PC FP7, 221106 SST

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TransSLO WORKSHOP SURFACE TRANSPORT RESEARCH
in FP7 a new approach towards anEuropean
Transport System

European Commission Research DG H2 Surface
Transport Susana Martins
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Cooperation Collaborative research

• 10 themes
• Health
• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
  Production Technologies
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including Aeronautics) ( 4,16
  billion)
• Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Security
• Space

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THEME 7 Transport for PEOPLE and GOODS
Water
Air
Road
Rail

• towards an European Transport System (s)
• Green, Smart, Safe and Competitive

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FP7- SP COOPERATION THEME 73 SUB-THEMES
7. TRANSPORT 4.16 billion (2007-2013)
7.1 Aeronautics and air transport
7.2 Sustainable Surface Transport
Galileo (Support to the European global satellite
navigation system)
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SUB-THEME 7.2Sustainable Surface Transport SST

Water
Road
Rail

• for PEOPLE and GOODS
• a guided tour through Surface Transort research
  Work Programmes

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SST OBJECTIVE

• contribute to the global objective
• Integrated European Transport System
• Develop greener, smarter and safer Surface
  Transport System (s)
• Benefit for citizens and society
• Respect the environment and natural resources
• Secure the leading role of EU transport industry
  in the global market

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Integrated approach

• Integrated transport systems
• Vehicles
• Infrastructures
• Transport networks
• Users
• An integrated system of knowledge
• New concepts
• Scientific and technological progress
• Socio-economic research
• Transport policy and links with other European
  policies

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Approachcompleteness

• Broad, comprehensive spectrum of Activities
• Socio-economic research for SST interactions
  w/other policies
• Basic and applied research
• Innovative solutions
• Large scale and multi-disciplinary research and
  demonstration
• Structuring research in Europe
• Supporting programme implementation and support
  to new EU policies linked to transport

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Content

• in line with EU challenges, industrial needs and
  policy
• objectives

• Greening of surface transport
• Encouraging modal-shift and decongesting
• transport corridors
• Ensuring sustainable urban mobility
• Improving safety and security
• Strengthening competitiveness
• Cross-cutting activities

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SST Work Programme INTEGRATED SYSTEM APPROACH
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SST Work Programme STRUCTURE
1. GREENING
2. COMODALITY
IMPACTS
3. URBAN
CROSS-CUTTING
4. SECUTRITY SAFETY
5. COMPETITIVENESS
IMPACTS
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TERMINOLOGY

• Work Programme organised by ACTIVITIES
• 5 activities in line with the strategic
  objectives, to ensure impact and facilitate
  visibility and understanding
• cross cutting activities in support of SST
• Activities are sub-divided in AREAS
• Research areas are broad domains of
  investigation, stable during the coming years,
  and whose expected impacts are indicated
• Areas are addressed by TOPICS
• Identification of research contents to be
  addressed by proposals to be submitted in the
  call.
• Topics are either Level 1 or Level 2
• According to the degree of specification in the WP

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FUNDING SCHEMES

• Collaborative Projects CP
• Large scale integrating projects (CP - large
  scale)
• EC Contribution gt 4 M
• Small or medium-scale focussed research project
  (CP- small-medium scale)
• EC Contribution lt 4 M
• Coordination and Support Action CSA
• Coordination (or networking) actions (CSA -
  Coordination)
• Support actions (CSA - Support)

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IMPLEMENTATION

• 2007
• FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST)
  -2007-RTD-1
• budget 2007 195,68M
• FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT
  (SST)-2007-TREN-1
• budget 2007 60 M
• FP7- ERANET-2007-RTD (for SST)
• budget 2007 3 M
• 2008
• FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST)
  -2008-RTD-1
• FP7- SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT
  (SST)-2008-TREN-1
• FP7- ERANET-2008-RTD (for SST)

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WHERE ARE WE NOW?

