IMPRINT-NET Coordination Action addresses in particular the costs of transport infrastructure use. It will provide a discussion platform for policy makers, transport operators, researchers and other stakeholders to exchange views on the implementation of new pricing regimes, cost calculation methods, derivation of tariffs to be levied and on successful approaches to overcome barriers and to affect attitudes and perceptions.
IMPRINT-NET directly benefits from the experience accrued by its predecessors CAPRI (1998-1999) and IMPRINT-EUROPE (2001-2004), while featuring major innovations, in both contents and organisation. It will closely cooperate with all relevant pricing research projects. As for its predecessor, the basic thrust of the IMPRINT-NET is to improve and enhance the links between pricing RTD and the policy community, notably by:

• transferring research findings to policy makers and stakeholders involved in the formulation and implementation of transport pricing reforms

• stimulating the debate among stakeholders in order to build consensus on the principles and the practice of transport pricing, thus facilitating and accelerating the implementation of pricing reforms and contributing to the implementation of the EU transport policy.

Particular emphasis is on

1. the Air and Waterborne modes, for which the state of knowledge is less advanced,
2. links between infrastructure charging and investment needs,
3. pricing reforms in new MS, in the perspective of EU enlargement.
   

IMPRINT-NET establishes 6 Expert Groups (EG) reflecting these priorities. Each EG meets four times. One larger conference is staged each year, with a broader audience of researchers and stakeholders.



Project partners are a mix of public and private research & consultancy, with outstanding experience in pricing research and transfer of findings to policymakers. They have played a major role in IMPRINT-NET predecessors.