SUSTANCE is co-financed by the Interreg Central Europe Programme.  The project aims at solving the lack of efficient and sustainable public transport solutions in peripheral and cross-border areas of Central Europe, which have registered a substantial increase of mobility, especially at cross-border level in the last decade.

SUSTANCE activities focus on cooperation between CE countries, regions and sector stakeholders, in order to ensure that the CE passenger transport and mobility system benefits from the advantages of new technological and innovative approaches.

The project will identify existing gaps in Public Transport services in rural, peripheral, and cross-border areas, and recommend – through an innovative bottom-up approach involving the assessment and peer review methodology and the implementation of pilot activities – tangible solutions for the setting up of new innovative services.

The Central European Initiative – Executive Secretariat, in its capacity as Lead Partner, is responsible for project coordination and management. It will ensure the sustainability and transferability of the project achievements and contribute to the development of a roadmap on IT-SI-HR cross-border rail connectivity.