1. Curriculum Vitae Siegfried Rupprecht
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PERSONAL INFORMATION Siegfried Rupprecht
Clever Strasse 13-15, 50668 Koeln, Germany
+49 221 60605519 +49 173 3115672
s.rupprecht@rupprecht-consult.eu
Sex male | Date of birth 06/06/1960 | Nationality German
WORK EXPERIENCE
PROFILE
Siegfried Rupprecht is a social scientist (Universities of Bielefeld, Bamberg and Oxford). His main area
of interest is sustainable urban development and he has worked in this area for over 25 years, mostly
in European RTD co-operation projects in the areas of mobility, planning and environment. He has
successfully managed large research and demonstration projects in transport and energy while being
the head of the European Office of the City of Cologne. He has worked in software development and
was a lecturer for town planning (Cologne Polytechnic and University of Bielefeld).
Siegfried is the owner of Rupprecht Consult where he has worked during over 20 years as project
developer, project manager, moderator and adviser, cooperating intensively with policy makers,
industry, NGOs and researchers worldwide.
He has been strongly involved in the CIVITAS Initiative (since its beginning in 2001 through four
demonstration and five support projects), in the development of the concept for sustainable urban
mobility plans, SUMP, (since 2005) as well as other EU-policy development processes, e.g. LINK
guidelines on intermodal transport (2010), TRANSFORuM Roadmaps for the EU Transport White
Paper (2014).
From 1998 onwards Owner and Managing Director of Rupprecht Consult / Senior Consultant
Rupprecht Consult – Forschung & Beratung GmbH, address as above
Coordination and management of all business areas:
 Project development and management,
 Evaluation and assessment,
 Good practice identification and take-up,
 Dissemination of results and capacity building,
 Quality control/ project and programme monitoring.
Thematic areas include urban mobility, sustainable planning and development, environment and
energy, application of information technologies, social innovation, governance and participation.
Almost all activities are performed on a transnational level (EU or international).
Professional focus is on developing and implementing urban mobility measures (since 1996),
including sustainable urban mobility plans (since 2004), in partnership with cities throughout Europe,
as well as managing joint innovation projects of local authorities and other stakeholders.
Project experience related to Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP):
 Regular trainer, speaker, moderator at SUMP-related events (most recently at TRA 2016,
Eurocities Mobility Forum 2016, POLIS Conference 2015 – and many others previously)
 Member of the (US) National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s
Transport Research Board (Standing Committee on Metropolitan Policy, Planning, and
Processes; ADA 20), 2015 - 2018
 Jury Member of European Sustainable Urban Mobility Awards (2016)
 SUMPs-Up (2016-2020) – development of a SUMP toolbox and lead on the project’s
SUMP peer-learning programme
 ENDURANCE (2014-2016) – responsible organizer/ moderator of European Annual SUMP
Conferences in Sopot/ PL (2014), Bucharest (2015), Bremen (2016)

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 Quality controller of SUMP preparation (2015) in Vienna (AT), and Brasov/ Constanta (RO)
[support for Romanian Growth Poles, contracted by EBRD]
 Eltisplus (2011-2013) – coordination of work on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (client:
the European Commission's Executive Agency for Competitiveness & Innovation)
 Co-author of "Guidelines. Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility
Plan" (2014) (www.mobilityplans.eu/) – the official EU guidance on SUMP (Urban Mobility
Package, 2013)
 CIVITAS DYN@MO (2012-2016) – project management; technical tasks include support
for SUMP-preparation in Aachen, Gdynia, Palma de Mallorca, Koprivnica (co-funded by
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission; DG MOVE)
 CIVITAS ELAN (2008-2012) – project management; technical tasks included support for
SUMP-preparation in Ljubljana, Gent, Zagreb, Porto, Brno (co-funded by DG MOVE)
 PILOT (2005-2007) – technical coordination, including support for preparation of SUMPs in
Braila, Evora, Lancaster and Tallinn; drafting of first EU-level guidance on SUMP (co-
funded by Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission; DG
Environment)
 Moderation of EU-Expert Group on Sustainable Transport Plans (2004) and preparation of
analyses on transport policy efficiency for SUMP (client: DG Environment)
Excellent knowledge of EU policies in sustainable development area, especially in urban
mobility and public transport sector, most recent examples include:
 Contribution to studies on development of a single European transport system (2016), and
efficiency improvements of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) (2016).
 CIVITAS CAPITAL (2013-2016) – project director of CIVITAS support project creating an
effective "value chain" for urban mobility innovation
 TRANSFORuM (2012-2014) – project director of project to develop roadmaps for the
European Commission's Transport White Paper (co-funded by DG MOVE)
 Support to High-Level Group in development of European Commission's Strategic
Implementation Plan for "Smart Cities & Communities Initiative" (2013)
 Jury Member for RegioStars Awards 2014 (European Commission Directorate-General for
Regional and Urban Policy)
 Regular EU project proposal evaluator (DG MOVE, INEA, TEN-TEA)
Recent project experience related to urban transport funded by European Commission:
 TIDE (2012-2015), NICHES+ (2008-2011) and NICHES (2004-2007) – technical
coordination of projects to develop take-up strategies for innovative urban transport
concepts (co-funded by Directorate-General for Research & Innovation of the European
Commission; DG RTD)
 PRESTO (2009-2012) – management of project promoting cycling as a daily transport
mode, co-funded by European Commission's STEER-Programme
 BAPTS (2007-2012) – management of INTERREG-North-West Europe funded project to
develop and implement innovative public transport measures in ten cities/ regions (client:
City of Bielefeld)
 TROLLEY (2008-2013) – management of INTERREG-Central Europe funded project on
implementing innovative trolleybus systems and emission-free public transport in six cities
(client: Salzburg AG)
Business or sector Urban Development consultants (focus: sustainable mobility)/ European-
level innovation
May 1996 – 1998 Director (Self-employed)

