In stakeholders’ consultations, every partner involved institutions that have an impact on the activities to be carried out within the SUSTANCE project, or can provide political, organizational, technological, technical or any other feedback. These meetings took place during September 2024 in Bolzano, Ljubljana, Rimini, Trieste, Zagreb and online.
Around 50 relevant stakeholders from 35 institutions and 5 countries participated in discussions with project partners, shedding light on external aspects and providing useful feedback regarding the pilots. Some piloting activities were finalized or close to finalization, so the stakeholders were presented with the preliminary results. Others are in progress.
All the local, regional, national, and cross-border institutions, shared their perspective and after gathering all their valuable contributions, most had similar recommendations and questions:
- Continuation of the services
- Sustainability of solutions
- Possible improvements or services/solutions for the future
- Cross-border significance
- Transferability to other areas
- Duration for credible results
- Future funding opportunities
- Emphasis on promotional activities
- Guidelines and opinions from the public
- Bureaucratic challenges
- Synergies with other projects and initiatives
- Conflicting interest in the community
- Integration of public transport services
- Addressing accessibility issues.