Improving ACCESSibility of last MILE connections of rural and peripheral regions to main TEN-T nodes in Central Europe through ICT

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-03-13

Description

Description (EN):

ACCESSMILE helps to solve the weak last-mile accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to the main TEN-T freight nodes. This challenge affects in particular transport operators from Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Germany and Poland. In fact, they are affected by multimodal transport inefficiency, weaker economic growth, higher transport-related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions compared to regional centres. To change this, cooperation is central because the issues to be tackled are common and cover operational topics that cannot be dealt at local level, given the global nature of transport flows. This is why cooperation among transport operators who represent key actors in the logistic chain, each of them contributing to the overall efficiency of multimodal connectivity, is essential to improve the last mile accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to the main TEN-T nodes and strengthen territorial cohesion. To achieve this, we will focus on digitalisation, drafting medium and long-term planning tools and testing IT tools in our territories, enabling us to set common standards. We will start by benchmarking the current situation of our regions with the available best practices, and drafting a strategy and action plans in three IT topics: transport flow optimisation, gates and cargo bundling. We will then jointly test them in result-oriented pilot actions in different locations, compare their outcomes and draw related lessons, translated into solutions being able to be replicated in other regions. As a result, transport stakeholders will be able to see concrete improvements in the efficiency of last mile connection to/from rural and peripheral areas already during the project lifetime. In three years of cooperation we expect to establish a joint cooperation and development path in order to a ensure a medium- and long-term improvement of last mile connections of CE rural and peripheral areas to TEN-Ts and a stronger territorial cohesion.

Actual Achievements (EN):

Within ACCESSMILE eleven of the most relevant ports, railroad terminals and logistic operators in Central Europe from Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary and Poland work together to improve the last-mile accessibility of rural and peripheral areas in Central Europe to TEN-Ts through the use of innovative IT systems applied to the last-mile road transport in three domains: 1) vehicle booking systems/traffic flow management; 2) gates; 3) cargo bundling. Under the guidance of the Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-signalling and Infocommunications, project partners enhanced their planning competences in the field of last-mile accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICT – thus achieving the first project specific objective – by finalising all the activities. Starting from the analyses of their territories, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, along with their needs, in terms of intermodal infrastructures, connections and IT tools, project partners jointly produced the first outputs: 1) the Strategy for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICTs; 2) the Action plan for improving the last mile accessibility of CE rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through traffic management IT tools and VBS; 3) the Action plan for improving the last mile accessibility of CE rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts by enhancing port /terminal gates and entry/exit IT tools and procedures; 4) the Action plan for improving the last mile accessibility of CE rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts by adopting cargo bundling and tracking IT tools. Also, the partnership started to work on their ICT-related pilot actions, both individually and jointly. Although still in its early phase, the project was already presented in several occasions, both for cross-fertilisation with other EU-funded projects having similar scope and in international events, one of which organised in the framework of the EUSAIR Macro-Regional Strategy

Project outputs: Projects supporting cooperation across borders to develop urban-rural linkages(EN)
Strategy for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICTs(EN)
Action plan for improving the last mile accessibility of CE rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through traffic management IT tools and VBS.(EN)
Action plan for improving the last mile accessibility of CE rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts by enhancing port/terminal gates and entry/exit IT tools and procedures(EN)
Action plan for improving the last mile accessibility of CE rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts by adopting cargo bundling and tracking IT tools(EN)
Pilot action for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through transport flow management and vehicle booking systems(EN)
Pilot action for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through enhanced port/terminal gates and entry/exit tools
(EN)
Pilot action for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through cargo bundling and tracking IT tools.(EN)
Solutions topic1: transport flow management and VBS(EN)
Solutions topic2: gates & entry/exit tools and procedures(EN)
Solutions topic3: cargo bunding and tracking (EN)
Organisations cooperating across borders (EN)
Website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/accessmile/

