The Wuppertal Institute together with its partners supports the European Commission in the design and preparation and implementation of European Community policies and initiatives and legislative proposals. The purpose of the framework contract is to provide external expertise to ensure objectivity and high-level technical services to support the Commission within the domain of mobility and transport.

The services required will involve a number of diversified tasks, which, specifically for the mobility and transport field, can be categorised in the following areas:

• General affairs in the fields of mobility and transport (internal market, external dimension and enlargement, passenger rights, social dimension, research and innovation);
• European mobility network (Trans-European networks, investment strategy, single European rail area, ports and inland navigation);
• Innovative and sustainable mobility (clean transport and sustainable urban mobility, innovative and intelligent transport systems, road safety);
• Transport security issues (all transport modes and their combinations).
• Logistics, maritime and land transport including safety issues;
• Aviation (agreements, single European sky, airports, safety, security).

All these areas in mobility and transport may become components of future assignments in specific projects.