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The international stage
IFSTTAR occupies a central position in French research and development for all
aspects of sustainable mobility, and its expanding European and international
activities, that aim to disseminate French know-how and expertise, are gaining
increasing recognition.
The Institute’s international activities focus on setting up cooperation with
institutes of excellence, participating in international networks, building the
European Research Space and consolidating its influence.
IFSTTAR’s international influence
At the European level, IFSTTAR has maintained its leadership
role in 2011 by participating in many new 7 th FPRD projects.
This achievement confirms the validity of its systems of active
support for its research teams, particularly, through its
subsidiary ERT, and above all its strategy of participating in
European associations such as ERTICO (1) ECTRI (2) , FEHRL (3)
and FERSI (4) . In addition, in 2011, IFSTTAR conducted a review
of its European influence. This has been approved by its Board
of Directors and consolidates this defining approach.
The Institute is therefore in a good position for its input concerning
Horizon 2020, which is to be the next Framework
Programme for Research and Development (FPRD) starting
in 2014, to be heard and passed on.
2011 also provided the opportunity to organize the participation
of the French partners in the Urban Europe
Joint Programming Initiative, and to finalize one of the
three roadmaps of the Forever Open Road which is the
European counterpart of the 5 th Generation Road. Also
worth mentioning is the election of Dominique Mignot,
IFSTTAR’s Deputy Scientific Director, to the FERSI board.
The European “Transport Research Arena” (TRA) conference,
which France will host in 2014, is another key operation in
IFSTTAR’s international activities. The Institute was asked by
the Ministry of Sustainable Development to coordinate the conference
and has spent a year creating dialogue with all the
stakeholders in this event that sets out to be at the centre of
multimodal innovation in Europe. Furthermore, TRA 2014 has
already attracted the attention of several international partners
(the TRB WIiT committee (5) , THE PEP (6) and the ITF/OECD
JTRC (7) which are thinking of taking part.
At the international level, the Institute has continued the same
strategy that concentrates on OECD countries and seeks
shared scientific excellence. In this context, the Institute has
organized bilateral scientific seminars with Quebec, Germany,
the United States and Japan and has implemented its strategy
to encourage the international mobility of researchers. The
Institute takes advantage of the working groups organized by
the ITF/OECD joint transport research centre and continues
to play a major role in PIARC. IFSTTAR’s expertise has also
been recognized in targeted countries such as Cameroon with
regard to road safety.
@ CONTACT
patrick.mallejacq@ifsttar.fr
IFSTTAR present
with MEDDTL at the
Mexico City World
Road Congress.
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(1) European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Co-ordination
Organization.
(2) European Conference of Transport Research Institutes.
(3) Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories.
(4) Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes.
(5) Transport Research Board Committee on Women’s issues in Transport.
(6) Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme.
(7) The Joint Transport Research Centre run by the International Transport
Forum and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ifsttar.fr