NEWS
A synthesis report was produced by CERTH/HIT in September 2020. Feel free to use this communication material in relevant upcoming events and be disseminated among interested stakeholders.
On 9th and 10th of September 2020, the final Governance Board (GB) meeting of the infra4Dfuture initiative took place. Initially to be hosted by consortium partner Infraestruturas de Portugal in Lisbon, the meeting was held digitally through WebEx, due to COVID-19 restrictions. At the meeting, DG Move representative Mr. Rafal Stanecki, the INEA Project Officer Mr. Sergio Escriba and representatives of all infra4Dfuture Consortium partners were present.
The final infra4Dfuture consultation events for National Transport Infrastructure Authorities (NTIAs) took place from 23rd-25th June, through webex platforms, as digital events.
The 3rd Stakeholder Conference of the i4Df initiative took place at the Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in Bonn on the 12th of December 2019. This was the third in a series of four i4Df Stakeholder Conferences that will culminate in the launch of the coordination mechanism at the TRA 2020 Conference in Helsinki on 26th -30th of April 2020. Attended by about 50 strategic stakeholder representatives from National Transport Infrastructure Authorities (NTIAs), industrial lead suppliers, research providers and public-sector innovation programme owners, the 3rd i4Df Stakeholder Conference gave the opportunity to develop an effective and structured dialogue on the needs, priorities and challenges of the forthcoming coordination mechanism for the modernization of transport infrastructure.
On the 9th of December 2019, a mid-term review meeting of the i4Df initiative took place at the RWS Brussels Office. The meeting aimed to assess the achievement of the first year’s objectives as described in the project’s Description of Action. The i4Df Work Package leaders presented the work carried out and progress made in the 1st year of the initiative to both, INEA project officer Mr. Sergio Escriba and DG MOVE policy officer Mr. Rafal Stanecki.
On 13 and 14 November 2019, the 4th i4Df Governance Board (GB)(consortium members) meeting took place in Vienna (Austria). The noon-to-noon meeting was kindly hosted by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT).