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The CIVITAS Initiative provides inspiration to cities and towns interested in achieving a more sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban transport system, by implementing and showcasing ambitious sets of technology and policy based measures. In doing so, CIVITAS does not only fund large demonstrations (i.e. the CIVITAS I, II and PLUS projects) but also smaller projects meant to promote the concrete up-take of the CIVITAS principles and facilitate the building up of critical mass and markets for innovation. Funding opportunities for smaller projects are made available through a dedicated CIVITAS Activity Fund, which regularly opens Calls for Applications.
CIVITAS CATALIST is the project of the CIVITAS Initiative family responsible for ensuring that the experiences of the programme are exploited up to a maximum level and taken up by as large a community of cities as possible.
The CIVITAS Initiative helps cities to achieve a more sustainable, clean and energy-efficient urban transport system by implementing and evaluating an ambitious, integrated set of technology and policy-based measures.
Areas of activities covered by this call for applications
Applications must respond to one of the following eight thematic priorities, in line with the classical CIVITAS Initiative approach:
- Promoting Less Car-Intensive Lifestyles;
- Promoting Innovative Soft Measures;
- Promoting Collective Passenger Transport;
- Promoting Transport Management;
- Promoting Integrated Pricing Strategies;
- Promoting Access Management;
- Promoting Urban Goods Transport;
- Promoting Clean Fuels and Vehicles.
It is the objective of CIVITAS CATALIST to achieve a balance for all thematic areas. At least, all thematic areas should be given equal access opportunities.
The spirit of CIVITAS CATALIST is to enable an exchange and/or transfer of experiences between the CIVITAS Cities and other cities interested in the CIVITAS approach to sustainable mobility. Proposals shall take this dimension into account while applying for funding.
The following call for application will concern the exchange of expertise and knowledge between the staff of a hosting city (CIVITAS CATALIST City) and that of a learning city (Take up city).
Host cities include Berlin, Bremen, Bristol, Bucharest, Genoa, Göteborg, Graz, Kaunas, Krakow, Nantes, Rome, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Toulouse. Candidates should apply for a placement within one host city alone.
Eligible applicants
Eligible applicants are local authorities, public transport operators and public agencies. The proposal must be submit by the organisation indicating the staff involved in the exchange and their staff categories (managers, technicians or even politicians).
Legal entity established in a Member State of the European Union and parties from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey can submit applications.
- Legal entities established in countries not listed before (inside and outside Europe) are eligible for funding if they are part of a consortium in which at least one entity is established in a Member State of the European Union or Associated Countries.
Key conditions:
- Applying staff: a maximum of five persons (managers, technicians, or even politicians) per interested city may apply;
- Duration: secondments should last for a maximum of 10 working days
The total budget earmarked for each call is estimated at €120,000.
Applicants will be required to match 50% of the funded activities with their own resources (thus enacting a 50% co-financing system).
Only eligible costs will be reimbursed.
Meer info:
http://www.civitas-initiative.eu/cms_network.phtml?id=1889&lan=en
Contact
Applications (complete in all sections) will need to be submitted by e-mail to the CIVITAS CATALIST Coordinator (ISIS), at:
Loredana MARMORA - lmarmora@isis-it.com
Phone: +39.06.3212655 +39.06.3212655
Fax: 39.06.3213049
