Work Package Outlines
Work Package One - Project Management
Responsible Beneficiary - Robert Gordon University
The objectives of WP1 are to ensure that the project is completed on time; its objectives and targets are achieved; the project is managed in line with budget planning; and excellence and equality are maintained throughout its duration.
Work Package Two - Communication Activities
Responsible Beneficiary - Robert Gordon University
The objectives of WP2 are to ensure maximum impact of the project among the remote, rural and island transport community; to ensure full engagement of relevant stakeholders in the NSR and the wider EU community; and to disseminate the project results, innovation, and outcomes to relevant organisations and stakeholders.
Work Package Three - Accelerating Use of Zero Emission Vehicles and Vessels
Responsible Beneficiary - The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership
The objective of this work package is to enhance the capacity of authorities to embed more zero emission vehicles and vessels in resilient transport operations in remote, rural and islands localities in the NSR. The state of the art will be captured at a transnational expert workshop attended by all project partners, related European projects and other experts. This will then be embedded in the design and planning of demonstration projects and business cases.
Work Package Four - Institutional, Operational and Social Innovation
Responsible Beneficiary - Office for Regional Development Leine and Weser Region
The objective of this work package is to enhance the capacity of authorities to reduce CO2 emissions from rural transport systems through institutional, operational and social innovation. The state of the art will be captured at a transnational expert workshop attended by all project partners, related European projects, and other experts. This will then be embedded in the design and planning of 5 complimentary lighthouse demonstration projects. Partners will collaborate on the design of the lighthouse projects and will share experience and learning through 2 internal workshops (design and lessons).
Work Package Five - Innovation Capture and Transfer
Responsible Beneficiary - Urban Foresight Limited
The objective of WP5 is to capture and assess the technical, institutional, operational and social innovation from the project, ensuring that objectives have been met and knowledge is exchanged effectively across partners and disseminated across relevant stakeholder networks.
Work Package Six - Understanding the COVID New Normal
Responsible Beneficiary - Provincie Drenthe
A project extension with additional budget was approved in June 2021. An additional workpackage was created, WP6, with the aim to build on earlier G-PaTRA work and address some of the new challenges which have arisen due to the pandemic. The key deliverables for this WP are: a transnational COVID workshop held in Aberdeenshire; a report on setting policy scenarios and pathways towards a new normal low carbon passenger transport; and a use case in the Orkney Islands.
To complement and extend existing G-PaTRA activity, there will be new lighthouse demonstration projects which have been developed based on learning from earlier G-PaTRA work, and which will address the changing environment of rural transport during the pandemic. More information on the new WP activities is available here.