European Cyclists' Federation

European Cyclists ' Federation ( ECF short, German European Cyclists' Federation) is the governing body of European organizations that dedicate their activity to the promotion of bicycle traffic. It is a non-governmental organization under Belgian law with seat in Brussels. It was founded in 1983 by 12 European first bicycle organizations.

Model

The European Cyclists' Federation ( ECF) will do everything in his power, the most extensive use of the bicycle with the objective of sustainable mobility and: At the annual meeting in Trondheim ECF a model for his work, which states, among other things decided well-being to promote the population. To achieve this goal, the association, attitude, policy and budgetary allocations strives to change at European level.

Organization

The ECF currently comprises 56 organizations from 38 countries. From the German-speaking area are the German ADFC, the HPV Germany eV, the Austrian ARGUS Bike office and the relatively young community of interests bike, the Traffic Club of Switzerland, VCS and the Pro Velo Switzerland. There is also a support organization from Japan, and 15 so-called associate members, among others from the USA, Canada and Australia.

Taking place at various locations once a year the General Assembly as the supreme organ of the ECF elects the Management Committee ( the Board ). The current President is Manfred Neun.

Objectives and Activities

The ECF has the goal to link the activities of the member organizations at local, regional and national level within the European framework. To this end, he sees his task is to create a favorable climate for bicycle traffic in the transport, environmental and tourism policy. This will be achieved by a dense network between the bicycle groups and politics, industry, media, planners, rail companies and tourism. Special mention to the contacts to the EU Parliament, the EU Commission, the European Conference of Transport Ministers and the UN Economic Commission for Europe.

In addition, the ECF provides assistance in the planning of transport infrastructure, the creation of bicycle facilities such as parking facilities and car parks as well as the development of intermodality ( the effective use of different modes of transport). An important activity of the ECF is to develop and promote a European cycle route network, also called Euro Velo.

In addition, the ECF organized annual Velo- city conferences

The Velo-City 2007 conference in Munich has contributed to a significant activation of the German bicycle promotion.