Robust Knowledge and Know-How transfer for Key-Deployment Pathways and implementation of the EU-CEM (CCAM Partnership)
HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05
- Programme
- Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- May 6, 2024
- Deadline
- September 4, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €7,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €3,000,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €3,500,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 2
- Keywords
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01Sustainable transport - general
Description
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Extended and up to date CCAM Knowledge Base[1], including CCAM projects, demonstration and deployment initiatives, standards, facilitating the exchange of best practices and the deployment of CCAM services.
- Well established network of experts and forum for stakeholders in the different thematic R&I fields of CCAM.
- Strong collaboration and cooperation between all CCAM stakeholders through effective collaboration mechanisms fostering exchanges of results from projects and CCAM initiatives, in terms of practices, experiences, tools and methodologies supporting the transition to large-scale deployment.
- Increased and high-quality exchanges and cooperation between the EU Member States/Associated countries,
- EU CCAM common evaluation methodology (EU-CEM) widely used in Europe.
- Good level of understanding and awareness of CCAM among citizens, decision and policy makers in Europe.
A common basis for CCAM Knowledge in Europe is available today with the online CCAM Knowledge Base[2] which constitutes a one stop shop for all relevant R&I initiatives, tools, methodologies, regulations and standards in the field. Targeted content will be available for some stakeholder categories. The Knowledge Base should be expanded and further adapted to the needs of all relevant stakeholders. Results and lessons learned from the EU, national and international projects should be made available and accessible to targeted user groups. Proposed actions should in particular provide support for stakeholders to move into operations by identifying key building blocks and standards for deploying pilot services and enable capacity building for key actors of different use cases /applications domains as well as for citizens and non-experts on how to use CCAM systems and services and to become aware of new developments and related risks.
The EU Common Evaluation Methodology (EU-CEM) developed in project “FAME” funded under CL5-2021-D6-01-06[3] aims at becoming the basic methodology for all CCAM related evaluations to support collaboration, exchange and harmonisation. The methodology will need to be implemented for existing and innovative use cases by CCAM projects and aligned with national mobility strategies and approaches. Training programmes for CCAM projects will be necessary to integrate the methodology and to collect feedback on lessons learned during its implementation.
A States Representatives Group (SRG)[4] has been created within the CCAM Partnership to ensure a continuous dialogue at European and national level for the sharing of information on CCAM R&I to increase coordination between European and national R&I funding schemes, and among national programmes. To carry out its mission efficiently, the SRG will need support to collect and analyse information on national R&I initiatives and to implement cooperation activities.
To successfully contribute to the expected outcomes, proposed actions are expected to address all of the following aspects:
- Ensure the maintenance and expansion of the Knowledge Base to support the CCAM stakeholder community and CCAM Partnership for the identification of future needs for R&I, testing and demonstration initiatives and for moving into operations (minimum block requirements, standards and common definitions to run pilot services across Europe). The content of the Knowledge Base should support the monitoring of the progress made on the targets and impacts set by the CCAM Partnership[5]. More specifically, the proposed action should regularly collect from the CCAM Partnership projects the data and information needed to track the KPIs set out in the CCAM SRIA[6], using a survey developed and maintained in agreement with the Partnership.
- Identify further needs for targeted content for specific stakeholder categories and in particular, develop content that is accessible to non-experts, thereby supporting capacity building of the general public. The proposed action should define the above-mentioned stakeholder categories, and develop a subsequent communication strategy (content, material, media, etc.) using realistic and accessible terms to address different target groups (including non-experts).
- Provide effective dissemination and concertation mechanisms and means for the stakeholder community (e.g., workshops, symposia, international cooperation, capacity building content for non-experts) and organise the EUCAD2027 event (as a conference with a side exhibition and demonstration site) together with the European Commission and the CCAM Partnership, to enable the exchange of experiences and practices, stimulate collaboration and cooperation between all CCAM stakeholders (including at international level) and reach consensus on challenges and future R&I needs within the thematic clusters of the Partnership.
- Facilitate the work of the CCAM SRG and stimulate the cooperation between EU Member States/Associated Countries for improved coordination of activities in the areas identified as priorities by the SRG. Provide an analysis of initiatives in EU Member States/Associated countries and support the SRG in identifying areas for R&I cooperation.
- Ensure representation of European stakeholders in international cooperation, information exchange and harmonisation initiatives on CCAM. Provide a global output on CCAM activities to support the development of European agendas by exploring potential opportunities and R&I domains for international cooperation.
