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Published on | 11 months ago
ProgrammesThe SME Market Expansion Open Call 2026 seeks to boost the market uptake of impactful innovations while mitigating development risks. With a total funding pool of €600,000, the initiative plans to support around 10 projects, each awarded €60,000. Interested small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must engage with an end-client, a public or private entity, to validate their solutions in real-world scenarios. The Call prioritises five thematic areas including Public Transport and Urban Logistics and excludes SMEs funded in the previous 2025 call.
Applications are open until 1 December 2025. For further information on the application procedure, you can visit this website.
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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.
