Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The NAPs, together with regional and local access points that might exist in the Member States, are an important component of the common European mobility data space under the European strategy for data and should be relied upon in particular as regards the accessibility of ITS data. By cooperating on the facilitation of access to data via the NAPs, Member States should strive to improve the NAPs’ effectiveness, interoperability, and cooperation across the Union as well as to facilitate the data users’ access to them.
Despite NAPs being operated in all Member States, there is still a need to improve accessibility of data concerning many data types that are deemed crucial to support the development of essential services providing the necessary information to the end users.
Building on and integrating the outcomes of the CEF Programme Support Actions NAPCORE and Data4PT project, the objective of this action is to further support the harmonised implementation of Delegated Regulations adopted under Directive 2010/40/EU. This action should support implementation of the requirements to make infrastructure, safety, traffic and travel data accurate and accessible to users (such as transport authorities or service providers) via the NAPs, i.e. all NAPs and associated data stemming from the implementation of Delegated Regulations (EU) No 885/2013, No 886/2013, 2015/962, 2017/1926 and 2022/670, including their possible revision during the lifetime of this action in the framework of the implementation of the working programme of the ITS Directive.
Τhis action is expected to further support the coordination and harmonisation of a standardised NAP data distribution ecosystem throughout the EU, contributing to the creation of a digital twin of the physical transport infrastructure and its operations, providing for a data layer supporting transport services.
Detailed Call Description
The scope is the ITS Directive, and the Delegated Regulations relating to access to transport data, which have been adopted to define European specifications for priority actions of the ITS Directive:
- the provision of EU-wide multimodal travel information services: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1926, amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/490;
- the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/962, repealed and replaced by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/670;
- data and procedures for the provision, where possible, of road safety related minimum universal traffic information free of charge to users: Delegated Regulation (EU) No 886/2013;
- the provision of information service for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles: Delegated Regulation (EU) No 885/2013.
These Delegated Regulations mandate the setting up of NAPs and specify the access to related ITS data to data users to foster the development of ITS services re-using this data.
Work on improving the NAPs coherence and functionality is essential for efficient implementation of both the ITS Directive and its Delegated Regulations and of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR). This goes in particular through the definition of a deployment roadmap for NAP architecture (in line with the common European mobility data space) including for EU access points, the development and maintenance of tools for the management of data, the development, maintenance and use of interoperable data standards for multimodal data with EU reference profiles, the definition of a data and service quality framework, the monitoring of data availability, the harmonisation of compliance assessments and enforcement strategies, training, documentation and deployment support, etc. This also includes a specific work on access nodes identifiers for multimodal passenger transport, including possible definition of unique EU identifiers, in the framework of the implementation of the working programme of the ITS Directive.
Activities to be supported under this action shall consist of technical and organisational activities to facilitate the development and deployment of the coordination mechanism to harmonise the NAPs under the ITS Directive.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
85%
Project budget (maximum grant amount) is expected to be around €9.500.000.
The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
Thematic Categories
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Only those proposals submitted by one of the following types of applicants are eligible:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- countries associated to the CEF Programme (list of participating countries)
- where necessary in order to achieve the objectives of this action, and where their participation is duly justified, third countries and entities established in third countries may participate in a proposal under the approval of a Member State and without funding.
- international organisations, joint undertakings, non-profit associations, public and private undertakings, with the agreement of the Member States concerned.
- private undertakings providing services re-using data made available through the National Access Points can participate in proposals but cannot request any funding.
Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc.
Consortium requirements:
In order to be eligible, a proposal must be submitted by a consortium composed of at least 17 Member States.
A coordinator must be designated. In order to achieve maximum coordination, the Commission invites that one Member State acts as coordinator for this action, with an objective of setting up one single grant with the European Commission. In the event that no Member State wishes to be the coordinator of the proposal, a designated coordinator that fulfils the eligibility criteria and can deliver the objective of the call may be proposed by the consortium if all partners agree.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Department of Public Works
Website: https://bit.ly/3BoYoGo
Address: 165 Strovolou Avenue, 2048 Strovolos
Telephones: +357 22806521, +357 22806550, +357 22806537
Email: info@pwd.mcw.gov.cy
Contact person:
Elpida Epameinondas
Senior Executive Engineer
Τelephone: +357 22806643
Email: eepamenonda@pwd.mcw.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: move-its@ec.europa.eu