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NewsletterN9

wwwtranport-ncpsnet

January 2019

Co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under GA No 690637

Get the latest news

from Horizon 2020

and the transport

RampI world

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AboutEtNA 2020

New ETNA2020 Partner Profile Tool

Looking for partners The ETNA2020 Partner Profile Da-tabase is aimed to store information about possible part-ners for your Horizon 2020 Transport Projects Any pro-file contains a series of useful information such as

bull the description of the organizationbull its field of activitybull its previous experience in the context of Framework

Programmes andbull the main organizationrsquos contacts

At the end of 2018 the new ETNA2020 Partner Profile Tool has been released Indeed within the website section ldquoProfiles Databaserdquo it is possible to add a Partner Profile filling the specific new form The website also contains a manual where users can read all the instructions and rules related to the new tool Additionally ETNA2020 usually organizes several Brokerage Events and Pitching sessions whose catalogues can be a useful source of new contacts Please find here the comprehensive document containing Profiles of the ETNA2020 Database categorized by topics of interest

ETNA2020 Brokerage event Smart City Expo World Congress Barcelona 13-14 November 2018

In the framework of the Smart City Expo World Congress held in Barcelona on the 13th and 14th of November 2018 ETNA2020 co-organized a big brokerage event

The expo focused on connecting companies governments organizations and experts in the field of urban develop-ment with the aim of sharing ideas showcasing the latest solutions and enhancing businesses

The brokerage event organized during such event was really successful with more than one thousand meetings

Furthermore ETNA2020 organized also an oral pitch session during which participants looking for partners had a unique opportunity to present their organizations and ideas for H2020 transport project proposals in front of the audience in the form of a brief oral presentation all the presentations are downloadable at the following link httpsgooglkaUmHT

For more information httpsgoogl2RtgNd

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Voices from EEN

NCPs participation during EEN Annual Conference 2018

Enterprise Europe Network organizes every year its An-nual Conference where all members can participate to share good practices and opinions and to discuss the fu-ture of the network and the collaboration with relevant stakeholders

The NCPs networks are one of the key collaboration part-ners of Enterprise Europe Network and some National Contact Points have been invited to discuss and share opinions during a specific workshop organized ad hoc during the Annual Conference

Our representative of ETNA2020 in charge of the collab-oration with EEN attended the session dedicated to ldquoSup-porting break-through Innovation within the European Innovation Councilrdquo

The session was dedicated to the discussion on the future organization of Horizon Europe with a focus on the Euro-pean Innovation Council in which EEN plays a role as Key Account manager for beneficiaries

A world cafeacute session has been organized to discuss dif-ferent topics one of them was the collaboration with the NCPs moderated by ETNA2020 representative

During the discussion EEN participants underlined the importance of the collaboration with NCPs and the com-plementarity of their roles if the NCP covers activities at national level EEN can provide support at regional level and both networks can facilitate the collaboration be-tween university and industry In this context crucial is the continuity of the NCPs networks in Horizon Europe in order to facilitate the interactions between the EEN sector groups and sectorial NCPs providing the max opportuni-ties to potential clients

Some remarks from EEN even if the collaboration is al-ready well-established some improvements are required For instance the interactions between EEN and NCPs should be more structured at the national level in every country where both services are available (at least for all member States and associated countries) with the aim to share information and create synergies optimizing ser-vices

This discussion provided food for thought for all of us to develop new initiatives and activities to organize together with EEN

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Horizon 2020

SaferAfrica Webinars

One of the main re-sults of the SaferAfri-ca Project (funded under Horizon2020) is the African Road

Safety Observatory This tool mainly represents a space where it is possible to interact in order to highlight the rel-evant road safety needs of African countries

From October 2018 the Observatory contains a specif-ic section with a series of webinars dedicated to anyone involved in the fields of African Road Safety Management research and education This includes institutions road safety professionals academics NGOs and policy makers

The webinars specifically deal with the following topics

bull Road Safety Data in Africa NGOsbull Road Safety good practices in Africabull Vehicles standards in Africa

