EUTRAIN

European Transport Research Area International Cooperation activities - EUTRAIN

The main objective of EUTRAIN is to establish - through international cooperation in transport research - the free circulation of specialized knowledge, experience and know-how in facing transport problems and challenges and create through collaboration the conditions for more “breakthrough” research and achievements. EUTRAIN can both help in strengthening European Transport Area (ERA-T) as well as boost Europe’s competitiveness in the global economy.

Key tasks

• To define fields of interest and priorities, as well as barriers / gaps / diversions for international cooperative research work in the field of Transport between Europe, US, Japan, Australia, South America, India and China
• To analyse Intellectual Property regimes and their harmonisation
• To assess current models and tools of international cooperation in transport research and propose new ones
• To complete framework for International Cooperation in Transport Research

Duration and Funding

October 2011 - September 2013
Funding through the EC DG Research & Innovation, 7th Framework Programme.

Consortium

Coordinator: ECTRI
Partners: ERTICO – ITS Europe, FEHRL, EURNEX, VOLVO