On the basis of an international network, consisting of six partners from five different European countries, an action plan to implement the above-mentioned goals was elaborated. The action plan set out to contribute to achieve following results:

• Support European policy makers in charge at the EU level in defining general conditions and priorities in order to increase the efficiency in the transport and logistic area to secure a sustainable European innovation strength and growth.
• Link logistic and transport policy questions in an overview and propositions about this will be gathered on how solutions to the problems can be approached on the interfaces of these sustainable areas and efficient for all participants.
• Contribute to show obstacles for the development of the transport and logistic sector and deliver estimations of the affected stakeholder can be resolved in sustainable ways.
• Deliver answers to questions about a harmonised training of the employees of the transport sector, as well as with regard to the securing of consistent quality standards for the benefit of the customers and consumers.
• Achieve a significant contribution to the rise in the efficiency of existing handling junctions through the showing of possibilities of a clever collaboration of actors of different carriers, and with that the completion of the European transport needs in the coming years. The focus of the project lies with the SMEs since they generate the largest turnover and the most jobs in the respective sector.

POSMETRANS structure was based on a logical framework with three main phases:

Phase 1:

• Identification of relevant European and National policy measures
• Identification of relevant technologies and trends which foster the innovation process
• Elaboration of a competence matrix with the key players of innovation
• Development of questionnaires

Phase 2:

• Analysis on how innovation spreads into the market
• Analysis of the influence of networks on the stimulation of the innovation process
• Analysis of the impact of European and national policy measures
• Validation of the results by external experts (POSMETRANS Core Group)

Phase 3:

• Elaboration of recommendations
• Promotion and dissemination through awareness raising workshops
• Final Conference in the frame of an international conference