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Main Authors:	Bocci, Veronica Elena, Reimer, Wolfgang
Format:	Recurso digital
Language:	English
Published:	Zenodo 2026
Subjects:	Recommendations Supply Autonomy Rail Innovations
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19803715
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This document represents the condensed summary of the key results of the “LEADER 2030-Learnings for European Autonomy to Deliver Europe’s Rail in 2030” project. Run from July 2023 to March 2026, the project had for main objective to conduct research activities aiming at providing answer to the following key question: “will there be enough raw materials and components to bring to the market in 2030 all the Railway innovations Europe’s Rail, the European programme for Rail research and innovation, is delivering?” The following partnership with complementary skills tried to answer this challenging question:  §  ERCI-European Railway Clusters Initiative (Belgium): Europe’s only Railway meta-cluster network, uniting 18 Rail innovation clusters operating on 17 European countries, to connect SMEs, large companies and research organisations and strengthen the competitiveness of the European Rail industry. It acts as a B2B and innovation matchmaking platform, bringing customers and suppliers together, supporting cross-border cooperation §  Railenium (France): French government-certified Technological Research Institute (IRT) for Rail, bringing together industry and academia to develop, validate and test breakthrough Railway technologies and improve the competitiveness of the Rail sector. It acts as a “common house” for partners across the Rail ecosystem, running R&I projects that address major societal and technological challenges in France and internationally §  GKZ-Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg (Germany): An independent “triple-helix” network (industry–research–public authorities) covering the full value chain of mineral raw materials and geo-energy. It supports projects and coordination at national/international level and is embedded in Saxony’s mining and materials hub, spanning from mining and processing to advanced materials and semiconductor-related value chains §  Teknopark Istanbul (Türkiye): Türkiye’s major technology development zone established by the Presidency of Defence Industries and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce to boost national technology development and innovation capacity. It hosts and supports R&D companies (notably defence/aerospace and advanced tech), providing an ecosystem for domestic and international entrepreneurs to develop technologies at international standards. The document condenses and summarises for policymakers, industrial stakeholders, cluster organisations and resilience practitioners, facts, trends and recommendations resulting from more than 1.000 pages of desk and field analysis and research produced under the “LEADER 2030” project, namely the Deliverables: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal">D1.1 – Map of disruptions experienced so far by the Rail Supply industry and lessons for the future (developed by ERCI-European Railway Clusters Initiative), providing key insights from desk research on disruptions in supplies having impacted Europe in the most recent years, as well as the results of the European survey of the Rail Supply industry on disruptions experienced since 2018, launched by the project </li> <li class="MsoNormal">D1.2 – Lessons on disruptions and resilience from other sectors (developed by Teknopark Istanbul and ERCI-European Railway Clusters Initiative), providing analysis of the Defence, Aerospace, Clean Energy Infrastructures, Automotive sectors under the point of view of dependencies, disruptions and policy measures adopted to reduce their vulnerabilities; cross-references between these sectors and the Railway sector, where relevant; summary of take-aways/inspirations considered more relevant for the prosecution of the project</li> <li class="MsoNormal">D1.3 – Supplies alerts for the future (developed by ERCI-European Railway Clusters Initiative), detailing about the type of Railway supplies affected by disruptions, listing which end products are suffering from different types of supply difficulties</li> <li class="MsoNormal">D2.1 – Map of Railway needs in 2030 (developed by Railenium), comprehensively mapping Europe’s Rail innovations expected by 2030, identifying necessary technologies, raw materials, and supply chain requirements across various tiers (OEM, Tier 1, 2, 3), as well as highlighting subsystems and components that will become obsolete or significantly reduced due to technological advancements, signaling key areas of industry transformation</li> <li class="MsoNormal">D3.1 – Forecast for autonomy, bottlenecks and gaps for Europe’s Rail 2030 raw material supply (developed by GKZ-Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg), analysing past crises causing raw material supply distortions and availability constraints; assessing disruptions linked to energy politics and shortages, including risks from production closures or outsourcing; reviewing sourcing strategies of the most affected EU Member States, with a focus on countries with strong Rail economies; mapping the availability, provenance and supply chains of key raw materials, including European and overseas sourcing options; examining EU and global regulatory frameworks affecting access and economically viable domestic sourcing; addressing geopolitical factors and sustainable sourcing schemes to support a resilient Rail supply chain up to 2030</li> <li class="MsoNormal">D4.1 – Intelligence analysis and recommendations to deliver Europe’s Rail 2030 (version for the Stakeholders Public Consultation) (developed by ERCI and based on the previous deliverables), summarising research data to create awareness and knowledge in view of the public consultation run from January to February 2026 on the recommendations identified as project results </li> <li class="MsoNormal">The results of the Public Consultation and of the Validation rounds on D4.1 recommendations </li> <li class="MsoNormal">plus, other systematised data gathered on a continuous basis during the project implementation from multiple sources (desk analysis, field visits, specialistic workshops and online meetings, participation in conferences) and used to complement, strengthen and validate the project results.</li> </ul>

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