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ERA-NET ROAD II proposal

ERA-NET ROAD II proposal. Status as of 23 September 2008 CEDR TGR meeting 24 September 2008, Paris. Patrick MALLEJACQ. What’s new? (1/2). Consortium meeting in Paris on 16-17 June Good attendance level Gave guidance on the proposal Discussion on eligibility, submission process etc.

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ERA-NET ROAD II proposal

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  1. ERA-NET ROAD II proposal Status as of 23 September 2008 CEDR TGR meeting 24 September 2008, Paris Patrick MALLEJACQ

  2. What’s new? (1/2) • Consortium meeting in Paris on 16-17 June • Good attendance level • Gave guidance on the proposal • Discussion on eligibility, submission process etc. • Good contacts with Commission’s DG RTD: • Second meeting, on 23 July • Formal “pre proposal evaluation check”: positive • Proposal has been repeatedly fine tuned • More legible, deliverables made clearer • WPs better connected • Resources allocated between partners • etc.

  3. What’s new? (2/2) • Proposal was submitted on time • Reference number FP7-235474 • Thanks to all partners for their efforts in filling in the various forms, and for their input on the proposal text

  4. ENR2 aims • Project’s aims in very short: • Intensify cooperation eg by launching two joint calls of 3 M€ and 6 M€ (partners will be invited to fund) • Assess outcomes and benefits of collaborative research • Strengthen dissemination of road research results: “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 and help establish a permanent structure to continue after ENR2 (CEDR probably) • Align with transport research, be it publicly or privately funded • Broaden the geographical scope of the ERA-NET ROAD (add 2 new partners) • Take part in ERA-NET Learning Platform and other efforts

  5. Consortium • 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 • Mentioned as such in the proposal • Will take part at NSG level, without funding • Letter of support included in proposal • Others : • Spain has opted out for the moment, as well as Cyprus • Some contacts with Portugal • Turkey clearly interested (not a CEDR member…)

  6. Structure (1/2) • Management structure: • Coordinator • Network Steering Group (NSG) • Executive Board (EB) • Monitoring Panel (MP) • Work Package Teams • NSG: strategic direction of the project • CEDR, ENT, international organizations to be invited • EB: operational management • MP: chaired by UK’s HA

  7. Structure (2/2) • Six work packages: • WP1: Joint Calls • WP2: Dissemination: Access Facility for Road Research • WP3: Structuring Public Road Research • WP4: Aligning with Transport Research • WP5: Broadening • WP6: Governance (includes project dissemination)

  8. All to contribute • Work package leaders have been identified • WP1 Christian Pecharda, Austria, BMVIT • WP2 Christine Kellermann-Kinner, Germany, BASt • WP3 Ales Znidaric, Slovenia, ZAG • WP4 Richard Van Der Elburg, Netherlands, DVS • WP5 Hans Ertman Larsen, Denmark, DRD • WP6 Patrick Mallejacq, France, LCPC (coordinator) • ALL partners are expected to contribute: • About half of partners to undertake most of the work required to deliver the project • Other partners to take part in all activities, workshops etc. • Some budget set aside for non-partners to be involved

  9. ERA-NET Transport • Both ERA-NETs to exchange views on objectives and procedures on a regular basis. • Coordination with ENT through WP4 • ENT invited to attend ENR2 NSG • ENR/ENR2 to be invited to ENT “plenary group” • Next: 1-2 December

  10. Next steps • Commission to evaluate the proposal, and confirm whether it is eligible for funding • We should receive that message by early October • If eligible for funding, we will be called upon to enter the negociation phase • This is expected to take place in December • Project could start early 2009 (?)

  11. Patrick Malléjacq LCPC patrick.mallejacq@lcpc.fr Tel: 00 33 1 4043 5028 Mob: 00 33 6 2056 6838 Patrick MALLEJACQ

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