The ARCHES, which is the Specific Targeted Research Project, was planned in response to the European Commission’s call for proposals 3B, addressing Topic 2.6 ‘Design and manufacture of new construction concepts’ of objective ‘Sustainable Surface Transport’ under the Thematic priority 1.6 ‘Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems’ of the GROWTH part of the Sixth Framework Programme. The contract was signed by the Commission on the 25th of October 2006. Project commencement date was the 1st of September 2006 and the duration of the project is 36 months.
