Kick-off LA

Kick-off in Latin America
Kick-off I 29 April 2020 I 16:00-18:00 (MESZ)

Given the global spread of COVID-19 and the related travel and gathering restrictions that have been enforced worldwide, the kick-off meetings planned by the EU-funded project SOLUTIONSplus (SOL+) in its Latin American demonstration cities had to be cancelled.
However, in order to establish the necessary partnerships, inform relevant stakeholders and start defining the activities that will need to be conducted in each city in the context of SOL+, we have decided to organize a Regional Kick-off Webinar with Quito and Montevideo.

SOLUTIONSplus Regional Kick-off Webinar Latin America
Wednesday, 29th April 2020
16:00 – 18:00 CEST

Description

Given the global spread of COVID-19 and the related travel and gathering restrictions that have been enforced worldwide, the kick-off meetings planned by the EU-funded project SOLUTIONSplus (SOL+) in its Latin American demonstration cities, Quito and Montevideo, had to be cancelled. However, in order to establish the necessary partnerships, inform relevant stakeholders and start defining the activities that will need to be conducted in each city in the context of SOL+, a Regional Kick-off Webinar with Quito and Montevideo was organised. Given that both cities are currently in the process of implementation of their public transport electrification strategies, the focus of this first webinar will be on technical specifications for e-bus procurement and charging equipment.

More than 40 city officials from Quito and Montevideo, as well as SOL+ partners such as ABB, Valeo, ZLC, IDIADA, Rupprecht Consult, Pluservice, POLIS, among others participated in the virtual kick-off. The webinar was divided in two parts. In the first part, after a brief introduction to SOLUTIONSplus (Wuppertal Institute) and the Global Electric Mobility Platform (UNEP), Carolina Romero from Montevideo’s Municipality and Juan Carlos Nájera and Danilo Rodríguez from the Public Transport Enterprise of Quito (EPMTPQ) presented the ambitious electrification strategies of both Latin America SOL+ demonstration cities.

In the second part of the webinar, the participants were faced with the experiences and lessons learnt of Santiago de Chile and Madrid, presented by Sebastián Galarza from Centro Mario Molina (CMM) and César Chacón from the Municipal Transport Enterprise of Madrid (EMT). Last but not least, Gabriela Gallegos from ABB Ecuador talked about the different charging solutions for electric buses and their differences. The Q&A session led to a very interesting discussion between the panelists, followed by a round of questions from the audience. Thus, the webinar served both the cities and involved SOL+ partners to have a better overview of the on-going activities and the possible contributions of each partner. This was definitely the beginning of a fruitful cooperation among SOL+ consortium members towards the successful implementation of the demonstration projects in Latin America

You can find the answers to the questions posed during the webinar here

Agenda