European Commission

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CONCERTOUR conference12/12/2008
European Commission DG Research Transport
Directorate (H1) Dr. Karsten Krause
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Content

• EU Transport, Tourism FP7 Research
• CONCERTOUR

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Transport Policy Challenges

• Transport in Europe faces important challenges
• Environment Environmental cost 1,1 of GDP, it
  produces almost one third of CO2 emissions
• Energy Transport represents 30 of total energy
  consumption it depends on oil by 98 (in terms
  of economy and supply)
• Enlargement Transport should have a
  trans-european dimension and cope with diversity
  and accessibility
• Globalisation growth in international transport
  services demand, pressure on the competitiveness
  of the sector

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EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions
NoteInternational aviation and maritime
transport are excluded from EU commitments under
the Kyoto Protocol (Art. 2.2)
Sources EEA 2006 / 2001
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Global Transport Emissions1990-2030
Sources Stern/WRI 2006
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Transport Tourism

• Tourism constitutes a significant share of the
  person-kilometres travelled.
• Most trips are domestic, but markets for long
  distance travel and intercontinental trips are
  growing.
• Tourism is a dynamic and growing industry
  turnover grew by about a quarter between 1999 and
  2002.
• More than 70 of the nights were spent in 5 of
  the 27 Member States.

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Towards an integrative research approach on
Transport Tourism

• Better understanding of tourism demand and
  transport supply factors.
• Identify options for a greener tourism with an
  unacceptable loss of comfort.
• Better communication among stakeholders.

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Towards an integrative research approach on
Transport Tourism
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DG RTD Horizontal Activities

• Multimodal trip advisor green trip advisors
• Connection of short-distance / long-distance
  transport networks
• Scenarios for transport in 2020 / 2050
• Transport climate change (mitigation
  adaptation)

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Cooperation - figures
FP7Collaborative ResearchDuration 2007
2013Budget 4.160 billion
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Content

• EU Transport, Tourism FP7 Research
• CONCERTOUR

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FP7-TPT-2007-RTDHORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for
implementation of theTRANSPORT PROGRAMME

• CONCERTOUR
• Concerted Innovative Approaches, Strategies,
  Solutions and Services Improving Mobility and
  European Tourism.
• 24 months
• CSA (supporting)

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FP7-TPT-2007-RTDHORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for
implementation of theTRANSPORT PROGRAMME

• TPT.2007.3. Transport contribution to improve
  competitiveness of European tourism
• Expected Impact
• Improve the competitiveness of the Europe in the
  different modes of transport for tourism such as
  low-cost airlines, charter flights, high-speed
  trains, cruise ferries and short sea shipping.
  Address the emerging needs from a new typology of
  travellers (age, gender and cultures), congestion
  problems in airports and surface transport
  networks.

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FP7-TPT-2007-RTDHORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for
implementation of theTRANSPORT PROGRAMME

• Scope
• Developing new concepts to reduce the adverse
  impact of the transport system on European
  tourism (e.g. waiting time for check-in, baggage
  handling, administrative checks, ) via an
  integrated and co-modal approach, taking in
  consideration the specific needs of travellers,
  individually or in groups, and tour operators, as
  well as the socio-economic and environmental
  input on regions and cities affected.
• Outcome of this Coordination and Support Action
• Support research activities

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• Establishing a sustainable dialogue among
  stakeholders
• Compilation of research results
• Identifying future research needs

Creating Opportunities
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Further Information

• FP7 CORDIS Callshttp//cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc
  /index.cfm
• RTD Transport http//ec.europa.eu/research/transp
  ort/index_en.html
• Contact karsten.krause_at_ec.europa.eu