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OUR MISSION

Our mission is to support and accelerate the development of electromobility and related areas within the CEE region.

The goal of this project is to provide the best possible conditions for the growth of electromobility and charging infrastructure and a platform dedicated for communicating changes taking place in the CEE area.

We believe that this initiative will turn into a great added value for the region as a whole, resulting in electrification of the transport, air pollution decrease, opening up new industries and encouraging new, innovative solutions. So that the car would not leave behind a footprint bigger than a sailboat gliding on the surface of the lake.

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This initiative is part of a wider advocacy effort to jointly promote the important issues and challenges, common to the Central&Eastern European region amongst the decision makers in the European Union. The region is striving to reach the dynamic of decarbonization observed in Western and Northern EU States, but due to complex, historical and economic reasons it often fails to do so.

The Polish Alternative Fuels Association together with the Slovak EV Association and other e-mobility market partners launched the CEE Green Transport Initiative in 2021 to address the strategic areas in which the region must quickly and ambitiously reach its sustainable transport goals, therein combatting air pollution, ICE leakage, underdeveloped charging infrastructure and other important issues.

This project however, aims to accelerate the process of decarbonizing municipal and agglomeration areas – the cities of the CEE. Most of these cities are now becoming robust centers of business, social and artistic development. Unfortunately, this positive change is still burdened with air pollution, old vehicles roaming through city centers and a lack of awareness regarding new and available technologies.

The CEE Cities Center is meant to become a hub for knowledge, data, information and ideas all aimed at decarbonizing the metropolises of this region.

The project is led by the Polish Alternative Fuels Association PSPA, but it is designed to gather partners and the support of CEE cities. So far, PSPA has been implementing an ambitious project of deploying low emission ones in Poland, where there is currently no such solution. The work done serves to gather the best practices and enable a faster means of launching LEZ’s, by omitting some of the mistakes or invoking some of the learnings obtained in similar processes by cities from Western and Northern Europe.

The CEE Cities Center will reach out to CEE cities, capitals and other agglomerations to cooperate and share knowledge and experiences to work together in pursuit of cleaner air and sustainable transport solutions. The CEE Cities Center will also work however, to begin and amplify the discussion regarding decarbonizing transport outside of city areas as well. In brief, the project in its entirety will aim to combat both the negative environmental impacts of transport as well as the transport exclusion related to those challenges.

At the moment the CEE Cities Center is focused on addressing the following problems:

  • Lack of quality data about the region, as data provided even on official www services is highly inadequate for the region,
  • Providing a place, that will allow collective communication with people and stakeholders.
  • One of the next steps would be to improve knowledge-sharing between countries and experts from inside and outside the CEE region. 

Of course, the list of problems is extensive and often complicated but step by step we, together, can manage to solve them. 

The project is free of charge and due to the distance will be, in the largest part, carried out remotely.

Become part of the CEE Cities Center
and work together to decarbonize road transport!

Areas of work

Electromobility

The solution to the problems of excessive NO2 emissions (as well as other pollutants) and noise lies in electromobility. The transformation of road transportation technology will not only be greener, but also quieter. Such vehicles are clearly an essential part of the efforts made to achieve low-emission mobility in the field of road transportation, currently responsible for 70% of GHG emissions from the transport sector as a whole.

Charging
infrastructure

As the electromobility is growing rapidly, in many places, the infrastructure development does not keep up with increasing number of electric vehicles. TEN-T and AFIR plans have set a list of requirements, that countries need to meet, in order to ensure secure travel conditions. To keep electric vehicles powered up, public charging points need to be equitably distributed and wired to a durable and reliable power grid.

Low Emission
Zones

With over 300 Low Emission Zones in Europe and only two attempts to establish such solutions in the CEE region, we aim to provide municipalities with essential knowledge on how to successfully implement LEZ. The purpose of LEZs is to improve air quality within cities. This intent is in most cities indeed achieved, with diesel particulates (PM10) dropping in most areas where such restriction has been implemented. Often, this is achieved as people with polluting vehicles replace them or install particulate matter filters.

Shared
mobility

Shared mobility is a significant element in reduction of the number of cars on the streets. As we aim to decrease GHG emissions, besides electrifying our means of transport, we should make sure, that every vehicle is fulfilling the needs of as many people, as possible. It could provide transportation to many millions of people who currently struggle to get around, especially those, who report having difficulty accessing transportation at the moment.

Smart
mobility

One of the key elements of a smart city is smart mobility, understood as integrated transport and logistics systems using clean energy. With a variety of smart mobility solutions and ideas, city navigation will become smoother, in an optimal case it will be arranged with only one click. Implementation of smart mobility solutions will have a positive impact on the high air pollution rate, the long downtime spent in traffic jams and the high number of car accidents.

Mobility as a Service
(MaaS)

MaaS is a concept where passengers’ needs are met by a single service that combines a variety of carriers, navigation systems and payment technologies. This combined offer is most often available to the customer through a dedicated application. The development of MaaS will improve both urban mobility and reduce the pressure on possessing own means of transport.