Activities - European and International interfacing

On the European scene, ECTRI and its members are involved in a number of activities:

• Plenary and Steering groups of ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) and ERRAC (European Rail Research Advisory Council) Technology Platforms
• Information Society Technologies Advisory Group (ISTAG) and Transport Advisory Group (TAG)
• Representation in eSafety Forum at the plenary meeting, the Steering group and the Working Groups.

At the European level, ECTRI is as well in contact with the European Commission and other European associations such as FERSI and FEHRL.

ECTRI also maintains permanent links with European Union representatives for policy formulation advice as well as with other European organisations (OECD/ECMT).

At the international level ECTRI maintains links with transport research bodies such as the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) and similar bodies in Japan, India, China and Australia.

More particularly, ECTRI and TRB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2006 in order to closer cooperate. An action plan has been defined in order to cooperate on a number of actvities.