EIT Urban Mobility gathers its regional urban mobility ecosystem in Türkiye
Istanbul, the biggest city of Türkiye and one of the largest cities in the world, was the perfect setting to host the autumn EIT Urban Mobility RIS (Regional Innovation Scheme) Hub Summit. Held on 8-9 October and co-organised by our partners Farklabs and Sabanci University, the bi-annual gathering of our 11 regional hubs came with […]
EIT Urban Mobility and ID4Mobility sign Memorandum of Understanding to enhance urban mobility impact in Europe
EIT Urban Mobility and ID4Mobility, a French cluster specialising in intelligent and sustainable mobility, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Rennes on 2 July, to collaborate on enhancing urban mobility innovations and impact across France. The signed agreement will grant both organisations access to a broader ecosystem of experts in the mobility sector, […]
EIT Urban Mobility held its first RIS Hub Summit in Budapest
The beautiful city of Budapest was the chosen location to gather for the first time our 12 EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hubs. During a two day face-to-face and semi-online event taking place between 8-9 March 2022 in the EIT Community Hub office, representatives from Croatia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia […]
Is the future of mobility rail?
The transport sector is responsible for about 25% of the European Union’s greenhouse gas emissions. The European Green Deal, the EU’s plan to be climate neutral by 2050, aims for a 90% reduction in transport emissions during this period by prioritising cleaner and healthier means of transport. Contributing only 0.4% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and as the safest mode of land transport, rail is both a […]
EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator programme SPECIAL: COVID-19 kicks off with 23 high-calibre European startups
To address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic EIT Urban Mobility has launched the “EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator programme SPECIAL: COVID-19” to support startups developing mobility solutions for COVID-19 related problems. From a pool of over 100 applicants, 23 startups have been selected for the programme, which hail from Spain to Sweden and all the way from Ireland to Israel. For the next three months they will receive a tailored programme including one-on-one coaching, mentoring, peer-to-peer learning, training, workshops, access to international startup and mobility events, and […]
