Sub-contractors’ Kick-off Meeting

7th April 2003

Dominique De Buys - GCI

Towards a Transport Research Knowledge Centre

The EXTR@Web project

1. Scope

2. Objectives

3. Structure

4. Actors

5. Clients

6. Success Factors

7. Key Achievements

FP5KA2

NATIONAL PUBLICLY

FUNDED PROJECTS IN ERA

OTHER FP5 Projects

Other EU PROJECTS

GLOBALLY/INSTITUTIONALLY

NON-PUBLICLY FUNDED PROJECTS

SCOPE

FUNDED PROJECTS

• Establish a comprehensive web-based Transport Research Knowledge Centre

• Provide electronic hub for inter-connecting EU, ERA national, and international transport research

• Raise awareness accross Europe and ERA

• Provide analytical outputs

• Establish a Common Transport Research Reporting Scheme

OBJECTIVES

STRUCTURE

Intelligence

Production

• Monitoring

• Analysis

Management

Knowledge

Dissemination

• Web

• Traditional

• Evaluation

input

feedback

Quality Assurance

STRUCTURE

WP 2: Monitoring, Analysis and Information Preparation

• Transport Research Reporting Scheme

• Monitoring national/international transport research programmes

• Analysis of national projects

• Intermodal and telematics

• Analysis of EU transport research

Intelligence Production

STRUCTURE

WP 3

• Web site with reciprocal links to national/international sites

• Electronic news service

Knowledge dissemination

WP 4

•Dissemination Strategy

• Database & Enquiry Service

• Press announcements

• Policy brochures

• Annual compendia

• Events

ACTORS

Advisory Group

Programme Analysis Group

Project Management Team

Geographic Sub-contractor network

Dissemination SC

Benchmark Group

DG TREN

Clients

• Policy-makers at national, regional and local levels

• Academic and research communities

• Decision makers with broad transport responsibilities

• Interest groups

• Industry

Success Factors

Project and quality management

Political support from member states

• Benchmark Group

• Quality management according to ISO 9001: 2000 standard

• Internal and external quality audits

• Advisory Group

Key Achievements to date

• Common European Transport Research Reporting Scheme ready for public release

• Pilot monitoring of national transport research programmes completed for six countries

• Dissemination strategy defined

• Themes for analysis and web browsing defined

Key Achievements to date(continued)

• Political and institutional support from most ERA member states through Advisory and / or Benchmark Group membership

• Participation in DGTREN Annual Conference 2002 in Barcelona

• Promotional material produced

• Contact database and e-enquiry service operational