No 300 - Weekly - 6 March 2009

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• Future of Transport: Commission stages conference in Brussels to discuss scenarios for the next 40 years

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• Forum on how to fund greener and more accessible cities

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• Public Consultations

• New Calls for Tenders

Future of Transport: Commission stages conference in Brussels to discuss scenarios for the next 40 years

Policy makers and top managers of the most important transport operators, manufacturers and logistic companies will gather in Brussels on 9-10 March at a conference convened by Vice President Tajani to discuss the future challenges for the transport sector and kick off the preparation of the 2010 White Paper on the Future of Transport Policy.

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Forum on how to fund greener and more accessible cities

Investors and politicians will join forces at an international forum to discuss how to fund projects to make European cities greener and more accessible. The forum called Connecting Europe – Financing Mobility and Sustainable Cities will be hosted by the European Investment Bank on 12 and 13 March in Barcelona. As more people continue to move to cities, new solutions will need to be found to improve transport in urban areas while at the same time making them more environmentally friendly as part of the fight against climate change. However, at a time of economic crisis it can be hard to find funds for projects addressing these issues. The forum will bring together expertise from different areas to come up with strategies to overcome these obstacles.
Speakers at the forum include Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani, as well as leading representatives from the European business and banking world, members of the Spanish and Catalan governments and prominent academics.

Public Consultations

In this section you will find the latest calls for submissions to public consultations in fields of energy and transport.

New Calls for Tenders

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