Common use of Project Partner Clause in Contracts

Project Partner. Project partner number 11 Partner role in the project PP Name of organisation in original language ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ samosprávny kraj Name of organisation in English Žilina self–governing region Abbreviation of organisation Žilina Department/unit/division Transportation Department Country (NUTS 0) SK Region (NUTS 2) SK03, Stredné Slovensko Sub-region (NUTS 3) SK031, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ kraj Street, house number, postal code, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Website ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ Assimilated partner No Type of partner Regional public authority VAT number (if applicable) SK2021626695 Is your organisation entitled to recover VAT based on national legislation for the activities implemented in the project? Yes Co-financing % 85.00 Legal status public Legal representative ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Contact person ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ +▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ Experiences of partner Competences Which are the organisation“s thematic competences and experiences relevant for the project? What is the main business of the organisation? Is the organisation normally performing economic activities on the market? If yes, please specify. The Žilina self-governing region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region is responsible for the planning and organisation of public transport within its territory. As such, it approves licences for regular bus transport, responsible for creation, approval and observing the valid spatial planning documentation. As many other predominantly rural regions in Central Europe, the Žilina region is strongly affected by demographic change. On one hand, the average age of the population continuously increases due to longer life expectancy while the younger generations are in a process of shrinking. The changing demographics lead to new transport demands to which the regional self-government has to find appropriate responses in their transport policies. Another main challenge the regional self-government aims to address is the integration of different transport modes and to harmonise its timetables and ticketing regimes. Access to European good practices and the ability to experiment innovative approaches in the RUMOBIL project will contribute to improved public policies in these regards. The Žilina self-governing region is currently under way to prepare its first transport plan for its territory. The plan will be linked to the Žilina self-governing region territorial plan (Územný plán VÚC Žilinského kraja) and the Program of economic and social develoment of Žilina self-governing region for the period 2014-2020 (Program hospodárskeho a sociálneho rozvoja Žilinského samosprávneho kraja pre roky 2014 – 2020). The region“s participation in RUMOBIL is seen as an important element to enhance the self-governing bodies“ competences in the fields of transport planning, the realisation of the transport plan currently in elaboration, and its first revision expected in 2019. Role in the project What is the partner“s role (and responsibility) in the project? What is the expected benefit for the organisation from participating in the project? Is the organisation performing any economic activity within the project or as a result of it (not applicable for associated partners)? Žilina region will contribute and participate in all project activities. The regional self-government will share its previous expertise and current challenges in the domain of public transport, provide input to the elaboration of the RUMOBIL Strategy and corresponding policy recommendations, and realise a regional experimentation during the project´s pilot phase. The latter will focus on improving the quality of public transport by strengthening a secondary transport node´s function as intermodal hub. The experimentation will test how people who travel by individual means of transport, mainly by cars and bicycles can be won for public transport. UNIZA will support the regional self-government in designing and implementing the regional experimentation (T2). Žilina region will furthermore participate in all capacity building measures of the project. The region is currently preparing its first transport plan (due to be finalised in 2016). RUMOBIL is expected to be a key feature for the implementation and optimisation of the plan. The partner henceforth aims to introduce a decision to the Regional Assembly to amend the transport plan for Žilina self-governing at the end of the project lifetime which will include the mainstreaming of the learning from the project. To prepare the decision, members of the assembly“s Commission of transport dealing with all transport tasks will be regarded as key actors, hence regularly briefed about project activities and invited to participate in local as well as selected transnational events. The Regional Assembly is a representative body of the Žilina self-governing region constituted by Law – Act No 302/2001. It is composed of the Representatives (57) elected in direct elections. The President of the Žilina self-governing region is at the same time the President of the Regional Assembly. The regional administration does not perform economic activities.