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Ten transport topics under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application as of today. They make available EU financing of EUR 162 million.

Bus and coach operator Stagecoach has announced ambitious £56 million plans to deliver Europe's largest single investment in electric buses for Greater Manchester.

The 6^th edition of the European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 June 2019 in Groningen, The Netherlands.

The European Commission has recently launched a call to step up EU action for safe, clean and connected mobility. The investment is made available via the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and supports the Commission’s priority of stimulating investment and creating jobs.

The 7th annual Transport Day took place on 6 December 2018 in the city of Katowice, Poland. Organised by the European Commission’s CIVITAS Initiative and the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) on behalf of the Paris Process on Mobility and Climate (PPMC), it highlighted the role of transport in addressing climate change’s severe challenges and risks.

The latest issue of the CoEXist newsletter has been published on Tuesday 11th December 2018. Read the newsletter to better understand how cities can become "automation-ready".

On Tuesday 4th December 2018, in Brussels, the political representatives of four European regions signed with high-level representatives of the European Commission a common declaration on the role of regions in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning. The conference took place in the heart of the European quarter of Brussels, at the House of Dutch Provinces.

The Congress INTER-NOISE 2019 will take place in Madrid on 16-19 June 2019. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 16 December 2018.

Three international speakers will share their vision on “The city of the future” at the closing event of the Bicycle Architecture Biennale (BAB) on 18 December in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The Bicycle Architecture Biennale is being exhibited on 3-19 December in the “Huis der Provincie” in Arnhem.

As a Covenant Supporter since 2010, Polis is pleased to share with you this overview of upcoming webinars and events organised this Autumn/Winter by the Covenant of Mayors. Save the dates to your calendar.