International organisations
People, organisations and countries cooperate through various international initiatives and organisations. Below, those most relevant are elaborated on.
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International organisations: who is who?
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World level
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The International Transport Forum (ITF) is a global platform and meeting place at the highest level for transport, logistics and mobility. ITF was formerly known as the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) and is an inter-governmental organisation within the OECD family. |
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. One of its sector projects focuses on mobility. |
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IA-HEV (Implementing Agreement for Co-operation on Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies and Programmes) aims to foster international collaboration in pursuit of an energy-efficient, low-carbon future, particularly through the introduction of hybrid and electric vehicles. Member countries are: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the USA. |
European level
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ACEA, The European Automobile Manufacturers Association represents the interests of the fifteen European car, truck and bus manufacturers at EU level. |
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BEST, Bioethanol for Sustainable Transport, is a four-year project, partly funded by the European Union (EU), in which vehicle manufacturers, ten cities/regions, five bioethanol producers and four universities cooperate to accelerate the introduction of bioethanol as alternative transport fuel in Europe. |
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Biofuel Cities is a three year project (2006 - 2009) that works to support the use of biofuels at a local level across Europe. It is run by seven partners, including ICLEI (Local governments for sustainable mobility), SenterNovem (Netherlands) and VITO (Belgium). |
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ELTIS, the European Local Transport Information Service is Europe's portal for local transport news and events, transport measures, policies and practices implemented in cities and regions across Europe. |
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ERA-NET TRANSPORT (ENT) is a sustainable network of national transport research programmes in Europe. ENT is also a service platform for programme managers, which provides the required framework to initiate and implement trans-national cooperation. |
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ERTICO represents the interests and expertise of around 100 Partners involved in providing Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS). |
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The European Commission's Directorate General for Transport and Environment are both deeply involved in sustainable transport. One of the most notable programmes is the CIVITAS initiative. |
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The European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E) is an umbrella group of 51 environmental organisations campaigning for sustainable transport. |
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EPOMM, the European Platform on Mobility Management, is a network of governments from around Europe, engaged in Mobility Management (MM) |
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ICLEI, Local governments for sustainability, is an international association of local governments as well as national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. |
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Polis is a transport innovation network with more than seventy members from seventeen European countries, exclusively from the public sector. |
