INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

Two weeks ago, at this year's Annual General Assembly, the city of Rotterdam was unanimously elected to be the president of the Polis network in 2016!

Congratulations to Rotterdam, as well as to Bilbao, Tisséo Toulouse and Ile-de-France who have been (re-) elected as members of the Polis Management Committee and to Pisa who will act as Polis vice-president. I also wish to thank the city of Madrid for the excellent cooperation during their Polis presidency over the past two years and BKK Budapest for their equally excellent vice-presidency. While it is sad to see that phase come to an end, we also look forward to working with the new president and vice-president in the year to come!

Speaking of 2016, this InfoPolis provides details of upcoming events and Working Group meetings: in February, a bike sharing working group will take place in Brussels. March sees both the TE&M and road safety working groups meet in London, brought together by an additional workshop on ITS to improve the road safety for vulnerable road users.

To help you mark your calendars we continuously update our overview of key events in 2016: Just bookmark http://www.polisnetwork.eu/2016keyevents!

For now, I wish you a pleasant read!

Yours sincerely,
Karen Vancluysen
Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

Polis contributing to urban development event of Umbria region

This morning, Polis' Giacomo Lozzi presented in Italian good practices for sustainable urban mobility towards officials and students from Umbria region who visited the region's Brussels office.

Polis contributed to European Electric Vehicles Conference (EEVC)

Yesterday, Polis' Gabriela Barrera and Thomas Mourey presented the CIVITAS framework, the FREVUE and the CityMobil2 projects at EEVC's EU electromobility project day in Brussels. http://www.eevc.eu/

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Calendar

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Polis Network News

Successful 2015 Polis Conference held 19-20 November

We were pleased to welcome 400 delegates at the 2015 Annual Polis Conference in Brussels on 19 and 20 November. Presentations and photos can be viewed online.

Polis Global Platform has been launched

Polis is expanding its outreach beyond Europe and a formal structure has been set up within the network to enhance global cooperation – the Polis Global Platform. A number of activities have already taken place while several others are planned ahead.

Polis and its members active at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21)

The annually organised COPs (Conference of the Parties) serve as the formal high-level meeting to assess progress in dealing with climate change. Polis will participate in events related to transport and Polis members Rotterdam, Île-de-France and Brtistol are either organising their own events or presenting.

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City of Rotterdam elected as Polis president

At this year's Annual General Assembly, the city of Rotterdam was unanimously elected to be the president of the Polis network in 2016. Rotterdam is taking over the presidency from the city of Madrid, which as outgoing president will welcome delegates to this year’s Polis Conference tomorrow.

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Members in action

Île-de-France Region organises a conference on Innovative and Sustainable Mobility as part of COP21

Polis member Île-de-France Region, together with Île-de-France Europe, are organising a conference on “Innovative and Sustainable Mobility: Towards a smart administration of mobility and energy in major metropolis”, as part of COP 21.

Barcelona wins 'Thinking Cities' Award

The 'Thinking Cities' Award has been presented on 19 November at the 2015 Polis Conference to the city of Barcelona. Adria Gomila received the prize for the city's innovative way linking social data with urban mobility transport.

European projects

Save the date: SWITCH Final Conference "Embracing Active Travel for Health", 14 April 2016

The SWITCH project will organise its final conference on Thursday, 14 April 2016 in Bremen, to present results and share knowledge with European cities on embracing active travel for health, and developing sound local promotional campaigns.

News from the institutions

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Around Europe and beyond

ECOMM 2016: Call for Abstracts open

ECOMM 2016 is titled "Smart Solutions for People and Cities" and takes place in Athens, Greece on the 1st - 3rd of June 2016. Abstract submission deadline is 16 December 2015.

Transport Achievement Award: call for applications until 15 January

The 2016 Transport Achievement Award will recognise an example of excellence in transport which has improved the transport offer in terms of environmental sustainability and/or social inclusion. The award is presented by the OECD's International Transport Forum (ITF).

MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Member in the Spotlight: Europe’s Green Capital Bristol unveils city toolkit

In 2015, the city of Bristol has been Europe’s Green Capital. This was also an outcome of 40 years of environmental efforts with great progress in many areas. Now, Bristol is willing to help other cities around the world to “go green” by sharing its experience and knowledge about sustainability at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21).

The city is doing this through a free online toolkit called 'The Bristol Method' which documents everything Bristol has learnt from its year as European Green Capital so other cities can benefit. Bristol's Mayor George Ferguson, who previously had a career as an architect, revealed one of his principles in an interview with Polis for 'Thinking Cities': “It is important to work together as city regions to tackle poor transport!". [Continue reading here.]

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