SUP&R ITN outreach magazine SUP&R ITN features in FIRM magazine - Jun2014 | Page 18

HORIZONTAL/DISSEMINATION INCRIS PROJECT SHOwS SIGNIFICANT RESULTS SO FAR The INCRIS FP7 project, now in its 30th month, has already produced significant results that will be of great value to Ukraine. The project has so far successfully organised four project management training courses for Project Coordinator DNDI (and other) project managers, a session at the FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting (FIRM) conference in Brussels in 2013, a number of short-term visits to various research centres in Poland, Sweden, Hungary and Israel as well as hosting researchers from these countries in Kiev. And three DNDI staff members have completed a secondment to the FEHRL Secretariat in Brussels. PARTNERS To facilitate further international cooperation, DNDI has been involved in the development of five two-stage project proposals within the framework of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme in the domain of infrastructure. DNDI also intends to launch a project proposal on the use of coal waste in road construction, and several additional short-term visits to potential partners are proposed. Due to the current complicated political situation in Ukraine, it was agreed to extend the project duration for a further six months, so the project will now finish in November 2014 after 36 months and the project’s final workshop is set to be in September/October 2014. In connection with the prolongation of the project and based on the positive feedback of the trainees of the previous International Project Management (IPM) training modules, it was also decided to hold a final IPM training session within the framework of the INCRIS project on 4-6th November 2014. This fifth training would be For more information, go to incris.fehrl.org or contact Valeriy Vyrozhemsky at [email protected] I 18 Topics of short term visits Their expected impact on end-users, society, industry Theme area Safety & Security Design & ProducƟon focused basically on the requirements and procedure of participation in Horizon 2020 projects targeted at the project managers potentially involved in the preparation of project proposals. It was also decided to add two shortterm visits to the list of already fulfilled ones. The first was from DNDI to KTI on 2nd April 2014 and the second from DNDI to IBDiM on 26-27th May 2014 (on the above-mentioned issue of setting up a joint project proposal on the use of coal waste in road construction). The topics covered during the shortterm visits are according to four theme areas (that correspond with the FEHRL Research Areas): Safety & Security, Design & Production, Energy, Environment & Resources and Mobility, Transport & Infrastructure. The expected impacts on the Ukrainian road infrastructure include: Reduction of energy consumption, environmental impact and nuisance Improved and efficient mobility of goods and people Topics • Road Safety Audits and InspecƟons • Crash test/safety • Child safety • Traffic accidents and safety • Design concepts for pavements • DiagnosƟc tesƟng for monitoring road condiƟons • Modern materials for long life road pavements • Asset management • InnovaƟve geo-syntheƟc materials Impact PreventaƟve and miƟgaƟng road engineering for safety-> reducƟon in the number of deaths/injuries Reliable, durable and sustainable infrastructure -> increased lifeƟme Energy, Environment & Resources • Use of waste materials in road construcƟon and maintenance • De-icing and snow clearance ReducƟon of energy consumpƟon, environmental impact and nuisance -> Improved health condiƟons and greener transport Mobility, Transport & Infrastructure • Infrastructure concepts for pedestrians, cyclists • ImplementaƟon of ITS and ICT for traffic management Improved and efficient mobility of goods and people -> reducƟon in congesƟon and increase in reliability