Objective On May 3rd, 2005, more than 50 CEOs and Managing Directors from large Intermodal businesses launched the European Intermodal Research Advisory Council (EIRAC). EIRAC determined that a Strategic Intermodal Research Agenda 2020 (SIRA) for Intermodal Transport and its Implementation Plan (IP) were needed, being the instruments to direct European and national resources to targeted research. The SIRA has been published on December 14th, 2005, whilst the IP has been published on December 12th, 2006. EIRAC has been very successful in its first two years of activitiesm being acknowledged by the European Commission as a major source of expertise and a reliable entity to deal with. The value of the EIRAC SIRA and IP has been recognised by different Directorates General of the European Commission, and it is considered as a primary source of valuable input to the workprogrammes of FP7. The EIRAC work will be continued in the next years, aiming at the following objectives: (1) Stimulate the main public stakeholders and market players in the Intermodal and Logistics domain to invest into research; (2)Strengthen the potential of research results to be endorsed and used by the market; (3) Provide the assessment of these results, both before and after the execution of research, including the financial conditions needed to ensure the full exploitation of the innovation; (4) Ensure that its work is communicated in a professional way to the non-EIRAC members or International Parties, so that they also can benefit from the work; (5) Foster the participation of industrial SMEs in innovating and changing their mindset; (6) Stimulate the implementation of indications contained in the Implementation Plan into national programmes of research, including the identification of needs for breakthrough technologies; (7) Enhance the opportunities to participate to or observe EIRAC work; (8) Stimulate the creation of Intermodal Advisory Councils or Technology Platforms at national level Keywords Intermodal Logistics management of results market up-take research investments Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST-2007-2.1-01 - Vehicle/vessels and infrastructure concepts for intermodal freight transport Call for proposal FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LO SVILUPPO DI TECNOLOGIE PER IL TRASPORTO INNOVATIVO Address Centro ricerche enea della trisaia - ss 106 km 419+500 75026 Rotondella Italy See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Valerio Recagno (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EUROPEAN INTERMODAL ASSOCIATION Belgium EU contribution € 413 309,80 Address Rue d'arenberg 44 1000 Brussels See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Peter Wolters (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data STICHTING CONNEKT Netherlands EU contribution € 175 786,02 Address Ezelsveldlaan 59 2611 RV Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Other Administrative Contact Nico Anten (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data METTLE SARL France EU contribution € 191 159,78 Address Rue du vallon 200 06560 Valbonne See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carmine Biancardi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
