Overview
This sub-programme follows a first coordinated activity targeted on modal transportation planning, management and control that founded the knowledge and the organization of the Italian Research teams at International levels, in particular in the fields of air traffic control, public transport, intermodal freight transport, and coastal transport.
Main objectives concerned:
- to give support to central and local public administrations,
- to design innovations at organisational, technical and systems levels,
- to consolidate and improve the expertise of researchers in the field
- to monitor the state of international and national research in the area
- to improve the synergy with European and International research programmes
- to promote a training programme for young researchers
- to involve also SME companies in the projects
- to diffuse and transfer results of the projects.
The Sub-programme SP3 was managed by an ad hoc structure coordinated by a Direction team, supervised by a Scientific Committee and a Users Council.
The planned activities are strictly related to the national transport policy and coordinated actions were carried out together with the highway management companies and airport management companies.
Funding
The total budget of the sub-programme was about EUR 29 million, subdivided into the different years.
The industrial funds (about 50% for each industrial project) amounted to about EUR 19 million.
The industrial contracts were managed by the Direction team and results evaluated by appointed experts.