23 July 2021

ALICE PLENARY MEETING

CLECAT joined the Plenary meeting of the European Logistics Platform ALICE at the end of June. The plenary meeting also covered updates about ALICE activities. For example, about the ALICE roadmaps Towards Zero Emissions Logistics by 2020 and To the Physical Internet and their implementation. Moreover, ALICE’s advisory role towards the Horizon Europe Shift2Rail and Waterborne partnerships was highlighted. A presentation was given by Patrick Mercier-Handisyde, Senior Policy Officer at DG R&I, about the role of Freight Transport and Logistics in the Horizon Europe Programme. He provided information regarding cluster 5 on climate, energy and mobility which will, for example, include a partnership aimed at transforming Europe’s rail system and will cover topics related to connected, automated and smart mobility. Both the Waterborne partnership and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Joint undertaking are part of this cluster.

The BOOSTLOG consortium just opened a questionnaire, aiming to identify the most important relations between these external influencing factors and the promising concepts in the logistics industry. In this questionnaire, we would like to ask you for your expertise on promising logistics concepts and current external influencing factors, like key enabling technologies, economic & market drivers and societal trends. CLECAT members can provide input to this survey which will be fully considered by ALICE in providing recommendations to the EU Research & Innovation Programmes 2023-2024 within Horizon Europe.

BOOSTLOG Vision is to transform the European freight transport and logistics R&I ecosystem to perform optimally, boosting impact generation out of R&I investment, contributing to EU policy objectives and companies sustainability and competitiveness generating value for society. The BOOSTLOG project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.