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Cláudia Ribeiro
Project Manager
Cláudia joined POLIS in March 2020.
She holds a double master's degree in Political Science from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the University of Konstanz.
She has been involved in the implementation and management of several EU-funded transport and mobility projects since 2016, with particular emphasis on waterborne transport. Currently, she is managing several EU-funded projects in a wide range of topics (from e-mobility to freight), namely LEAD, SOLUTIONSPlus, GREEN-LOG and the Interreg Euro-Med Dialogue4Living Areas project.
You can contact her in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

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Check out POLIS’ 2023 project line-up!
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Learn about Digital Twins and Urban Logistics in new e-course!
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Urban Transports Community shares ways to foster sustainable mobility in new video
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SOLUTIONSplus is about to kick-off its new e-course!
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Answers for more sustainable urban mobility: insights from POLIS and European Commission
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SOL+ and MOBI-MIX make workshop on shared e-mobility available online!
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Urban Transport Community successfully wraps up its first High-level Workshop in Brussels
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POLIS is looking for an expert to prepare a Policy Brief on e-mobility in the Mediterranean
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Join the SOLUTIONSplus e-course on the Electrification of buses and integration in cities’ public transport systems!
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Cardiff citizens use data from WeCount to communicate road safety concerns to local councillors
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How residents can shape local policy-making through citizen science
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Can citizens greatly improve the data available on traffic? Dublin’s locals say most definitely yes!
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A logistics micro hub in a Madrid parking lot will boost low-emission goods distribution
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Local Digital Twins: Forging the Cities of Tomorrow
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Empowering the citizen: how the WeCount Project has helped amplify the voice of Cardiff citizens
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Dublin schools successfully monitor traffic and air quality with the help of WeCount
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Hamburg promotes dialogue with fellow German cities on electrifying the taxi sector
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WeCount champions from Barcelona and Madrid in action!
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Students from Ljubljana propose new street and traffic arrangements using data from traffic counting sensors
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Let’s talk numbers – a closer look at the WeCount experience
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13/07/2021

Amsterdam leads the way: integrated planning for charging infrastructure done right
The SOL+ team spoke to Metropolitan Region Amsterdam- Electric about developing common interregional long-term strategies....
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22/06/2021

LEAD at the IPIC2021 conference: Digital Twins to apply the Physical Internet concept!
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19/06/2021

Promoting soft mobility in the Mediterranean: Policy Brief now available!
The policy brief, prepared by CIVINET-EL and supported by POLIS, in the scope of Urban Transports Community, proposed a series of recommendations, based on the on-the-ground experiences of its communi...
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16/06/2021

How is e-mobility deployed worldwide? Join the SOLUTIONSplus Exchange Session to learn more!
On June 15th (14:00 - 15:30 CEST), the SOLUTIONSplus project is organising its 2nd Exchange Session in the scope of the 1st e-course of the Global Programme, on Electric mobility: More than just elect...
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01/06/2021

Barcelona residents achieve lowering street speed limit building on self-generated data
WeCount’s case study in Barcelona is now available. Find out the ways citizens directly engage and undertake concrete intervention....
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31/05/2021

Leuven citizens ensure speed compliance with the help of low-cost traffic counting sensor
As cities roll out new urban access regulations it becomes evident that their deployment only tells half the story. Often, local authorities struggle with enforcing new rules due to a variety of reaso...
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14/04/2021

Eleven cities and regions to replicate solutions on Digital Twins for urban logistics planning
Brussels, 26th of March 2021 – Eleven cities and regions join the Transferability Platform of the H2020 funded LEAD to benefit from a tailored replication programme for the development and deploymen...
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26/03/2021

Under her own steam: Closing the mobility gender gap
To mark the International Women's Day, we look at a selection of the changes in mobility being pioneered across Europe. ...
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08/03/2021

Report sheds light on the main challenges, trends and factors influencing city logistics
The resilience of the logistics chains is essential and has been increasingly put to test with the dawn of on-demand logistics, attempting to accommodate citizen’s expectations for fast delivery at...
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22/02/2021

New deadline: join the LEAD Transferability Platform!
Do you struggle to understand and manage urban logistics trends? Curious about how Digital Twins can contribute to better urban logistics planning? Got caught in the end of the year rush and missed t...
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04/01/2021

Registration open for SOLUTIONSplus global learning programme on electric mobility
Register now for the first SOLUTIONSPlus course on e-mobility to get a basic understanding of e-mobility in a global and online learning environment!
The global learning programme is based on the ...
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04/01/2021

POLIS members and experts discuss gender perspectives in mobility
POLIS Governance & Integration Working Group hosted a meeting on Gender Perspectives in Urban Mobility...
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26/11/2020

Digital twins for urban logistics planning: join the LEAD Transferability Platform!
Do you struggle to understand and manage urban logistics trends? Curious about how Digital Twins can contribute to better urban logistics planning? LEAD has just launched the call for its Transferabil...
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10/11/2020

Apply for the Public Call for “Sustainable Urban Transport Implementing Cities”!
The Urban Transports Community offers a peer-learning and mentorship opportunity to Mediterranean Cities and territories engaged in the development of sustainable urban mobility solutions in their ter...
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02/11/2020

New multi-language survey to map challenges and trends in urban freight transport
LEAD is running a survey to gather views on the key challenges, trends and influencing factors characterising urban freight transport (UFT), involving key experts and practitioners.
In order to f...
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21/10/2020

SEEV4City Final Policy Recommendations are now available
As SEEV4City draws to its conclusion, its results become available. One of the main project outcomes relates to the conceptualisation of policy-recommendations to enable the better integration of Elec...
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20/10/2020

