
The closing conference of the SOFTMOVE project took place today in Porta Futuro, Bari, Italy, with the theme, “UAS, lessons learned and perspectives in the IPA cross-border area”.
State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) has been a partner in the SOFTMOVE project since the beginning of 2024, together with DTA Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale (Lead Partner, Puglia Region, Italy) and NVU Digital Den (Montenegro), co-financed by the Interreg IPA South Adriatic 2021-2027 Programme of the European Union through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III).
The SOFTMOVE project aims to build international collaborations and partnerships that promote the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology, with a focus on the implementation of innovative aerial services and the use of space services, in order to respond to the needs of citizens in smart cities, in the IPA area.
This conference was organized in 5 sessions where the objectives, results of the work so far (Workshops, seminars, B2B meetings) were presented by ASIG, DTA and Digital Den. During this event, the Joint Action Plans (JAP) were presented by DTA-DD-ASIG (Fatjona Çilaj).
After this session, the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by each partner was carried out, as a joint act of further cooperation between the partners. The conference was accompanied by two other sessions with discussions, testimonies and presentations between Industry, Academia and the participants involved. Representatives from Albania for Industry were professors from the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Prof. Alban Rakipi and Prof. Gledis Basha, while from industry the company Geosensors with the participation of Ida Beqiri and Celestina Roshnik.