For further information see at httpsgoogl19dqtC

Clean Sky2 Sky Line 26 in now online

In November Sky Line 26 was released with the title ldquoClean Sky 2 innovative results on trackrdquo Thus this issue is mainly focused on the progresses achieved by Clean Sky 2 so far This issue contains a variety of views on the future of research and innovation in the European aeronautics field from the European Parliament the Romanian Presi-dency of the Council of the EU the German Federal Minis-

try for Economic Affairs and Energy and French research organization ONERA

Furthermore you can find in this issue the FAQ on how to apply to the Clean Sky 2 calls and several updates of the upcoming events For more information see at httpsgooglVpUkzn

SESAR tests drone surveillance system

The number of drones flying in the air is rapidly increasing day by day These vehicles are often hard to detect since they literally fly below the radars

This condition surely poses the safety matters in a very important position and requires technological and inno-vative solutions

In this context the CLASS Project (funded by SESAR JU) is testing drone detection and tracking technologies during live demonstrations So far the project performed 40 flights and six scenarios in total

All the collected data will be useful to develop a surveil-lance system which will represent the basis for the U-space services tailored to end-users such as drone operators air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and authorities For more information see at httpsgooglCFWxcR

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Get to know your fellow NCPs

Switzerland the associated country at the heart of Europe

Switzerland has been participating in the European framework programmes since FP2 in 1987 initially with own funding In Horizon 2020 its legal status changed several times from third-country in 2014 to partial asso-ciation until end of 2016 Since January 2017 Switzerland has been fully associated This created a great deal of un-certainty among the research community especially at the beginning The national funding measures put in place by the Swiss government during Switzerlandrsquos partial associ-ation (association for the first pillar third-country status for the second and third pillars) could not entirely solve this uncertainty The period between January 2014 and December 2016 was therefore a challenging one also for the NCPs who had to inform additionally about the na-tional measures and remove common misconceptions

The Swiss NCP system was established with the creation of Euresearch in 2001 Euresearch is a non-profit associ-ation that informs advises and connects researchers in Switzerland on behalf of the Swiss federal government It is organised in a network with offices in all regions and a central office in Bern called the Network Office The ten

Offices in the Region have advisors at the universities universities of applied sciences and federal institutes of technology who are familiar with the administrative pro-cedures contractual issues and specificities of their insti-tution and company advisors to offer dedicated support to the private sector The Network Office on the other hand hosts all NCPs One NCP is taking care of the smart green and integrated transport programme including the transport-related JTIsThis network structure allows opti-mal use of synergies

The services offered by the team of 14 NCPs include checking ideas of researchers to fit open call topics assis-tance when writing the proposals or project prescreening Euresearch also offers workshops information events and seminars for newcomers or applicants

One of the specific features of Switzerland is its multilin-gualism Individual services are given in German French or English but larger events and all communication are done in English in order to address all stakeholders in the country The transport community is diverse with play-ers such as the federal institutes of technology the Swiss federal railways and a number of private companies Since the beginning of H2020 109 partners have been involved in transport projects and we work on increasing the par-ticipation of Swiss stakeholders

For more information feel free to contact the Swiss Trans-port NCP Dr Nicole Wyss (nicolewysseuresearchch)

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other transportfundingopportunities

SESAR KTN Engage Call for catalyst funding proposals opening soon

On 16 November 2018 it opened the Engage (the SESAR Knowledge Transfer Network) Call for ProposalsThe main focus of the Call (with a budget of EUR 60k funding per project) is on maturing exploratory research further towards applications and operational contexts Se-lected projects will run for 12 months with a lsquolight-touchrsquo reporting approach In this context proposals may be aligned with the Engavge thematic challengesThe Call for Proposals will remain open at least for three months and all the useful information about them are available at engagektncom

