Objective The proposal supports the activities of the European Rail Research Advisory Council and covers research related to all types of freight and passenger rail services. Activities ranges from (1) to promote rail research in close link with investment in rail infrastructures in an enlarged Europe, (2) to co-ordinate pre-competitive research schemes between the various EU, National and industry rail research programmes, (3) to adjust and update the Strategic Rail Research Agenda as well as the ERRAC RBS 2020 (Research Business Scenario), and (4) to improve joint project building process within the rail sector. The goal of ERRAC SSA is not to duplicate the efforts made by the sector during the 2002-2004 period but to go further in effectively implementing the recommendations produced by the present ERRAC Working Groups, including those made by the WG2 regarding the FP5 projects and the rail research programmes of MS. Ultimate objective of ERRAC SSA is to produce recommendations on research projects and schemes. Through this proposal, ERRAC members will also carry out co-operative studies to acquire the necessary information on existing and planned research, on key factors affecting sustainable development of rail transport at the European level and beyond the EU borders and the resulting technological needs taking into account the potential of new and emerging technologies also outside sector. Specific emphasis will be put on two issues previously not sidered in ERRAC activities, however of big importance because they strain innovation: (1) the eomic dimension of the innovation (migration costs of new technologies, innovation process in the rail sector compared to other industry and non-European countries) and (2) the socio-eomic dimension of innovation in rail (customer acceptance, socio-cultural factors of rail transportation, impact of opening markets, new trends in transportation market?), which are the drivers of the innovation in the industry. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportfreight transportengineering and technologycivil engineeringtransportation engineeringrailroad engineering Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2 - Sustainable surface transport Call for proposal FP6-2002-TRANSPORT-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator UNION DES INDUSTRIES FERROVIAIRES EUROPENNES EU contribution No data Address 221, Avenue Louise BRUXELLES Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER France EU contribution No data Address 16, rue Jean Rey PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMMUNAUTÉ EUROPÉENNE DU RAIL AISBL Belgium EU contribution No data Address Avenue des Arts 53 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS Belgium EU contribution No data Address 21 rue de la Tourelle BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rue Sainte Marie 6 BRUXELLES See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE POUR L'INTEROPÉRABILITÉ FERROVIAIRE Belgium EU contribution No data Address 66 Boulevard de l'Impératrice BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data
