EU-India eSafety Cooperation project kicks off!

Date: 05 December 2005

The ERTICO coordinated project EU-India officially kicked off 1 December 2005. The project will last 18 months with the aim of initiating long-term cooperation between the Indian and European ITS communities. EU-India is co-funded by the European Commission’s DG Information Society and Media and is their very first contract to be awarded under the 4th call of the 6th Framework Programme.

EU-India encourages cooperation between European and Indian key ITS players to enhance ITS deployment in India. ITS has significant potential to improve road safety in India, which currently has one of the highest road fatality rates in the world.

One of the first events sourcing from the cooperation will be an ITS workshop on 2-3 March 2006 in New Delhi. Two main topics are the focus of this workshop; EU-India eSafety Cooperation and ITS for Transport Planning for the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010. Indian participants include representatives from the Indian Government, local Delhi authorities and industry. European participants are also welcome to attend the workshop.

EU-India will allow further opportunities for networking between European and Indian key stakeholders. There will be events held in Brussels and Delhi aimed at identifying ITS requirements in India and showing how European stakeholders may assist ITS development in India.

For more information or to attend these events, please contact ERTICO’s India Project Coordinator Priti Prajapati or visit the EU-India website.