Brussels 13/07/2016 – We need more and better targeted funding if we want Europe to remain world’s top tourism destination: this was the main message delivered by the European Cyclists’ Federation during a debate of high-level tourism stakeholders...

From 8 to 10 June, environment ministers and state secretaries from the pan-European region, including Russia and Central Asia, met in Batumi, Georgia, to discuss the way forward to a greener economy. At this occasion, THE PEP (the Transport, Health...

Brussels, 05/07/2016. By including support for a sustainable travel hierarchy and a doubling of cycling across the EU-28 over the next 10 years, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) own-initiative report on a ‘EU Roadmap for Cycling’ took a big...

This past week the Velo-city Series and Global Policies team and members of the World Cycling Alliance (WCA) were in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the annual BiciRio conference and hold kick-off Velo-city 2018 workshop. It was the 6th edition...

BRUXELLES, 23/06/2016 - People cycling are early risers. Chaired by MEP Michael Cramer and MEP Istvan Ujhelyi, 40 people with diverse backgrounds gathered yesterday to present and discuss the potential for an EU Cycling Strategy and ways...

ECF’s Secretary General Bernhard Ensink was invited to represent ECF and the World Cycling Alliance (WCA) at the Climate Action 2016 Summit on “Catalyzing a Sustainable Future” in Washington DC May 5-6 and the Work Day on Sustainable Transport the...

“More bicycles, better cities, healthier society and economy!” That is the motto of the newly launched Portuguese Bicycle Commitment, an organisation created by the Plataforma Tecnológica da Bicicleta of the University of Aveiro that...

Highly responsive to the Leadership Programme, the Slovenian Cyclists' Network improved its influence at the national level. The SCN was selected to represent all NGOs in the interministerial working group for cycle friendly laws and it has been...

Thanks to FIAB, cycling has scored another success in Italy. Our Italian national member organisation managed to put the Leadership Programme’s teachings into practice, and has become an agenda setter for transport governmental agencies in the...

On 27 April, the German federal government decided to launch a huge subsidy package for electric cars worth almost 1 billion euros over the next years. Besides a buyer’s premium of 4000 Euros per electric car and 3000 Euros for hybrid cars (of which...

Top names of the industry met on the first day of the Taipei Cycle Show to send a strong message in favour of collaboration with governments and advocates in order to grow the pie for everyone. The first-ever Leaders’ Panel offered the platform...

On October 15th in Rome FIAB met for the first time the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Graziano Delrio, and the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Dario Franceschini. The talk between Mr. Delrio and FIAB's President, Mrs. Giulietta...