Horizon2020 Prize Cleanest Engine of the Future

Cleanest Engine of the Future is the Horizon2020 Prize aimed to stimulate the development of next generation engine and powertrain technologies using conventional fuelsFurthermore this funding opportunity strictly related to the decarbonisation of transport plays an important role in addressing air quality issues in European citiesThe Horizon Prize for the Cleanest Engine of the Future will reward participants coming up with a solution inte-grated in a system prototype which will be able to demon-strate a significant reduction of emissions of pollutants and lowering fuel consumption in real driving conditions without affecting the operational capabilities of the vehi-cle The submission deadline is the 20th August 2019 For more information see at httpsgoogloy7EuF

Clean Sky2 - 9th Call for Proposals now open

On 6 November 2018 the 9th Clean Sky2 Call for Proposals (CfP09) opened It has a total budget of euro691 million for 55 topics including 4 thematic topics and the closing date is 6 February 2019 In this context Clean Sky2 as usual organizes a series of Info Days in order to provide the par-ticipants the possibility to collect all the useful information for the proposals submission Stay updated on CleanSkyeu to find out all the Info Daysrsquo dates For further information about the 9th Call see at httpsgooglSbxBA5

euro100 million available to support key European transport projects

In December 2018 the European Commission launched a new call in order to step up EU action for safe clean and connected mobility The investment is made available by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and it is aimed to support the Commissionrsquos priority of stimulating new investments and creating job opportunities In this context EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc said ldquoInvestment in European transport infrastructure continues Our goal is to support projects with the highest EU added-value delivering on the EUrsquos agenda for jobs and growth and strengthening the social economic and territorial cohesion of the Union We are also tackling rail noise through the promotion of silent technologies which improve the quality of EU citizensrsquo livesrdquo Applications have to be electronically send in the period 8 January ndash 24 April 2019 and a virtual information day about the call will take place on 17 January 2019 For more information see at httpsbitly2QraPye

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transportpolicies

Commission adopts a new rulebook for sailplanes

The European Commission adopted the new rules for the operation of sailplanes - developed in cooperation with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and stakeholders

The new rules should ensure a high level of safety and at the same time should reduce the regulatory and admin-istrative burden especially for sailplane pilots They will apply from June 2019 onwards giving authorities and operators enough time for their implementation This amendment also contains new provisions for the use of electronic flight bags ndash the equipment pilots use to make calculations or fill in operational forms - to help flight crews performing flight management tasks more easily and efficiently and with less paper

In spring 2018 the European Commission had already es-tablished a lsquoBalloon rulebookrsquo to simplify the rules appli-cable to balloons operations In the near future the Com-mission will expand both -the rulebooks for the operation of air balloons and the one for sailplanes - with licensing provisions for pilots of balloons and sailplanes

Further info and reference documents are available at the following link httpsgooglbKdmQQ

EU Transport in figures

The European Commission published on the 15th of No-vember 2018 the document ldquoEU Transport in figuresrdquo a pocketbook meant for summarizing all the latest data

about the share of motorized means of transport used by passengers in Europe

The content of the pocketbook is mainly based on a mix of sources including Eurostat international organizations and national statistics

The publication consists of three parts

(1) a general part with general economic and other rele-vant data

(2) a transport section covering both passenger and freight transport as well as other transport-related data

(3) an energy and environmental part with data on the im-pact which the transport sector has on the environment

Read the entire Publication here httpsgooglvMcTqV

Monitoring vehicle emissions the JRCrsquos new laboratories

The JRC (the science and information service for the Euro-pean Commission) is launching two world-class laborato-ries in order to monitor vehicle emissions Indeed the final aim is to assist consumers and contemporary meet the European Commissionrsquos new regulations in this fieldThese laboratories are called VELA 10 and VELA 11 and they are scheduled to start the monitoring activities of vehicle emissions by testing cars in 2020 Thus the main

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purpose of the laboratories is to monitor and check that vehicles comply with the type approval regulation and the new emissions limits both on the road and in the laborato-ry For further information see at httpsgooglbXhK3V

Keeping drones safe secure and green Commission launches the European Network of U-space Demonstrators

