The Netherlands
Key goals
- Have, by 2020, one of Europe's cleanest and most efficient transportation systems.
- Become a testing ground and front-runner for the implementation of innovations for sustainable mobility.
Key strengths
- Strong cooperation between public and private partners (see below).
- Good infrastructure, technological firepower and favourable geographical location to become Europe's clean energy hub.
Key challenges
- Put a halt to a further growth of the mobility sector's share of the nation's GHG emissions (currently around 20 per cent).
- Meet the European standards for small particles and nitrogen-oxides.
Latest community news from the Netherlands
Who is who in the Netherlands: a quick overview
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Major public-private initiatives
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Major Dutch companies active in the field of mobility and the Netherlands' national government have signed (2009) the Sectoral agreement for mobility, logistics and infrastructure, which stipulates the road ahead to achieve the national reduction target of 13-17 Mtons (1990 levels) CO2. To keep professionals updated and to inspire them to contribute to achieving these targets, a dedicated weblog, dubbed 'Sectorakkoord-weblog' can be found here (Dutch). |
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Under the umbrella of ' Energy Transition', Stakeholders from industry, government, civil society and science have joined forces to make a sustainable energy supply a reality within fifty years. One of the initiative's seven platforms is the Platform Sustainable Mobility (PSM), in which stakeholders from all societal spheres work together to accelerate the transition to alternative motor fuels and the adaptation of groundbreaking vehicle technology. |
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Under auspices of the PSM, various initiatives that focus on increasing demand for innovations have emerged. One of these is the Mobius programme, which helps organisations and their employees to bring sustainable practices into mainstream business operations and individual mobility behaviour. |
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Around 100 companies, government agencies and knowledge institutes compose Connekt, a network organisation that puts its member in contact with each other, organises thematic platforms to allow members to exchange knowledge and initiates actions and projects. It focuses on accessibility of mainports and logistics, ICT in mobility, and urban accessibility and spatial planning. |
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The Taskforce Mobility Management - which encompasses industry, civil society and government representatives - aims to reduce the amount of kilometres driven during peak hours. It has proposed a range of measures that can be taken and is now working with a selection of pilot regions to implement these. |
Major private initiatives
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The Institute for Sustainable Mobility (IvDM) is an independent knowledge institute, founded by mobility retail organisations RAI and BOVAG in The Netherlands. |
Major national government initiatives
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The Clean and Efficient programme (Schoon en Zuinig) lays out the national government's ambitions towards energy efficiency, sustainable energy production. The programme is coordinated by the Ministry for the Environment (VROM) and it is based on a sectoral approach. |
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The Ministry of Transport's Car of the Future programme (Auto van de Toekomst gaat rijden), an interdepartmental innovation programme, aims to speed up availability and demand of clean and efficient vehicles and sustainable fuels. At this moment, the programme encompasses three activities, focusing on sustainable buses for public transport, establish a nationwide network of filling stations for alternative fuels and stimulation of sustainable production of biofuels. |
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Dutch Knowledge Platform for Traffic and Transporation (Kennisplatform Verkeer en Vervoer) is an independent institute that supports sub-national governments to develop and carry out their traffic and transportation policies. |
International cooperation (world level)
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Through SenterNovem (national Energy Agency) the Netherlands is an active participant of the International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement (IEA-IA) on Hybrid & Electric Vehicles. |
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The Dutch Minister of Transport is a participant of the International Transport Forum (ITF), an inter-governmental organisation under the OECD umbrella. |
International cooperation (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 (amongst others the City of Rotterdam), five bioethanol producers and four universities cooperate to accelerate the introduction of bioethanol as alternative transport fuel in Europe. |
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On behalf of the Dutch national government, the Knowledge Platform for Traffic and Transporation (Kennisplatform Verkeer en Vervoer) is a member of the European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM). |
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Together with six European cities, British Columbia (Cananda) and Western Australia, the city of Amsterdam is a member of the Hydrogen Bus Alliance. |
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The Netherlands Ministry of Transport is co-initiator of the Green Corridors Network, a cooperation initiative under the umbrella of ERA-NET TRANSPORT, a network of national transport research programmes in Europe. |
Furthermore, the Dutch national government is actively involved in various EU initiatives, such as BIOFUELS and ERTRAC, the EU Joint Technogy Initiative Fuel Cells and Hydrogen and the EU 7th Research and Development Programme.