The Koersdocument OV is Overijssel's policy instrument for transforming public transport. Adopted in 2016, it builds on experiences from the 2014 Public Transport Realignment, aiming for balanced budgets by 2018. The policy encourages public involvement and ties into the wider Environmental Vision.

The key objective is sustainable mobility, focusing on reducing unnecessary travel, shifting transport modes, and enhancing green mobility. The policy promotes concentration of passengers on high-traffic routes and delineates between core public transport network and areas outside it.

The core network comprises major railway lines and bus routes, with an ambition to attract car users. Outside the core, the "mobility mix" maintains bus lines in high-flow areas while seeking car and cycling alternatives elsewhere if cost-effective.

The policy emphasizes efficient travel chains by connecting various mobility forms at strategic nodes, ensuring customer-friendly and flexible transfers. Additionally, it endorses a transition to electric transport, aligning it with the broader green energy transition.

The 'Regionale Handlungsstrategie' (RHS) steers the Leine-Weser Offices for Regional Development, blending Lower Saxony's priorities with local necessities across seven areas:

1. Economy and Science: Promotes regional growth and scientific development.

2. Skilled Labor and Employment Market: Boosts workforce skills and job opportunities.

3. Mobility and Transport Services: Improves connectivity and transport infrastructure.

4. Basic Need Services: Ensures essential services like healthcare, education.

5. Urban and Rural Development: Balances urban growth with rural preservation.

6. Natural and Cultural Landscape: Safeguards cultural heritage and environment.

7. Integration and Participation: Enables social inclusion and citizen engagement.

The cross-cutting themes are:

- Innovation and Digitization: Advances digital transformation and regional innovation.

- Climate and Environmental Protection: Prioritizes ecological integrity and climate adaptation.

The RHS is thus a strategic guide promoting sustainable growth and aligning regional action with state priorities.

The Lisbon Regional Programme 2021-2027 focuses on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 and mentions Interreg Europe's particular relevance. Lisbon Region is a polycentric urban system and has territorial inequalities which translate into asymmetries: urban centers vs peri-urban areas etc. In 10 years, population grew 2.2% but demographic aging is evident, with 21.6% of the population over 65 years old, constituting one of the great social challenges.
The Programme 2021-2027 aims at strengthening the region, prioritizing innovation and competitiveness:
1) Sustainability - reinforcement of the ecological/regional, favoring connectivity with the urban system;
2) Social cohesion - experimentation with new solutions, in areas such as employability and qualification, but also in support to vulnerable groups;
3) Urban development - qualification with a view to cohesion and competitiveness.

The need for rural mobility is not explicit mentioned. Nevertheless PRL21/27 states on pg 42: "Associated with different levels of development, asymmetries coexist between center / periphery, urban / rural zones, and more developed / critical. Despite successive interventions in previous community cycles, there are inequalities and insufficiencies in public equipments and services that need mitigation, with a focus on disqualified areas, without its own dynamics, where it is urgent to create opportunities for social integration." Therefore solutions for rural mobility are needed !

The Mobility Master Plan aims to transform regional mobility, aiming for sustainability, efficiency, inclusivity, safety, reliability and digital advancement. This Plan is periodically renewed to cover the next period of typically 5 years. Therefore, there will be a new Plan starting 2026.

The Plan is actualized through 19 action lines and 86 measures. Notably, Axis 9 prioritizes innovative mobility solutions. It recognizes mobility's economic potential, crucial to rural regions like Garraf or Alt Penedès. Adapting to autonomous vehicles is another objective, preparing the infrastructure and policy frameworks for this emerging technology.

The Plan promotes international collaborations and innovation, mirroring the Rural Mobility project's cross-regional partnership and commitment to innovation. The exploration of next-gen transport technologies, like drones, echoes the project's aim of testing ITS in rural areas. Blockchain, sensorisation, and robotics are seen as tools to manage transport effectively, akin to the Rural Mobility project's ITS emphasis.

The Plan acknowledges the need for territorial innovation. Given the disparities between urban and rural mobility services within ATM’s jurisdiction, the Rural Mobility project's insights into better rural connectivity could be invaluable.

The Plan aligns with the Rural Mobility project's goals, making its territories an ideal setting for testing innovative rural transport solutions and policies.

Viimsi municipality transport and mobility management development plan 2020-2030 (TRAK) is a strategic policy document that governs overall transportation and mobility management within Viimsi Municipality. The policy was created in order to ensure that the municipalities´ transportation systems development is coordinated over long time period and its strategic planning is in accordance with overall goals of the municipality.

TRAK:

-Overview about overall situation regarding transport (including public transport) and mobility within Viimsi municipality;
-Maps Viimsi residents’ opinions and expectations regarding to transportation and mobility;
-Defines municipalities overall goals regarding to transportation and mobility;
-Defines goals within policy implementation period;
-Creates policy implementation plan.
-Offers key performance indicators to measure implementation of the policy;

In its present form the document constitutes a ranking of bigger investments in infrastructure (over 100 MSEK), but also describes different kinds of actions for the work with national infrastructure in the region. Meaning how to collaborate with our neighbouring regions regarding infrastructure that affects several regions, how to act on a national arena to gain more investments to our region or ways to work in different areas connecting to infrastructure such as mobility, cargo, public transportation and digitalisation.

During the project period of this Interreg Europe project "Rural Mobility" we will work on a new Regional SUMP, as a follow up of the current policy document, called "Traffic Strategy Region Kalmar County 2027-2035". The things we will learn within "Rural Mobility", also as described in D.5.1.3, will be included in this new policy document.

The "Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia until 2030" is a roadmap for sustainable transport, to achieve efficient mobility, economic growth, improved road safety, reduced environmental impact and improved living conditions.

Its main purpose is to guide the development of all key transport sectors, create a harmonised development plan and ensure compliance with ex-ante conditions for the use of EU funds in the 2014-2020 financial period. The focus is on upgrading and maintaining existing transport infrastructure and ensuring strategic investment in new projects where necessary. This is based on a thorough analysis of the current transport situation, projected future needs and the exploration of possible development alternatives.

The strategy outlines measures to improve national, regional and cross-border transport connections and to optimise the organisational and operational structure of the transport system for efficiency and sustainability. It has undergone a Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (CEIA) to identify, assess and minimise potential environmental impacts, taking into account protected areas.
The strategy ensures the preparation of a harmonised transport infrastructure investment plan up to 2030. It represents the government's long-term commitment to sustainable mobility and transport, which are crucial for Slovenia's socio-economic development.