Connected, Cooperative and Automated MoBility Assessment & Stakeholder Dedicated and Operational awareness Raising
The EU-funded project CCAMbassador (Connected, Cooperative and Automated MoBility Assessment & Stakeholder Dedicated and Operational awareness Raising) complements the coordination and alignment efforts of the CCAM Partnership and expands stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing beyond R&I communities to support faster transitions from innovation to implementation.
CCAMbassador assists mobility solution implementers (e.g. infrastructure providers, transport service providers, local/regional authorities) in turning innovations into real service operations by identifying key building blocks for deployment and fostering cross-border collaboration and harmonised approaches.
The project also promotes and supports widespread adoption of the European Common Evaluation Methodology for CCAM (EU-CEM) and revises the EU-CEM Handbook to reflect the feedback collected from users. It strengthens the EU-wide Knowledge Base on CCAM to better fulfill the expectations and goals of society, and the needs of non-experts, citizens, local and national authorities, researchers and implementation actors.
CCAMbassador is the follow-up Action of the FAME project, which managed and further developed the CCAM Knowledge Base and developed the EU-CEM as part of its European framework for testing on public roads.
CCAMbassador Objectives
- Facilitate consultation and concertation for the CCAM ecosystem by setting up engagement mechanisms to stimulate cooperation, consensus building on R&I needs to support the transition to CCAM operations
- Analyse research and deployment initiatives to identify national and international cooperation opportunities, define building blocks for going into operations and identify lessons learnt and harmonization needs for deployment
- Assess and increase the general public’s awareness and empower implementers, including public authorities and operators, to enable CCAM deployment
- Enhance and expand the CCAM Knowledge Base to increase the usability and address the specific needs of key stakeholder groups, raise their awareness and capacity for deploying CCAM
- Promote and facilitate the practical use of the EU-CEM in CCAM impact assessment initiatives, assess its relevance for Member States’ use, and update it on the basis of new identified needs and collected feedback
