1. Hans INGVARSSON, edited by Martin Steward for CEDR TGR 22 Jan 09 ERA-NET ROAD CEDR TGR meeting 22 nd of January 2009, Brussels ENR Work Package 6 - Progress Report New trans-national research formulation and implementation

2. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 2 First Joint Funded Research Programme 50 000 € per country in 3 years, in total 1.65 M € Austria (PEB Chair) Denmark Finland Germany Ireland Norway Poland Spain Sweden (PL) The Netherlands United Kingdom

3. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 3 SRO 3 PEB Progress Selected Project Proposals (Project Costs incl. VAT) - RIMAROCC (Sweden, France, the Netherlands and Norway)366 000 Euro - IRWIN (Finland and Sweden)320 000 Euro - P2R2C2(UK, Finland, Norway and Slovenia)214 000 Euro - SWAMP(Denmark and Sweden)289 000 Euro 1 189 000 Euro Evaluation Principles - Excellence - Transparency - Fairness and Impartiality - Confidentiality - Efficiency and Speed Selection Criteria - Competence (10 %) - Experience (10 %) - Content (50 %) - Management (20 %) - Quality Price Ratio (10 %)

4. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 4 WP 6 – Task 2 ENR1 WP 6 Interregnum Programme (Task 2): Make Second Joint Programme/Call in Spring 2009 Actions to undertake: 1.Review SROs and hold further workshop if necessary. 2.Develop 2nd call, using same methodology as SRO3 call. 3.Complete in Spring 2009, to coincide with start of ENR2.

5. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 5 CA & DoRN (SRO1)

6. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 6 SRO 1 Commitments Participating countries: Austria Belgium (Flanders) Finland Germany Ireland Norway Slovenia Sweden The Netherlands United Kingdom Perhaps: Denmark Switzerland No wish to participate: France Poland To date no response: Belgium (Wallonia) Hungary Lithuania

7. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 7 SRO 1 Commitments Participating countries: Austria Belgium (Flanders) Finland Germany Ireland Norway Slovenia Sweden The Netherlands United Kingdom PEB Chair (offer): Austria Sweden Programme Leader (offer) Austria

8. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 8 PEB (SRO 1) CountryPEB MemberDeputy PEB Member AustriaChristian Pecharda (PL)Günter Breyer Belgium (Flanders)Armand Rouffaert? FinlandSaara ToivonenMikko Räsänen GermanyRoland WeberStefan Matena IrelandHarry CullenAlbert Daly NorwayJon KrokeborgRandi Eggen SloveniaTomaž PavčičBojan Leben SwedenClaes Tingvall (Chair)Per Strömgren The NetherlandsHerman MoningKarin Holthuis United KingdomSandra BrownGraham Harper

9. Work Package Progress and Risk Report 9 WP 6 Progress (Milestones) Milestones: 1.SRO chosen for further ellaboration (Cracow 4 September 2009). 2.SRO workshop undertaken (Copenhagen 18 -19 November 2009). 3.Task Force set up (Ljubljana 18 December 2009). 4.Description of Research Needs (DoRN) exists (5 January 2009). 5.SRO 1 PEB set up (Brussels 20 January 2009) 6.Kick Off Meeting undertaken (in Malmö on 3rd of February 2009) 7.Second Joint Call launched (to be done 1st half of February 2009). 8.CA’s (with appended DoRN’s) signed by all participating NRAs at latest at the end of March 2009. 9.Second Joint Call closed (1st half of April 2009) 10.Selection of approved project proposals (to be finalized in MidMay 2009). 11. Evaluate project proposals/applications (end of April and beginning of May 2009). 12.Contract Negotiations will take place during June 2009. 13.Start of approved projects is foreseen in July 2009 by signing Project Contracts.

10. Hans Ingvarsson (WP6 Leader) ERA-NET ROAD (WP 6) Interregnum Mission Almost Completed !