About the project
Why? Responding to European mobility challenges
Mobility is changing. Urbanisation, climate change and digitalisation challenge how people and goods move from point A to point B. To cope with these ever-increasing challenges and meet European and global climate targets, urban and peri-urban areas need to become climate-resilient and connected, multimodal nodes for smart and clean mobility.
Despite the success of early pilot projects there is still a gap in terms of transferring innovative solutions to different contexts, cities and regions. These innovations are implemented based on specific needs and requirements of a city, district or area and transferring them to a different area is difficult. City planners and project developers often struggle to find effective ways to use results of mobility pilot projects to foster the implementation of their respective smart city strategies and community initiatives.
How? Innovative four-stage replication framework
The RECIPROCITY project aims at responding to this reality by equipping at least 20 cities across Europe, of varying size and mobility demand, with the necessary tools, knowledge, contacts and methods to accelerate the replication of existing innovative mobility solutions.To this end, RECIPROCITY will employ a four-stage replication framework, helping cities and municipalities to


The activities implemented by RECIPROCITY along these four stages will foster reciprocal knowledge exchange, matchmaking, partnerships and capacity-building between different cities. Replication projects will be initiated in the involved cities representing rural, peri-urban and urban areas. The learnings from the project will make innovative solutions more accessible for a wider set of cities and municipalities beyond the project’s scope.
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RECIPROCITY has several key messages, which emphasise the overarching objectives of the project:
RECIPROCITY will pay special attention to all population groups to ensure that the developed mobility concepts are accessible by everyone, therefore improving social cohesion, inclusion and gender equality. The project will focus on replicating innovative mobility solutions which are at the same time sustainable, safe, efficient and accessible.
Road transport is still the second most significant source of CO2 emissions in the EU. By replication and deployment of existing sustainable mobility solutions in various European cities, RECIPROCITY will contribute to the reduction of harmful transport-related CO2 emissions and air pollutants.
RECIPROCITY will focus both on more and less developed European regions. The less developed regions will have a unique chance to connect with lighthouse cities and learn from them. It will improve the competitiveness, attractivity and innovation capacity in the involved areas bringing more investments and improving the overall image of the cities.
RECIPROCITY will make cities act in a faster and more targeted manner. It will facilitate multi-level governance by connecting institutional and private actors together and by equipping cities with necessary knowledge, skills and tools. Improved community involvement will be ensured by direct involvement of citizens in the RECIPROCITY activities and transnational collaboration by involving cities from different European regions.
RECIPROCITY will develop a holistic human-centric approach which can be applied to different cities and contexts.
RECIPROCITY concept


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The project, coordinated by R-Tech (Germany), involves 10 partners including clusters, innovation accelerators, mobility experts and research institutions with a balanced mix of expertise from across Europe.

Cluster Mobility & Logistics
Germany

European Region Research and Innovation Network
Belgium

Greenovate! Europe
Belgium

NextMove
France

ZONE Klaszter
Hungary

Istanbul Okan University
Turkey

Business Upper Austria
Austria

Regionalni rozvojova agentura Plzenskeho kraje, o.p.s
Czech Republic

Instituto Aragonés de Fomento
Spain

Uusimaa Regional Council
Finland