Thematic information

ICT and digital society Transport and mobility Improving transport connections

Priority: (VI-B_CE_3) Cooperating for a better connected central Europe

Priority specific objective: RSO3.2. Developing and enhancing sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent and intermodal national, regional and local mobility, including improved access to TEN-T and cross-border mobility

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO3 A more connected Europe by enhancing mobility

Type of intervention: 108 Multimodal transport (TEN-T)

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999600715

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT00050540327

Department: Special projects unit

Address: via Karl Ludwig von Bruck, 34144 Trieste, Italy

Department address: via Karl Ludwig von Bruck, 34144 Trieste, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.porto.trieste.it

Total budget: EUR 290 270.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 232 216.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 58 054.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Contractors:

Name: Davide Catano
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT01161270317
Name: First Class
VAT registration or tax identification number: 02621520424

ROSTOCK PORT GmbH

Name: ROSTOCK PORT GmbH

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE137382273

Address: Ost-West-Straße, 18147 Rostock, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.rostock-port.de

Total budget: EUR 184 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 147 680.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 920.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Contractors:

Name: Infront Consulting
VAT registration or tax identification number: DE205165516
Name: MTA GmbH WPG BAG
VAT registration or tax identification number: 079/114/07536
Name: Ramboll Deutschland GmbH
VAT registration or tax identification number: DE201883746

GRUBER Logistics Sp.z o.o

Name: GRUBER Logistics Sp.z o.o

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL7010935919

Address: Ul. Chorzowska, 40101 Katowice, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME

Website: http://www.gruber-logistics.com

Total budget: EUR 204 100.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 163 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 820.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

BCT – Bałtycki Terminal Kontenerowy, Sp. z o.o.

Name: BCT – Bałtycki Terminal Kontenerowy, Sp. z o.o.

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL5861019759

Address: Eugeniusza Kwiatkowskiego, 81-127 Gdynia, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.bct.gdynia.pl

Total budget: EUR 184 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 147 440.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 860.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Contractors:

Name: ERTRANS Eugeniusz Reclaf
VAT registration or tax identification number: PL5860161857

Rádiós Segélyhívó és Infokommunikációs Országos Egyesület

Name: Rádiós Segélyhívó és Infokommunikációs Országos Egyesület

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU19722083

Address: Elnök utca, 1089 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://www.rsoe.hu

Total budget: EUR 202 050.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 161 640.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 410.00

MAHART Container Center Kft.

Name: MAHART Container Center Kft.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 892056039

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU11767482

Address: Weiss Manfred str., 1211 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.containercenter.hu

Total budget: EUR 191 440.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 153 152.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 38 288.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Contractors:

Name: Trinity-Service Kft.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 23110399-2-43

Lučka uprava Rijeka

Name: Lučka uprava Rijeka

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 937603068

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR60521475400

Address: Riva, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.portauthority.hr

Total budget: EUR 183 400.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 146 720.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 680.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Contractors:

Name: Medicom d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: HR60521475400

Luka Koper, pristaniški in logistični sistem, delniška družba

Name: Luka Koper, pristaniški in logistični sistem, delniška družba

Department: Strategic Development Department

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999770368

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI89190033

Address: Vojkovo nabrežje, 6501 Koper, Slovenia

Department address: Vojkovo nabrežje, 6501 Koper, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: https://www.luka-kp.si/en/

Total budget: EUR 200 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 160 240.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 060.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale

Name: Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale

Department: Special Projects and Innovation Unit

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 912347081

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT01447450113

Address: Via del Molo, 19126 La Spezia, Italy

Department address: Via del Molo, 19126 La Spezia, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.adspmarligureorientale.it

Total budget: EUR 204 620.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 163 696.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 924.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

ZAILOG SCARL

Name: ZAILOG SCARL

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 917085822

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT04407930231

Address: Via Sommacampagna, 37137 Verona, Italy

Legal status: private

Organisation type: SME

Website: http://www.zailog.it

Total budget: EUR 181 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 145 024.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 256.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Contractors:

Name: Sebastiano Zanette
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04549470260

