EPN Consulting is available to provide assistance to public and private organisations that would like to see their ideas converted into a sound proposal to be submitted. EPN Consulting is also an ideal partner for your project consortium as we have got a lot of experience in dealing with EC projects.

- 06 Sept 2012 - Deadline to submit proposals within the CIP-EIP-ECO-INNOVATION-2012 call 

- 06 Sept 2012 - Deadline to submit proposals within the ARTEMIS-2012-1 call 

- 07 Sept 2012 - Deadline to submit proposals within the following Call for Tenders: "Study on European Internet Traffic: Monitoring Tools and Analysis  

- 18 Sept 2012 - Deadline to submit proposals to the FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG (Marie Curie) call   

- 20 Sept 2012 - Deadline to submit proposals within the EUREKA's EUROSTARS Programme 

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As  usual in this time of the year, from 16 to 22 Sept in Europe there will be a number of events organised within the European Mobility Week (EMW) initiative.

Each European Mobility Week focuses on a particular topic related to sustainable mobility, the so-called focal theme. Local authorities are required to organise activities for their citizens based on this theme. They are also encouraged to launch and promote permanent measures that support the theme. The 2012 theme is: "Moving in the Right Direction".  

The subject of the Contract is the collection and analysis of European Internet monitoring tools and methodologies.

This will be done through a gap analysis for monitoring tools and methods and through the deployment of specific proof of concept use cases.  

Finally a set of recommendations based on the analysis will be produced in order to address the needs in this area. Those recommendations will be targeted to the appropriate European audience (scientific community, Internet Service providers, policy Makers).

Maximum value of the contract: 400,000 Euros 

Deadline to receive receipts for tenders is 07 September 2012. More details available here. 

The EC DG MOVE is seeking external expertise 'To develop and validate the feasibility of a multi-modal passenger transport information and booking service that could be applied on a pan-European basis.

- the creation of a European transport information interface which would be easy to access and provide passengers with real-time data for any trip in Europe and for any transport mode; this interface could also provide some information on passenger rights and the environmental footprint of each trip (CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, etc.) so as to allow a comparison between transport modes, 

- the creation of an online booking tool which would facilitate travelling through Europe, as well as a journey planner, a journey pricing tool, an availability request management tool and a ticket integration tool, 

- the connection of international traveller information systems. 

Maximum value of the contract: 1,500,000 Euros 

Deadline to receive receipts for tenders is 28 September 2012. More details available here.  

The Green Paper on Urban Mobility, adopted by the Commission in 2007, highlighted that Europe's towns and cities should not be left alone in tackling challenges that are of EU and even global dimension.

Consequently, an Action Plan on Urban Mobility (COM(2009)490) was adopted on 30 September 2009, providing a coherent framework for 20 concrete EU-level actions to be implemented in the period 2009-2012 through existing instruments and initiatives. These actions all aim to support and enable efforts at the local level, rather than prescribe one-size-fits-all or top-down solutions.

The Urban Mobility Action Plan also stated that "in 2012, the Commission will conduct a review of the implementation of this Action Plan".

After an initial fact finding phase, which is now coming to an end, the study is entering a consultation phase, which is primarily based on a short questionnaire submitted to a wide range of stakeholders, to elicit relevant information and reactions on the implementation of the various actions so far.   

The consultation runs until 07 September 2012.  

The Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE) Initative is addressing this need, creating a multidisciplinary research environment for investigating and experimentally validating highly innovative and revolutionary ideas for new networking and service paradigms.

• FIRE is promoting the concept of experimentally-driven research, combining visionary academic research with the wide-scale testing and experimentation that is required for industry.
• FIRE also works to create a dynamic, sustainable, large scale European Experimental Facility, which is constructed by gradually connecting and federating existing and upcoming testbeds for Future Internet technologies.
• Ultimately, FIRE aims to provide a framework in which European research on Future Internet can flourish and establish Europe as a key player in defining Future Internet concepts globally.

A consultation on FIRE in Horizon 2020 was launched and contributions are requested from all interested parties:  

• from potential facility providers to experimenters,
• from technology to application developers,
• from SMEs to European and national projects, brought together by the need to experiment, test and validate in the real world, involving the targeted end-users, technical solutions as well as services and applications.

The consultation runs until 14 September 2012.

Following the open consultation a Workshop on "FIRE in Horizon 2020" will be held on 21 September 2012 in Brussels. The objective of the workshop will be to endorse a common position and identify concrete objectives, mechanisms and expected impact.

Participation is registration-only and Free-of-Charge. 

This public consultation is part of the preparatory work of the European Commission's services to explore the scope for possible new European Commission initiatives on road charging along the lines outlined in the 2011 White Paper on Transport.

All relevant stakeholders are invited to read the background document, which explains the context of this consultation, before answering the questionnaire.

