Joint Task Force between Lyon Declaration Signatories

HUMANIST VCE have been involved in a Task Force set up after the signature of the Lyon Declaration in December 2008.

This Task Force also includes: ECTRI, FERSI, FEHRL, ISN, EURNEX and NEARCTIS.

It aims at the European Research Area concept (horizontal, governance, administrative and financial issues including instruments) and at delivering some first thoughts concerning transport related research.

The Task Force work resulted in a Deliverable called “Creating a European Transport Research Alliance (ETRA) - Towards MERITE Main European Research Initiative in surface Transport” that was distributed to the European Commission.

This Task Force also prepared and submitted the “Developing the European Transport Research Alliance – DETRA” project, under the TPT.2010-8. “Analysis of the state of ERA development within the transport domain” call.