IMPRINT

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IMPRINT EUROPE

• Professor Chris Nash
• (Institute for Transport Studies
• University of Leeds)
• Coordinator

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OBJECTIVES

• to facilitate the exchange of experience and
  transfer of knowledge
• to draw together the results of previous and
  on-going research
• to make these results accessible to
  policy-makers, practitioners, industry and other
  professionals
• to assist policy-makers, practitioners, industry
  and other professionals in developing and
  responding to pricing policy reform

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HOW IMPRINT WILL WORK

• A series of 6 international seminars, involving
• position papers commissioned from network members
• group discussions
• a formal written output
• Additional dissemination will take place via
• a website and by email
• additional publications books, journal articles
  and the trade press

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WHO WILL BE INVOLVED?

• Core partners ITS (UK) ISIS (It) TNO INRO
  (Nl) FAV (De) and BUTE(H)
• a mix of research, operator and consultancy
  organisations with in- depth experience of
  transport pricing and strong links to national
  governments and the transport industry
• to be responsible for organising seminars,
  commissioning and peer- reviewing papers and
  production of deliverables
• Members will be commissioned by the core partners
  to contribute pre-written papers
• Experts participate at the seminars but do not
  present papers and include national
  representatives nominated by the member states

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THE CONTENT AND TIMING OF SEMINARS

• key requirements for implementing pricing reform
  in transport Autumn 2001
• identifying mode-specific issues Spring 2002
• constraints and solutions learning from best
  practice Autumn 2002
• phasing and packaging Spring 2003
• Issues for accession countries October 2003
• recommendations for implementing pricing reform
  in transport Feb 2004