Additional methods and approaches
Additional methods and approaches provide topic-specific guidance that complements EU-CEM, including stakeholder engagement, ethics, systems thinking, wider impact assessment, and earlier methodological references such as FESTA.
Use EU-CEM as the preferred methodology for CCAM impact assessment, and use the material below when you need deeper topic-specific support or when a field operational test requires FESTA-style guidance.
Selected safety assurance / safety validation frameworks are included below as additional methods, because they support how safety assessment work is structured and documented.
Participatory and impact-assessment references
| Item | Year | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-pager on the importance of piloting | 2019 | FESTA supplement on pre-testing systems, data collection, procedures, documentation, and feasibility before large-scale field tests. | Open PDF |
| Key performance indicator survey for assessing automation impacts | 2018 | Survey-based Trilateral report on expert-rated KPIs for automated-road-transport impact assessment and indicator selection. | Open PDF Open publication page |
Ethics and systems-thinking tools
| Item | Year | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethical guidelines | 2025 | Collection of CCAM-relevant ethics, data-protection, GDPR, and AI-ethics guidance for research project preparation. | Open page |
| System Dynamics Modelling of CAD Impacts | 2020 | Method page on modelling CAD uptake and long-term transport impacts through feedback loops, delays, and policy scenarios. | Open page |
Earlier and complementary methodologies
| Item | Year | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| FESTA methodology for field operational tests | 2018 | Established FOT methodology and supporting materials for planning, running, and evaluating field operational tests; use EU-CEM for CCAM impact assessment. | Open FESTA page |
Safety assurance and safety validation frameworks (SAFs)
The initiatives listed below provide structured safety assurance / safety validation frameworks and supporting material, such as handbooks, application guidance, and tools. They complement broader evaluation methodologies by focusing specifically on how to structure and document safety assessment of CCAM systems.
| Project | Year | Resource | What it covers | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNRISE | 2025 | SUNRISE Safety Assurance Framework document set | Document set for applying the SUNRISE SAF, including the final framework, handbook, and reporting to vehicle safety bodies. | Open SAF PDF Open SAF handbook page Open vehicle-safety-body report |
| V4SAFETY | 2024-2025 | V4SAFETY Prospective Safety Assessment Framework document set | Document and tool set for applying the V4SAFETY framework, including process instruction, method description, and the interactive processor. | Open instruction PDF Open method PDF Open processor page |
| SYNERGIES | 2025 | D8.1 Evaluation Framework methodology | Evaluation framework methodology for the SYNERGIES platform, covering the design and implementation of the evaluation approach. | Open PDF |