Introduction

Sustainable Mobility Skåne is a regional center in Skåne county, working with environmental friendly transport uses within the region.

Objectives and target audience

The main working areas for Sustainable Mobility Skåne are:-
-    Regional commuting;
-    Change of behaviour to increase human health and environment;
-    Cycling;
-    Alternative fuels, environmental friendly cars, fuel-efficient cars;
-    Information technology;
-    Phone and video conferences.

The aim is to reduce the impact on the environment from transports and to encourage people to use more sustainable alternatives.

The target group is municipalities, organisations and companies.

Financial Resources and Partners

All of the involved financial partners are of governmental character.  Including the participants, who pay a small fee every year,  there also a limited number of private companies are also involved, 15 municipalities and a limited number of organisations. Of 2008  there are currently 2,8what? employees working with SM Skåne.  The yearly budget varies, but is approximately 200 000 €.

Process

SM Skåne initiates and supports the following projects:-

-    An application for “Information for commuter parking in Skåne”.  The aim is to coordinate the communication and information around commuter parking and to help support the municipalities in their work.;
-    Mobility management – a variety of measures to be undertaken within the municipalities.  The aim is to coordinate measures needed within municipalities to work for a more predominant sustainable transport system.
-    “Skåne pedals”, is a campaign to the increase use of bicycles.
-    Purchase policy for vehicles.  This project aims to create a template for the purchasing policy for clean vehicles to be used in municipalities, organisations and regional authorities.
-    A forum for car pools, aims to ‘hurry-up’ the process number of car-pools in Skåne.

SM Skåne also perform seminars and training education within the area sustainable transports to who?

Results

SM Skåne has 24 participants of whom 3 are main partners and head-funders. 15 participants are municipalities.

18 municipalites take part in the project of developing a purchase policy for clean vehicles.

With regards to car pools, the number within Skåne increased from 20 to 38 and from 300 members to 480 members, at the end of 2007.

Critical Success Factors / Challenges

Success factors could be:-
-    A good development of the network within the municipalities;
-    The use of seminars to display information by professional speakers;
-    A humble and understanding approach to the participants within SM Skåne;
-    Interested regional actors as county council and county council administration;
-    Productive and meaning work will attract the attention of finance partners and get themselves interested in the project SM Skåne.