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Goals of D-ZIB

The overall goals of D-ZIB are:

• Increase the capacity for innovation in inland navigation and support actions in this area.
• Develop solutions to overcome market barriers to environmentally friendly inland waterway transport and improve the efficiency of inland waterway transport.
• Support the market introduction of innovative technologies in the inland waterway sector.
• Reinforce the economic and environmental importance of inland waterway transport across other modes of transport through innovation.
• Develop innovative solutions to promote modal shift from road to IWT.
• Contribute to increasing the political value and recognition of inland navigation in Germany.
• Establishment D-ZIB as a central point of contact and a neutral advisory center for innovative stakeholders in inland navigation.
• Establish D-ZIB as a source of information and act as an ‘antenna’ for innovative developments in inland navigation.

The concrete goals are:

1. Support the development of efficient and ‘green’ technologies for inland waterway transport.
2. Support the development of innovative logistics solutions for inland navigation.
3. Support the development of innovations in the area of safety.
4. Support the development of innovative financing models for inland waterway transport.
5. Develop cooperation between inland waterway vessels and knowledge institutes.
6. Initiate and coordinate innovation projects for inland waterway transport.
7. Network inland waterway operators with a view to innovation development.
8. Strengthen applied research and development for inland navigation.
9. Prepare ‘best practice’ examples of innovation uptake in inland navigation.
10. Improve the accessibility and receptiveness of IWT operators to innovation-oriented activities.
11. Promote academic and non-academic education and training for inland navigation operators.
12. Develop project development competence for operators of inland navigation.