INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

More than 100 abstracts have been submitted for the 2012 Polis Conference, the highest number ever. We specifically appreciate the significant amount of contributions from Polis members! We will review them carefully during summer and keep you updated. Mae sure you saved the dates in your agenda: 28 November (afternoon) the Annual General Assembly (AGA) will take place, 29-30 November the Polis conference. Both events are hosted by the city of Perugia!

To read the full InfoPolis articles, do not forget to log in to the members area at www.polisnetwork.eu! When you are logged in as a member, you will have access to a considerably enhanced database of documents, events and news compared to the public website. Contact us if you do not know your login details.

Yours sincerely,
Sylvain Haon
Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

Latest Tweets

@POLISnetwork: Active & healthy ageing: 261 projects were submitted to support actions in 6 areas. Action 6: urban strategic planning http://bit.ly/N1shvU

@POLISnetwork: Save the date! EC Conference on #UrbanMobility, 17 Sept, #Brussels. You are invited! Polis - News: http://bit.ly/KR5bZ7

@POLISnetwork: @transenv Debate on ‘Driving the Future: Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards 2020+’,10 July at 12:30, European Parliament http://bit.ly/Lmd3Uu

Partner search about greenways

Partner search in two open calls from DG Enterprise & Industry. The proposals about greenways to be presented by the European Greenways Association and Spanish Railways Foundation. Proposal #1: Development of the “greenways product”, deadline 4 July. Proposal #2: Greenways as cultural itineraries for sustainable tourism, deadline 6 July. Contact Florinda today!

Polis sent "postcard to Rio+20"

Polis was one of the organisations selected to send a "postcard to Rio" by the EU Sustainable Energy week. The idea: Have our message heard at Rio+20! See the upper left image. See the full image.

Calendar

Click here to view a list of all upcoming events.

Polis Network News

	You have to be logged in to access this content. Please click here to log in or here to find out more about joining Polis.

	You have to be logged in to access this content. Please click here to log in or here to find out more about joining Polis.

Members in action

	You have to be logged in to access this content. Please click here to log in or here to find out more about joining Polis.

European projects

BESTFACT goes from Amsterdam to Brussels

Eco-efficient solutions in freight transport chains were presented in Amsterdam, public and private initiatives in urban freight will be discussed in Brussels next 6 and 7 December.

Registration open for the CIVITAS Forum Conference 2012

The annual CIVITAS Conference will take place in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain from 24-26 September.

Policy Learning in Information Technologies for Public Transport Enhancement (POLITE) project kicked-off in Reggio Calabria (Italy)

The POLITE project will exchange best practices on infomobility in public transport. It will create tools to support policy-making which partners will use to develop local implementation plans outlining local roadmaps for policy development on public transport information systems.

Become a Friend of Eltis!

The user network, Friends of Eltis, started in December 2010 and has quickly become very popular. After only three months 150 people had joined the network. Today, there are more than 1200 Eltis Friends. Eltis is Europe's number one portal on urban mobility.

MOLECULES Interest Group talked electro-mobility in Paris this week

The first MOLECULES Interest Group workshop was held on June 26 in the setting of the EPAMarne premises in Noisiel, in the territory of Marne-la-Vallée (Paris).

FOT-Net at euroFOT Final Event

The FOT-Net project was present at the euroFOT Final Event on 26-27 June 2012.

News from the institutions

Sustainable urban mobility: Commission campaign boosts support to fight congestion and pollution

The European Commission's Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign was launched today and represents a three-year initiative aiming to support sustainable urban mobility campaigners in 31 countries. Activities began today with the opening of a registration system to support outstanding actions for fostering positive change in attitudes and behaviour.

Save the date! EC Conference on Urban Mobility

EC Vice-President Siim Kallas invites urban mobility stakeholders to the conference 'Towards competitive and resource efficient urban mobility' to take place in Brussels on the 17th of September.

Funding opportunities and partner search

	You have to be logged in to access this content. Please click here to log in or here to find out more about joining Polis.

	You have to be logged in to access this content. Please click here to log in or here to find out more about joining Polis.

You're receiving this because you're a subscriber of our Newsletter via www.polisnetwork.eu.