Financing advocacy groups#Eucyclingstrategy

Adam Bodor

Advocacy and EuroVelo Director

ECF gratefully acknowledges financialsupport from the European Commission.

INTRODUCING ECF

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World’s largest cyclists’ advocacy organisation

One goal: To promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transportation and recreation

INTRODUCING ECF

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World’s largest cyclists’ advocacy organisation

One goal: To promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transportation and recreation

INTRODUCING ECF

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• Founded in 1983

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ECF’s COMMUNITY

Advocacy Groups 80 members

Cities for Cyclists 21 members

Scientists for Cycling 60 members

National Cycling Officers 20 officers

EuroVelo Coordinators 24 coordinators

Cycling Industry Club 32 members

ECF Financial strategy…

Not for profit income generation – matrix of sources

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Mission/values led Service led

Corporate Corporate social responsibility (CSR)Philanthropic

SponsorshipAdvertising

Advocacy

Government GrantsPartnerships

TendersPublic sector promotions

Events

Philanthropic GrantsProgrammes

Individual DonationsMembership

ServicesEvents

Membership

The “Not for Profit difference” is how the NGO sector differentiates itself from

the commercial sector

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Mission/values led Service led

Corporate Corporate social responsibility (CSR)Philanthropic

SponsorshipAdvertising

Government Grants, (EU) FundsPartnerships

TendersPublic sector promotions

Philanthropic GrantsProgrammes

Individual DonationsMembership

ServicesMembership

The “Not for Profit difference” is how the NGO sector differentiates itself from

the commercial sector

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Mission/values led Service led

Corporate Corporate social responsibility (CSR)Philanthropic

SponsorshipAdvertising

Government Grants, (EU) FundsPartnerships

TendersPublic sector promotions

Philanthropic GrantsProgrammes

Individual DonationsMembership

ServicesMembership

Introduction to EU Funds

European funding of cycling-related projects between 2007 –2013 was 600 million Euros.

Four countries spent over 100million Euro each:

EU Spending on Transport

Cycling

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The results of our campaign…2007-2013

EU Funds invested in cycling:€600 million

Percentage of total investments in transport:0.7%

2014-2020

EU Funds invested in cycling:€1.5 billion

Percentage of total investments in transport:1.6%

Current status

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European funds available for cycling between 2014 and 2020

European-level programmes

Transnational programmes

Cross-border programmes

National and regional level programmes

Funds coordinated at a national / regional level

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Programming documents

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1 Partnership agreement

10 Operational programmes

100 Calls

1,000 Projects

Programming documents

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1 Partnership agreement

10 Operational programmes

100 Calls

1,000 Projects

Scanning of the documents

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References to cycling in the programming documents

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“Implement projects concerning the construction of linear infrastructure of cycling transport”

“Cities, towns developed to be cycling friendly: 38 town” Length of the realized cycling infrastructure: 970km”

“Investments for the accessibility to the local cultural heritage, which contributes to the valorisation of the local cultural

heritage, to the promotion of the rural tourism”

Explicit references

Implicit references

Indirect references

“Clean urban transport infrastructure and promotion”“Sustainable tourism”

Current status

Based on the explicit references to cycling we estimate that

of EU Funds are available for cycling between 2014 – 2020.

With implicit and indirect connections:

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1.5 billion Euros

2 billion Euros

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Cycling for Growth

For more information:http://www.ecf.com/advocary/eu-funding-2/eu-funding-opportunities-for-cycling-2014-2020/

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EU Funds Observatory

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EU Funds Observatory

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https://ecf.com/what-we-do/european-funding/eu-funds-observatory-cycling

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EU Funds Observatory

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EU Funds Observatory

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EU Funds Observatory

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Programming documents

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1 Partnership agreement

10 Operational programmes

100 Calls

1,000 Projects

INTRODUCING ECF

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World’s largest cyclists’ advocacy organisation

One goal: To promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transportation and recreation

Our latest lobby tool to:

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Promote cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transportation and recreation in the EU

Content

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11 •What happened so far

22 •Coming up

33 •Content

44 •Get involved

What happened so far 2015

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Think Tank meeting

Luxemburg declarationOct.2015

May2015

What happened so far 2016

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“Agreement to deliver the blue print of the EU Cycling Strategy”

What happened so far 2016

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Workshop on national and European Cycling Focal Points

‘Cycling Forum Europe’ breakfast meeting

Workshop at Eurobike

June 2016

June 2016

July2016

What happened so far 2016

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Workshop at Cycling into the future, Brussels

Workshop at CIVITAS 2016 conference, Gdynia

Sept.2016

Sept.2016

Coming up 2017

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‘Blueprint for an EU Cycling Strategy’ to be presented at the Velo-city conference Arnhem-Nijmegen

Civitas Conference official handover of the draft

June2017

2017

Content and structure

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11 Chapter for one EU Cycling Strategy!

Content and structure

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Chapter 1: The current status of cycling in Europe

Content and structure

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Chapter 2: The benefits of cycling and their contribution to EU policy goals

Content and structure

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Chapter 3: Promotion of cycling (Behaviour)

Content and structure

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Chapter 4: Infrastructure

Content and structure

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Chapter 5: Vehicle and technical standards

Content and structure

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Chapter 6: EU as a global player

Content and structure

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Chapter 7: Financial level-playing field for cycling with other modes of transport

Content and structure

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Chapter 8: Industrial policy for Europe’s bike manufacturing industry

Content and structure

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Chapter 9: Bicycle check in EU policies – Is cycling systematically considered in these

policy fields?

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Chapter 10: Governance

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Chapter 11: Monitoring and Evaluation

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11 chapters for one

Our target:

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‘EU Cycling Strategy’ for the

Work Programme of the European Commission 2018

Get involved

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Mailing list

Survey

Show your support with a photo

Show your support with your organizations logo

Guest blogpost

Any other ideas?

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www.cyclingstrategy.eu

#EUcyclingstrategy

Thank you for your attention !

For more information

a.bodor@ecf.com

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