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In the frame of the ECTRI-TRB MoU, ECTRI has actively contributed by organising and participating in a number of sessions to the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 91st Annual Meeting organized in Washington, D.C., USA on January 22-26, 2012.

ECTRI sent its reply to the ERA Framework Public Consultation: Areas of untapped potential for the development of the European Research Area (ERA) questionnaire.

The EUTRAIN Launching event for Network of Related Entities (NRE) is organized in Washington DC on 24 January 2012. The draft agenda is available now. The registration to this event is limited to confirmed participants only.

“Network Related Entities ‐ NRE”, are a wider network of “players” in transport research (approximately 100) covering the entire world, and who are asked to provide inputs to the projects, via the project’s electronic interaction platform and e‐mails; and they are also invited to participate in all project workshops and Conference -at their own costs.

The next DETRA workshop, organized by EURNEX on the project’s WP3 "Strengthening Research Institutions" and WP6 “international cooperation” to improve European Research Area supporting world class research will be held on February 13-14, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.

ECTRI Secretariat will be present at the ERA Conference 2012 which takes place on January 30, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.

ECTRI Secretariat will be present at the TEN-T Info Day for Annual Call 2011 which takes place on January 31, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.

ECTRI (as a project coordinator) hosted the launch of EUTRAIN (European Transport Research Area International cooperation activities) project on 17-18 October 2011. EUTRAIN is 2 year project financed by European Commission under FP7 (7th Framework Programme).

On 30 March 2010 the EIB launched a public consultation in view of the revision of its transport lending policy. The consultation concluded in December 2011 with the adoption of a revised policy. It was the first sector policy the Bank consulted upon publicly. The ECTRI contribution to this consultation was well received and recognized as an important input for the revised policy adopted by EIB as you may see from the EIB matrix.

In reaction  to EC White Paper titled:“Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system”, ECTRI has released its position paper.

In relation to the emerging discussion on the future of the transport lending policy, ECTRI has released its contribution to the European Investment Bank public consultation “Towards a Refined Policy for EIB Lending to the Transport Sector”.

ECTRI supports the 6th Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems EATIS 2012,  Valencia, Spain, May 23 - 25, 2012 organized by ECTRI Member LISITT-UVEG. A call of papers has been launched. This conference is supported by ECTRI.

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The latest European Transport Research Review (ETRR) publication has been issued in December 2011.

The updated report compiling the FP7 and COST projects in which ECTRI Members are involved is now available.

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