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Summary

Project name (EN): Improving ACCESSibility of last MILE connections of rural and peripheral regions to main TEN-T nodes in Central Europe through ICT

Project acronym: ACCESSMILE

Project ID: CE0100034

Project start date: 2023-04-01

Project end date: 2026-03-31

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

FENIX – Connecting Europe Facility (EN) | FENIX – “A European Federated Network of Information eXchange in LogistiX” – is a CEF project led by Ertico aiming to support the development, validation and deployment of the digital information systems along the EU transport Core Network, comprising 11 pilot sites in 9 EU countries, with 43 beneficiaries located on 9 TEN-T corridors. LP, PP3 and PP6 are FENIX partners.
FENIX focuses on the optimisation of multimodal transport along the whole logistic chain at EU level: ACCESSMILE will apply its methodologies and analysis to the last mile section of freight transport, with a specific focus to the connection between rural and peripheral areas to the main TEN-T nodes
(EN), MERIDIAN – CEF2 (EN) | MERIDIAN - “Managing Europe's busiest TEN-T corridors fostering green, digital and multimodal services” – is a CEF2 project proposal submitted in Jan. 2022 and led by Die Autobahn GmbH, with a wide partnership comprising 24 among ministries, road authorities, road operators, urban and port authorities (among which LP and PP3), a federal highway research institute and hub operators from Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia and the Netherlands.
MERIDIAN targets the expansion of digital infrastructure, the roll-out of C-ITS in central Europe, implementation of ITS for bottlenecks on open road and tunnels, digital corridor management and Multimodal Services.
If funded, MERIDIAN and ACCESSMILE will work in two complementary areas: cooperation of ITS services between road logistic operators and ports (MERIDIAN) and IT applications and tools to optimise the last mile section of freight transport (ACCESSMILE). (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 027 860.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 622 288.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 622 288.00. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Infrastructure investments:

I2.3 - Enhanced port gates in Gdynia. - EUR 46 000.00 - country: Polska (PL), town: Gdynia, street: Eugeniusza Kwiatkowskiego , 60, postal_code: 81127, Pomorskie (PL63), Trójmiejski (PL633)

Deliverables:

Transnational baseline benchmarking study
Strategy for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICT
Topic 1 working group setup report
Topic 1 stakeholder involvement report
Action Plan - topic 1
Topic 2 - working group setup report
Topic 2 stakeholder involvement report
Action Plan - topic 2
Topic 3 working group setup report
Topic 3 stakeholder involvement report
Action Plan - topic 3
Action plan mutual learning workshop
Strategy and action plans uptake documentation report
Pilot actions co-design and launch report - topic 1
Mid-term pilot action status report - topic 1
Pilot action evaluation report - topic 1
Pilot actions co-design and launch report - topic 2
Mid-term pilot action status report - topic 2
Pilot action evaluation report - topic 2
Pilot actions co-design and launch report - topic 3
Mid-term pilot action status report - topic 3
Pilot action evaluation report - topic 3
Pilot activities synthesis report - Work paper “Learning from pilot projects”
Partner workshop “Learning from pilots”
Solutions topic1: transport flow management and VBS
Solutions topic2: gates & entry/exit tools and procedures
Solutions topic3: cargo bunding and tracking
Solutions uptake documentation
Solutions rollout to stakeholders
MoU for cooperation across borders beyond the project's end

