REIF

25/03/2022

Intermodal Transport Cluster organized the National stakeholder workshop for Croatia. The event was held online yesterday, and was a great opportunity to present the completed project activities which have the potential to improve rail infrastructure and services in the country to interested stakeholders.

17/03/2022

The construction of a more sustainable, energy-efficient and economically viable freight transport system is one of the pillars for the EU transport decarbonisation strategy.
In the framework of national and European policies, what is the real level of attractiveness of rail freight transport and what are the key factors to support the modal reorientation of flows?

REGISTER HERE (Italian Language): https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0uDdmGKQSnihGmRxT64a_w

DISCOVER the AGENDA:https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF/REIF-Project-National-Stakeholder-Workshop-draft-agenda-Prop.pdf

These and other issues will be discussed during the National Stakeholder Workshop - Italy, which will be held online on 23rd March, 03:00pm – 04:50 pm CET.

16/03/2022

The national stakeholder workshop in Slovenia was held in the Luka Koper headquarters, in cooperation with the COMODALCE project. The event was attended by representatives of freight forwarding agencies, Slovenian financial administration and Luka Koper representatives.

09/03/2022

It is now time to begin the REIF Shift to Regional Rail award ceremony!

Congratulations to our three winners:
Mr. Stefan Breitenbach, Head of Project Department, Port of Hamburg;
Mr. Aurelio Martinez, President, Port Authority of Valencia;
Mr. James Orlandi, Head of Project Research & Development Unit, North Adriatic Sea Port Authority.

09/03/2022

The session on lessons learned from the REIF project is now underway, with Work Package Leaders presenting the most important achievements of each Thematic Work Package (WPT) within the project.

WPT 1 presented by Mr. Blaž Jemenšek, Institute for Traffic and Transport Ljubljana;
WPT 2 presented by Mr. Alberto Cozzi, Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea;
WPT 3 presented by Mr. Francesco Paolo Nanni Costa, ITL Foundation.

09/03/2022

Our Lead Partner, Mr. Klaus Bongartz, Advisor, Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture is presenting the REIF project in a nutshell, to be followed by our project video, of which you can watch the full version here - https://youtu.be/ryqF3QQEZZY

09/03/2022

The REIF Transfer Conference has started!

Mr. Paolo Ferrecchi, General Manager of General Directorate for Territorial and Environmental Care, Emilia Romagna Region is giving the first opening speech of the event, followed by speeches by Mr. Giuseppe Luppino, Head of Unit European Projects, ITL Foundation and Mr. Winfried Ritt, Senior Project Manager, Interreg Central Europe Joint Secretariat.

08/03/2022

Our 8th and final pilot action to showcase before tomorrow's Transfer conference is once again performed in Emilia Romagna region, focusing on analysing the potential of the railway network aims to trace bottlenecks in infrastructures and connections and to identify environmentally friendly solutions in favour of increasing rail freight transport.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Last call to register for tomorrow's Transfer conference: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

8th pilot action in Emilia Romagna Region: https://youtu.be/deYh4h_ZrxI

English versionThe Emilia-Romagna Region participates in the European Reif project. A deep analysis of the potential of the railway network aims to trace bot...

04/03/2022

Our 7th pilot action takes place in the Port of Trieste, focusing on testing the clustering of freight flows around the port for new intermodal links.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

7th pilot action in Trieste: https://youtu.be/n-zsvccU1UgThe

Presenting the second REIF pilot actions taking place in the Port of Trieste. Testing the clustering of freight flows around the port of Trieste for newinter...

03/03/2022

The 6th pilot action of our project takes place in Central Slovenia and focuses on preparing the documentation for construction of a rail siding in Grosuplje.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

6th pilot action in Central Slovenia: https://youtu.be/Sd2ILw271qU

03/03/2022

The 5th pilot action once again takes place in the Emilia Romagna Region and focuses on ensuring a seamless connectivity of the whole Emilia Romagna regional rail network.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

5th pilot action in Emilia Romagna Region: https://youtu.be/cAjUCqy3GIE

01/03/2022

The 4th pilot action of our project takes place in Thuringia, Germany and focuses on the revitalisation of the Ohratalbahn railway line.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

4th pilot action in Thuringia: https://youtu.be/H3Xfj8dx7ag

Presenting the pilot action for Thuringia.

28/02/2022

Our 3rd pilot action focuses on analysing the effects of rail infrastructure bottlenecks in the Port of Trieste through a micro simulation software.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

3rd pilot action in the Port of Trieste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_fSmot87Vk&t=96s&ab_channel=REIFProject

Presenting the first of two REIF pilot actions taking place in the Port of Trieste. Testing the feasibility of measures for the elimination of bottlenecks hi...

25/02/2022

Our second pilot action takes place in the Emilia Romagna Region focusing on ER.I.C - Emilia Romagna Intermodal Cluster, the collaborative network bringing together 9 companies.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

https://youtu.be/Boh0nr6bhhs

23/02/2022

In anticipation of our Transfer Conference and Shift to Rail award ceremony on the 9th of March, let's revisit each of REIF's 8 pilot actions, the first of which takes place in the Port of Koper.

To learn more about the project, pilot actions or the Transfer Conference visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html
Registrations for the Transfer Conference are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

https://youtu.be/xBfF4FArX1g

Through the REIF project we are testing new solutions to overcome deficiencies in rail freight infrastructure and services.

11/02/2022

It is with great pleasure we invite you to join our Transfer Conference & Shift to Regional Rail Award Ceremony on the 9th of March 2022.

Shift to rail is one of the main challenges to reach the objectives in transport and one of the key issues in the .

During the Transfer Conference we’ll go through the existing and future international policies and measures to accelerate the modal shift and through the REIF project actions implemented; furthermore, the voice of the international associations representing industry players will join the debate to deepen the state of the art and their perspectives on how to face these huge challenges.

To learn more about the event visit our project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REIF.html

Registrations for the event are open and you can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bL1SbGdQToKqYGCYhNyvYg

Applications for the Shift to Regional Rail Award are extended until 17th February here, and you can apply here: https://www.fondazioneitl.org/en/reif-shift-to-rail-regional-award-2021/

01/02/2022

Happening now!
The REIF Steering Group meeting is underway. Partners are preparing activities for the final months of the project.

27/01/2022

There is still time to register for the REIF Shift to Rail Regional Award! We remind you that the applications are open until the 11th of February 2022 at 23:59 CET.

The award is open to public authorities and bodies governed by public law in the eligible area of Central Europe programme which covers the whole territory of the European Union with its 27 Member States – including insular and outermost areas.

Learn more about the REIF Shift to Rail Regional Award here:
https://www.fondazioneitl.org/en/reif-shift-to-rail-regional-award-2021/

1 About REIF SHIFT TO RAIL REGIONAL AWARD 2021 The EU Commission has the ambition to increase the modal share of rail freight transport to 30% by 2030 as one of the best solutions for decarbonizing the transport sector in Europe. Rail freight transport has a