Airport Regions Council (ARC) - formerly known as Airport Regions Conference, is an association of regional and local authorities with an international airport within or near their territories, founded in 1994.
Currently, the ARC has more than 30 members, ranging from regions hosting the largest hubs in Europe (e.g. Frankfurt, Madrid, etc.) to small regional airports (Oulu and Iasi).
The governance structure of the organisation includes an executive committee (the President and 7 members), an Assembly (ARC member regions) and a Secretariat of 8 people, which is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Projects
Current projects Current projects, in which ARC is a part of:
OLGA (hOListic Green Airport) – Horizon 2020 funding; PULSAR (Propelling eUropean Leadership through Synergizing Aviation Research) – Horizon Europe funding; SAMVA (SBAS (EGNOS) Adoption in Multicopter VTOL Aircraft) – EUSPA (European Union Agency for the Space Programme) partial funding; MultiModX (Integrated Passenger-Centric Planning of Multimodal Transport Networks) – SESAR3 Joint Undertaking funding.
Previous projects Previous projects, in which Airport Regions Council was involved as a communication and dissemination partner, include:
ANIMA (Aviation Noise Impact Management through Novel Approaches) – Horizon 2020 funding; dAIR (Decarbonising Airport Regions) – Interreg EVC EU funding; LAirA (Landside Airport Accessibility) – Interreg Central Europe funding; DREAAM (Development of Regional Employment and Airport Areas Manpower) – Erasmus+ funding.
ARC Members
In August 2019, these are the members of ARC:
Vienna City Council
Flemish Brabant Province Wallonia The Walloon Company of Airports
Prague Airport Region
Oulu Town Council Uusimaa Regional Council Vantaa City Council
IAU Île-de-France (Paris Region Planning and Development Agency) Val d'Oise Department
State of Berlin & State of Brandenburg Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
Budapest District XVIII
Fingal County Council
Transport Malta
Mazovia Region
Iași County Council
Barcelona Municipal County Government of Catalonia El Prat de Llobregat Town Council Gavà Town Council Madrid City Council
Gothenburg Region Municipality of Härryda Stockholm County Council & Sigtuna
Beek City Council Drenthe Province Rotterdam City Council
Akershus County Council Øvre Romerike Development
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