move together project and conference introduction brussels, monday 16 june 2008 european economic...

MOVE TOGETHER

Project and Conference Introduction

Brussels, Monday 16 June 2008European Economic and Social Committee

Carlo Sessa

ISIS - Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems - Rome

MOVE TOGETHER PROJECT

WHAT ? An EU Seventh Framework Support Action to raise the awareness of European citizens on EU funded research for urban sustainable mobility

WHY THE CITIZENS’ APPRECIATION IS IMPORTANT TO US ?Because without a direct appreciation of research efforts and thecooperation of the end users (the citizens) sustainable mobility maynot be fully achieved:

Research efforts are not enough !

We need also to promote a new citizens’ mobility culture !

MOVE TOGETHER CONFERENCE

THIS IS A LAUNCHING CONFERENCE

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT YOU HAVE TODAY:

- THE PROJECT LEAFLET

- THE CONFERENCE DIARY NOTE

- A FIRST KEY RESULT OF THE PROJECT: “THE CITIZENS STATEMENT ON EU URBAN TRANSPORT

RESEARCH”

MOVE TOGETHER – WHAT I WILL SAY ?

FEW WORDS ON WHAT HAPPENS:

- TODAY

- WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS

- NEXT YEAR (THE PROJECT ENDS IN DECEMBER 2009)

MOVE TOGETHER – WHAT HAPPENS TODAY

WHO ARE THE CITIZENS IN FRONT OF YOU ? • THEY COME FROM THE 27 EU COUNTRIES

• THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED RANDOMLY (AMONG 600 VOLUNTARY CANDIDATES)

• EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP REPRESENT A DIFFERENT EVERYDAY LIFE PERSPECTIVE (NOTHING MORE !)

MOVE TOGETHER – WHAT HAPPENS TODAY

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ?

SCREENED SOME 60 PROJECTS ON 18 RESEARCH TOPICS (LIST INCLUDED IN THE DIARY NOTE)

DEFINED AND GIVEN TOGETHER THEIR OWN APPRECIATION OF EU RESEARCH ON THE BASE OF:

- GROUP WORK IN TWO WORKSHOPS (Brussels, Paris)- READING OF A CITIZENS’ DIGEST PREPARED FOR THEM (40 pages, not shown in the conference folder)- ON-LINE APPRECIATION OF 10 URBAN RESEARCH AREAS

FORMULATED RECOMMENDATIONS TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS

MOVE TOGETHER – WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS

• A similar citizens’ conference process will be replicated at local level (in the Rome metropolitan area) • 25 citizens randomly selected from the 25 urban and peri-urban districts of the metropolitan area will be asked to give:

- their appreciation of EU research achievements and related recommendations to the policy makers (e.g. to what extent such achievements should be implemented in the Rome area to ensure sustainable mobility)

- their recommendations to raise awareness and change the citizens mobility culture in the Rome area

MOVE TOGETHER WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR (2009)

Move Together Travelling Exhibition:

• Wien, June 2009, UITP World Congress

• Nantes, July 2009, World Sustainable Mobility Forum

• Napoli, September 2009, Mobility Tech Exhibition

• Budapest, October 2009

• Brussels, December 2009

MOVE TOGETHER – WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR

Move Together Local Exhibitions (during the Mobility Week in September 2009):

• Based on a soft version of the MOVE TOGETHER travelling exhibition (available on Internet)

• To be held in about 10-20 towns scattered in different countries of Europe (selected by means of a tendering process)

MOVE TOGETHER – WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEYOND ?

We hope to help the needed cultural change, spreading a new mobility mentality in the mind of citizens:

“OUR FREEDOM TO MOVE ALONE IS LIMITED”

“OUR FREEDOM TO MOVE TOGETHER SHOULD NOT !”

MOVE TOGETHER

MORE INFO AVAILABLE ON:

WWW.MOVE-TOGETHER.NET

Thank You for your attention !