• Call FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 closed in 5 June 2007
• Evaluation starting September 2007
• WP 2008 - draft based on inputs from
  stakeholders
• Next call to be open in November 2008

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Basis for the SST WORK PROGRAMME 2008

• Inputs coming from assessment of ongoing RTD in
  FP6.
• Complementarity with the call FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1
  
• Input from Advisory Group
• Contribution from TP (ERTRAC, ERRAC, WATERBORNE)
  and other EU initiatives such as EIRAC and
  EURFORUM
• Discussion at Programme Committee
• Budget available

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SST CALL 2008 EMPHASIS

• Short term solutions for the reduction of CO2
  emissions
• Supporting new concepts for step changes new
  approaches, models and paradigms
• Innovation potential, dissemination
  exploitation of results
• More emphasis on the Activity 6 of the WP
  Crosscutting issues to SST
• Implementation of the 3 pillar strategy for
  International Cooperation

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STRUCTURE WP 2008
1. GREENING
2. COMODALITY
IMPACTS
3. URBAN
CROSS-CUTTING
4. SECUTRITY SAFETY
5. COMPETITIVENESS
IMPACTS
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1. GREENING

• 2007
• Fuels diversification bio fuels and natural gas
• Vehicle and infrastructure technologies
• Green processes, end of life
• 2008
• Traditional engines ( highly innovative
  combustion engines)
• Road heavy duty vehicles
• Noise and noise vibration abatement on rail
  neighborhood
• Electric and Hybrid technologies
• Radically new propulsion system for commercial
  vehicles and ships
• Protection of coastal zones and sea from
  environmental accidents at sea

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2. CO-MODALITY

• 2007
• Vehicle technologies and their interface with
  infrastructure
• Tracking and tracing of containers
• 2008
• Improving operational performance in terminals
  and ports
• Infrastructure automation, equipments
• Services in terminals and infrastructure
• Efficient interfaces for transport modes
• New generation of rail freight transport
• Intelligent infrastructure for road
• Improved organisation for economic, safe and
  clean operations
• Trans-Atlantic shipping

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3. URBAN

• 2007
• Preparing the future coordinating research
• Public and passenger transport
• 2008
• Research for new technologies, vehicles (incl
  bikes) and systems
• New concepts for trips combining modes
  (multimodal interfaces)
• Accessibility for reduced mobility
• Transport and delivery of goods in cities for
  vehicles and systems
• Information systems to transport users
• Urban Buses and vehicles for delivery using
  second generation hybrid electric technology

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4. SAFETY SECURITY

• 2007
• Comprehensive approach addressing all elements
  of the system
• Intrinsic safety and security systemic
  characteristics
• Integrated solutions
• All modes including road infrastructures
• 2008
• More specific on problems focussed on safety and
  security (transport of dangerous goods, security
  and survivability of infrastructures, evacuation
  security for large vessels etc )
• Intelligent highways to improve road transport
  safety
• Structural safety for alternative fuelled vehicle
• Human comfort as safety component
• Safety by design
• Integral systems solutions for safety
• Road safety for vulnerable road users in emerging
  economies

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5. COMPETITIVENESS

• 2007
• Emphasis on industrial processes (supply chain)
• Design, maintenance, manufacturing
• New production organisation and models
• 2008
• Cost effective infrastructure construction and
  operation
• Emphasis on products and operations
• New generation of products-services (niche
  markets, lead markets, eco-innovations)
• More competitive operations

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6. SST CROSS-CUTTING

• More emphasis Crosscutting issues to SST
• Support to SMEs through fostering Regional
  Industrial Clusters.
• Climate change dedicated activities awareness,
  decision-making tools addressed to the citizen to
  steer mobility choices, coping with complexity
• Promoting Step Changes breakthrough
  technologies, new concepts,  out of the box
  initiatives  , encouraging young researchers to
  innovate
• Support to ERA innovation, training , education
  
• Links between RTD and Structural Funds by
  valorization of results through regional
  dimension
• Support to polices related to transport
• Maritime policy synergy between maritime
  transport and marine sciences
• International cooperation ( SICA)
• Increase participating of ICPC and neighboring
  regions
• ACPC freight logistics

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TRA 2008

• http//www.tra2008.si/Invitation/tabid/36/Default.
  aspx

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