On 26th July 2018, it has been released the 4th issue of the Shift2Rail Newsletter. This number provides for many interesting news in the field of the rail sector. Thus, this July edition opens with introductory words by Roland Edel, CTO at Siemens AG Mobility Division, a S2R Member, emphasizing the importance of intensified collaboration […]

If you are a young scientist active in the field of air traffic management (ATM) or in general in aviation, the SESAR Young Scientist Award represents a great opportunity for you. The SESAR Young Scientist Award 2018 (YSA 2018) aims to recognize young scientists with high potential contributing to the scientific research in the field […]

On 26 June 2018, Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc presented the Excellence in Road Safety Awards 2018 to six organizations from five Member States. The Award is aimed to contribute in improving road safety and saving lives on our roads, acknowledging inspirational and innovative initiatives under the umbrella of the European Road Safety Charter. Awards […]

On 9-14 September 2018, Belo Horizonte (Brazil) will host the 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS 2018). This is the first edition of ICAS in South America. During the Congress, engineers, scientists, technologists, managers and leaders in aeronautics from around the world will be there to: Present their work to […]

July 24th 2018: 10:00-10:40 CET   ETNA2020 project has launched a series of webinars with the aim to acquaint Transport NCPs, EEN advisors and interested stakeholders on how to use the on-line information tools developed by the project. This is to the benefit of clients in case of intermediaries as well as to stakeholders and […]

On 14 June 2018, following the updated air safety list published by the European Commission and the general European Union’s endeavour to make European airspace as safe as possible, Eurocontrol started to deploy a new system to prevent unsafe aircraft from entering European airspace. Thus, since November 2016, any non-European aircraft entering the Union has […]

On 13 June 2018, the European Commission presented the new action plan aimed to improve the security of rail passengers and staff in the EU. The action plan is included within a novel framework based on new fields of cooperation and coordination. The main objective of the plan is to prevent any possible terroristic attack […]

On 7 June 2018, in Luxembourg, the European transport ministers agreed on three proposals put forward by this Commission in order to support the competitiveness and sustainability of the mobility sector. Specifically, Ministers agreed upon the following initiatives: New rules aimed to safeguard competition in air transport, as part of the “Open and Connected Aviation” […]

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) of the European Commission has recently produced the report “Transport in the European Union – Current Trends and Issues”. Considering that the transport sector represents a cornerstone of the European integration process and firmly linked to of the Single Market, promoting jobs and economic growth, the Report […]

The European Commission has recently proposed a pragmatic, modern, long-term budget for the 2021-2027 period. In the field of transport investments, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) plays a leading role in delivering European added value. For this reason, the EU is continuing to invest in connectivity and in connecting Europe. In this context, the future […]

The ETNA2020 team has the pleasure to announce an upcoming webinar on Clean Sky 2  on May 30, 2018 between 11:00 – 12:30 CET. Targeted Audience: National Contact Points of “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport” and Stakeholders interested in forthcoming calls, including Enterprise Europe Network advisors of the Sector Group “Aeronautics, Space and Dual-Use Technologies”. […]

On 20 June 2018, Brussels will host the “EGVIA Workshop”. The Workshop will address the challenges and potential solutions for a large scale uptake of electro-mobility in Europe, focusing on the challenges of EVs integration into the grid in cities and peri-urban areas. The workshop’s programme will consist of the following topics: Electric Vehicles: challenges […]

Becoming a leader in the field of innovation, digitization and decarbonbisation is the goal the President Junker set out for the EU in 2017. Thus, on 17 May 2018, following the previous “Europe on the Move” of May and November 2017, the Juncker Commission has established a third and final set of measures to reach […]

On 17 May 2018, the European Commission launched the 2018 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport call for project proposals that opens co-financing possibilities for projects supporting the policy orientations of the Third Clean Mobility Package – transport digitalisation, road safety and multimodality. The dealine is on 24 October 2018 and the indicative budget is about […]

On 3-7 December 2018, the University of Salzburg (Austria) will host the 8th edition of the SESAR Innovation Days. The SESAR Innovation Days represent the main instrument to share progress and disseminate results of its exploratory research programme. Unlike other scientific events in Air Traffic Management (ATM) research, the SESAR Innovation Days focus explicitly on […]