Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BOOSTLOG (Boosting impact generation from research and innovation on integrated freight transport and Logistics system)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2022-07-01 do 2023-12-31
1. Increase visibility and support valorisation of R&I project Results, Outcomes and Implementation Cases in the freight transport and logistics field.
2. Overcome barriers for R&D deployment, identify and define valorisation strategies and guidelines to speed up the technological and organisational innovation uptake, including the creation of the Innovation Marketplace within ALICE knowledge platform, examine which areas of research have achieved higher impact and issue recommendations to increase impact of R&I public funding;
3. Identify and define high potential & priority R&I gaps to make efficient uses of R&I investments and provides recommendations to funding organizations (e.g. European Commission);
4. Boost impact of the project outputs towards end users of the freight transport and logistics system, establishing collaboration frameworks for the exchange of best practices in freight transport and logistics R&I at regional, national, European level, engaging with relevant stakeholders in the innovation process.
The project has identified barriers that prevent implementation of R&I project outcomes. Based on identified barriers, positive frameworks aiming to advance such implementation have been proposed. The barriers and positive frameworks have been used to develop valorisation strategies for various stakeholders. Valorisation strategy for ALICE has included key requirements for an Innovation Marketplace which has been launched in June 2022 (M18). The Innovation Marketplace, aiming connecting innovation providers and buyers (implementers), is a key instrument to boost impact generation of R&I projects. ALICE will continue to maintain the marketplace as part of the ALICE Knowledge Platform.
The project has conducted two comprehensive surveys and two workshops to collect inputs on identifying priorities for logistics innovation and develop recommendations for policy makers. Recommendations for future R&D activities have been developed to address current challenges and gaps in R&I identified.
The project successfully engaged with all stakeholder groups identified by the consortium, reached out a wider range of stakeholders including those who are less familiar with EU funding on R&I. The project has raised awareness the importance of generating impacts of R&I projects in the logistics innovation community. The project has organised 5 virtual events and 4 in-person events which have been participated by all types of stakeholders. The project was presented at several international conferences, e.g. TRA2022, and International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC) 2023. The project has used ALICE communication channels and networks as well consortium members’ networks to disseminate project activities, e.g. call for implementation cases and ALICE Innovation Awards. The project has published 8 press releases, and other dissemination materials such as leaflet, brochure and poster. The project is a founder of the Task Force on Accelerating Innovation Uptake for Sustainable Transport and together with other CSA, jointly launched Call for Action. Additional information on the project, reports and deliverables are available via the project webpage: https://www.etp-logistics.eu/boostlog/ and ALICE Knowledge Platform.
While mapping R&I projects and assessing outcomes of the projects, barriers have been assessed and based on the barriers, positive frameworks to advance implementation of project outcomes have been proposed. BOOSTLOG has assessed impacts of EU funding on the logistics and identified actins needed to advance implementation of project outcomes. BOOSTLOG has defined valorisation strategies and guidelines for various stakeholders. The valorisation strategies have recommended implementation of a dedicated Innovation Marketplace to make project outcomes more accessible and easy to understand by industry stakeholders. The Innovation marketplace has been launched as a new feature to ALICE Knowledge Platform (KP). All implementation cases identified by the cloud reports are available on the Innovation Marketplace. Functional features of the marketplace will be operated and improved by ALICE after BOOSTLOG to ensure that innovative solutions developed by R&I projects will be available to a wide range of stakeholders.
The project has carried out surveys and organised workshops to identify gaps in R&I, enabling technologies, market and social trends. BOOSTLOG has recommended 6 areas for R&I for work programme 2025/2026 addressing the identified gaps: The role of logistics in the circular economy; Unlocking sustainable user centric mobility; Logistics network design for resilience; Implications and adjustments based on the increasing automation of logistics operations; Real-time and decentralized data sharing along supply chains across different domains; Dynamic, Eco-Based, Last-Mile Control Systems.