Skip to main content

New conference plans for European road directors

Plans are in hand for the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). This event is now run every four years, with this next CEDR conference being the third to be held. The governing board for CEDR held a meeting in Helsinki and the Road Directors’ association reviewed the final report on the implementation of its previous strategic plan and the formalisation of its next. The CEDR strategic plan 3 (SP3) is to develop the priorities and targets for its next cycle. Each SP determines the structuring an
October 30, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Plans are in hand for the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). This event is now run every four years, with this next CEDR conference being the third to be held. The governing board for CEDR held a meeting in Helsinki and the Road Directors’ association reviewed the final report on the implementation of ITS previous strategic Plan and the formalisation of ITS next. The CEDR strategic Plan 3 (SP3) is to develop the priorities and targets for ITS next cycle.  Each SP determines the structuring and activities of various task groups and SP3 is structured around three thematic domains; Innovation, Strategy and Network Management. A coordinator for each of these is appointed from one of the 29 national road authorities in CEDR. The CEDR office based in La Defense in Paris, led by the new secretary general, Steve Phillips, who provides the core coordination and support function. CEDR will also remain one of the core stakeholder organisations supporting the 1109 Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference that will be held in April 2014 next door to the CEDR premises. CEDR members have hosted each TRA event since the launch in 2006 and look forward to a long and productive cooperation with the 2465 European Commission and transport Technology Platform stakeholders from the road, rail and waterborne sectors. Details of the CEDR strategic Plan and of TRA can be found on the websites %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.cedr.EU www.cedr.fr false http://www.cedr.fr/home/ false false%> and %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.traconference.EU www.traconference.eu false http://www.traconference.eu/ false false%> respectively.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • TYROSAFE's gripping competition
    July 16, 2012
    An EC-funded project aims to coordinate research on essential tyre/road interaction parameters. A competition will help raise awareness of the project Drivers need grip between the tyres and the road to accelerate, decelerate or change the direction of a moving road vehicle. Grip is provided by the skid resistance properties of the road surface in combination with the friction characteristics of the tyre. This combination is critical for safe driving, and many European countries have investigated the corre
  • Deadline for submitting European Transport Conference 2014 abstracts
    February 3, 2014
    Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the European Transport Conference (ETC) 2014. The ETC connects the worlds of research, consultancy, policy and practice. Attendance at ETC allows different groups to pose questions to fellow professionals and to assess what is possible in terms of delivery. Researchers are challenged by policy-makers; practitioners need to deliver on the ground what the policy-makers want. The Association for European Transport has identified for the 2014 Conference so
  • Call for SME exhibitors at Road Infrastructure Innovation Expo, Brussels
    April 2, 2013
    SMEs developing innovative solutions to improve road infrastructure now have until 12 April, 2013, to apply to exhibit free-of-charge at the first Road Infrastructure Innovation Expo being held in Brussels, Belgium, 4-6 June 2013. Due to the involvement of additional countries and the final constitution of the scientific committee for the Infravation programme, organisers have extended the exhibitor registration deadline. All research fields are welcome addressing the theme of Advanced and Innovative Constr
  • European police group TISPOL committed to helping cut road deaths
    April 2, 2015
    In its latest three-year strategic plan, the European Traffic Police Network has reaffirmed its commitment to the European Union’s road death reduction target of 50% by 2020. World Highways reported last month that road deaths fell by just 1% in the EU in 2014, according to data released by the European Commission. There were 25,700 road deaths across all 28 Member States of the EU. The European Commissioner of Transport, Violeta Bulc said at the time that the statistics give some cause for concern. S