Sweden’s capacity for innovation is crucial to the nation’s economic growth and prosperity. It is therefore vital to develop research and innovation milieus that can compete internationally.
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) is the national research council of the Netherlands. NWO funds thousands of top researchers at universities and institutes and steers the course of Dutch science by means of
The Ministry for Urban Development and Roads is responsible for the following transport related authorities in Malta:- Coordination of Urban Development Projects- Malta Transport Authority (MTA). The MTA was set up in 2001 in order to improve co-ordination between the transport sectors.
The spatial economics domain covers a large number of complicated policy problems that require sound scientific analysis. There are plenty of examples to illustrate the complexity of the problems that the discipline addresses. How can the limited amount of space available in densely populated areas
The amount of fatal road accidents dropped from 3300 casualties yearly in the early 1970s to less than 800 nowdays. Still, it remains a major object of concern to the Dutch government. SWOV conducts scientific research in order to contribute to road safety by means of scientific research and
TheDirectorate-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs (DGLM) contributes to keeping the Netherlands connected to the rest of the world and, consequently, to a vital economy by ensuring the sustainable development of mainports, aviation and shipping.
To support the policy-making process
Traffic and transport contribute to many environmental problems. The programme of the former RPB (now the PBL - Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) mapped the current and future environmental pressure factors of traffic and transport within the framework of MNP, but also to support policy
NLR has been operating as an independent foundation serving both public and private organisations since 1937. Its precursor, the Government Service for Aeronautical Studies, was founded in 1919. In 1940, the then Nationaal Luchtvaart Laboratorium (National Aeronautical Laboratory, NLL) moved to
The R&D of Finnish Maritime Administration focuses on research on waterborne transport operating environment, development of waterborne transport, development of services and service production of the administration and development of the administration as a whole. The R&D activities consist of
The Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (Kennisinstituut voor Mobiliteitsbeleid, KiM) is concerned with policy studies and analysis, i.e. knowing more about transport. As an independent institute within the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, KiM carries out
