COST 356 – EST
Towards the definition of a measurable Environmentally Sustainable Transport

Agenda of 11th MC and Chapter meetings, Rhodes, Greece,

24-25 Sept. 2009

(DRAFT – August 13 2009)

Date:

Thusday 24 September from 9.30 to Friday 25 September till 16.00

Location:

Mediterranean Hotel, 35, Cos street, Rhodes, Greece.

Registration:

Confirmation of your presence by email to: mani@aua.gr

Contact: Gerassimos Arapis, Agricultural Univ. of Athens Iera odos 75, Botanikos, 118 55 Athens, mani@aua.gr, tel +30 10 529 44 65, fax, +30 10 529 44 62, or Konstantinos Karkalis, persseas@hotmail.com

11th Management committee meeting (start) (R. Joumard)

Thursday 24 September 2009

   9.30       10'   Welcome by Local organizer
9.40         5'    Adoption of the minutes of the last MC meeting
9.45       10'   Adoption /adjustment of the draft agenda of both days
   9.55       50'   Overview of draft final report; first discussion of draft summary (‘storyline’); defining a structure/template for chapter sessions
10.45       15'   break
Sessions per chapter of the final report (some chapter sessions could be held in parallel according to the room availability and outcome of morning discussions)

Thursday 24 September 2009

11.00 Chapter 2. Roles, functions and types of indicators (H Gudmundsson, R. Aschemann)
11.30 Chapter 3. The measurement context /transport environment (R Joumard)

12.00 lunch

13.30                Chapter 4. The dimensions and context of transport decision making (T. Fischer and H. Dalkmann)
14.00               Chapter 5. Methods and Criteria for indicator selection and building (H. Gudmundsson)
14.30               Chapter 5. Methods and Criteria for indicator selection and building (H. Gudmundsson)
15.00               break
15.15                Chapter 6. Methods for building or selecting individual EST indicators within impact (L. Folkesson and R. Joumard)
15.45               Chapter 7. Methods for joint consideration of EST indicators (P. Waeger and E. Calderon)
16.30                Summary of day –important issues for next day
17.00               end of the meeting
19.00               dinner in a restaurant recommended by the host

Friday 25 September 2009

09.00 Chapter 8. Case studies and harmonization (R. Arce)

10.00 Chapter 9. Conclusions (R Joumard; H. Gudmundsson)

11.00 Return to sort out cross cutting issues, structure, summary/storyline, and practical issues of report format etc

12.00 Lunch

11th Management committee meeting (continued) (R. Joumard)

13.30 15' Administrative tasks: news from the COST Office, status of the action, number of Signatories, budget (T. Goger)

13.45 60' Discussion and decisions about report finalization, costs, responsibilities

14.00 15' Break

14.15 45' Discussion and decisions on the final COST 356 dissemination conference

15.00 30' Meeting planning and miscellaneous

16.00 End of the meeting