The European Commission has launched its Platina project which it says should “implement more efficiently actions and measures promoting inland waterway transport”. An EC statement says: “The project, which is bringing together 22 partners from 9 European countries, is funded with euros8.5m (US$11.8m) from the Commission. Platina has been designed as a platform for helping to implement the European inland navigation programme Naiades. The Commission also presented today a guide to funding opportunities in inland waterway transport, as well as the outcomes of a study on administrative and regulatory barriers affecting inland navigation, to which PLATINA will assist the follow-up in a coordinated way. More use of inland waterway transport is an efficient way to reduce congestion and CO2 emissions and to contribute, in a sustainable way, to Europe’s industrial prosperity.”
The EC launched the Naiades action programme for the promotion of inland waterway transport. It says that the Platina project, adopted under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, covers a broad set of actions in five strategic fields of Naiades: improve market conditions, modernise the fleet, develop human capital, strengthen the image of inland navigation and improve the infrastructure.
The EC launched the Naiades action programme for the promotion of inland waterway transport. It says that the Platina project, adopted under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, covers a broad set of actions in five strategic fields of Naiades: improve market conditions, modernise the fleet, develop human capital, strengthen the image of inland navigation and improve the infrastructure.