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Editorial
Dear reader,

The SCOPE project provides a transnational, innovative and market-driven platform to minimise the “less-than-full” or “empty” cargo shipments of the road freight transport system in the Balkan area and connects SMEs in a user-friendly, collaborative environment. The digitalization of freight transport operational tasks would save time for both shippers, carriers and transport service providers along the South-eastern TEN-Tcorridor and bring significant GHG emission reductions through eco-driving added-value services.

Attila Akac
Hellenic Institute of Transport / Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Senior Researcher, SCOPE project technical implementation associate

Greek communication event

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Department of Civil Engineering (AUTH – PP2) in close cooperation with the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH –PP1) and the Professionals’ Chamber of Thessaloniki (PCTH – PP3) have successfully organized between September 16-18th, 2021
the 1st SCOPE Communication Event about the project. The event was held during the International Thessaloniki Fair (85 th ITF 2021) in a specific exhibition corner dedicated to SCOPE project
for a 3-day period(16-18th September 2021) in the CERTH’s exhibition kiosk. Around one-hundred fifty (150) stakeholders visited the SCOPE exhibition corner and were interested in the SCOPE platform features and future exploitation methods. Invited stakeholders had the opportunity to learn about the SCOPE project’s impacts, completed outputs and expected results with a special focus on the video presentation of the SCOPE FEP’s revised alpha version before proceeding to a fruitful discussion and evaluation of the platform’s offered services.

Albanian communication event

Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIT – PP7) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (MIE – PP8) organized on September 27, 2021 the 2nd SCOPE Communication Event about the SCOPE project in Tirana. The event was successfully organized in hybrid version (both physical and online). Invited stakeholders discussed about the SCOPE project’s results and current implementation actions evaluating the SCOPE FEP’s revised alpha version. They also commented and provided their feedback about the platform’s offered services and usability features. Twenty (20) stakeholders joined the event and were willing to use the platform immediately and promote it to their colleagues as well. The platform was ranked by all attendees with a rate 4 out of 5 (calculated the average of all rates by stakeholders). The rating scale was: 1-Not useful; 2-Kind of useful; 3-Useful; 4-Very useful; and 5-Excellent.

Bulgarian communication event

The Bulgarian Communication Event organized by the Regional Industrial Association -Smolyan and took place on the 3rd of June 2022 at the Regional Governor’s office in Smolyan.

The Regional Governor of Smolyan Mr. Emil Humchev opened the event with a detailed overview of the transport links between Bulgaria and Greece and he also referred to the new checkpoint Rudozem-Xanthi. Mr. Georgi Tonkov, expert at the Bulgarian Parliament(Parliamentarian Committee of Transport and Communication) described the problems and challenges of the cross-border transport on the Balkans.

The project representative Ivo Tsarev presented the activities and the progress of SCOPE (Platform development and expected outcomes) and answered several questions, asked by the participating journalists, shippers and carriers

SCOPE WP5 Workshop – Sofia, Bulgaria

The hybrid workshop was organized on the 26th of May 2022 by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI – PP4) . The event aimed to introduce the SCOPE platform functionalities, features and services.

The agenda of the event included important presentations related to the features andthe functionalities of the SCOPE platform, the Green Deal and its impact on the transport sector, the global supply chains in the current market and their digitalization. Next, аcomprehensive introduction to the Green Deal, in the context of the transport sector,announced by
prof. dr. Simeon Ananiev together with the vast possibilities that the Balkan-Med region could provide for Albania, Bulgaria and Greece thus transforming to important logistic hubs.

The target audience mainly consisted of transport service providers, transport associations and other representatives of the logistics sector. There were representatives from the Association Green Cluster Transport, The Transport University“Todor Kableshkov”, Global Car Ltd., Bulgarian Association of the Freight Forwarders,Transenergy Ltd., Regional Northeastern Cluster, Act Ltd., Bg-Trans Ltd. And other interested parties. The overall number of participants was
about 50 (both physical and online).

