Collaborative innovation for logistics in Europe.

Eu-funded projects

The Open Logistics Foundation participates in European Union-funded research projects that advance open and interoperable digitalisation for logistics. Working together with industry, research and public-sector partners across the EU, we extend OLF’s collaborative open source model to a wider, cross-border ecosystem.

EU Projects

Digital transformation starts together
Connecting expertise and ideas for an infrastructure Europe can rely on

The logistics industry cannot achieve digital transformation by individual organisations working in isolation. In a fragmented logistics landscape, European Union-funded research projects offer an opportunity to work with industry, research, and public-sector partners to develop shared solutions on neutral, open ground.

Our goal in joining these projects is to ensure they create lasting value well beyond their funding period. This can be achieved with open, reusable software and standards that companies can build on, connect to, and integrate into their own existing systems. In this way, we help make interoperability and open source the foundation of Europe’s digital logistics infrastructure

European Project

IKIGAI

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Inspired by the Japanese concept meaning “a reason for being”, the EU-funded IKIGAI project aligns freight transport and logistics operations with the Physical Internet (PI) vision. A Horizon Europe Innovation Action project, IKIGAI supports the digital and green transition of freight logistics, helping companies transition towards a greener, more efficient, and collaborative future – known as Twin Transition.

The expected results are:

Scalable innovation solutions, harmonised standards and practical tools to help companies reach PI-compliant practices
Accelerated progress towards zero-emission logistics by 2050

As an IKIGAI consortium partner, OLF leads the project’s governance work. This includes shaping the neutral rules, trust mechanisms and standardisation principles that will underpin collaborative logistics across the sector, from early groundwork through to the launch of the PI Coalition. OLF also contributes to market analyses, pilot demonstrations, and exploitation strategies, helping translate collaborative logistics innovations into models that companies of any size, including SMEs, can adopt.

Open Logistics Foundation’s role: Consortium partner

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