In October 2018 the EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc launched the European network for drone demonstration projects In that occasion she said ldquoDrones are a key part of the future of aviation and will become part of our daily lives All players can mutually learn and exchange practical expertise to keep drone operations safe secure and clean That exactly is the purpose of this EU wide networkrdquo Thus the network is aimed to become a forum where share knowledge on how to keep drone opera-tions safe secure and green It will focus on the so-called U-space a system that is able to connect all drones flying in the air and make all drones visible for authorities and citizens In this context several authorities such as SESAR JU the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and EU-ROCONTROL will work together in order to develop con-crete material to support these projects and the authori-ties that will have to approve the drone operations

For more information see at httpsgoogljtNPh4

Latest news from the European aviation system

EU Member States expressed their positive opinion on the Commissionrsquos draft aviation security package This pro-posal contains a revision on background checks for avia-tion personnel which represents a key step in order to ad-dress the so-called ldquoinsider threatsrdquo ndash a priority point in

the global agenda on aviation security of ICAO and of the European Union Furthermore the proposal is aimed to ensure that aviation security rules will remain adequate and up to date with the current threat and risk picture and with evolving technological solutions

On 21 November 2018 another important decision has been made the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional political agreement on new EU rules to safe-guard competition in aviation

This regulation represents a concrete step towards a Eu-rope that is concentrate in protection activities and that will take action whenever other nonndashEU carriers will benefit of practices that will put Europersquos interest and connectivity at risk In this context Violeta Bulc Europe-an Commissioner for Transport said ldquoThe agreement on safeguarding competition in aviation ensures that aviation can continue to drive mobility growth and job creation in the EUrdquo For more information see at httpsgooglLyV-juF and httpsgoogloA8TzT

Woman safety and security

The International Transport Forum (ITF) has recently released the compendium ldquoWoman safety and securityrdquo about the role of women in transport

The ITF first launched during the 2015 ITF Summit a se-ries of discussions on women in transport providing an opportunity for all the stakeholders to highlight their ini-tiatives in enhancing greater gender equality in the sector

This is a very important topic because every day many women feel exposed to physical aggression sexual ha-rassment or other forms of unwelcome behavior in public transport

The compendiumrsquos authors are focused especially on ur-ban areas where more women than men use public trans-port and consequently they strongly depend on these sys-tems for their mobility needs

Furthermore the compendium includes a summary of the 2018 ITF Summit session ldquoSafe and Secure Transport for Womenrdquo as well as the conclusions of the conference ldquoWomen Mobilize Womenrdquo organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuumlr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH which was part of the Pre-Summitrsquos debates

For further information see at httpsgooglpmejrf

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Commission initials Horizontal Aviation Agreement with the Republic of Korea

In October rsquo18 the European Commission initialed the Horizontal Aviation Agreement with the Republic of Korea during a meeting between the European Commissionrsquos Di-rector-General for Mobility and Transport Henrik Hololei and Kim Hyoung-zhin Ambassador of the Republic of Ko-rea

The Horizontal Aviation Agreement is mainly aimed to regulate the EU-Korea relations in the field of certain as-pects of air services

Indeed the agreement is important for both sides includ-ing in particular the airlines of both the parties as it will restore legal certainty to all the bilateral air services agree-ments that the Republic of Korea has with 22 EU Member States by bringing these into conformity with EU law

The conclusion of the Horizontal Agreement represents an important step forward in the EUrsquos aviation relations with the Republic of Korea because it allows the two sides to discuss closer cooperation in other fields of aviation and transport of common interest

The official signature of the Agreement is expected in early 2019 For more information see at httpsgooglLkc7S4

New Trans-European Network maps to improve connectivity with Eastern Partnership countries

The European Commission adopted the maps of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T core net-work) in Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus the Republic of

Georgia the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in order to improve connectivity with these Eastern countries

Thus this close cooperation will be able to make border crossings more efficient and to improve road safety Fur-thermore efficient transport networks will create growth and jobs enabling to bring people closer together and al-lowing for goods to move

This decision follows the signature of six high-level agree-ments between the EU and the abovementioned countries Now the European Commission has a period of scrutiny before the act can officially enter into force

