European Marine Equipment Council

STARNET

The strategic objective of the Star-Net transport is to increase the participation of surface transport-related SMEs in the surface transport programme. The aim of the Star-Net project is to be the first step towards the formation and development of a consolidated structure to support SMEs in Europe for participation in Sustainable Surface Transport activities.

 

Within this framework an Information programme for the network members will be implemented trough an online e-Learning platform with the overall aim to implement a full range of services for the training, information sharing and deployment of the network services.

 

The objective of this deliverable is to develop an action plan with the objective of improving the quality of the Star-Net Transports services taking into consideration experiences and the services’ portfolio designed and implemented in FP6 SSA transport related projects:

 

-         AUTO-IN FP7,

-         EURO-TRANS,

-         HUNPOL Trans,

-         TranSMEs,

-         SURFACE NET.

 

Each of the projects had its distinctive goals and methodologies, which would be valuable and worth exploring in the STAR-NET project.

 

Also, the goal of this deliverable is to create a strategy and an approach towards cooperation with European Transport related organizations (i.e. Technology Platforms, various chambers and associations, network of European National Contact Points for the Transport theme and future FP7 Coordination and Supporting actions for the transport sector) that will be implemented via EC’s funding.