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Opportunities for potential “take-up” cities

Gloria Spezzano

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

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In this presentation...

• Who benefits?

• Access to information coming from the initiative

• The CIVITAS Forum network

• The CIVITAS Awards

• CIVITAS National and Regional Networks

• CIVITAS Thematic Groups

• CIVITAS Study visits

• CIVITAS Training events

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CIVITASWho benefits?

• Participating CIVITAS cities

• Citizens

• Road users

• Public transport users

• Fleet owners and municipal fleets

• Special needs communities

• Transport planners

• Non-CIVITAS cities

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CIVITAS Themes addressed

• Alternative fuels, energy efficient vehicles

• Collective transport and integration modes

• Demand management strategies

• Mobility Management

• Safety and security

• Less car-dependent lifestyles

• New concepts for goods distribution

• Innovative telematics systems

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CIVITAS Access to information about the initiative

• Brand new CIVITAS.EU

• MOVE Newsletter: register online

• Publications

– Handbooks on public involvement and communications: order now!

– Policy Advise notes CIVITAS II

• Visit the CIVITAS resource centre at www.civitas.eu

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Exchanging ideas and experiences CIVITAS Forum Network

• Community of cities pioneering clean urban transport

• Over 200 cities from 30 European countries

• Platform for the exchange of ideas & experiences

• Benefits for cities:

– Assistance with policy formation

– Funding and other information

• Cities engage by signing the CIVITAS declaration

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Exchanging ideas and experiences CIVITAS Forum Network

• Once a year, the CIVITAS Forum conference brings together representatives from member cities

• Each CIVITAS Forum conference takes place in a different city and includes site visits that promote a real transfer of expertise

• CIVITAS Forum: Malmö (Sweden), 27-29 September 2010Funchal (Portugal), 17-19 October 2011

Vitoria Gasteiz (Spain), 24-26 September 2012

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Awarding CIVITAS Forum Network cities CIVITAS Award

• Annual award, presented to members of the CIVITAS Forum Network whose transport policies or activities to achieve clean urban transport are outstanding

• Presented in connection with the annual CIVITAS Forum meeting

• The winners are awarded based entirely on the merit of their applications

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Exchanging ideas and experiences CIVITAS National and Regional Networks

CIVINET

• Promoting the CIVITAS approach at a local level

• Aims to overcome language and contextual barriers

• Platform for the exchange of information

• Site visits and regular events to promote good practices

• Complement CATALIST and the CIVITAS Forum Network

• CIVINET España & Portugal, Francophone, Italia, Slovenija, UK & Ireland, Dutch (at present)

• Find more information in your language at www.civitas.eu/civinet or write to: civinet@civitas.eu

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Exchanging ideas and experiencesCIVITAS thematic groups

• 10 Online communities

• 8 CIVITAS themes + public involvement + integrated planning

• Receive information about the topic of your interest

• Ask questions to experienced city experts

• Open to urban transport professionals

• Contact icre@polisnetwork.eu

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Exchanging ideas and experiencesStudy visits

• Methodology to highlight the "living laboratories" aspect of CIVITAS.

• Visiting ongoing projects and seeing how they operate in reality is an integral part of the CIVITAS programme.

• Upcoming study visits announced together with practical information and the registration form in the city-to-city market place in the ‘mobility solutions’ section at www.civitas.eu

• Contact peter.staelens@eurocities.euù

Next: Public transport, Craiova, 7-8 May 2012

Public transport infrastructure, innovative energy-saving and mobility management measures.

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Exchanging ideas and experiencesThematic training events

• In depth training events for urban transport professionals

• Bring your “local challenge”!

• Upcoming:

– Legacy, maintaining the momentum created in EU projects

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..see you at next CIVITAS result workshop!

• Third CIVITAs results workshop to take place in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on 11 October 2012

• In parallel to EEAC conference (European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils)

• Topic: CO2 free city logistics

– Clean fuels

– Urban freight logistics

• Stay informed at www.civitas.eu/event

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Contact details

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CIVITAS Contacts

CIVITAS Secretariat

C/o The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

Ady Endre út 9-11

2000 Szentendre

Hungary

Tel: +36 26 504046

Fax: +36 26 311294

secretariat@civitas.eu