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Sofia Urban Mobility Centre EAD is a municipal company responsible for:

• Organisation, management, supervision and financing of the public transport in Sofia as an integrated process.
• Monitoring of the proper implementation of the Public Service Contracts between Sofia municipality and the transport operators.
• Operation of information management system for monitoring and supervision of the traffic, based on GPS identification.
• Implementation and operation of Intelligent Transport Systems for public transport.
• Issuing of transportation documents and collection of the transport revenues.
• Operation of unified Automated Fare Collection System (ticketing system).
• Finance, construction, operation and maintenance of parkings, garages and open-space parking spaces in Sofia - owned by Sofia Municipality.
• Advertising and information services in the public transport.
• Development of plans and analyses for urban mobility management.

Softeco Sismat, founded in 1979, is a leader in the Information and Communication Technology market. With offices in Genoa, Milan, Naples and Catania and a turnover of more than 20 MEuro, the Company operates in the IT sectors of the energy, transportation, finance and in the whole industry markets.

More specifically, Softeco Sismat has a strong experience in the development and implementation of complex systems for intelligent and efficient mobility of people, goods and information, and for the precise control of the related technological infrastructures:

- Local Public Transport : service and fleet management

- Flexible Transports and Smart Mobility: ”on call” bus, school transport, transport for the disabled, car-pooling, taxis

- Infomobility: multi-channels information platforms, interactive voice responders (IVRs), variable message signs, smartphone apps

- Traffic and Safety: infrastructure supervision, flows and traffic control management, roadside assistance management systems, accident analysis, video surveillance, asset management

- Logistics: fleet management, collection and distribution optimization, city logistics

- Railways and Metros: rail traffic control, train information systems, remote control and monitoring of railway power lines

Telexis provides scalable solutions based on the latest cutting edge e-ticketing technologies in the area of transit. Telexis’s technology allows transit agencies and operators to improve their passengers’ travel experience along with expanding the sales, services and operation capacity at relatively low incremental costs.Telexis enables the current e-ticketing schemes as well as the cloud-ticketing based on its future-proof, multi-scheme, multi-purpose ‘Open Architecture’ solutions. The operators can use the Telexis’s solutions to improve their existing operations while having the freedom to smoothly and migrate to smart ticketing!

The Logistikum in Steyr, Austria, is the research- and education institute of the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences in the field of logistics and corporate networks and provides:

• State-of-the-art study content with high practical relevance and excellent job perspectives for students
• Various ranges of services to improve logistics competence and highly qualified graduates for companies
• Expertise and professional cooperation in joint projects for research partners
• Design and organization of teaching units and fascinating logistics lectures for secondary schools
• Support and Development through targeted research and transfer activities in logistical challenges for Upper Austria as a business location

The University of Coimbra was founded in 1290 and constitutes a reference in higher education and scientific research in Portugal, with excellent academic reputation recognized worldwide. It includes 8 faculties and 32 research centres, providing teaching and conducting research in almost all study fields - Exact Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Architecture, Medicine,  Social Sciences, Humanities and Sports - , as well as several structures devoted to promote science and technology, culture and sports.

The University of Coimbra has a strong internationalisation as the result of the constant arrival of students, professors and researchers of different cultural backgrounds from all around the world. Aware of the complexity and challenges of multilateral co-operation, the University actively promotes scientific/pedagogic networking by supporting the foundation of important European networks, such as “the Coimbra Group” (38 partner universities) and the Utrecht Network (31 partner universities), in both of which the UC plays an important role. Knowing the importance of such links, the UC also became a founding member of the University Transnational Network [Pólo Transfronteiriço] (13 partner universities) and more recently, the Tordesillas Group (38 partner universities). The UC is also member of CUM [Communauté des Universités du Mediterrané] (160 partner universities), of the SYLFF Network (88 partner universities) and of ERA-More - European Network of Mobility Centres (190 centres in 32 countries).  As for research, the University is currently involved in 367 national projects and 120 international research projects.