About the Project

TRUST was an 18-month project that ran across four phases.

Preparatory phase. This information gathering stage contemplated the elaboration of the first discussion papers. A Steering Committee monitored the organizational aspects of the whole process.

Sectoral workshops. Seven two-day sectoral workshops - corresponding to ETF sections: Civil Aviation, Fisheries, Ports, Road, Railways, Maritime Transport, Inland Waterways - discussed a common agenda based on four core topics:

The Lisbon Strategy and transport workers
Restructuring and developments in the transport sectors
Transport and Environment
Infrastructure financing, state aids and the role of states

Cross-sectoral conferences. Conclusions from the sectoral workshops, compiled in policy papers, were discussed in three cross-sectoral conferences aimed at building a common view on the core topics.

Final Conference. Results of the whole exercise were presented in a closing event, where trade unions made public their final contribution on Sustainable Transport for a Sustainable Social Europe.