The European Commission recently opened the public consultation on the ex-post evaluation of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) programme 2007-2013. The consultation period is between the 15/11/2018 to the 14/02/2019. The ex-post evaluation of the TEN-T Programme 2007-2013 is aimed to present the progress in the achievement of the measures’ objectives, the efficiency of the […]

The Single European Sky (SES) is a flagship initiative of the European Commission. It is mainly aimed to modernise and harmonise Europe’s airspace management. Indeed, completing the SES means contributing to European Commission’s main priorities: jobs and growth, internal market, energy union, global competitiveness. In this context, the SES Awards are set in order to […]

ETNA2020 is glad to announce a webinar on: How to write a good proposal The webinar equally targets stakeholders as well as NCPs in Societal Challenge 4 – Smart Green and Integrated Transport. The webinar is organised by ETNA2020, the NCP Network for Societal Challenge 4 in collaboration with the NCP Academy, the network of […]

On 27 November 2018, Brussels (Belgium) will host the Conference “How to attract Women to the Transport sector”. The event will pool together 250 representatives from companies and employers’ organizations, transport workers and workers’ organizations, researchers and academics, public authorities and non-governmental organizations for brainstorming activities. Commissioner Violeta Bulc will attend the afternoon session of […]

With the support of ETNA2020, Enterprise Europe Network partners, Grand E-nov, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, French and German Transport NCPs coorganise an EU Brokerage Event on Shift2Rail Calls for proposals 2019 (https://shift2rail.org/). Shift2Rail JU (Executive Director and representatives from the Innovation Programmes and Cross Cutting Activities) will present the new Funding Programme and information for the new open Calls. With the […]

ETNA2020 is holding a training “EIT awareness day for Transport” with the kind support of the EIT House in Brussels, on November 22nd 2018, 09:00 – 15:30, Brussels. This is a unique opportunity for NCPs, advisors of the Enterprise Europe Network and other related stakeholders of the transport innovation landscape to familiarize themselves with the […]

The JRC (the science and information service for the European Commission) is launching two world-class laboratories with the aim to monitor vehicle emissions in order to both assist consumers and meet the European Commission’s new regulations in this field. These laboratories are called VELA 10 and VELA 11 and are scheduled to start the monitoring […]

On 28-29 November 2018, Brussels will host the 2nd edition of the “H2020 Road Transport Research Conference”, the European-wide conference dedicated to the presentation of results from road transport research in H2020 funded projects. During the event – organized by ERTRAC, EGVIA and the EC – more than 75 projects will share over 2 days […]

Considering all the new opportunities coming from digitalization and big data, with tangible positive effects on the way cargo and traffic flows are organized and managed, the European Commission has recently launched a new call for application. It specifically regards the selection of members of the Digital Transport and Logistic Forum (DTLF). The Forum is […]

On 1st September 2018, FABULOS Consortium launched an international Request for Tenders in order to acquire specific systems capable of operating fleets of automated minibuses within urban areas. All companies or consortia can apply, with the provision that at least 50% of the R&D needs to take place in the EU or Associated Countries. The […]

The Korea-EU R&I Day, organized by the National Research Foundation of Korea, took place on the 12th September 2018 in Seoul. In the framework of the conference, where the EU- Korea R&I cooperation actions were presented by both the European Commission and representative of the Korean institutions, thematic sessions were held by related NCPs. ETNA2020 […]

Within the Framework of the “Smart City Expo World Congress” the project ETNA 2020 is organizing a networking and brokerage event – jointly supported by ETNA 2020 and Enterprise Europe Network – focusing on the topics covered by the Transport Work Programme 2019. The networking and brokerage event will take place the 13th and 14th of […]

SESAR JU has recently launched a new Project, namely Engage – Knowledge Transfer Network, aimed to promote and facilitate the development of Air Traffic Management (ATM) research in Europe. In this context, the Engage KTN Call for PhDs and post-graduate theses is open now. This is a single Call with a budget of almost one […]

On October 11th 2018, Vatican City (Rome, Italy) will host the first CHARIOT Workshop ‘’Towards a Cognitive Computing Platform Supporting a Unified Approach towards Privacy, Security and Safety (PSS) of Internet of Things (IoT) System’’. CHARIOT is a Project funded under the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 with the intent to provide a design method and […]

The European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF) is aimed to provide a platform for a structural dialogue, exchange of technical information, cooperation and coordination between the Commission, Member States’ authorities and maritime transport stakeholders on topics related to the sustainability and the competitiveness of EU maritime transport. The EESF is searching members of the expert group […]

Are you aware of the stakeholder organisations who have a say in research and innovation agenda in transport? Anyone in transport grappling with the “alphabet soup” that is EARPA, ECTRI, ACEA, EGVI, ACARE, CLEPA, ERTRAC, SESAR just to name a few, would be interested to attend the upcoming webinar to find out:   Who are […]

On 12 August 2017, because of an incident near the German city of Rastatt a highly used rail track section was closed for all traffic for nearly two months. This event obviously provoked financial losses and many problems in terms of capacity and interoperability especially because that section represents a key part of the Rhine-Alpine […]

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 […]