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The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) works to promote innovation across Europe by connecting businesses, education, and research. It focuses on addressing societal challenges through technology and entrepreneurship. The EIT has set-up multiple communities which aim at cross-sectoral fertilisation of ideas. One of the newest ad... read more
The UNCHAIN project, ‘urban logistics and planning: anticipating urban freight generation and demand including digitalisation of urban freight’ obtained funding from the Horizon Europe’s Mobility Cluster. The project focuses on breaking down data silos and promoting public-private data exchange across a unified European mobility data space, enabling more informed decisions and greater efficiency. The City of Mechelen is a partner in the project and takes on the role of ‘follower city’: it will work alongside the primary demonstration sites (in Madrid, Berlin and Florence) to maximize the geographical coverage and replicability of solutions across Europe. Mechelen aims to test 2 concrete solutions in the UNCHAIN project, with the aim to help addressing its current and future challenges in urban freight distribution.