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Rupprecht Consult, Dellbrücker Hauptstrasse, 51069 Koeln, Germany
▪ Activities and responsibilities as above
Independent Consultant
Business or sector Urban Development consultants (focus: sustainable mobility)/ European-
level innovation
1994-1995 Technical Expert (freelance/ part-time)
Urban Transport Telematics Forum
▪ Technical Expert of ”Urban Transport Telematics Forum” (dissemination of best practice, telematics
market penetration, public authorities’ requirements, public acceptance of telematics)
Business or sector Informal association
1993-May 1996 Head of Unit of European Office
City of Cologne
▪ Setting up of the European Office of the City of Cologne
Business or sector Municipality
1992-1993 Head of “SCOPE” office
City of Cologne
▪ Co-ordination of SCOPE-Project (DRIVE II Programme)
Business or sector Municipality
1991-1993 Lecturer
Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Faculty for Urban Development and Regional Planning
▪ Lecturer of statistics for urban and regional planners (Dipl. Ing. students)
Business or sector University
1990-1992 IT expert/ statistics expert
City of Cologne, Office for Statistics and Civil Registration
▪ Development of a Strategic Information System (SIS) for several municipalities
Business or sector Municipality
1989-1990 Freelance consultant
City of Cologne, Office for Statistics and Civil Registration
▪ Advanced statistical analyses, user support and staff training
Business or sector Municipality

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EDUCATIONAND TRAINING
PERSONAL SKILLS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1981-1989 State Examination ‘Sekundarstufe II’ (Social Sciences, History and
Educational Studies), 1989
University of Bamberg (DE)
University of Bielefeld (DE)
Oxford/ St. Peter’s College (UK)
(Bamberg) Social Sciences, History, Literature and Linguistics
(Bielefeld) Social Sciences (focus: urban studies), History, Educational Studies
(Oxford/ St. Peter's College) Modern Social and Economic History
Mother tongue(s) German
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
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Italian B1 B2 B1 B1 A2
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Levels:A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills ▪ People management and team motivation: Director of own company; manager of a very wide range
of (multicultural) European projects.
▪ Moderation of complex, multi-stakeholder processes, transforming ideas of heterogeneous groups of
people into comprehensive plans ready for implementation in reality (and often being funded by third
parties).
Organisational / managerial skills ▪ Project management and quality control of over 85, mostly large European and international projects
with multicultural and multilingual consortia. Successful design of budgets, project templates, policy
recommendations.
▪ Project proposal evaluator and reviewer of over 100 projects for the European Commission (mostly
in transport field)
Job-related skills ▪ General managerial skills
▪ SUMP trainer
Computer skills ▪ IT literate since 1985, using MS Windows/MS Office applications and several statistical packages
such as SPSS. Also used to work as IT expert (see Work experience)
Other skills ▪ Wide cultural interest (literature, popular and classical music, opera/ theatre, art – of all periods).
Publications (selection) Rupprecht Consult – Forschung & Beratung GmbH (Baston, A. M., Böhler-Baedeker, S.,
Durant, T., Lindenau, M., Rupprecht, S., 2015): The SUMP Self-Assessment Tool. Ensuring
compliance with the concept of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Available at:
http://www.eltis.org/resources/tools/sump-self-assessment-tool
Rupprecht Consult (2014): Guidelines. Developing and Implementing A Sustainable Urban
Mobility Plan. Developed for the European Commission. Available at:
http://www.eltis.org/guidelines/sump-guidelines
Rupprecht Consult (2012): The State-of-the-Art of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Europe.
Available at: http://www.eltis.org/discover/news/state-art-report-sustainable-urban-mobility-plans-
sumps-europe-0
Rupprecht Consult & Polis (2007): Sustainable urban transport planning. Policy Recommendations to
the European Union and Member States.

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