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Coordination and Support Action: fast-track and mainstream the replication of innovative, urban, peri-urban and rural mobility solutions

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  • Coordination and Support Action: fast-track and mainstream the replication of innovative, urban, peri-urban and rural mobility solutions

    The second part of this topic is a Coordination and Support Action that aims to fast-track and mainstream the replication of innovative, tested urban, peri-urban and rural mobility solutions (e.g. technological, non-technological, services, goods and infrastructure). Proposals are expected to set up and run a 'Fast-track to innovative sustainable motorised and non-motorised  mobility' action (working title – proposers are invited to choose an appealing title), which offers support and services to at least 20 cities and municipalities or their organisational/functional groupings. A 'staged approach' is possible – taking into account mobility, investment or geographical needs as well as delivering the project efficiently. At least one-third of these 20 locations should be located in areas experiencing rapid economic and social change.  

    The proposal should include plans for all of the following actions:

    • Support for the development and towards implementation of innovative mobility solutions in 4 broad areas:
      1. Investments in and management of the transport network
      2. Supporting modal shift towards more energy-efficient, safer modes for transport of freight and/or passengers
      3. New operating and business models in collective public and private transport (in any transport mode).
      4. Mobility actions within the scope of the European Innovation Partnership in Smart cities and communities (or its successor working on smart cities).
    • Implementation strategies will be developed and carried out by the project in a programme of tailored actions to deliver the capacity building and institutional networking in:

    a.       Support on staff exchanges, expert visits, and short term training.

    b.      Services to provide access to financial and legal expertise needed to define the feasibility to replicate an innovative mobility solution and services for access to financial and legal expertise needed to develop an innovation deployment programme of scale, notably: investor meetings, opportunities for follow-up investments and the creation of synergies with European funding and financing.

    c.       Providing matchmaking services for innovative mobility solutions (from 'suppliers' that are both public and private organisations, or groupings thereof (such as Horizon2020 funded projects)) and public organisations, such as city councils, regional authorities, transport operators or their groupings.

    The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 1 to 1.5 million each would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.