SCOPE Final & Simulator Event – Thessaloniki, Greece

The SCOPE Interreg Balkan-Med project’s final event & simulator event were organized by the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH –PP1) in close cooperation with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Department of Civil Engineering (AUTH – PP2) on 20th June 2022. The event took place in hybrid format (live & virtual) and was held in the Aristotle University Research Dissemination Center (KEDEA).

The event focused on presenting the key outcomes & results of the SCOPE project and the developed SCOPE platform was thoroughly presented and the SCOPE video gave out. In addition, a live demonstration of the Eco-Driver simulator took place and a relevant video presented by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) – Transport Engineering Laboratory.

More information about the registration and event details can be found here!

Editorial

Dear reader,

Being the CCIT’s representative in SCOPE project has been a pleasant experience for me until now. The collaboration between project members and external interested parties has been excellent so far.

SCOPE project’s mission will facilitate and improve the transport sector in Albania, leading to significant economic benefits and better services for carriers and shippers. To see the impact of this project we chose to held our fairs in key points commercial cities that work mostly with Greece and Bulgaria. The interest from stakeholders was impressive and we increased the number of stakeholders willing to join this platform. They also were very enthusiast about it.

Hope to join us in this exciting journey!

Nastjana Dedo
Project Coordinator at Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tirana (CCIT),
SCOPE Steering Comittee member

Latest News

SCOPE project official website has been released….

SCOPE project has updated webpage including all relevant news, events and reports. Exciting information about SCOPE project and freight transport activities are available and continuous updates on SCOPE freight exchange platform and future events coming soon!

On25th of November 2020, Interreg Balkan-med “SCOPE” project organized the 2nd project meeting virtually. The consortium consist of 8 members from Albania, Bulgaria and Greece. Throughout the event, the partners presented the project’s objectives, current achievements and next steps of SCOPE freight exchange platform development presented by APOPSIS SA – external expert company.

SCOPE partners participated actively in the meeting moving forward the Project implementation. In particular, Stefan Kostadinov (BCCI), Dimitrios Nalmpantis (AUTh/TSRG), Pavlina Lazaridou (AUTh/TSRG), Vasiliki Amprasi (AUTh/TSRG), Evangelos Genitsaris (AUTh/TSRG), Nastjana Dedo (CCIT), Majlinda Lila (MIE), Pervin Pasholli (MIE), Ivo Tsarev (RIA Smolyan), Maria Baxevani (PCTh), Pavlos Kazantzidis (PCTh), Iliya Godev (SmCCI) and Giorgos Voulkas (APOPSIS SA).

Lastly thanks to the moderator Dr. Afroditi Anagnostopoulou (CERTH-HIT), hosting the event and shared the presentations and photos for informing the participantst. In addition, Mr. Petros Pallis (APOPSIS SA) presented SCOPE platform (under development). Overall, all the participants brought their expertise and experience, and engaged in the fruitful and constructive discussions.

On 31st of March 2021, Interreg Balkan-med “SCOPE” project organized the 3rd project meeting virtually. The consortium consist of 8 members from Albania, Bulgaria and Greece. Throughout the event, the partners presented the project’s objectives, current achievements and the alpha version of SCOPE freight exchange platform presented by APOPSIS SA – external expert company.

Thanks also to the attendees, Stefan Kostadinov (BCCI), Natalia Dicheva (BCCI), Dimitrios Nalmpantis (AUTh/TSRG), Pavlina Lazaridou (AUTh/TSRG), Vasiliki Amprasi (AUTh/TSRG), Evangelos Genitsaris (AUTh/TSRG), Nastjana Dedo (CCIT), Majlinda Lila (MIE), Pervin Pasholli (MIE), Ivo Tsarev (RIA Smolyan), Pavlos Kazantzidis (PCTh), Iliya Godev (SmCCI) and Petros Pallis (APOPSIS SA).

Lastly thanks to the moderator Dr. Afroditi Anagnostopoulou (CERTH-HIT) for her presentations, photos and for hosting the event. Plus, we would like to thank and Mr. Giorgos Voulkas (APOPSIS SA) for the demonstration of SCOPE freight exchange platform alpha version. We would like to thank all the participants that brought their expertise and experience, and engaged in the fruitful and constructive discussions.

More to come soon!