The project aims to increase the green effectiveness of the last mile of home social services delivery in small-medium size cities of CE. The transnational cooperation and the application in 3 pilot cities in IT-HU-HR will contribute to provide green long-term solutions for social services urban mobility,including peripheral and hinterlands. The Green LaMiS project aims at tackling the common territorial challenges affecting the sector of home care services’ delivery by SEs in CE area, to make the last mile of such delivery greener. The output has been developed for the following aims: - consolidating the partners' visions, expectations and mid-term objectives on how to make the urban mobility connected to the delivery of home social services greener and with reduced CO2 emissions - engage various stakeholders that are relevant for the project's objective - identify and develop common methodologies, tools and strategies to tackle the above-mentioned challenges - identify financial support sources to implement project activities - provide solid data and evaluations to develop sustainable mobility policies in the three participating municipalities.

In this activity the Partners will start to combine the policies currently adopted by the Local Authorities with the Carbon Footprint method as a tool for data collection (vehicles used, number of employees, fuel used, KM...) and analysis. The tool will match the specific indicators on the territorial morphology, the mobility system to the type of social service, analyzing the different combinations of indicators. The selection of the indicators will be done jointly, through a transnational collaboration (co-design process) with the Local Authorities and Social Enterprises facilitated by sustainable mobility experts and scientific Partners (Fondazione Politecnico di Milano and Institute for Computer Science and Control). This activity will lead to the creation of the methodology and the choice of the indicators, which will be implemented in the joint strategy and tested in the pilot action.

Home care services for frail people are considered essential for the well-being of people, they are often provided by Social Enterprises, engaged by Local Authorities; but they are often not taken into account in the mobility plans of cities. Yet they have an impact on traffic and air pollution. Through the use of the Carbon footprint methodology, a tool will be defined for developing a common sustainable mobility strategy and action plan with the aim of improving services, collaboration between local authorities and social enterprises. The new tool will be used to reduce the CO2 generated by the provision of social services. The path to reach this output includes: a research activity for the definition of a common methodology to assess the current environmental impact of social services, focusing on CO2 emissions (D.1.2.1.); a Baseline analysis of the territories involved creating a common basis to assess the positive impacts generated by project activities and beyond (D.1.2.2.); the development of a common action plan and strategy for greener mobility to be adopted by the Local Authorities and Social Enterprises (D.1.2.3).

A comprehensive resource designed to foster a shared understanding of key terms and concepts related to sustainable mobility and home social service delivery. This glossary serves as a tool for stakeholders, partners, and the public, ensuring clarity and consistency in communication across all aspects of the project. The glossary provides clear definitions and explanations of essential terms, such as accessibility, Battery Electric Vehichle, Carbon Footprint, etc. Why Is the Glossary Important? 1. Promotes Collaboration: By standardizing terminology, the glossary ensures that all stakeholders—local authorities, social enterprises, and community organizations—speak the same language when addressing sustainability challenges. 2. Supports Knowledge Sharing: It facilitates the transfer of best practices and innovative solutions. 3. Enhances Public Engagement: The glossary simplifies complex concepts, making them accessible to a broader audience and encouraging community involvement in sustainability efforts.

Baseline analysis describes in the involved territories the results of the first application of the proposed methodological tool for the calculation of the carbon footprint, creating a common basis to assess the positive impacts generated by project activities and beyond. The Baseline analysis quantifies CO₂ emissions from social service delivery vehicles: by analyzing data on fuel consumption, route efficiency, and vehicle types, partners can identify high-emission areas and prioritize electrification or route optimization.

The Green LaMiS project aims to develop a transnational solution to make the last mile of home social services delivery more sustainable in medium to small-sized cities in Central Europe. The project aims at creating a common strategy and action plan using an innovative methodological tool that calculates the Carbon Footprint and considers territorial and service characteristics. To ensure long-term impact, capacity-building activities will be conducted to equip LAs and SEs with the skills to monitor and reduce CO2 emissions in urban social mobility. The findings will be integrated into existing green urban mobility plans to support future improvements. On this premise, the project partners have signed a collaboration agreement in which they have defined the actions they commit to develop together for a more sustainable future for urban mobility in Central Europe.

Development of a Common Action Plan and Strategy for greener mobility to be adopted by the Local Authorities (LAs) and Social Enterpraises (SEs) at urban and functional urban areas. The strategy and action plan provide a common vision to develop concrete activities of sustainable mobility of social services, strengthening the collaboration between LAs that promote services in their territories and the SEs menaging them. The strategy and action plan aim to contain measurable and comparable impact indicators useful for developing a common strategy to improve sustainable mobility. The new tool will be used to reduce the CO2 generated by the delivery of social services. (D.1.2.3)

Common Guidelines for Pilot Actions (including templates for agreements with third parties) and technical support for the implementation. The pilot action consists in testing the carbon footprint model to measure the changes generated by the application of sustainable mobility which includes the choice of the most suitable vehicles for the service model. Each city will choose the most suitable green vehicles with different methods of use. The purpose of the Guidelines is to provide the involved municipalities (Bergamo, Klis and Szombathely) with the necessary elements to implement the pilot action on their territories in a homogeneous and uniform manner. Despite always considering the specificities of each context, the fact of providing common guidelines for the implementation will support the possibility of comparing results, of working in a coordinated manner and of increasing the impact of the activities. (D.2.1.1)

Definition of a common set of evaluation KPIs for the realization of the results of the pilot action, which evaluate the process, the results and the margins for improvement of the green mobility activities tested and the possibility of applying them to other services. (D.2.2.1)

Report from Partners will present the results of the experiences in a consolidated manner, so that it will be possible to use them to create a joint solution for the CE region. This report will be used also to create a set of policy recommendations for local and regional policy makers. The pilot actions will apply the WP1 strategy and action plan (carbon footprint tool and the innovative indicators) to concretely create a solution for greening the home services offered by local authorities in partnership with social enterprises. (D.2.2.2 and Output 2.1)

Capacity building tool kit for Local Authorities (LAs) and Social Enterpraises (SEs) on green mobility planning and management containing easy to use and user-friendly materials for local municipalities’ managers and social enterprises. The tool kit will be used during the on line course organized by the partners for mobility managers and operators, involving LAs and SEs. The course will be organized online, will start during the pilot action phase (WP2) and will be structured in 3 modules: Module 1: it will have the purpose of presenting the indicators, carbon footprint tool and collection data system. Module 2: it will be dedicated to green vehicles (how to use them, their characteristics: performance, consumption, autonomy...). Module 3: it will be a hands-on training for practitioners to concretely run the methodological tool beyond the project duration. This will set the basis for the future sustainability of the project results. (D.3.1.1)

To create a future favourable environment for the flourishment of green and sustainable mobility solutions for the delivery of social services, the existing green urban mobility plan of the three territories will be integrated with sustainable social service delivery solutions. And it will be of the uttermost importance to make the project results and experiences as widely known as possible. (D.3.2.1)

The last activity of WP3 will create the legacy beyond the lifetime of the project to make its contribution to social cohesion in Central Europe last. This will build on the policy content that can be drawn from the results of the pilot action and will be translated into policy recommendations contained in a final set of guidelines for local authorities in Central Europe. The proceedings of the policy roundtable on building the future vision of green mobility for home care service provision, with the participation as speakers of the mayors and councillors of the three territories involved and dedicated to representatives of other cities and regions in Central Europe, will be an important tool for the definition of policy recommendations. (D.3.3.1 and D.3.3.2)