About ECTRI - Objectives

ECTRI's mission is to meet the need for consultation, consistency and integration in the building of a European Surface Transport Research Area. In doing so, ECTRI's main focus is to work towards a Single European Transport System which will be safe and secure, efficient, cost effective, environment friendly and truly multi-modal in the Europe of the future.

The long term vision of ECTRI is to create a European Virtual Transport Research Institute by combining the strengths and potential of all its members and using their expertise and/or infrastructure.

Beyond this overall vision, ECTRI's objectives within the European Research Area are as follows:

To help achieving the integration of transport research in the enlarged European Union

To be an independant knowledge organisation able to advise on key policy issues

To promote coordinated and high quality European know-how transfer in the field of transport

To provide a platform of exchange for the establishement and development of further research networks

ECTRI has published a Strategic Paper defining more in details its missions.