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May 27, 2020

This month the European Union and its partners launched the coronavirus global response campaign. Want to know how you can help raise €7.5bn to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines for global deployment at an affordable price? All you need to do is help us raise awareness and spread the word about the important role of research and innovation. Use the key messages below through all your professional and personal means to ensure we work for…

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May 26, 2020

Earlier this month, the European Commission presented its Tourism and Transport package of guidelines and recommendations to help Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to reopen, while respecting health precautions. The guidelines include specific recommendations for rail, amongst other transport modes, including limiting contact among passengers and between passengers and transport workers, reducing passenger density, and the use of personal protective equipment.   The Commission's Tourism and Transport package includes: An overall…

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May 26, 2020

Our Executive Director, Carlo Borghini, will present in this webinar about mobility focused on transforming Europe's rail system. The webinar, organised by the network of Transport National Contact Points ETNA2020 in cooperation with C-Energy 2020 and NCPs CaRE, will take place on 9 June at 10.00 CET. In the light of the future merging of energy, climate and mobility, this webinar is part of a series devoted to the transition between Horizon 2020 and Horizon…

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May 12, 2020

Join us for this very timely webinar on the question everyone in the rail industry is currently talking about – what will be the new normal for rail following the Coronavirus pandemic? Our Executive Director, Carlo Borghini, will moderate the webinar which will take place on Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 12:00-13:30 CEST. The session will explore the possible medium- and long-term changes to rail travel, what lessons must be learnt, and what warnings should be heeded.…

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May 6, 2020

The European Union and its partners launched a coronavirus global response effort on 4 May. Research and Innovation, both at the centre of what we do, are playing a key role in this initiative. The aim of the campaign is to raise €7.5bn to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines and deploy them to every corner of the world at an affordable price. Without these, we all remain vulnerable. The European Commission has made a significant contribution…

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May 5, 2020

Our Executive Director Carlo Borghini will participate to the European Railway Clusters Initiative’s (ERCI) Freight and Logistics Taskforce Webinar. The online event will take place on 10 June at 10.00 CET and will gather rail experts from across the field. The event will investigate how to promote a shift towards multimodality in freight and analyse the implications and strategy to ensure a better use of rail in the logistics chain. Mr Borghini will discuss how…

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