European projects by funding programme

ROADVIEW

Most automated vehicles have been primarily trained and tested under optimal weather and road conditions with clear visibility. However, the systems must prove that they are equally reliable and accurate under any weather and road condition before they can see widespread acceptance and adoption. ROADVIEW (Robust Automated Driving in Extreme Weather) is an EU-funded Horizon Europe Innovation Action aiming to develop robust and cost-efficient in-vehicle perception and decision-making systems for connected and automated vehicles with enhanced performance under harsh weather conditions and different traffic scenarios. The project's innovations are based on a multi-sensor configuration (camera, lidar, radar, geolocation), modelling and filtering of sensor noise, and collaborative perception between infrastructure and vehicle.

RESIST

The European project RESIST - Regions for climate change RESilience through innovation, Science and Technology - targets the experimentation of climate change adaptation ways by mobilizing 56 structures from 14 countries. Four regions will develop Large Scale Demonstrators in different pilot sites through cooperation between the academic, public, private spheres and citizens.

Through a twinning with the pilot region of South-West Finland, the Normandy Region is associated with Cerema and the French Office for Biodiversity to test nature-based solutions in Normandy. They will target integrated approaches of nature in the city, urban cooling and the resilience of industrial areas to runoff and flooding risks.

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GreenStorm

The GreenStorm project focuses on stormwater nature-based solutions and investigates their performance and resilience for current and future climate extremes, as well as pathways for their city-wide implementation. The project aims to develop innovative designs that allow optimizing hydrologic and thermal regulation benefits, securing the survival of vegetation, while remaining acceptable for municipal services or residents to ensure their successful dissemination in European cities.

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MODALES

MODALES, Modify Drivers' behaviour to Adapt for Lower Emissions, helps to substantially reduce the polluting emissions of all types of road vehicles. Focused on the driver, it encourages the adoption of adapted driving practices and vehicle maintenance choices. It aims to improve the effectiveness of On-Board Diagnostics (OBD devices) and their updates. The project is based on a better understanding of the impact of driving on vehicle emissions from engines, brakes and tires. Coordinated by European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation - Intelligent Transport Systems & Services Europe and bringing together 15 partners from 10 European countries and the European neighbourhood, solutions are proposed that can be leveraged by local and national air quality plans: driver training, driving assistance via an app and awareness campaigns. MODALES also provides an international platform for sharing innovative solutions and best practices to reduce vehicle emissions.

Cerema brings its knowledge of on-board driving assistance systems to reduce fuel consumption and their impact on driving practices. Work to assess the impacts of these devices is carried out based on statistical analysis of data

Project start and end: 09/2019 – 08/2022

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ORCHESTRA

The long-term vision of ORCHESTRA is a future where it is easy to coordinate and synchronise the traffic management of all modes to cope with diverse demands and situations. The overall objective of ORCHESTRA is to provide European policy makers, public authorities, transport providers and citizens with new knowledge and technical and organisational solutions to enhance collaboration and synchronising of operations within and across transport modes.

Project start and end: 01/05/2021 - 30/04/2024

PASSPORT

PASSPORT project is financed by the EU Space Program Agency (EUSPA). It aims at developing an operational platform managing a fleet of semi-autonomous drones exploiting GNSS high accuracy and authentication to improve security and safety in port areas. The platform integrates and displays diverse data: context awareness, communication with operators, real-time images and positioning. Several validation campaigns were conducted: Szczecin (Poland), Valencia (Spain), Hamburg (Germany), Le Havre (France), Ravenna (Italy). Sistematica is the project coordinator.

The Cerema contributed to the organisation of the French validation campaign, which was conducted in September. It identified possible ports and scenarios. It co-organised a public live demonstration, during which two drones were operated simultaneously: Boreal (4.2 m fixed-wing) and Ventura (multi-rotary wings drone). These drones followed a ship in the port area. The tested scenario was the protection against non-cooperatives small crafts approaching the port areas.

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Antennes CROSS

In spetember 2017, the VHF station of Sint-Marteen was fully devasted by the hurricane IRMA. The MRCC Fort De France, in charge of maritime rescue on this area, has therefore lost its radio communication capabilities essential to its missions. The objective of the "Antennes CROSS" project is to strengthen the means of maritime radiocommunications by deploying a new VHF station on Saint Bathelemy. The project involves 3 partners: the Territorial Unit of Sint-Marteen & Saint Barthelemy (Leader), the MRCC Fort De France and the Cerema.

