CERTAIN is a Coordination Action funded by the Directorate-General for Research under its Sustainable Surface Transport priority. Its aim is to facilitate integration of the EU New Member States (NMS) and other Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) into the established research and development community of the European Union. Its main objectives are: To provide a platform for coordinated work and efficient dissemination of results of on-going EC research projects on road infrastructure, particularly those dedicated to the New Member States: SPENS on pavements and ARCHES on highway structures. To reinforce links with stakeholder in NMS and CEEC by organising workshops and providing project deliverables in their own languages. To set the route for more efficient incorporation of partners from NMS and CEEC in the future European research by organising training courses for the research project managers.

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The first TRA2012 newsletter has just been sent out to key transport research professionals.

Last month (18th–19th October), over 180 road research experts met in Brussels to discuss more than 25 road research projects.

30 finalists will be funded to travel to the TRA2012 conference in Athens

FERRM11 to focus on Resources, Recycling and Alternative Materials and Implementation in Brussels on 18-19th October 2011

The European Commission is preparing a Roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe as part of the resource-efficient Europe Flagship Initiative of the Europe 2020 Strategy.   They have launched a consultation to collect the views stakeholders on policy options for the Roadmap.