April 23, 2015
More information on the European Commission's Mobility and Transport website: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/rail/news/2015-04-22-vacancy-programme-coordinator-s2r_en.htm
October 6, 2014
The text of the Call and its Annexes can be downloaded here: https://www.shift2rail.org/reference-documents.
July 10, 2014
Following its formal adoption by the European Union’s Council of Ministers on June 16, the Shift2Rail Joint Technology Initiative was launched at a conference in Brussels on July 9 alongside six other JTIs under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research programme. Railway Gazette
July 9, 2014
BRUSSELS—European Commission President José Manuel Barroso greeted CEOs and leadership of seven public private partnerships set up under the EU’s new research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. The seven PPPs: Bio-based Industries, Clean Sky 2, Electronic Components and Systems, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2, Innovative Medicines Initiative 2, SESAR, and Shift2Rail, exhibited their programmes to President Barroso, Research Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn and the event’s attendees. Following the exhibition, President Barroso gave the keynote speech during a…
June 17, 2014
The Council of the European Union (EU) has formally adopted the regulation establishing the Shift2Rail joint undertaking for railway research following a meeting in Luxembourg on June 16. International Rail Journal