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EuropeanGreenDeal By optimising and streamlining last-mile freight transport from/to rural and peripheral areas, reducing vehicle idle time at port/terminal gates and supporting modal shift, ACCESSMILE is in line with the EU Green Deal, which foresees a 90% reduction of the sector’s emissions by 2050 compared to 1990 levels, with sizable contributions across all modes.
TerritorialAgenda2030 ACCESSMILE’s ultimate goal of strengthening the cohesion of CE regions by making last mile freight transport more efficient through ICT is fully in line with TA2030, whereby “Physical and digital connections are important for European societies and economies and pose major environmental challenges. Therefore, smart, sustainable and safe forms of transport and connectivity are needed, especially to support the priorities of a balanced Europe and functional regions” (…) “Efficient and environmentally friendly transport solutions are ever more important to achieving climate, air pollution, noise objectives, accessibility and connectivity of all regions in Europe. This includes transport modes individually, as well as combined transport” (…) “Linking all places with major transport nodes supports international trade connections and local development opportunities”.
EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion ACCESSMILE is consistent with EUSAIR, since its Plan of Action foresees 1) Maritime transport: Action “Improving and harmonising traffic monitoring and management”- “Implementation of ICT and intelligent infrastructure services to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety/security of the port operations and of the delivery system”; 2) Intermodal connections to the hinterland. Also, it is coherent with the “Adriatic-Ionian Green/Smart Port Hubs Concept” EUSAIR Flagship project.
EUStrategyAlpineRegion ACCESSMILE is consistent with EUSALP, since its plan of action foresees the “promotion of intermodality” with specific reference to “optimising existing infrastructures between regional ports and terminals by new governance models and IT tools”, and “To support the modal shift from road to rail”. The AG4 Work Plan 2020-2022 includes the thematic area no. 1 “Smart clean logistics and combined transport to support modal shift”. The LP is a member of AG4.
EUStrategyBalticSeaRegion ACCESSMILE is consistent with EUSBSR, since one of the priorities included in its action plan within the Policy Area “Transport” is “Facilitate innovative technologies & solutions in the Baltic Sea region” whereby “The digitalisation, automation, 5G technology, Blockchain technology and synchromodal transport solutions are key instruments to reduce bottlenecks, transport externalities and improve the utilisation of payload capacities along the supply chain”.
EUStrategyDanubeRegion ACCESSMILE is consistent with EUSDR, since its action plan (Pillar 1b) foresees the objective of “developing further nodal planning for multimodality", having as target “To support the development of efficient multimodal terminals at sea, river and dry ports in the Danube Region and ensure their connectivity and access through the integration of all modes of transport and efficient logistics services by 2030”
Other ACCESSMILE contributes to reaching the objectives set for freight transport by the EC, among others in the “White Paper – Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area” and in “A Roadmap moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050”. ACCESSMILE is also consistent with EU policy on ICT: ITS Directive (2010/40/EU), EU Regulation on electronic freight transport information (eFTI – Regulation 2020/1056) and the works of the DTLF – Digital Transport and Logistics Forum. Furthermore, by optimising last mile multimodal freight transport, it is also in line with the goals of the Air Quality Directive (Dir 2008/50/EC).
Moreover, ACCESSMILE is consistent with 1) Italian Strategic National Plan for Ports and Logistics; 2) Transport development strategy of Slovenia; 3) National Strategy of Sea and Inland Ports of Germany; 4) National Transport Strategy for Hungary (NKS); 5) Transport Development Strategy of Poland (SRT); 6) Croatian Strategy for Transport Development 2014-2030 A; 7) Transport Regional Plans of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto Regions; 8) S3 and Digitalisation Strategy of the Liguria Region; 9) Logistics and digitalisation plans of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; 10) Development Strategy of the Pomorskie Region.

Deliverable (other than infrastructural investment) areas:

Hrvatska (HR), Rijeka, Riva, 1, 51000
Slovenija (SI), Rijeka, Vojkovo nabrežje, 38, 6501

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
RCO 120 - Projects supporting cooperation across borders to develop urban-rural linkages, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO120) Projects supporting cooperation across borders to develop urban-rural linkages: 1.0
(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 4.0
(RCO87) Organisations cooperating across borders: 11.0

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Delivered result indicator(s):

(RCR79) Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations: 4.0

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSBSR

EUSBSR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:

EUSBSR Degree of compliance:

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSALP

EUSALP Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:

EUSALP Degree of compliance:

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR

EUSAIR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:

EUSAIR Degree of compliance:

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

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2025-03-31

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100 / 100 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 017 / 1 018 (99.9%)

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Improving ACCESSibility of last MILE connections of rural and peripheral regions to main TEN-T nodes in Central Europe through ICT

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