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07 Oct Applications for the EU Urban Road Safety Award are open

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07 Oct The UN proclaims the period 2021–2030 as the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety, with the goal of reducing road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50%

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07 Oct Transport sector calls for an EU framework on the governance of B2B data

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05 Oct Learn more about future skills needs via the DRIVES Project Webinars!

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DRIVES Consortium is organising a series of five webinars to mark the European Skills Week. The upcoming webinars will serve as an introduction to the Skills and Transformation of the EU Automotive Sector Conference and cover topics on Skills Intelligence, Job Roles and Training Implementation...

05 Oct EC: Outcome Research and Innovation Days

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The European Commission has brought together thousands of policymakers, researchers, innovators, businesspeople and citizens in a unique digital event on the future of research and innovation. Consisting of a Policy conference and the Science is Wonderful! exhibition, European Research and Innovation Days 2020 ran over three...

05 Oct ARCADE Project: The CAD Knowledge Base represents a step towards the successful integration of autonomous mobility

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AustriaTech as an Agency of the Austrian Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology acts as an interface between industry, research and policy. We have been active in various projects on automated and connected mobility since 2014. As national contact point (NCP)...

05 Oct EC: New recommendations for a safe and ethical transition towards driverless mobility

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The European Commission has published on 18th September a report by an independent group of experts on Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs). Who should be responsible in case of a collision when there is no human driver? How can ethical and responsible data...

05 Oct First ROADPOL Safety Days launched

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On 16th September, ROADPOL, the European network of traffic police forces, launched the very first ROADPOL Safety Days – a Europe-wide campaign to raise awareness of road safety. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the number of traffic fatalities – currently up to...

02 Oct European Council Conclusions include call for an ambitious EU industrial policy

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Today, the European Council Conclusions were accepted by EU Heads of State and Government. CLEPA welcomes the inclusion of a significant paragraph entirely dedicated to “Single Market and industrial policy” in which EU leaders call for an “ambitious European industrial policy” that would “foster production and...

01 Oct Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, opposes ban on internal combustion engine

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The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety exchanged views with Mr Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the Commission, on "Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition". The meeting took place on the 28th of September. Frans Timmermans pointed out that the Commission...