Green and socially responsible city logistics innovations (SPOTLOG)

Title	Green and socially responsible city logistics innovations
Abbreviation	SPOTLOG
Programme	Interreg Europe

Project partners

1. University of Aveiro (Portugal) (Lead partner)
2. Municipality of Fundão (Portugal)
3. TTS Italy (Italy)
4. Smart Cities of Romania Cluster (Romania)
5. Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) (Finland)
6. Mazovia Energy Agency (MAE) (Poland)
7. Municipality of Rimini (Italy)
8. Vidzeme Planning Region (Latvia)
9. Constanta Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association (Romania)
10. City of Mechelen (Belgium)
11. Lille municipality (France)

Project objectives

SPOTLOG' s main vision is to involve local communities in creating socially responsible logistics systems, based wherever possible on zero-carbon modes, through the intelligent use of all available resources and taking advantage of the digitalisation of goods and passenger transport services. By focusing on low-density communities and medium-sized cities, SPOTLOG partners aim to improve regional policy instruments toward the European goals of inclusive and carbon-neutral mobility.

Activities

1. Promoting trust between stakeholders for better inter-sector collaboration.
2. Integrating logistics into the urban mobility processes and improve the connectivity to wider functional areas.
3. Building professional capacity in planning and impact assessment and improving the coherence of the legislative framework, regulations and sustainable urban logistics plans.
4. Providing resources to foster digitalisation on last-mile urban logistics.
5. The follow-up phase will be devoted to monitoring policy improvement in each region.

Results

1. Based on a multidisciplinary consortium with heterogeneous backgrounds, SPOTLOG partners will build a co-creation platform focused on: • Share knowledge and spot good practices regarding innovative ways of effi cient logistical distribution and zero-carbon modes.
2. Promoting trust between stakeholders for better inter-sector collaboration (e.g., by fostering collaboration between passenger transport and logistics companies, distributors and local commerce).
3. Building professional capacity in planning and impact assessment of the various solutions and improving the adequacy of the legislative framework and sustainable mobility plans.

Budget

Total budget: 2 324 550,00 EUR

Vidzeme Planning Region: 183,100.00 EUR

Implementation period

28.02.2023-28.02.2026 core phase
28.02.2026-31.05.2027 follow-up phase

Contacts

Rita Merca
Mobile: +371 29476373
Email: rita.merca@vidzeme.lv

More about the project

https://www.interregeurope.eu/spotlog