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ERA-NET ROAD

Coordination and Cross-Border Funding of Road Research in Europe. ERA-NET ROAD. Martin Steward - ENR Coordinator - Highways Agency, UK. Trust.Understand.Commit. Overview. Who - Project and Participants Why - Objectives and Benefits How - Key Success Factors Achievements:

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ERA-NET ROAD

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  1. Coordination and Cross-Border Funding of Road Research in Europe ERA-NET ROAD • Martin Steward - ENR Coordinator - Highways Agency, UK

  2. Trust.Understand.Commit. Overview • Who - Project and Participants • Why - Objectives and Benefits • How - Key Success Factors • Achievements: • Toolkit - Models of Collaboration - Projects completed and ongoing • Strategic Research Opportunities • Programme Calls • Future – ERA-NET ROAD II and beyond • Summary

  3. Trust.Understand.Commit. • National Road Administrations Department for Transport (Highways Agency) with the support of TRL Finnish Road Administration (FinnRA) The 11 participants • €2.5m FP6 funding Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) Swedish Roads Administration (SRA) • June 2005-March 2009 Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BASt) Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) Federal Department for Environment, Transport, Energy & Communication (ASTRA) Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) supported by FSV General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Roads(DRSC) supported by ZAG Danish Road Directorate (DRD)

  4. Trust.Understand.Commit. Reduced duplication of research The benefits: International best practice Wider choice of supplier Improved quality of research Shorter timescales Exchange of knowledge Better value for money

  5. Trust.Understand.Commit. Trust. Understand. Commit. The key steps:

  6. Trust.Understand.Commit. The achievements so far...

  7. Trust.Understand.Commit. • ERA-NET ROAD “Toolkit” developed • 2Fast Track Pilots (FTPs) completed successfully • 3 further Trans-National Research Projects ongoing • 7 Strategic Research Opportunities (SROs) identified • 1Cross-border fundedJoint Programme running • 1 Cross-border funded Joint Programme being developed • ERA-NET ROAD II – in Negotiation Phase The achievements so far...

  8. Trust.Understand.Commit. • Coordination Procedure • What to do? • Management Procedure • How to do it? • Monitoring Procedure • When to do it? • Quality assurance ERA-NET ROAD “Toolkit”

  9. Trust.Understand.Commit. • The ENR approach: • First, identify Common Road Research need • Then identify who will benefit by participating Coordination Procedure

  10. Funding Research AT SE CH NL SE UK NL € € € € € Project-Leader (PL) Coordinator Trust.Understand.Commit. • Collaborative Projects or Programmes • National funding: “Joint Activity” • Cross-border funding: “Common Pot” Management Procedure € € € €

  11. Trust.Understand.Commit. • “Open-Graded Asphalt Pavements” • €96,000 -- • Common Project - national funding • “Management of Low Noise Pavements” • €100,000 -- • Common Obligation - cross-border funding 2 Fast Track Pilots

  12. Trust.Understand.Commit. 3 Further Research Projects

  13. Trust.Understand.Commit. • “Optimisation of Thin-Asphalt Layers” • €110,000 -- • “Maintenance Backlog” • €126,000 -- • “Performance Based Contracting” • €204,000 -- 3 Further Research Projects

  14. Trust.Understand.Commit. • Example of the benefits – to UK: • Participating in all 3 projects • Each aligns with our own national road research objectives • Partners ensure specification includes their own country-specific requirements • UK gets €440,000 of research for €70,000 - for work it would have otherwise done Nationally • Saved €370,00 to spend on new road research 3 Further Research Projects

  15. Trust.Understand.Commit. 7 Strategic Research Opportunities

  16. Trust.Understand.Commit. 7 Strategic Research Opportunities

  17. Trust.Understand.Commit. • “People Safety at the Heart of Road Design” • “Holistic Approach to Sustainable Roads” • “Getting to Grips with Climate Change” • “Asset Management meets Future Challenges” • “Innovative Procurement Concepts” • “Road Pricing meets Social Needs” • “Technologies Underpinning Service Providers” 7 Strategic Research Opportunities

  18. Trust.Understand.Commit. • Road Owners Getting to Grips with Climate Change • Climate impact on road infrastructure • Road capacity for climate change • Risk Management Options • 3 years - 11 partners - €1.5 million • 4 projects, contracts signed First ENR Joint Programme running

  19. Trust.Understand.Commit. • People Safety at the Heart of Road Design • Workshop held Nov 2008; themes: • Active Safety - self-explaining roads including human factors • Passive Safety - forgiving roadsides including human factors • Proposed 2-year programme ~ €1.5m (?) 2nd ENR Joint Programme being developed

  20. Trust.Understand.Commit. • New Coordinator – Patrick Mallejacq, France • Increased no. of Partners from 11 to 18 • 17 countries represented, incl 2 New Member States • Associate Member - CEDR (Conference of European Directors of Roads) - will take over after ENR2 to establish permanent structure • Anticipated €1.5m FP7 funding over 2 years ERA-NET ROAD II

  21. Trust.Understand.Commit. • Intensify cooperation - two joint calls of 3 M€ and 6 M€ • Assess outcomes and benefits of collaborative research • Strengthen dissemination of road research results, projects and needs: “web spider” to be developed and embedded • Encourage and facilitate joint programming for road research in Europe, and embed the culture of collaborative research within NRAs • Define, establish permanent structure to continue after ENR2 (CEDR ?) • Align with transport research, be it publicly or privately funded • Broaden the geographical scope (add 2 new partners) • Take part in ERA-NET Learning Platform and other efforts ERA-NET ROAD II - AIMS

  22. Trust.Understand.Commit. • ENR2 consortium consists of 18 partners: • Austria, Belgium-Wallonia, Belgium-Flanders, Denmark, France LCPC, France ministry, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom • CEDR is an associate partner • Will take part at NSG level, without funding • Others: • Spain has opted out for the moment, as well as Cyprus • Some contacts with Portugal and Romania • Turkey clearly interested ERA-NET ROAD II - CONSORTIUM

  23. Trust.Understand.Commit. • Coordinator • Network Steering Group (NSG) • Executive Board (EB) • Monitoring Panel (MP) • Work Package Teams • EB: operational management • NSG: strategic direction of the project • CEDR, ENT, others including international organizations to be invited ERA-NET ROAD II - STRUCTURE

  24. Trust.Understand.Commit. • More Joint Calls • Strengthen Dissemination of Road Research • Structure Public Road Research and develop Joint Programming • Liaise and align with European stakeholders (Transport Research) • Broaden collaboration within Europe ERA-NET ROAD II – WORK PACKAGES

  25. Trust.Understand.Commit. • Working together more closely The Way Forward Transport issues Road technical issues Common issues

  26. Trust.Understand.Commit. The Way Forward

  27. Trust.Understand.Commit. • ENR developed Trust, Understanding and Commitment between NRAs • ENR successfully developed cooperation models, identified research priorities, launched one Programme and developing another • Trans-national collaboration is beneficial • Need to embed the culture and establish permanent structure • Converge /align with transport research platform • Think collaborative first, national second • Aim for “business as usual” Conclusions

  28. Trust.Understand.Commit. http://www.era-road.net/ • Martin STEWARD • ENR1 Coordinator • martin.steward@highways.gsi.gov.uk • Patrick MALLEJACQ • ENR2 Coordinator • Patrick.Mallejacq@lcpc.fr • Thanks also to Dr Christian Pecharda for his input to this presentation • christian.pecharda@austriatech.org Thank you

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