Project start and end: 09/2017 - 12/2024

For further information: Cerema project sheet (in French)

3SQAIR

According to several studies, chronic exposure to indoor air pollutants causes problems such as allergies and respiratory issues, as well as other issues that can go unnoticed. For example, mental fatigue or decreased concentration levels, which affects intellectual performance and productivity. Around 70% of European schools, at some stage, exceed the maximum permissible levels of CO2 and, in turn, educational establishments account for one fifth of the tertiary sector’s building stock. Due to a lack of ventilation or a defective air renewal system, as well as high classroom occupancy rates, the indoor air in these buildings is often contaminated.

The 3SQAIR project (Sustainable Smart Strategy for Air Quality Assurance in Classrooms) aims at improving our gnowledge of the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in educational buildings and identifying smart and sustainable innovation strategies at a national and regional levels. Its main objective is to develop a common strategy for achieving sustainable solutions that guarantee acceptable IAQ in classrooms.

Project start and end: 03/11/2020 - 30/04/2023

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TREASURE

A large share of marine litter reaches the sea via inland waterways, posing a serious threat to the environment and human health.
Our consortium involves regional authorities, water management bodies, knowledge institutes, companies, and NGOs from 5 countries with the long-term goal to reduce the outflow of macroplastic waste from inland waters into the North Sea.

The innovation of this project lies in the integrated cross-sectoral approach, we address four interrelated thematic pillars : Governance & policy, Data collection & analysis, Prevention & behaviour change and Removal of plastic waste.

Each region implements a combination of policy, data collection, awareness, and removal activities to develop robust, practice-based solutions to reduce riverine waste that can be used across the North Sea region.

Cerema lead the Governance & policy pillar at the French consortium scale.

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NORSAIC

The Norsaic Project aims to create a future-proof and innovative cooperation governance for next-level transnational Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the North Sea. The North Seas marine space is an intensely used area, shared by many countries and actors who have various interests, while also new emerging usages and challenges develop. 

At the same time, the North Sea is also an important environmental asset. Climate change, economic drivers and local/regional impacts of activities necessitate new and adapted MSP approaches, innovation and an overall improved joint capacity, which is jointly developed by authorities and decision-makers, research organizations and maritime actors, for an improved cooperation governance on national, as well as local/regional level. Norsaic bring together all these actors, who jointly work togethe

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SPIRAL

SPIRAL is part of the European INTERREG VI-A SPAIN-FRANCE-ANDORRA project (POCTEFA 2021-2027). funded number: EFA 039/01.The main objective of the project is to improve the resilience of the Pyrenean territory to catastrophic events and landslides. Two main areas of work are proposed: 
a. Obtain short-term forecasts (24h-48) of sites where landslides may occur. This involves developing a regional early warning system for landslides (tLEWS); 
b. Assessment of the risks of landslides on transport, water infrastructures or urbanised areas at the urbanised areas on a risk basin scale, and ultimately to propose risk mitigation protocols with presentation of appropriate actions.

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TARGET

The main objective of the TARGET project(2024 - 2027) is to promote the development and application of territorial planning models for sustainable water management and the prevention of crisis situations due to water scarcity, by integrating solutions and methodologies for the use of non-conventional water resources. 

The consortium implementing this project is led by the Etablissement Public du Bassin Territorial de la Dordogne (Epidor), and includes partners from France, Spain and Portugal. 

Work will focus on the various dimensions of water management: governance, technology, regulation, economic model, societal acceptability and vulnerability. The approach will also be multiscalar watershed planning to implementation of a program for the reuse of treated wastewater by a local authority, to project implementation.

PERMAPYRENEES

Nowadays, in the Pyrenees, the slopes between 2,200 and 2,600 m above sea level are subject to seasonal frost, from autumn to spring, with the presence of ice in the soil and bedrock. By contrast, the upper reaches (>2,600 - 2,800 m) are home to permafrost (permanent frost). Permafrost is defined as continuous negative temperatures in the ground and bedrock, throughout the year and for at least two consecutive years. Unlike the Alps or Sierra Nevada, little is known about the thermal regime of permafrost in the Pyrenees, despite the major geomorphological and environmental issues associated with the risks of its degradation (slope instability, landslides, collapse of moraines, etc.).