It is possible to choose between answering a short or a long version of the questionnaire. The long questionnaire contains 56, mainly multiple choice questions, and touches upon all the details of the identified problems. In the short questionnaire, the 16 retained questions have been chosen in a way to allow respondents to give their opinion on the main topics of the consultation, without entering into the technical details.

The consultation is open until 04 November 2012. 

The SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) is the modernisation programme of the European Air Traffic Management, ATM) infrastructure.

SESAR aims at developing the new generation ATM system capable of ensuring the safety and fluidity of air transport worldwide over the next 30 years. It has been conceived as a three-phase programme, including a definition, development and deployment phase.

SESAR also constitutes the technological pillar and is an essential enabler of the Single European Sky (SES).

The objective of this consultation is to seek the views of citizens and stakeholders on the future of the SJU (Sesar Joint Undertaking) beyond 2016 and in the context of the Horizon 2020 programme.

The questions also address the role of the SJU for the continued support to the SES and the ATM performance objectives.

The consultation is open until 17 October 2012.

There are still a few days to submit your candidacy for the award.

competition for the third "Access City Award", the European Award for Accessible Cities.

The annual prize recognises and celebrates cities that are dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all, and for persons with disabilities in particular.

The Award is part of the EU's wider effort to create a barrier-free Europe: improved accessibility brings lasting economic and social benefits to cities, especially in the context of demographic ageing.

Cities with at least 50,000 inhabitants have until 05 September 2012 (16.00 Brussels time) to submit their candidacy for the award.

More information can be found here.   

Westminster council has launched a pilot scheme to help drivers find on-street parking spaces in central London.

The Alliance will focus on creating solutions offering high accuracy, low power consumption, mobility, implementability and usability. It will create an eco-system that stimulates innovation, enhances service delivery, and accelerates the adoption of solutions and technologies that optimize the mobile experience.

Founding members include: Broadcom, CSR, Dialog Semiconductor, Eptisa, Geomobile, Genasys, Indra, Insiteo, Nokia, Nomadic Solutions, Nordic Semiconductor, Nordic Technology Group, NowOn, Primax Electronics, Qualcomm, RapidBlue Solutions, Samsung Electronics, Seolane Innovation, Sony Mobile Communications, TamperSeal AB, Team Action Zone and Visioglobe.

Alliance members are encouraged to execute their own pilots and present their data to the Alliance. The primary solutions will be based on enhanced Bluetooth� 4.0 low-energy technology and Wi-Fi standards using relevant existing or coming features of those technologies. These technologies are commonly used in mobile handsets and are thus a natural starting point for the Alliance's efforts.

Pre-commercial pilots and business model verifications will start in 2012, while 2013 is expected to bring mobile handset-based implementation enabling the first consumer applications in the indoor mobile environment.

TRANSLATIONS and INTERPRETING SERVICES in most of the language pairs, with ONLY mother-tongue translators, from technical to marketing fields; LANGUAGE TRAINING and E-LEARNING. 

Main Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian and Eastern European languages, Nordic languages, Greek, Hebrew, Farsi, Swahili, etc. 

Main Fields: IT, Life Science, Technical documentation, Marketing, Food&Beverage, Law/Finance,Tourism/Travel & Leisure, etc. 

Global Target in Motion can currently rely on over 800 meticulously selected experts and young, motivated, professional staff. 

Global Target in Motion is a company certified by the Piedmont Region (NW Italy).

After three years of trading and two years of newsletters EPN Consulting would like to receive comments from you, both members and non-members, on what you think of our services and professional network and what you would like to see improved, changed, added, modified, etc.

As the 1st September is widely perceived as the real beginning of the year (rather than the 1st January), we guess that after some days of holidays you must be fresh, pro-active and full of good ideas to fill in these useful questionnaires - separately designed for Non-Members and Members - to improve the overall EPN Consulting professional services in the next months.

• Non-Members - please fill in this survey designed to understand what you know about EPN Consulting and what you expect from us 

• EPN Consulting Members - please fill in this survey designed to understand your level of satisfaction as a Member and what kind of suggestions you have in mind to improve the wealth of services and activities of our Network  

- 01-04 Sept 2012 - Nicosia (CY) - BIZ+INN - EASTWEST 2012 - International Congress and Exhibition on Innovation and Enterpreneurship 

- 03-05 Sept 2012 - Tarragona (ES) - ICT - P2P XII - IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing 

- 03-06 Sept 2012 - Belgrade (Serbia) - ICT+INN - ICOM 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Physics of Optical Materials and Devices 

- 03-07 Sept 2012 - Nancy (FR) - INN - JHC 2012 - International Conference on Science Communication 

- 04-07 Sept 2012 - London (UK) - ENE+INN - UPEC 2012 - 47th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference 

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