The concept of DETRA derived from the so-called Lyon Declaration. In 2008, the Lyon Declaration signatories i.e ECTRI, FERSI, FEHRL, EURNEX, HUMANIST, ISN and NEARCTIS committed themselves to work together on the deepening the European Research Area objectives in transport in order to address the Grand Challenges. From this commitment grew the objective to create a European Transport Research Alliance (ETRA) that would strengthen transport domain. Key priorities of this Alliance were to examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in the domain and develop common understanding and approaches to reducing fragmentation and overcoming barriers.
The DETRA project has provided a detailed examination of the current status and structure of transport research, bringing together the competences of all the partners together with their networks and associated links to provide the most comprehensive assessment of all the aforementioned aspects of ERA development. The project will then set out, and begin implementation, of the next steps in developing the Surface Transport ERA.
The project was based on consultations and inputs from main stakeholders and experts in order to provide a series of key deliverables setting on the current situation, the identified barriers and recommendations for the next generation of the Transport ERA. It has been recognised that each of the ERA themes had to be examined in detail but reflecting the need for greater integration between each element the main project deliverables will focus on more cross-cutting aspects. For this reason a project structure is proposed that reflects each ERA theme in a separate Work Package. These are then integrated transversally into five major DETRA outputs covering the main strategic issues to be addressed in shaping a coherent Transport ERA programme to 2020. The project will have seven workpackages;
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Mobility for researcher
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World-class transport research infrastructures
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Strengthening research institutions
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Sharing knowledge
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Optimising research programmes and identifying priorities
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International cooperation
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Coordination and communication
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