To overcome this lack of knowledge, the project is divided into 3 major actions:

1. Identification of Pyrenean permafrost using various tools (SAR interferometry, electrical surveys, drilling, sampling and installation of sensors) and at different scales (the entire Pyrenean high mountain area and a study of 9 specific zones).
2. Analysis of permafrost evolution and response to climate change by monitoring the sensors in place, studying the characteristics of rocky materials and their evolution, and geomechanical modelling of 2 sites
3. Risk management through the creation of maps and monitoring data

CleanAirBouw

The main aim of the CleanAirBouw project is to develop air monitoring and pollution control processes for healthier buildings. More specifically, the partners aim to enhance the protection of the environment and its occupants by reducing urban and building air pollution, through the development of air pollution control processes. The project's aim is to help to choose a technique based on the pollution present, and then to develop monitoring devices and air treatment processes, both indoors (purifier/VMC) and outdoors (biomass smoke treatment). The project also aims to inform the general public, in particular by raising awareness among schoolchildren, students and professionals of the dangers of this pollution, and of the results of this project in the 3 regions covered by the Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen.

LIFE-ARTISAN

LIFE-ARTISAN (Achieving Resiliency by Triggering Implementation of nature-based Solutions for climate Adaptation at a National scale) is a project funded by the European Life Programme. It deploys an action plan to increase the resiliency of French regions, including Overseas regions, to climate change by encouraging the use of nature-based solutions. It thus contributes to the implementation of France's 2018-2022 National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (Pnacc-2). It implements a demonstrator programme of ten nature-based adaptation projects spread throughout France. Thirteen regional platforms will also be created to support the deployment of nature-based adaptation solutions. LIFE-ARTISAN is a project led by the French Agency for Biodiversity (AFB) and brings together many local, regional and national partners, both in the public and private sectors.

Cerema's teams are particularly involved in the design of the digital platform, a resource centre, dedicated to nature-based solutions, in the creation of an inventory of available resources, and in the development of new tools as well as in organisation, training and assessment of the demonstrator programme.

Project start and end: 2020 – 2027

PYRENEES4CLIMA

The PYRENEES4CLIMA project on adaptation to climate change in the Pyrenees was approved by the European LIFE program in June 2023. With a 20-million euro budget, this projet is coordinated by the Consorcio de la Comunidad de Trabajo de los Pirineos (CTP-OPCC). It aims to implement the Pyrenean Climate Change Strategy, the first European climate change strategy specifically designed for a mountain and cross-border bio-region. 

The 47 project partners will have 7.5 years to develop climate change adaptation actions, designed for the mountain territory and based on a cross-border approach. Cerema is particularly involved in two actions: one on resilient natural spaces (WP 3), the other (WP5) on water and natural risk management in case of extreme events.

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FONDEOL

The RIN FONDEOL project, financed by the FEDER and the NORMANDIE region, targets the problems of wind turbine foundations in coastal areas. It brings together several partners from Normandy and the INCT-INFRA laboratory in Brazil. In collaboration with Energie TEAM, which has provided the Beaumontel site (27) to access the parameters of a wind turbine wind turbine foundation. It is a starting point towards the emergence of a Normandy in civil engineering applied to renewable energies.

Project start and end: 01/10/2019 - 30/10/2022

InDiD

InDiD is a project funded by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It is the logical continuation of the European cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) projects SCOOP@F, C-ROADS France and InterCor in which Cerema participates. The project aims to expand coverage to new experimental sites, and to develop new use cases that address the urban environment, along with increased autonomous vehicle perception use cases. By deploying connectivity to infrastructure, InDiD will improve safety and cooperative traffic management. Coordinated by the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, it brings together 24 partners including communities, road managers and companies in the sector.

Cerema is responsible for the development of some of the specifications of the global system, consisting of connected vehicles, roadside units, vehicle management units and managers' platforms, and for upgrades to the European road traffic management data exchange standard, DATEX II.

Project start and end: summer 2019 - 2023

NAPCORE

NAPCORE (National Access Point Coordination Organisation for Europe) is a European project which aims to coordinate and harmonise mobility data flows in Europe by supporting the steps towards the creation of Europe-wide solutions to better facilitate the use of this data.

To this aim, NAPCORE is setting up a coordination mechanism to:

• Harmonise national access points to ensure interoperability between these different platforms and guarantee access and availability of this mobility data across Europe.
• Improve the interoperability of mobility data in Europe through the harmonisation and alignment of mobility data standards. → DATEX II, TN-ITS, Transmodel and MobilityDCAT-AP

NAPCORE is co-financed by a Programme Support Action (PSA) under the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

Start and end of project: September 2021 - December 2024 (1-year extension currently being validated)

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