorities with ACTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION of the private sector eg employers and managers of large sites that attract a lot of people (employment, retail, sport). Good practices have been de ...
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Decarbonated Airport Regions (D-AIR)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...nsport linked to it.D-AIR largely contributes to converting airports into ecological sustainable transport hubs. It deals with 2 main elements of airport operations that can fall in the competence of public authorities and public bodies: surface accessibility to airport zones and CO2 neutrality of airport operator activities, respectively, the 2 main project sub-themes. The projectpays special att ...
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Improving the goods circulation between the Middle East and the EU by networking and adopting shared procedures and technologies (CUSTOM MED)

Start date: Apr 11, 2012, End date: Oct 11, 2014,

The intensification of trade in the Mediterranean area has been identified as a top priority under the European Neighbourhood Policy. In particular, the Action Plans for Lebanon and Jordan stress on the importance of improving the export potential of both countries by further liberalising trade in goods and simplifying customs legislation and procedures. Taking into account these objectives, CUSTO ...
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Convention for waste management for inland navigation on the Danube  (CO-WANDA)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The river Danube is more than a pure river, it is the artery of Europe´s heart, a waterway that connects countries, regions, communities and people. Its protection for today and its preservation for tomorrow is a responsibility of each and every person living or working in the catchment area. Stakeholders of the inland navigation sector, one of the main users of the Danube waterway, are aware of t ...
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Adriatic - Danube - Black Sea multimodal platform (ADB multiplatform)

Start date: Mar 31, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The idea of the project is to develop and promote environmentally friendly, multimodal transport solutions from the ports in the SEE programme area (Black Sea, Aegean, Adriatic) to inland countries and regions along a selected pilot transnational network. This will be done by developing and establishing a "multimodal transport development platform", which integrates different regions and stakehold ...
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Upgrading of Inland Waterway and Sea Ports (INWAPO)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

The central Europe area disposes of extensive inland waterways which in all cases underperform in terms of utilisation of their capacities for freight transport and the transport performance of these waterways is usually very low. Major reason for the unsatisfactory role inland navigation plays in coping with the ever growing freight volumes in central Europe is the lack of functional integration ...
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Green Intermodal Freight Transport (GIFT)

Start date: Feb 29, 2012, End date: Aug 30, 2014,

The main aim of the current project is to map, analyze, and evaluate the status of the transport sector in the GIFT transport network and propose new policies and strategies in infrastructure, processes, assets, ICT, legislation, norms and harmonization/ standardization issues, in order to promote innovative green intermodal freight transport corridors. GIFT project will drill down in three Pan-Eu ...
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European model for Public Transport Authority as a key factor leading to transport sustainability. (EPTA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...ernments to coordinate competences among different stakeholders at different levels within a clear and proper policy framework. In order to increase transport sustainability, with specific actions on public transport, different approaches were already adopted, among which the establishment of specific authorities. These authorities (Public Transport Authorities–PTAs or Organising Authorities–OAs) ...
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External Costs of Transport and Land Equalisation (ECOTALE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2014,

...ir ability to reach improvements of the sustainability of the transport systems over the time.To foster the planning and investment approach to transport internalization (i.e. reallocation of public resources in the context of spatial planning, infrastructural decisions and modal policies) it is felt necessary to let available to Regions and Cities a knowledge base created from real experiences an ...
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Rivers and fish - our common interest

Start date: Mar 21, 2011, End date: Mar 20, 2014,

...stainable nature tourism and use of the natural resources in the Programme area by concurrently taking into account the needs of protection and economic utilisation. To disseminate information to the public, authorities and other stakeholders on the importance of biodiversity, good ecological condition of the environment and sustainable use of natural resources in the Programme area.
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Attractive Urban Public Transport for Accessible Cities (ATTAC)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

... affect the environment. A major reason of congestion in ATTAC areas is the ever growing use of private cars. The reduction of car use and the shift to sustainable transp. modes would be crucial, but public transport(PT) is often perceived by customers as uncomfortable and rigid. That is the reason why the ATTAC consortium (local/regional PT authorities, service providers, policy makers & networks ...
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Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

...enter. The project has in total of 21 partners from 6 BSR countries. Target groups of the RBGC are City and regional authorities, Transport service providers, Logistics centers, Intermodal terminals, Public transport authorities, Universities and other research centers. RBGC's partner composition is based on the wide range of different organizations involved with the realization of the connection ...
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Removing barriers to regional rail transport (INTER-Regio-Rail)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

