CCAMbassador Kicks Off as New Coordination action for CCAM Partnership

As the FAME project concluded in June 2025, CCAMbassador officially takes over as the new Coordination and Support Action (CSA) of the CCAM Partnership, reflecting the current shift within Connected Automated Mobility, as well as in the Partnership towards (large-scale) deployment.

CCAMbassador will be building on FAME’s achievements, i.e. namely the European Framework for European framework for CCAM testing on public roads, including the European Common Evaluation Methodology for CCAM (EU-CEM), CCAM Taxonomy and CCAM Test Data Space, the CAD Knowledge Base, and the wider CCAM stakeholder community engagement. The new Action will maintain and further develop these elements, expanding their focus beyond researchers, industry, and experts, to address the needs of citizens, operators, public authorities, raising their awareness, understanding, and preparedness for implementation.

To do this, CCAMbassador will define the key building blocks and harmonization needs for moving into operations; furthermore,it will analyse the gaps and develop tailored materials and new interfaces into a revamped Knowledge Base, targeted at these new audience groups.

The project will continue working with Member States toward the adoption of the recommendations for a harmonised regulatory framework for AV testing on public roads developed in FAME, as well as deployment regulations. In parallel, it will provide support and training  for the adoption and use of the EU-CEM, which will be updated to reflect the needs of Member States.

The project will also continue to facilitate knowledge exchange, concertation and consensus building on R&I needs for the CCAM ecosystem to support the transition to CCAM operations, through engagement mechanisms and activities such as workshops, EUCAD Conference & Symposia, international cooperation, and more.

The project Kick-Off took place on July 10-11 in Brussels, Belgium. 22 organisations participate in the project, which will last 36 months, for a budget of 4.5 million euros.

CCAMbassador, as a flagship initiative in the field of Connected and Automated Mobility will be “connecting the dots” among actors in the ecosystem and beyond, providing a common operational picture of all that is happening around CCAM, ensuring coherence and alignment across CCAM initiatives in Europe — instrumental for the realisation of the objectives set by the CCAM Partnership.