As part of the Smart Era project, funded by the European Union and involving ten participating countries, we held a co-participatory online workshop on April 14, 2025, focused on developing smart and sustainable mobility solutions in rural areas—The Smart Innovation Package (SIP).
The workshop was specifically designed for key target groups, including parents of minor children, older adults—particularly retirees—and tourism providers from the pilot area of Šmarje-Padna. It also extended to stakeholders from the wider region encompassing the municipalities of Koper, Izola, Piran, and Ankaran, which are closely connected to the pilot area.
Together with the target groups, moderators from the University of Ljubljana and the Rotunda Centre co-developed a service design study for smart sustainable mobility in the Šmarje-Padna pilot area. The workshop was guided by selected categories from the SIP methodology currently being developed within the Smart Era project.
The workshop helped identify the experiences, needs, pain points, and emotional responses of the target groups at various development touchpoints. These insights provide a valuable complement to the parallel implementation of the Smart Innovation Package (SIP) approach.
