Workshop series

First Workshop series:  19 and 20 February 2009 in Brussels 

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The Europe-wide EasyWay programme for ITS deployment is driven by national road authorities and operators with associated partners including the automotive industry, telecom operators and public transport stakeholders. Currently, 21 Member States cooperate on Europe-wide ITS deployment on the main corridors of the trans-European road network. The programme receives support from the European Commission, which contributes with a share of 20% (100 million € for the period 2007-09).

The programme sets clear targets for the deployment of ITS services on Trans European Road networks, identifies the set of necessary ITS European services to deploy (Traveller Information, Traffic Management and Freight and Logistic Services) and is an efficient platform that allows the European mobility stakeholders to achieve coordinated and combined deployment of these pan-European services.

EasyWay incorporates all current Euro Regions and facilitates the integration of new Member States and new areas such as the Baltic countries, Greece and Southern Italy.

ERTICO – ITS Europe is cooperating closely with the EasyWay secretariat to connect experts with real market experience and Member States with deployment aspirations.

With its broad range of partners active in European projects and industry forums such as i-Travel, CVIS, COOPERS, Safespot, EURIDICE and TISA, ERTICO – ITS Europe is uniquely placed to connect these key-stakeholders and ensure the rapid, coordinated and harmonised deployment of core ITS systems and services.

ERTICO - ITS Europe co-organised with EasyWay-at several key milestones in the EasyWay project – a series of workshop sessions that bring together experts with real market experience working in European key projects and industry forums such as i-Travel, CVIS, COOPERS, Safespot, EURIDICE, ROSATTE and TISA with Member States having deployment aspirations in the EasyWay project. This ERTICO - ITS Europe activity main objective is to:

• Bring industry and Service Providers to the position that they can understand and anticipate »» their role and potential participation in EasyWay deployment of services and products.
• Extend and improve the definition of the first wave of Core European services on the basis of European industry expertise.
• Identify existing infrastructure, equipment and services that can contribute to the deployment of European services, and identify need for further development in EasyWay.
• Contribute to the EasyWay organisational model and validate with respect to market relevant business models for service provision.