... All over Europe, 196 authorities are organizing and financing regional passenger rail transport services. The authorities are all facing the same challenges: To make the most of their scarce public budget and to organise the best possible service for passengers, taking into account increasing intermodal competition and social and demographical changes. INTER-Regio-Rail has helped them in ...
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Intermodal cross-border passenger transport solutions supporting regional integration of interface regions in SBA (INTERFACE)

Start date: Apr 26, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...intermodal (passenger) info systems/communication tools, testing new shuttle services & preparing feasibility studies for infrastructure investments.Finally improved connections will be spread to the public by developing & testing intermodal combi-tickets, connected with target group-oriented offers & accomplishing advertisement campaigns & awareness conferences.Expected results are:Enhanced numbe ...
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Maritime Transport Cluster (MTC)

Start date: Jun 9, 2011, End date: Dec 9, 2012,

...rt related NSRP projects. MTC will identify synergies between NSRP project results and consolidate these into overall programme outcomes on transport. The results will be discussed with the business, public sector & research actors and matched with industry and research trends. Afterwards outcomes will be connected to policy developments with a focus on future transport and cohesion policy. ...
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Capitalising on Partner Initiatives in Mobility Management Services (PIMMS CAPITAL)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Nov 29, 2012,

Throughout the EU, increased reliance on the car has resulted in high levels of congestion and more pollution, leading to economic, environmental and health problems for our regions and cities. ERDF investment in infrastructure could accelerate this trend if parallel alternative measures are not introduced at the same time. Mobility Management aims to reduce reliance on the car by encouraging tra ...
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East West Transport Corriodor II - a green corridor concept within the Northern Transport Axis approach (EWTC II)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Sep 8, 2012,

The EWTC II project started in 2009 and was a follow up of the EWTC project completed in 2007, with the overall aim to highlight the development of a ”Green Corridor Concept” as a best practise case in the European context. Green transport corridors are defined as a concentration of freight traffic between major hubs and by relatively long distances where short sea shipping, rail, inland waterways ...
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Carbon Responsible Transport Strategies for the North Sea Region (CARE-North)

Start date: Jul 31, 2009, End date: Aug 30, 2012,

...ssion with Wuppertal InstituteNEHLSEN results overview on Diesel-Hybrid waste vehicle testDocherty report: delivering lower carbon urban transport choicesRGU COBRA report on Public engagement and participation in sustainable transport issuesCARE-North brochureCarbon methodology developed by RGU for Aberdeen City CouncilBackwell report on public sector readiness and public engagement in carbon resp ...
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ROADEX Network Implementing Accessibility 4.1 (ROADEX IV)

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

...greement to carry out integrated road surveys on identified 2011 maintenance roadwork sections in January/February 2011; GPR & FWD road surveys carried out on identified sections of the N56 and N59 public roads; Interpretation of survey data underway; Workshop to be held in Carrick-on-Shannon, 27 October 2011; Report on ROADEX in Ireland being prepared. D6 Health and Vibration. Johan Granlund of ...
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AlpCheck 2 - "Alpine Mobility Check - Step 2" (AlpCheck 2)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

...oots into the road traced by the strategic call of the previous programming period and its project, AlpCheck 2 aims at creating a road transport model covering the whole Alpine area that supports the public decision makers by providing free on line access to a vast set of traffic data: actual data and simulated data concerning a set of future scenarios will be interactively accessible. Environment ...
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WAste management for inland Navigation on the DAnube (WANDA)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The river Danube is a unique ecosystem with a high biodiversity, an important water reservoir and an international waterway with high potential for inland navigation being promoted by the EUs transport policy (NAIADES). The transport volumes in the Danube Corridor are expected to increase significantly. Due to significant differences and missing coordination in current practice of ship waste manag ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBORDER CORRIDOR PORTS (ECOPORT8)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The increase in SEE shipping traffic has raised critical issues concerning the environmental quality of coasts and sea water, above all due to the lack of shared environmental policy. ECOPORT 8 aims to improve the quality of ports, placing the prevention of pollution and preservation of natural resources in port areas and nearby coastal zones as pivotal to the maritime system. The project is to ca ...
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SMART Container Chain Management (SMARTCM)

Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

SMART_CM aims to do advanced technology implementation and research in order to overhaul the complete container door-to-door transport chain so that it is more efficient, secure, market driven, and competitive. It systematically analyses current processes and systems, produces new innovative concepts for processes and technologies, and demonstrates all these in a set of 2 world scale Demonstrators ...
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TRansferring Actions iN Sustainable mobility For European Regions (PIMMS TRANSFER)

