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After 2,5 years of dedicated work and collaboration, the RECIPROCITY project -Replication of innovative concepts for peri-urban, rural or inner-city mobility- proudly announces the successful completion of its aim at transforming European cities into climate-resilient and connected, multimodal nodes for smart and clean mobility.
RECIPROCITY, with its innovative four-stage replication approach, has not only met but exceeded its goal of accelerating the replication of existing innovative mobility solutions for rural, peri-urban, and inner-city areas. By equipping over 20 cities and municipalities of varying sizes and mobility demands across Europe with essential tools, knowledge, contacts, and methods this achievement has been made.
The four-stage replication framework of RECIPROCITY can be summarized as follows:
- IDENTIFY: The project enabled cities and municipalities to identify the most suitable mobility solutions for their unique challenges and needs together with all relevant stakeholders.
- LEARN: RECIPROCITY provided valuable insights into the requirements, processes, and skills required to implement these innovative mobility solutions effectively.
- ACCELERATE: The project offered guidance and matchmaking services to expedite the implementation of these solutions and to assist with business, legal and financial queries.
- SHARE: RECIPROCITY promoted the sharing of lessons learned and best practices to enable rapid replication on a wide scale, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange.
Highlights of RECIPROCITY's Achievements:
RECIPROCITY project successfully established a thriving community with the active engagement of over 350 stakeholders, including cities, regional representatives, mobility providers, academia, and clusters in its activities. Overall, more than 60 cities and regions from 18 countries, such as Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, were making use of RECIPROCITY support.
[IDENTIFY] In the beginning of the project a total of 65 interviews were conducted with cities to gain valuable insights into their mobility-related challenges, opportunities, and needs. Starting from here, over 70 use cases in Europe have been identified and thoroughly documented, offering crucial insights for the development of a comprehensive replication manual. This manual serves as a guide to support stakeholders in effectively implementing solutions within the RECIPROCITY framework and has special worth for cities that have not yet been exposed to European support schemes.
[LEARN] Throughout the project in total over 700 stakeholders have been in contact with RECIPROCITY through their participation in on-site events, including the Mobility Assembly and Missions held in cities such as Paris, Helsinki, Brussels, Linz, Istanbul, and Regensburg. A total of 41 training sessions were delivered, covering a wide range of mobility topics, benefiting over 1100 participants and enhancing their knowledge in this vital area.
[ACCELERATE] To support in business, legal and finance queries the project generated 10 generic business model patterns through a combination of extensive literature review and practical insights gained from various training sessions. Additionally, various funding opportunities to support sustainable mobility initiatives have been mapped, and matchmaking services have been established.
[SHARE] For knowledge sharing RECIPROCITY implemented the Knowledge center on its website including training materials, a funding and legal helpdesk and several other publications. For example, three influential position papers, offering valuable recommendations on regulations related to Drones, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and Hydrogen have been publisedas well as five scientific papers, primarily focusing on the topic of micromobility, contributing to the body of knowledge in this field. To further spread the results, to foster collaboration and to advance sustainable mobility solutions in Europe RECIPROCITY maintained close cooperation with more than 15 EU projects and initiatives, mainly from CIVITAS family, actively participating in various working groups, task forces,