- Continue to evaluate and update the EU-CEM through targeted discussions with EU Member States/Associated countries in order to align the CEM with national mobility strategies and regulations, also looking at both national and regional transport and mobility data to ensure compatibility.
- Support the practical implementation of the EU-CEM (for existing and innovative use-cases) and provide training programmes for CCAM projects to integrate the methodology.
- Assess the level of awareness and attitudes of European citizens, decision- and policy makers about CCAM as well as their intention to use through regular surveys and workshops. Results should be published in the Knowledge Base and mechanisms should be provided to integrate findings into the EU-CEM. A link should be established with existing survey initiatives in place at EU and Member States’/Associated countries’ levels. This action should be grounded in a co-creative process.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is encouraged, in particular with Japan and the United States but also with other relevant strategic partners in third countries.
This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility’ (CCAM). As such, projects resulting from this topic will be expected to report on results to the European Partnership ‘Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility’ (CCAM) in support of the monitoring of its KPIs.
[1] https://www.connectedautomateddriving.eu
[2] https://www.connectedautomateddriving.eu/about/
[3] https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101069898
[4] https://www.ccam.eu/what-is-ccam/governance/ccam-states-representatives-group/
[5] See KPIs included in the CCAM Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)
[6] Ibid
Destination & Scope
This Destination includes activities addressing safe and smart mobility services for passengers and goods.
Europe needs to manage the transformation of supply-based transport into safe, resilient and sustainable transport and demand-driven, smart mobility services for passengers and goods. Suitable research and innovation will enable significant safety, environmental, economic and social benefits by reducing accidents caused by human error, decreasing traffic congestion, reducing energy consumption and emissions of vehicles, increasing efficiency and productivity of freight transport operations. To succeed in this transformation, Europe’s ageing (and not always sustainable) transport infrastructure needs to be prepared for enabling cleaner and smarter operations.
Europe needs also to maintain a high-level of transport safety for its citizens. Resilience should be built in the transport systems to prevent, mitigate and recover from disruptions. Research and innovation will underpin the three safety pillars: technologies, regulations and human factors.
This Destination contributes to the following Strategic Plan’s Key Strategic Orientations (KSO):
- C: Making Europe the first digitally enabled circular, climate-neutral and sustainable economy through the transformation of its mobility, energy, construction and production systems;
- A: Promoting an open strategic autonomy[1] by leading the development of key digital, enabling and emerging technologies, sectors and value chains to accelerate and steer the digital and green transitions through human-centred technologies and innovations.
It covers the following impact areas:
- Industrial leadership in key and emerging technologies that work for people;
- Smart and sustainable transport.
The expected impact, in line with the Strategic Plan, is to contribute to “Safe, seamless, smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable mobility systems for people and goods thanks to user-centric technologies and services including digital technologies and advanced satellite navigation services”, notably through:
- Accelerating the implementation of innovative connected, cooperative and automated mobility (CCAM) technologies and systems for passengers and goods (more detailed information below).
- Further developing a multimodal transport system through sustainable and smart long-haul and urban freight transport and logistics, upgraded and resilient physical and digital infrastructures for smarter vehicles and operations, for optimised system-wide network efficiency (more detailed information below).
- Drastically decreasing the number of transport accidents, incidents and fatalities towards the EU’s long-term goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050 even in road transportation (Vision Zero) and increase the resilience of transport systems (more detailed information below).
Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM)
Joint actions are foreseen between the “Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility” (CCAM) partnership, the “2ZERO” Partnership and the Mission on “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities”, in particular the Joint topic “Co-designed smart systems and services for user-centred shared zero-emission mobility of people and goods in urban areas (see work programme of the Cities’ Mission 2023).
To test CCAM solutions, applicants can seek possibilities of involving the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in order to valorise the relevant expertise and physical facilities of JRC in demonstrating and testing energy and mobility applications of the JRC Living Lab for Future Urban Ecosystems https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-facility/living-labs-at-the-jrc
Main expected impacts:
- Seamless, affordable and user oriented CCAM based solutions with particular focus on shared, smart and zero emission mobility and goods deliveries for all and high public buy-in of these solutions.
- Validated safety and security, improved robustness and resilience of CCAM technologies and systems.
- Vehicle technologies and solutions which optimise the on-board and off-board experience in terms of well-being, security and privacy.
- Comprehensive set of verification, validation and rating procedures of CCAM systems
- Secure and trustworthy interaction between road users, CCAM and “conventional” vehicles, physical and digital infrastructure and services to achieve safer and more efficient transport flows (people and goods) and better use of infrastructure capacity.
