Kick-off meeting in Perugia, Italy © L'Institut Paris Region
The CHESS project aims to enhance local policy instruments for sustainable urban and peri-urban mobility. The project actions gathers only six partners : Perugia city (Italy), Lasi city (Romania), Värmland Region (Sweden), Võru city (Estonia), Regional agency for the development of enterprises Alma Mons Ltd in Novi Sad (Serbia) and L'Institut Paris Region (France).
Starting with regional analyses in each territory, the project identifies strengths, weaknesses, and improvement methodologies for urban mobility plans and governance structures. Interregional Exchange Meetings will be held to foster contextual understanding, gather insights, and analyze local practices. Good Practices will be identified and assessed for greener solutions and better urban-suburban connectivity. Monitoring involves local stakeholders evaluating policy effectiveness, using indicators such as reductions in CO2 and other pollutants increased public transport usage, adoption of green transport solutions, improved urban-suburban connectivity. Traffic congestion levels and economic impacts will also be measured.
The project aligns with the EU Cohesion Policy by reducing regional disparities and promoting balanced territorial development. It supports the European Green Deal's climate neutrality goals by improving urban mobility policies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, it contributes to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobility by enhancing multimodal transport and facilitating digital and green transitions. For Ile-de-France, the policy instrument is the regional sustainable urban mobility plan.
As part of the CHESS project, L'Institut Paris Region formed a group of stakeholders from the Paris region, representing a wide range of backgrounds in the field of mobility. The project kick-off meeting took place in Perugia, Italy, on June 23 and 24, 2025. The second plenary meeting was held in Võru on October 16 and 17, 2026. In attendance were our associate partner, the Ile-de-France Region (represented by Arnaud Marthinet), as well as two of our stakeholders: Kévin Pamart for the Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre Public Territorial Establishment and Ketty Faivre-Tchang for Transilien.
The first meeting bringing together all of our stakeholders was held on October 7, 2025. The second meeting will take place in spring 2026.
For our members, it is still possible to join the group!
