Transport sector is considered a growing contributor to global climate change. Logistics accounts for about 39% of transport CO2 emissions.
Logistics will be one of the hardest economic sectors to decarbonise because demand associated with the transport of goods is expected to rise sharply over the next few decades, still relies heavily on fossil fuels, and often uses multi leg transport systems. Lack of agreements with private actors in the logistics sector, insufficient knowledge and scarcity of resources are key barriers for regions intending to collect data on urban logistics and thus, make the mobility and logistics ecosystem more effi cient and achieve a zero-carbon vision over the next decades.
Despite different levels of development, SPOTLOG regions face a common challenge of aligning Sustainable Urban Logistics Planning with EU-level objectives, such as reaching CO2-free city logistics in urban centres by 2030. Moreover, there is a lack of measurable targets/indicators for sustainable urban logistics planning and waste of resources and lack of interconnectivity with a mobility system in lower density territories.
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.
| Programme |
Interreg Europe |
| Partners |
- University of Aveiro (Portugal) – Lead Partner
- Fundão Municipality (Portugal)
- TTS Italy (Italy)
- Smart Cities of Romania Cluster (Romania)
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
- Mazovia Energy Agency (MAE) (Poland)
- Municipality of Rimini (Italy)
- Vidzeme Planning Region (Latvia)
- Constanta Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association (Romania)
- City of Mechelen (Belgium)
- Lille Municipality (France)
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| Associated partners |
- Centro Regional Coordination and Development Commission (Portugal)
- Marshal' s Office of the Mazovian Voivodeship in Warsaw (Poland)
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| 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.
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| Main activities |
To support objectives, SPOTLOG partners will focus on:
- Promoting trust between stakeholders for better inter-sector collaboration,
- Integrating logistics into the urban mobility processes and improve the connectivity to wider functional areas,
- Building professional capacity in planning and impact assessment and improving the coherence of the legislative framework, regulations and sustainable urban logistics plans,
- Providing resources to foster digitalisation on last-mile urban logistics.
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| Results |
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,
• Promoting trust between stakeholders for better inter-sector collaboration (e.g., by fostering collaboration between passenger transport and logistics companies, distributors and local commerce);
• 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
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| Project website |
https://www.interregeurope.eu/spotlog |
| Contacts |
Phone +371 29476373 |
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