- Clear understanding of societal needs and impacts of CCAM (including ethics, employment, socio-economic impacts) at individual and collective level, to ensure a more tailored, resilient and sustainable deployment of CCAM solutions.
- Better coordination of public and private R&I actions, large-scale testing and implementation plans in Europe towards harmonisation and standardisation.
Multimodal and sustainable transport systems for passengers and goods
Main expected impacts:
- Upgraded and resilient physical and digital infrastructures for clean, accessible and affordable multimodal mobility.
- Sustainable and smart long-haul and regional (including links to urban) freight transport and logistics, through increased efficiency and improved interconnectivity.
- Reduced external costs (e.g. congestion, traffic jams, emissions, air and noise pollution, road collisions) of passenger mobility and freight transport, as well as optimised system-wide network efficiency and resilience.
- Enhanced local and/or regional capacity for governance and innovation in passenger mobility and freight transport.
Safety and resilience - per mode and across all transport modes
Main expected impacts:
Safety in Urban Areas / Road Transport Safety
- Drastic reduction in serious injuries and fatalities in road crashes by 2030 and establishing a framework to improve traffic safety culture in the EU.
- Avoiding risks, collisions and finding new ways of reducing long term consequences of road crashes.
- Minimising the effects of disruptive changes on transport safety and improving the resilience of transport systems by design.
- Better infrastructure safety on urban and secondary rural roads throughout a combination of adaptable monitoring and maintenance solutions.
Waterborne Safety and Resilience
- Ensure safe and secure exploitation of technologies like digitalisation, Internet of Things, and sensors
Aviation Safety and Resilience
- Ensure safety through aviation transformation (from green/digital technologies uptake up to independent certification).
[1] ‘Open strategic autonomy’ refers to the term ‘strategic autonomy while preserving an open economy’, as reflected in the conclusions of the European Council 1 – 2 October 2020.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual
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Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025). [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE CSA)
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE CSA)
MGA
Call-specific instructions
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 8. Climate, Energy and Mobility
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
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Latest Updates
Call update: EVALUATION results
Published: 07/12/2022
Deadline: 05/09/2024
Available budget: EUR 124,500,000.00
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
Topic | D6-01-01 | D6-01-02 | D6-01-03 | D6-01-04 | D6-01-05 | D6-01-06 | D6-01-07 |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 12 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 48 | 15 |
Number of inadmissible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of ineligible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Number of above-threshold proposals | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 34 | 12 |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 47,762,928.00 € | 27,999,436.00 € | 29,963,857.00 € | 135,479,203.00 € | 4,499,846.00 € | 171,508,721.00 € | 116,678,805.00 € |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Funding threshold* | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14 | 14 | 10.5 | 14 | 15 |
Ranking distribution |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
Topic | D6-01-08 | D6-01-09 | D6-01-10 | D6-01-11 | D6-01-12 | D6-01-13 | |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 29 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 1 | |
Number of inadmissible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of ineligible proposals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of above-threshold proposals | 8 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 0 | |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 39,465,318.00 € | 41,766,523.00 € | 56,781,814.00 € | 85,857,663.00 € | 38,573,706.00 € | 0.00 € | |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Funding threshold* | 12 | 14.5 | 14 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
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Ranking distribution | |||||||
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
* Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
Summary of the observer report:
"The selection of experts was found to be well balanced, and the experts complemented each other well. In general, the content of the topics was well covered by the experts. The CINEA staff was well prepared, and the organisational set-up was professionally arranged. Transparency was ensured through briefings, clear guidelines and quality control. The evaluation process was found efficient, with well-organized briefings and supporting documentation. The evaluation was considered fair and impartial, with high confidentiality maintained. The evaluation was conducted in full conformity with the applicable rules and guidance documents, and the quality of the entire evaluation process was high. The report also highlights some recommendations for improvement".
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
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The call for proposals HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01 closed on 05/09/2024. 239 proposals were submitted to the call. The breakdown per topic is:
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-01 (RIA): 12
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02 (RIA): 3
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-03 (IA): 7
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-04 (RIA): 30
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05 (CSA): 1
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06 (RIA): 51
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-07 (IA): 18
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-08 (IA): 32
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-09 (RIA): 18
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-10 (RIA): 17
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-11 (RIA): 31
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-12 (RIA): 17
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13 (CSA): 2
Following the adoption of an amendment to the 2023-2024 Work Programme of Horizon Europe, a topic has been added to call HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01, namely topic HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13: “EU Member States/Associated countries research policy cooperation network to accelerate zero-emission road mobility (2ZERO Partnership)”.