Start date: Oct 31, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

...a programme of mentoring, focus on a revised definition of domains, review and extend the database of best practice, continue the successful programme of regional dissemination (conferences, websites publications) DEEPEN: EU-wide analysis of best practice in Sustainable Urban Transport Planning; a Schools Challenge (action to reduce car-to-school on a comparative basis); a multi-media best practic ...
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Flexible Transport Services and ICT platform for Eco-Mobility in urban and rural European areas (FLIPPER)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

Throughout Europe the challenge of providing a cost effective integrated public transport system is seen as an essential prerequisite to reducing pollution and congestion whilst encouraging sustainable economic growth.The traditional fixed route services is ideal for clustered travel demand areas but the changing of habitation patterns and nature of work activities in today’s society have created ...
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CIVITAS transfer action leading to innovation & sustainable transport (CIVITAS CATALIST)

Start date: Aug 1, 2007, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

The objective of CIVITAS CATALIST is to ensure that the experiences of the CIVITAS Initiative are exploited up to a maximum level. This means deploying actions aiming to:- consolidate, validate and deepen the knowledge of the wider impacts of CIVITAS through an integrated assessment of the CIVITAS measures;- promote the results of CIVITAS through a continuing knowledge transfer process;- increase ...
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Capital regions integrating collective transport for increased energy efficiency (CAPRICE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2011,

CAPRICE - Capital regions integrating collective transport for increased energy efficiencycomprises a network of actors from European Capital regions who are responsible for public transport.CAPRICE will contribute to reach the goals of the Gothenburg agenda by- increasing efficiency of public transport services in regions,- implementing policies to stimulate the accelerated introduction of 'clean ...
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Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones (COMCOAST)

Start date: Feb 26, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...?• Which costs and benefits are to distinguish and how to deal with socio-economic issues?• Which technical aspects appear and how can they be solved?• How to involve stakeholders and general public in developing this new approach? Achievements: The project addressed th ...
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Regional Collaboration for Minimising Pesticide Emissions in the Environment (CleanRegion)

Start date: Jan 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...utes are strongly involved in the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) and have a long and extensive expertise on non-chemical methods of weed control.By linking these research institutions with the public authorities, CleanRegion supports the involved municipalities and cities in (1) developing alternative strategies for weed control, (2) developing improved policies on pesticide use and, (3) im ...
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Connected Cities (CC)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...sure facilities today than in the past. Despite bringing benefits, this huge increase in mobility has led to traffic congestion and pollution, holding back efforts to achieve sustainable development. Public transport can form the basis of more sustainable approaches to mobility. However, the mismatch between older public transport networks and much more modern patterns of city development make tra ...
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Baltic Gateway PLUS: Implementation plan for realizing the Baltic Gateway Quick Start Programme (Baltic Gateway+)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...rogramme where the most prioritised transport projects for the South Baltic Sea area was pointed out.The combination of emerging and risky markets and hard competition for investment resources in the public sector is a major challenge. Thus, the Baltic Gateway PLUS-project had a threefold approach - improved knowledge of alternative ways to fund and implement infrastructure investments (WP2), bett ...
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East-West Transnational Transport Corridor in the S-BSR (EAST-WEST)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

... Knowledge developmentOne of the aims has been to establish a framework for co-operation between different kinds of actors. Therefore, the partnership consists of organizations from both public and private sectors. IKEA, Karlshamns AB, Railog, Smelte and LISCO are some of the enterprises involved. Ports and universities are other important partners as well as local, regional and national authoriti ...
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SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN THE BARENTS REGION - PHASE II (STBR II)

Start date: Jan 10, 2006, End date: Dec 29, 2007,

The objective of the STBR process is to develop a transport strategy for the whole of Barents Region jointly, and as an outcome propose and prepare concrete measures, which in due time can be included in national investment programs of each country. The strategy will rest on the realisation that the transport authorities of all countries need to see the Barents Region as a common transport area an ...
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Mobility Culture in the Baltic Sea Area -MoCuBa- (MoCuBa)

Start date: Dec 9, 2005, End date: Dec 8, 2007,

...cal papers address the behavioural aspects of modal choice in the analysis as a need for further actions. There are many emotional aspects to be considered - also to strengthen walking, cycling and Public Transport. Car-Sharing is very successfully developed as a key supplement to Public Transport in Germany, etc. – still difficult to transfer due to rather emotional barriers and lack of informati ...
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LAnners NETwork for CENtral and South East Europe (PLANET CENSE)

Start date: Oct 31, 2003, End date: Feb 17, 2007,

PLANET CENSE is a network of national spatial planning institutions and experts established as a consequence of the VISION PLANET project. It aims at pursuing and developing further the policy options laid down in the VISION PLANET project documents. The network will foster spatial integration and a cross-sector dialogue with: - The European Spatial Planning Gateway (ESP GATEWAY): an expert dialog ...
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