CERTAIN was a Coordination Action funded by the Directorate-General for Research under its Sustainable Surface Transport priority. Its aim was 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 were: 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.

CERTAIN project succesfully ended in May 2010.

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