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ADVANCEFUEL ADVANCEFUEL is facilitating the market roll-out of advanced liquid biofuels and other liquid renewable fuels (RESfuels) in the transportation sector between 2020 and 2030, with an outlook on post-2030 impacts. The project is providing the mark ...
EuropeanIn 2001, the need for long-term policy-oriented research to support the activities of the Flemish Government became apparent. As a result, 12 Flemish Research Groups consisting of one or more universities or research organisations performing long-term res ...
BelgiumHorizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Running from 2014 to 2020 with an € 80 billion budget, the EU's new programme for re ...
EuropeanIntelligent Energy – Europe (IEE) offered a helping hand to organisations willing to improve energy sustainability. Launched in 2003 by the European Commission, the programme was part of a broad push to create an energy-intelligent future for us all. It s ...
EuropeanThe Foresight method has been successfully applied by the majority of European Union countries. A key element of this method is to predict the possible directions of scientific development by creating a platform of discussion and cooperation between scien ...
PolandWith small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as its main target, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) supports innovation activities (including eco-innovation), provides better access to finance and delivers business support serv ...
EuropeanMOBI.Europe is one component of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The focus is to promote the use of clean energy sources, especially electric vehicles. MOBI.Europe aims to make users more comfortable with the use of electric v ...
EuropeanThe research programme 'Safety and Security in Transport' (TRANSIKK) is a continuation of the research programme 'Risk and Safety in the Transport Sector' (RISIT) which lasted from 2002 to 2009. The TRANSIKK programme provides funding ...
NorwayBONUS' vision is an economically and ecologically prosperous Baltic Sea region where resources and goods are used sustainably and where the long-term management of the region is based on sound knowledge derived from multi-disciplinary research. BONUS ...
InternationalMARTEC II helps to strengthen the European Research Area in waterborne research by coordinating and developing synergies between national and regional maritime research programmes and policies. The activities include the exchange of information and knowle ...
EuropeanIn order to address the major challenges of cities, the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe was launched in 2010 with the ambition to rethink and manage the increasing urban orientation and concentration in Europe. Europe’s competitiveness depends g ...
EuropeanThe International Transport Forum evolved from the ECMT in 2006/7. At the time, ministers decided to invite new members from non-European countries in order to address transport issues on a global level and for all transport modes, and to create a public ...
EuropeanThe Operational Programme on Transport 2014-2020 (OPT) is one of six operational programmes of the Republic of Bulgaria, which are financed by the Structural and the Cohesion Funds of the EU. The OPT programme is the operational programme with one of the ...
BulgariaThe programme should increase security of inhabitants, and prevent extraordinary and crisis situations. A part of the programme is focured on provision of security of (transport, energy, etc.) infrastructures and modeling possible future crisis scenarios. ...
Czech RepublicACRUDA Urban and suburban railway networks are facing the need for improvements in cruise speed and reduced headways to enhance track capacity. Signalling systems are now widely computerised, but standardisation and a transition to communications-based so ...
EuropeanBERTRANC Despite the major role of waterborne transport in Europe and its achieved efficiency, the safety record of maritime operations over the past 15 years has not been acceptable. A number of incidents and accidents have brought into question the indu ...
EuropeanCASMET The existing common accident and incident analysis schemes in maritime operations do not pay adequate attention to human and organisational errors, and differ significantly between EU countries. Moreover, the gathering of facts by authorities is co ...
EuropeanFSEA The promotion of a safety culture based on a pro-active approach- as opposed to a reactive one- is considered essential to improve safety in maritime transport. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has followed that approach with the adoptio ...
EuropeanMASTER The contribution of vehicle speed to accidents, causing death and injury is a major concern in road traffic. Several studies have confirmed the positive influence of reduced driving speeds on the number and severity of accidents. Besides a car' ...
EuropeanSEALOC Extensive international efforts aiming to improve the safety of vessel operations and ensure the containment of transport-related maritime pollution are underway with the objective of avoiding severe ship casualties and their disastrous consequence ...
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