ecomoco vision statement

Mobilitätsakademie · Maulbeerstrasse 10 · CH-3001 Bern

Jörg Beckmann, Direktor der Mobilitätsakademie, Telefon +41 (0)79 619 79 80 · [email protected]

ecomoco THE EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE MOBILITY COUNCIL Vision-Statement and Initial Road Map for a New European Organisation

IN A NUTSHELL:

From shaping an international collaborative mobility community –

to building a European shared mobility organization

After three successful editions of the annual World Collaborative Mobility Congress

(wocomoco) the Swiss Mobility Academy is now seeking to build a new organization in

order to establish a politically active body for European shared mobility providers. The

European Collaborative Mobility Council (ecomoco) is meant to become a European

umbrella for private and public organisations engaged in building and expanding a shared

mobility market across Europe, thus making a significant contribution to a sustainable

transformation of every-day transport.

The mission of The European Collaborative Mobility Council (ecomoco) is to innovate

everyday mobility by promoting a shared use of transport products, services and

infrastructures thus stimulating a new global market for collaborative mobility (co-mobility)

solutions.

The European Collaborative Mobility Council comprises organisations from the public and

private sector involved in developing, marketing and regulating collaborative mobility solutions.

The Council‘s aim is:

To bring together leaders from across the sector, get them to interact and jointly shape a

new European market for collaborative mobility products, services and infrastructures.

To monitor market trends and research co-mobility developments across Europe as well

as taking a lead role in testing and demonstrating innovative sustainable co-mobility

services.

To shape a co-mobility policy-agenda for urban transport and advice policy-makers in

Europe on how to regulate an advancing co-mobility market fully harvesting the sustainable

potential of shared mobility solutions.

To position the deprivatization of traditional motorized individual transport aside the

demotorization of personal mobility and the decarbonization of motorised transport as

the most important measures to minimize the climate-impact of road transport in Europe.



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In trying to achieve these aims, ecomoco rests on three major pillars – an annual international

congress (wocomoco), the ecomoco-institute as a research and policy think-tank, as well as a

network of cities & regions bringing together those public authorities that are actively

engaged in shared mobility planning.

a. The Congress (wocomoco): bringing together the greatest co-

mobility minds

Over the coming years, the World Collaborative Mobility Congress will be organised by the

European Collaborative Mobility Council. As a three day event with keynotes, presentations,

debates, exhibitions and excursions it offers unique opportunities for making new contacts,

catalizing dialogues and highlighting success-stories. It takes place every year in a European city

selected by the members and partners of the council. Each edition of wocomoco will run on a

separate budget and is funded solely by the hosting city as well as corporate partners from

across the industry.

b. The Institute: setting the global co-mobility policy agenda

The work of ecomoco is underpinned by market

research, data collection and policy analysis carried

out within the „ecomoco-institute“. Its evidence-

based insights on co-mobility issues make the

Institute an important strategic think-tank for

policy-makers and the European co-mobility

business community. Leading academics, regulators

and innovators are engaged in debates and studies

on critical co-mobility issues. The institute also

maintains a comprehensive database on statistics

and indicators relevant for collaborative mobility

practitioners.

Annual Collaborative Mobility Market Overview: The institute will publish an annual

market overview covering all areas of co-mobility, providing general facts and figures on

current developments and upcoming trends.

Annual Focus Study: Every year the institute will publish the results of an in-depth analysis

on a key topic defined by the board at the beginning of the year. The results of this analysis

will be made available exclusively to the members of ecomoco.



c. The Network of Cities and Regions: planning for more shared

mobility solutions

As more and more cities in Europe are declaring to become sharing cities and develop their

strategic plans for collaborative mobility systems, there is a growing need for the generation

and transfer of shared mobility knowledge. For these cities, ecomoco provides a unique

knowledge base an best shared mobility practice and policy. Within its city-network, ecomoco

brings together the key-drivers of local and regional transport planning authorities thus paving

the ground for a transformation of urban mobility towards greater sustainability.

Collaborative Mobility Planning Guide: The Network of Cities and Regions will develop a

planning guide for cities and regions providing hands-on advice on the implementation of

shared mobility products and services. The guide will draw from the rich knowledge of the

network’s members and be linked to the best-practice database.

Best-practice Online Database: The Network of Cities and Regions will set up and manage

an online database collecting relevant best-practice examples of co-mobility planning from

around the world.

The Benefits: Partnering with ecomoco allows organisations to:

demonstrate leadership in collaborative mobility, enhancing their reputation with public and

private stakeholders,

contribute and have access to key data and statistics maintained by the Institute and

understand the long term issues affecting the co-mobility landscape,

build better and more innovative alliances and partnerships with key stakeholders,

influence the European co-mobility agenda rather than be shaped by it,

develop the tools and capacity to better implement co-mobility development.

The Structure: designed to be a flexible and efficient institution.

Secretariat: ecomoco’s secretariat is based in Bern. It is led by the secretary-general. The

secretariat comprises the 3 units responsible for congress, the college and the institute, as

well as a communications, event and management -support unit.

The Presidency: The presidency of ecomoco revolves annually among those partner

organisations, who take a leading role in organising and hosting the annual congress.

The Board: The ecomoco-board is chaired by the presidency and gives direction to the work

of the council. It consists of representatives of the main funding partners of the council.

The current and initial membership-model foresees three categories of members:



o A: Large corporations/organisations with an obligatory seat in the board of ecomoco;

suggested annual membership fee of 10’000 Euros (including 2 free entries to

wocomoco and free exhibition space)

o B: Smaller companies with an obligatory seat in the general assembly; suggested

annual membership fee of 2’000 Euros (including 1 free entry to wocomoco)

o C: Public authorities/universities with an obligatory seat in the general assembly;

suggested annual membership fee of 1’000 Euros (including 1 free entry to

wocomoco)

A more comprehensive membership-model listing duties and benefits will be developed by

the Mobility Academy over the coming months.

The Road Map: Launch of ecomoco at wocomoco in September 2016

It is the ambition of the Mobility Academy to officially found ecomoco in September 2016

with a launch-ceremony during the 4th World Collaborative Mobility Congress.

Prior to that event, the Mobility Academy will attract the founding members, register

ecomoco as an international NGO in Switzerland and set-up an ecomoco-office at the

Mobility Academy in Bern.

At presence the mobility academy seeks initial funding from a foundation or alike to help

set-up and run the council for the initial three years.

Starting in autumn 2015, the Mobility Academy will approach potential founding members

from the various shared mobility markets in Europe, addressing car-, ride- and bike-sharing

companies as well as shared parking.

The Mobility Academy will also start establishing the network of cities & regions by

appointing a Chair for the network as well as two Vice-Chairs, all three of them city

representatives. Together with them the Mobility Academy will approach and involve more

cities already prior to wocomoco2016.

Until the end of 2015 the Mobility Academy will draft the statutes for ecomoco according to

Swiss law.

The board will be comprised of all A-Members, one representative of all B and C members

each, as well as a limited number of independent experts.

In January 2016, the Mobility Academy will hold a meeting in Berne, Switzerland bringing

together the organizations having signed the initial declaration of interest in joining the

European Collaborative Mobility Council.

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