For more information see at httpsgooglJmiVvg

The new JRC analysis on the deployment of electric vehicles

A new JRC analysis on the electric vehicles system and its deployment recently showed that the use of this kind of vehicle increased in the period 2010-2017 although prog-ress is still small to be characterized as full-scale commer-cialization

In 2010 electric vehicles system was still considered as a niche market but in 2017 almost 300000 electric passen-ger cars were registered in Europe (against around 1400 in 2010)

In this field highest numbers were registered in Norway Germany the Netherlands France and the UK

Nevertheless the JRC analysis showed that the electric vehicles sector still faces with barriers to mass market up-take especially because of the lack in certain countries of sufficient recharging points

For more information see at httpsbitly2KQA3A9

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Events

1sT TrANsporT CyBEr sECuriTy CoN-FERENCE LiSBoN 23rd JANUARy 2019

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is organizing the first Transport Cyberse-curity Conference in cooperation with the European Com-mission (DG MOVE) the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

The continuous evolution of the transport sector and its importance across EU has spurred the need for cyber-security to be considered in a coordinated manner The increased connectivity and interdependencies between transport sectors introduce new opportunities for the citizens but also raise challenges to be addressed notably security

Accordingly the conference will bring together interna-tional organisations private industry regulators aca-demia and the management of EU Decentralized Agencies and EC DGs All the details at httpsgoogl3Psk29

CLEAN SKy 2 WoRKSHoP oN ADDiTivE MANUFACTURiNG iN AviATioN AA-CHEN 23-24 JANUARy 2019

On 23-24 January 2019 Clean Sky 2 organizes a workshop about the Additive Manufacturing in Aviation

The main objective of the workshop is to identify syner-gies for Additive Manufacturing in the aviation industry and gaps for cooperative approaches which could be ad-dressed by the remaining call waves of Clean Sky 2

The Workshop will be held in Aachen (Germany) at the Fraunhofer Institute premises For more information see at httpsgooglkWGzR5

SHiFT2RAiLrsquoS 2019 iNFoRMATioN DAy BRUSSELS 9 FEBRUARy 2019

On 9 February 2019 Brussels will host the Shift2Railrsquos 2019 Information Day

The event will represent the occasion to acquire an over-view of the Shift2Rail Research amp Innovation Programme particularly focusing on the upcoming funding opportuni-ties under the umbrella of the Horizon 2020 Programme

The event is dedicated to companies and research organi-zations that wish to carry out collaborative research and innovation projects in the area of railway mobility in coop-eration with the projects of Shift2Rail members

For further information see at httpsbitly2SSIn4Y

MovE MoDELS TECHNoLoGy SU-STAiNABiLiTy LoNDoN 12-13 FE-BRUARy 2019

On 12-13 February 2019 London (United Kingdom) will host the event ldquoMOVE Models Technology Sustainabilityrdquo mainly focused on mobility

MOVE is the most important mobility event in the entire international context Thus the event will pool together disruptors their technology and their attitude with stake-holders across all modes and disciplines The aim is to

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discuss and to facilitate a dialogue creating collaborations among participants

For more information see at httpsgooglyHT5p8

RoToRCRAFT STRUCTURES WoRK-SHoP 2019 KoumlLN 19-20 FEBRUARy 2019

The EASA Workshop about Rotorcraft Structures will be held in Koln (Germany) on 19-20 February 2019

The Workshop will address structural requirements and Acceptable Means of Compliance including EASA policies and Certification Memorandum related to Materials Proof of Structure Fatigue and Damage Tolerance and Vibration

Thus this event is an interactive forum to discuss Rotor-craft (CS-27 CS-29 CS-VLR) Structures topics between EASA National Authorities and STC and TC Applicants

For further information see at httpsgoogl6wdi75

ThE 7Th iNTERNATioNAL RAiLWAy SUMMiT FRANKFURT 20-22 FEBRUARy 2019

On 20-22 February 2019 Frankfurt (Germany) will host the 7th International Railway Summit

