Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Transport Research and Innovation Funding

The European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) would like to contribute to the emerging discussion on the future of the European Research Area in transport linked to the follow‐up of FP7. We would like to do it based on our broad involvement and commitment to European transport research and our perception of the transport system.

ECTRI is a Brussels based Association of 28 major Transport Research providing Organisations based in 20 European countries. The central approach taken in ECTRI’s activities, reflected in its membership criteria, is “multimodal”, considering the interdependencies and interactions between Transport modes, and looking at the transport system in an integrated way.