"The DLNGO project aimed at exchanging best practices in order to start shaping a basic educational framework for digital literacy in the NGO sector at a European level, integrating the expertise of 7 partners engaged in different topics related to technology for social good. 7 different partners were included in this project (Les Ateliers du Bocage, RESURSNYI TSENTR ROZVYTKU HROMADSKYH ORHANIZATSIY ""HURT"", Fondacja Techsoup, Fondacija Mozaik, SocialTechno Impresa Sociale, Illunion Tecnologia y Accessibilidad) from France, Ukraine, Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy and Spain. During 24 months, participating organizations developed their knowledge in the field of digital adult education and training through 4 transnational meetings of 2-3 days each. Topics relevant for NGOs launching their digital transformation, best practices on how to launch online courses, viable face-to-face and online training business models for the social sector, ... : here is a glimpse of discussions that were held among participants. “I felt inspired by the meetings and everything going on in the different countries” says partner from Bosnia Herzegovina; “We were able to share experience and real cases […] it allowed us to see the work more comprehensively” adds partner from Ukraine. DLNGO project was a great opportunity for training professionals to share their experience, learn from their peer but also for newcomers in the field of adult education to gain confidence and knowledge. Cross-learning experiences convinced participating organizations to develop new contents on digital transformation topics and formats. And certainly convince participating organizations to go further : create more synergies between partners, and maybe submit new applications for Erasmus + funding to work on developing new courses and digital transformation processes."

Increasingly, railway stations are becoming complex, with some being interchanges, and in some cases commercial or shopping malls and social activities. Subsequently, there are likely to be issues with congestion, guidance and security that are not experienced in more remote stations. The FAIR Stations project aims to develop solutions for improved users flow within the station, and at the platform train interface (PTI). This will be done putting customer satisfaction, and security & safety at the centre of the station design, paying special attention to needs of PRMs. The project will conduct a study on the state of the art station designs, as a benchmark. Future stations design will hinge on three pillars: design for security & safety, design for congestion, and design for accessibility. Tools to be applied include: - User needs assessment - User flow modelling - Station design algorithm that optimises passenger flows for continuing and emerging operational design requirements such as security, baggage handling, and accessibility. - Engineering design of a train and/or platform based mechanism to facilitate independent boarding and alighting of PRMs, using sensors/detection systems. The key design factors to be considered are security, safety, baggage handling, ticketing, design for accessibility, information & signage, and climatology. KPIs developed will be used to evaluate and validated the design solutions. Since security is a major challenge highlighted, the station design process will incorporate a risk assessment sub-routine. As part of the demonstration, experimental and in-situ tests will be conducted. Additionally, a 3D virtual reality demonstrator will be developed. The outputs of the project will be aligned with S2R projects S2R-CFM-IP3-01-2017 & S2R-CFM-IP1-01-2017. The project consortium will include an academic institutions, rail operators, infrastructure managers, engineering SME, architectural firm, and passenger interest group.

The IT²RAIL -“Information Technologies for Shift to rail” proposal, first step towards the long term IP4 -“IT for an Attractive Railway” SHIFT²RAIL Innovation Programme, aims at providing a new seamless travel experience, giving access to a complete multimodal travel offer which connects the first and last mile to long distance journeys. This is achieved through the introduction of a ground breaking Technical Enabler based on two concepts: • the traveler is placed at the heart of innovative solutions, accessing all multimodal travel services (shopping, ticketing, and tracking) through its travel-companion. • An open published framework is providing full interoperability whilst limiting impacts on existing systems, without prerequisites for centralized standardization. This Technical Enabler will be completely settled in the context of the SHIFT²RAIL IP4, and IT²RAIL is proposing a reduced approach to the scale of a specified use case without weakening any of the key concepts of IP4, such as the usage of Semantic Web technologies, meta planning on distributed data, travel companion with a protected and secured personal wallet stored in the cloud and including the rights to travel. The use case will be defined as a specific instantiation of our open concepts, and will benefit from a completely scalable architecture fully instantiated in IP4. This approach is addressing all the key challenges of the work program, supporting a complete door-to- door intermodal travel offer and proposing a seamless integration of the very diverse existing and future services for planning, one-stop-shop ticketing, and real-time re-accommodation. Moreover, thanks to an Interoperability framework which insulates travel applications from the standards fragmentation in multimodal transport, IT²RAIL liberates business-model innovations in the market-place, guaranteeing the economic self-sustainability of these e-services in the long-term.