Implementing Sustainable Mobility in the Mediterranean: join Urban Transport Community’s webinars
Since November 2016, the Urban Transports Community – Interreg MED Programme initiative – gathers seven territorial cooperation projects co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),...
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14/10/2020

Explore the wealth of insights from 6 final analysis reports on Smart Charging and V2X pilots from SEEV4City!
The finish line is near. The SEEV4-City project, with funding from EU Interreg North Sea Region, that started in 2015 is coming to an end this summer. 11 partners worked on six different sites, across...
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22/09/2020

WeCount: Belgian and Spanish pilots engage 400 families in traffic counting for sustainable mobility
Brussels, 21st of September 2020 - Two citizen science pilots are fully underway in Belgium (Leuven) and Spain (Madrid & Barcelona), involving 400 households. Citizens were given sensors to be mo...
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21/09/2020

WeCount on hybrid citizen engagement approaches to deliver citizen-led project results in times of a pandemic
Citizen Science is gaining momentum across different fields, striving to contribute to citizen innovation and the democratisation of science. The value of citizen participation and science in transpor...
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14/09/2020

POLIS at The European Week of Regions and Cities
POLIS will participate to the European Week of Regions and Cities, which will take place between 5 and 22 October 2020....
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08/09/2020

Have a say: LEAD is mapping the challenges and trends in urban freight transport
The EU-funded LEAD project is running a survey to gather views on the key challenges, trends and influencing factors characterising urban freight transport (UFT), involving key experts and practitio...
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27/07/2020

Digital Twins lead the future of urban logistics: why offline urban logistics need to be mirrored online
9th June 2020 - Polis joins 26 high-level partners in the H2020 funded LEAD Project: Low-Emission Adaptive last mile logistics supporting 'on Demand economy' through digital twins. LEAD will cre...
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09/06/2020

COVID-19: Citizen science reveals changing travel habits
With major changes to travel habits across Europe, citizen science projects like WeCount are going to be increasingly important to monitor changes and inform decision-making, writes Griet De Ceuster....
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01/04/2020
26/09/2023

26/09/2023
Urban Logistics Innovation Day
Save The Date for the Urban Logistics Innovation Day!
We are excited to announce the Urban Logistics Innovation Day, to be held in Brussels, at COMET Louise, on the 26 September.
With the increa...
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Brussels, Belgium
08/03/2023

08/03/2023
POLIS-ALICE International Women’s Day Virtual Breakfast
POLIS-ALICE invite you to join the International Women's Day celebrations to discuss women forging change in urban logistics....
21/02/2023

21/02/2023
SOLUTIONSplus Exchange Session “MaaS and ITS”
The SOLUTIONSplus project is organising an Exchange Session focused on MaaS, its role in decarbonising the transport system and its link with ITS solutions on 21 February, from 16:00 to 17:00 CET....
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Online
15/11/2022

15/11/2022
MOVE21 and LEAD at the Transport Research Arena 2022
The MOVE21 and LEAD projects will be present at the upcoming Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference in Lisbon, that will take place from 14-17 November 2022, at the Lisbon Congress Ce...
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Lisbon
25/10/2022 - 26/10/2022

25/10/2022 - 26/10/2022
Urban Transports Community Final Conference
The Urban Transports Community (UTC) is organising its Final Conference on 25 and 26 October 2022 in Athens, Greece....
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Athens, Greece
23/05/2022

23/05/2022
2nd POLIS-ALICE urban freight webinar
The second webinar in the POLIS-ALICE joint series on urban freight explores cooperation and new business models....
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Online
16/05/2022

16/05/2022
SOLUTIONSPlus Expert Exchange Session “E-bus deployment worldwide”
The SOLUTIONSPlus (SOL+) project is organising the Exchange Session "E-bus deployment worldwide" on May 16th, from 14:30 – 15:30 (CET)....
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Online
11/05/2022

11/05/2022
Sustainable mobility solutions for a greener Mediterranean workshop
On behalf of the Interreg MED funded initiative Urban Transport Community UTC) and with the support of Mr Ignazio Corrao, Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA), alternate member of the TRAN...
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Brussels
03/11/2021

03/11/2021
Human resources for sustainable mobility: Securing the right jobs and skills
POLIS and Breda University is bringing cities, universities and industry stakeholders to discuss human resources for sustainable mobility....
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Online
14/10/2021

14/10/2021
Promoting soft mobility in the Mediterranean: towards more sustainable mobility systems
As part of the 2021 European Week of Regions and Cities, the Urban Transports Community will hold a session on October 14, 2021....
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Online
13/10/2021

13/10/2021
Local Digital Twins Workshop: Forging the cities of tomorrow
Join the session co-organised by the LEAD Project, as part of the 2021 European Week of Regions and Cities on October 13, 2021....
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Online
12/10/2021

12/10/2021
Citizen science – tools to achieve a real impact on policy-making
Want to know more about citizen science projects and strategies to engage citizens in green smart cities transition? Join us on October 12!...
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Online
12/10/2021

12/10/2021
E-smartec’s EWRC 2021 session: co-learning for mobility co-planning
E-smartec is organizing a lab on October 12, to open a collaborative dialogue around questions citizen engagement in mobility planning....
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Online
29/06/2021

29/06/2021
Online training session: Planning for more resilient and robust urban mobility
On June 29, a training session organized by the ELITIS team of experts, in cooperation with POLIS and the Rupprecht Consult will showcase projects and discuss recommendations on hot to make urban mobi...
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Online
10/11/2020

10/11/2020
Mobilising Mobility: Like two peas in a pod – Digital Twins for urban planning
The Mobilising Mobility webinar featuring LEAD takes place online on November 10, 2020, from 2PM to 3PM CET....
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Online
05/11/2020

05/11/2020
Mobilising Mobility: Data-driven Urban Mobility Planning and Citizen Science – a match made in heaven
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Online