The CEDR Action Plan is a dynamic, living document that is regularly updated to reflect the organisation’s evolving priorities and ensure resources are allocated effectively.
Each year, the plan is reviewed and refined, outlining key objectives and activities for the next three years, while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances.
All CEDR Action Plan-related documents can be found below:
Documents
The Action Plan is structured around the following nine core Working Groups (WGs). The WGs may also include specialised expert groups, with support provided through the relevant CEDR Research Calls.
This Working Group's main objective is to establish a set of consistent and comparable data to monitor trends and identify changes in the performance of European roads. This data can be a useful source of information for NRAs with regards to their benchmarking purposes and national performance targets.
This Working Group focuses on important developments related to heavy goods vehicles in relation to freight corridors, constructional safety and the management of road assets and traffic. The Group’s overarching aim is to formulate conclusions and recommendations for European NRAs on the aforementioned topics after considering all related ongoing urgencies.
This Working Group's main objective is to provide European NRAs with relevant input after analysing sustainability issues and policies with significant implications for road networks. The Group is focused on a wide range of topics including decarbonisation, air quality, biodiversity and biological landscapes, light pollution, noise and archaeology, among others.
This Working Group's goal is to develop and share knowledge among European NRAs and develop coordinated activities on the improvement of safety of road networks. The Group is focused on the promotion of the 'safety system approach' and the update of CEDR's position paper on road safety entitled 'Main Road Safety Challenges for European Road Directors in the next 5-10 years - towards the Vision Zero'.
This Working Group consists of experts on procurement practices and harmonisation and standards. The overarching objective on procurement is to tackle all procurement-related topics relevant for European NRAs to facilitate and optimise the efficient use of existing financial resources. The experts on harmonisation and standards address the legal framework of harmonised standards within which the operations of European NRAs must be carried out.
This Working Group consists of experts on network governance - asset management and collaborative planning. The aim of the asset management experts is to raise awareness and develop and share knowledge among European NRAs on challenges and activities in governance and management of road transport networks. Collaborative Planning's main ficus are the interfaces between road infrastructure and urban and spatial planning.
This Working Group's goal is to raise awareness and develop and share knowledge among European NRAs on the implications of digitalisation including connectivity, automation and data on transport policy goals, societal acceptance and human behaviour, physical and digital infrastructure and investment needs, traffic flow and management, business models, regulation, harmonisation and standardisation needs.
This Working Group aims to provide advice to European NRAs and share knoxledhe on research and innovation governance, for example how to go from research to implementation, state aid rules, skills and training, organisation of innovation and research activities in CEDR member countries, etc.
This Working Group's goal is to help European NRAs to keep ahead of the curve, anticipate future regulatory trends and prepare them to face new EU legislative frameworks. The Group focuses on EU legislative pieces, activities and initiatives including EU research projects important to NRAs.
