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Bernhard EnsinkSecretary General
ECF gratefully acknowledges financialsupport from the European Commission.
Annual General Meeting 2016
Stockholm
28th of May 2016
ECF June 2015 – May 2016
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ECF AGM 2015 – Nantes, June 2015
EuroVelo National Co-ordination
centers / co-ordinators Network
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• National
coordinators
meeting Nantes -
June 2015: 40
participants
• Currently 25
coordinators and
coordination
centers
Velo-city 2015
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• Delegates:
1500
• From 62
countries
• 93
exhibitors
Kick off Mobility Week –
Brussels, Sept. 2015
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• ECF co-organizer of the kick
off
• Riding with EU
Commissioner, Chair TRAN
Committee, EU Presidency
TP Minister, TP Minister
Region Brussels
• ECF co-organizer of
workshop
EU Transport Ministers Summit
Luxembourg – Oct 2015
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Declaration on Cycling, calling for:
• EU Focal Point for Cycling
• National Focal Points
• EU Strategic Document on Cycling
Luxembourg 2005 – LVI Initiative
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Farewell of LVI President
Gust Mueller 2016
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• COP21 Paris – Dec. 2015
• TRB, SLoCaT, TWG, TTDC –
Washington DC, January 2016
• PPMC/SLoCaT, UN Climate
Action Summit – Washington
DC, May 2016
EU Funds Observatory for
Cycling2007-2013
EU Funds
invested in
cycling:
€600 million
Percentage
of total
investments
in transport:
0.7%
2014-2020
EU Funds
invested in
cycling:
€1.5 billion
Percentage
of total
investments
in transport:
1.6%
Iron Curtain Trail Experience
Length: 2015-2017
ECF role: Develop app for
tablets and smart phones
related to the most developed
section of EuroVelo 13 - Iron
Curtain Trail
Fund: COSME
EU subsidy (total) for ECF:
55,748 Euro
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Title EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea Francigena
Project objective EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena: an innovative transnational cycling tourism product.
Promoting the EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea Francigenalong distance cycle route
Start date April 2016
End date October 2017
ECF role WP leader on WP3: Promotion and communication
Funded by COSME
EU subsidy Total: EUR 233,086 / ECF: EUR 59,550
Project Summary€1.9 Million project 75% supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (funds 8 ECF members)
Bike2Work is to achieve a significant modal shift from motorized transport to cycling by introducing behaviour change programs and internal infrastructure to employers & employees.
Bike2Work will:
• Extend and intensify existing nation-wide campaigns and initiatives
• Extend scale and coverage of local campaigns and employers’ initiatives
• Greatly increase the number of bicycle-friendly companies in Europe, especially SMEs
• Ensure the sustainability of all these measures after the end of the project
• 3 year-long EU Erasmus +
• Coordinated by the International Sports and Culture Association
• Implementation of the EU Physical Activity guidelines through:– Promoting voluntary activities in sport, social inclusion, equal
opportunities. health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA)
– Building capacity in civil society organisations to engage in cross-sector advocacy for the implementation of EU HEPA Guidelines
– European partner organisations• ISCA, ECF, EPODE International Network, European Physical
Education Association (EUPEA), International Association of Sport and Leisure Infrastructure Management (IASLIM).
– National level partners: • Poland (V4Sport), Bulgaria (BG BE Active), France (UFOLEP), Greece
(Greenway SCE) and Italy (UISP)
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• Promotes switch of travel habits from cars to walking & cycling in 8 cities
• How it works: Targets are approached at turning points in their lives ex. changing school or job or moving home
• SWITCH uses information and communication technologies (ICT) and personalised travel planning advice by experts
• ECF role: Technical support, dissemination, development of local campaigns.
• Duration: Until May 2016
• FLOW puts walking and cycling on an equal footing
with motorized transport
• How it works: A user-friendly methodology assesses
the effectiveness of walking and cycling measures
against congestion.
• FLOW targets cities, businesses and decision-
makers.
• ECF role: Advocacy & improvement of traffic
modelling tools with cycling data.
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• Pro-E-Bike project promotes E-bikes as an
alternative to “conventional fossil fuelled”
vehicles in 8 pilot cities.
• ECF role: EU communications and
dissemination.
• Project ended with many success stories:
- The Croatian Post purchased a fleet of 180 e-
bikes.
- Five cities in Sweden bought e-bikes for their
city staff.
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ECF Speed Pedelec reviewObjectives
• This is an emerging topic– Needs specialist input into
ECF policy process
– Needs members to share knowledge, expertise and opinions
• An ECF AGM proposal can check– Broad support?
– Empowers ECF to work in this field?
– Is flexible enough to change over time?
– Interest in workshops and expert group?
Processes
• Information gathering – Aug 2015 - ongoing
• Draft documents -April/May
• Workshop - April
• Webinar – May
• AGM workshop – May
• Establishing expert group -June
• Discussions with industry - ongoing
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ACRONYM CHIPS
Title Cycle Highways Innovation for smarter People Transport and Spatial Planning
Start date March 2016
End date February 2019
ECF role Communication leader and disseminating long-term
effects to cycle highway oriented development.
Funded by INTERREG North West Europe
Financing source ERDF
EU subsidy for
ECF
Euro 157,733.41
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Title Silver Cyclists
Project objective Increasing the number of seniors than undertake cycling holidays both domestically and abroad during the low and medium season
Start date September 2015
End date November 2016
ECF role Lead partner and WP leader on WP1: Management and WP2: product development
Funded by COSME
EU subsidy for ECF
EUR 61,541
Velo-city 2016
• Delegates:
1,000
• From 52
countries
• 27 exhibitors
Asia73%
Africa1%
North America4%
South America1%
Europe19%
Oceania2%
Delegates by Continent
73%
Scientists for Cycling• 90 members (1st April 2016)
• Scientists for Cycling Colloquium –Taipei, February 2016 (in collaboration
with National Taiwan University):
• ca. 80 participants mainly from Asia + Europe
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Cities for Cyclists
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• Cities for Cyclists Tour &
Workshop, Taipei February
2016
• 5 cities joined in 2015, 1 left
• WCA Steering Board Meeting –
Taipei, March 2016
• Decisions:
• Committee of 3 (Lake Sagaris,
Tim Blumenthal, DV Manohar)
meet in June’16 on future
strategy, business plan, funding
etc
• Campaign for #WorldBicycleDay
World Cycling Alliance (WCA)
WCA & ECF started campaigning for a
World Bicycle Day
Dedicated by the UN
#WorldBicycleDay
@WCA_cycling
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#WorldBicycleDay
EU Transport Ministers Summit
Amsterdam – April 2016
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• Fietsersbond made the show …
• ECF lobbying the Dutch Ministry on e.g.
follow up to Luxembourg Declaration
• ITF (International Transport Forum)
2016 – Leipzig, May 2016
• Collaboration of CEOs DCF, ADFC,
ECF
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ITF (International Transport Forum) 2016 –
Leipzig, May 2016
Meetings of CEOsNantes, June 2015 - Copenhagen, October 2015 – Stockholm, May 2016
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Meetings of the Board
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Sept 2015 (webinar) – Brussels Nov. 2015, Febr. 2016, Stockholm May 2016
Please note: AGM 2017 linked to
Velo-city 2017 Arnhem-Nijmegen
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ECF AGM 2017 – Hosted by Fietsersbond (NL)
Saturday 10th of June 2017
(Social Event Friday 9th of June)