The event represents a great opportunity to have one-to-one meetings based on business matchmaking save time and meet up to 15 buyers over two days and know buyersrsquo project requirements ahead of the meeting The next In-ternational Railway Summit will be held in Abu-Dhabi in November 2019

For more information see at httpsgooglCYvPKP

RAiL LivE 2019 BiLBAo 5-7 MARCH 2019

On 5-7 March 2019 Bilbao (Spain) will host the event RAIL LIVE 2019 mainly focused on the technology inno-vation amp strategy for the whole rail supply chain

The event consists of an exhibition and a sponsored con-ference aimed to bring together an all-encompassing rail show with a conference about all that is innovative in the rail sector

RAIL LIVE will offer many opportunities for those who are looking to the future of the rail industry

For further information see at httpsgooglhtBKp4

WoRLD ATM CoNGRESS 2019 MA-DRiD 12-14 MARCH 2019

The World ATM Congress is the worldrsquos largest interna-tional air traffic management (ATM) exhibition and con-ference attracting over 7500 people each year

The event is operated by the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) in partnership with the Air Traf-fic Control Association (ATCA) and it pool together the worldrsquos leading product developers experts stakeholders and air navigation service providers (ANSPs)

The 2019 edition will take place in Madrid (Spain) on 12-14 March 2019

For further information see at httpsgooglzziMZH

DRoNE DAyS 2019 BRUSSELS 15-17 MARCH 2019

Drone Days 2019 will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 15-17 March 2019

This event was created in 2015 becoming edition after edition the leader event in the field of drone-related busi-ness such as manufacturers service providers training centres universities test centres start-ups etc

The event will give the chance to meet relevant stakehold-ers thanks to Brokerage events and Sales Pitches In 2017 and 2018 the B2B made possible for more than 20 Euro-pean companies to meet with each other and to enable the organisation of more than 400 appointments

For further information see at httpsgooglLjwBbB

CiTA iNTERNATioNAL CoNFERENCE amp 19TH GENERAL ASSEMBLy SEoUL 2-4 APRiL 2019

On 2-4 April 2019 Seoul (Korea) will host the CITA Inter-national Conference amp 19th General Assembly

CITA is International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee and its Conference will represent a unique opportunity to meet people interested or active in technical roadworthi-ness inspections of in-service vehicles from all over the world

The event will be hosted by the Korea Transportation Safe-ty Authority and the registrations will close on 22 March 2019

For further information see at httpsgoogly2E3Ju

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SixTH GLoBAL MEETiNG oF NoNGo-vERNMENTAL oRGANizATioNS ADvo-CATiNG FoR RoAD SAFETy AND RoAD viCTiMS CHANiA 8-13 APRiL 2019

The sixth edition of the Global Meeting of Nongovernmen-tal Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims will be held in Chania (Greece) on 8-13 April 2019

The Sixth Global Meeting will represent the biggest gath-ering of road safety NGOs and stakeholders in 2019 and the most important event leading up to the end of the De-cade of Action for Road Safety 2011ndash2020

The event will consist of training sessions workshops networking opportunities the General Assembly and for the first time a high-level symposium on road safety

For more information see at httpsgoogls2rH7D

CLEAN SKy PRivATE-PUBLiC PART-NERSHiP ndash EURoPEAN AERoNAUTiCS RESEARCH AT iTS BEST WHAT NExT iN HoRizoN EURoPE BRUSSELS 9-10 APRiL 2019

On 9-10 April 2019 Clean Sky 2 organizes a two-day high-level conference in Brussels focusing on aeronautics research at its best and the future of the programme in Horizon Europe

The event will host speakers from the European aero-nautics industry the European Parliament and European Commission as well as research centres and academia

The second day of the event will be dedicated to the achievements of Clean Sky 2 so far

For further information see at httpsgooglmisDM4

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PArtNErs

CoordiNAtor

APRE ndash Agency for the Promotionof European ResearchContact Etna2020apreit

Co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under GA No 690637

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