The European Union published in the Official Journal of the European Union, OJEU, on November 6th, 2008, Call for Proposals SUB 02/2008, dedicating a total budget of up to 5 million Euro to support the development of sustainable mobility policy for urban agglomerations.

The actions to be selected must be in line with the approaches set out in the Green Paper on urban mobility: more fluid and less polluted towns and cities, more intelligent and more accessible, and safer and more secure urban transport. They should also contribute to the implementation of the Action Plan on urban mobility.

The proposals to be selected should promote good practice, with a focus on one (or  more) of the following five areas:

1. Safe walking and/or cycling in towns and cities, with the objedctive of encouraging these transport modes as alternatives to private-car use.
2. Goods transport and logistics in towns and cities, with particular attention to close co-operation between freight operators, industry, and public authorities.
3. Approximation of the systems of green areas in towns and cities, with a focus on access rules, interoperable technological tools for access control, and public information provision.
4. Interoperability of the information and payment systems of public and private modes of transport in towns and cities, possibly in co-operation with commercial payment system service providers.
5. Demand-responsive transport for passengers in towns and cities and the suburbs, with a focus on seamless traffic chains, integrating private and public travel in urban and peri-urban areas, include possible links to land-use and urban mobility planning.

The estimated total amount of the budget for Call TREN SUB 02/2008 is 5 M€. The grants are intended as incentives for carrying out actions which could not be executed without Community financial support, and they reflect the principle of co-financing.

The actions selected will be co-financed from the European Commission Budget line: 06  02 04 01 (Internal market and optimisation of transport networks). The Community contribution can cover between 10% and 50% of the total eligible costs of the action. The estimated indicative Community contribution for each action is 1 M€.

Application deadline

The proposals must be sent by registered mail or by private courier, dispatched not later than March 31st, 2009 (the postmark or the receipt issued by the courier service serving as proof of the dispatch) to the following address (with the mention “call for proposal Unit A.4”):

By registered mail:
European Commission
Directorate-General Energy and Transport DM 28 -0/110 - Archives
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium

By private courier:
European Commission
Directorate-General Energy and Transport - DM 28 - 0/110
Avenue du Bourget 1
B-1140 Brussels (Evere)
Belgium

They can also be delivered by hand at the Central Mail of the European Commission by March 11th,  2009, at 4:00 pm, at the latter address.

Further information about the Call for Proposals TREN SUB-02/2008, as well as the relevant documents and application form necessary for submission, are available at the DG Energy and Transport website.