The Commission, and in its name the Directorate-General Energy and Transport, intends to award a grant for actions aimed at improving the training of control officers responsible for the application of Community law concerning international road transport as announced in the DG TREN work programme for 2009.

Eligible are proposals submitted in writing by one of the following types of applicants:

• A public authority applying also on behalf of several public authorities in other Member States.
• Several public authorities applying jointly as co-beneficiaries.
• Private undertakings and pubic authorities applying jointly, if at least one cobeneficiary is a public authority.

The objective of this call for proposal is to assist the development of harmonised training modules, covered by a curriculum, for officers responsible for monitoring the application of the Community acquis in the field of road transport, in particular the social legislation relating to road transport. These modules will be designed to harmonise and improve the approach taken with regard to monitoring Community legislation.

• Assisting the development of harmonised training modules, covered by a curriculum, for officers responsible for monitoring the application of the Community acquis in the field of road transport. These modules will be designed to harmonise and improve the approach taken with regard to monitoring Community legislation.

• Creating a network of centres for promoting inland waterway navigation. The objective is to advise transport users at local level and encourage them to use inland navigation by providing logistic solutions, best practices and technical assistance. This measure should help to improve the image and awareness of this mode of transport.

• Definition of a series of objective and concrete indicators of the level of performance of ports and terminals. The quantification of these indicators will enable the socio-economic and environment impact in the EU to be assessed.

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 0,30 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 15 September 2009 - 15 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Grant application form (Guidelines for applicants)
• Work Programme 2009 (Work programme)
• Call for proposals — DG TREN/E1/SUB-266-2009 (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Public authorities (all)

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)
• European Economic Area (EEA)
• Candidate Countries

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