The European Commission is planning to grant subsidies to promote transport policy objectives. The policy priorities have been fixed in the 2010 Work Programme adopted by the European Commission. The main topics selected are road safety and internal market for inland waterway transport

Taking into account the legislative initiatives described in the work programme for 2010, the Commission wishes to support operations reinforcing and developing its policies in the field of transport, particularly in the context set in the White Paper ‘European Transport policy for 2010: time to decide’ and its mid-term review ‘Keep Europe moving’ adopted in June 2006.

The present call for proposals supports three different kinds of actions:

• Research activities and dissemination of best practices: these operations aim to compare the procedures in force and the equipment used, measure the performance of transport systems and identify the scope for improvement in order to disseminate the best practices within the European Union.
• Coordination and harmonisation of standards and procedures: this concerns increasing the opportunities for convergence between different existing standards and procedures in order to reinforce the harmonisation process at the European level.
• Studies to advance knowledge in fields for further and innovative initiatives at the European level: this concerns studies and analyses on socio-economic issues referring to the transport system.

The call for proposals covers the following areas:

1. Road safety

• Development and implementation of innovative communication road safety campaigns throughout the European Union; use of original teaching approaches and new information technologies to influence user behaviour in a sustainable manner.
• Innovative concepts or the sharing of best practice to ensure greater awareness and better understanding and communication between various road users (drivers/pedestrians, heavy-goods vehicle drivers/motorcyclists, etc.) in order to improve road safety in Europe.
• Projects relating to the impact that an ageing population has on road safety
• Projects on the impact that gender has on driving and road behaviour
• Projects on the economic and social impact of road safety, including in public health policy
• Projects relating to the impact of new technology on vehicle safety and passenger safety.

       2. Internal market (inland waterways and maritime transport)

• 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 logistical solutions, best practices and technical assistance. This measure should help to improve the image and awareness of this mode of transport.

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

• 2,25 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 15 September 2010 - 14 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Official page of the Call

• Call text 2010 (Other)
• Work programme 2010 (Work programme)
• Call for proposals on road safety and the internal market: inland waterway transport (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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