Patrick MALLEJACQ ERA-NET ROAD II proposal Status as of 23 September 2008 CEDR TGR meeting 24 September 2008, Paris

2Trust. Understand.Commit. What’s new? (1/2) Consortium meeting in Paris on June –Good attendance level –Gave guidance on the proposal –Discussion on eligibility, submission process etc. Good contacts with Commission’s DG RTD: –Second meeting, on 23 July –Formal “pre proposal evaluation check”: positive Proposal has been repeatedly fine tuned –More legible, deliverables made clearer –WPs better connected –Resources allocated between partners –etc.

3Trust. Understand.Commit. What’s new? (2/2) Proposal was submitted on time Reference number FP Thanks to all partners for their efforts in filling in the various forms, and for their input on the proposal text

4Trust. Understand.Commit. ENR2 aims Project’s aims in very short: –Intensify cooperation eg by launching two joint calls of 3 M€ and 6 M€ (partners will be invited to fund) –Assess outcomes and benefits of collaborative research –Strengthen dissemination of road research results: “web spider” to be developed and embedded –Encourage and facilitate joint programming for road research in Europe, and embed the culture of collaborative research within NRAs –Define and help establish a permanent structure to continue after ENR2 (CEDR probably) –Align with transport research, be it publicly or privately funded –Broaden the geographical scope of the ERA-NET ROAD (add 2 new partners) –Take part in ERA-NET Learning Platform and other efforts

5Trust. Understand.Commit. Consortium ENR2 consortium consists of 18 partners: –Austria, Belgium-Wallonia, Belgium-Flanders, Denmark, France LCPC, France ministry, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom CEDR is an associate partner –Mentioned as such in the proposal –Will take part at NSG level, without funding –Letter of support included in proposal Others : –Spain has opted out for the moment, as well as Cyprus –Some contacts with Portugal –Turkey clearly interested (not a CEDR member…)

6Trust. Understand.Commit. Structure (1/2) Management structure: –Coordinator –Network Steering Group (NSG) –Executive Board (EB) –Monitoring Panel (MP) –Work Package Teams NSG: strategic direction of the project –CEDR, ENT, international organizations to be invited EB: operational management MP: chaired by UK’s HA

7Trust. Understand.Commit. Structure (2/2) Six work packages: –WP1: Joint Calls –WP2: Dissemination: Access Facility for Road Research –WP3: Structuring Public Road Research –WP4: Aligning with Transport Research –WP5: Broadening –WP6: Governance (includes project dissemination)

8Trust. Understand.Commit. All to contribute Work package leaders have been identified –WP1Christian Pecharda, Austria, BMVIT –WP2Christine Kellermann-Kinner, Germany, BASt –WP3Ales Znidaric, Slovenia, ZAG –WP4Richard Van Der Elburg, Netherlands, DVS –WP5Hans Ertman Larsen, Denmark, DRD –WP6Patrick Mallejacq, France, LCPC (coordinator) ALL partners are expected to contribute: –About half of partners to undertake most of the work required to deliver the project –Other partners to take part in all activities, workshops etc. –Some budget set aside for non-partners to be involved

9Trust. Understand.Commit. ERA-NET Transport Both ERA-NETs to exchange views on objectives and procedures on a regular basis. Coordination with ENT through WP4 ENT invited to attend ENR2 NSG ENR/ENR2 to be invited to ENT “plenary group” –Next: 1-2 December

10Trust. Understand.Commit. Next steps Commission to evaluate the proposal, and confirm whether it is eligible for funding –We should receive that message by early October If eligible for funding, we will be called upon to enter the negociation phase –This is expected to take place in December Project could start early 2009 (?)

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