new competencies and
innovations in logistics

Objectives of NOVALOG

objectives and dimensions

5 objectives 3 dimensions

  • Provide the road transport sectorialcommittee (IRU/ETF) with information and tools as well as for national actors (pick/choose logic).

  • Favour the emergence of a common and shared views in terms of jobs related the logistics.

  • Give more visibility to these jobs and better understanding of the proposed training.

  • Identify national policies and connect the various initiatives through the key actors.

  • Take part in the development of training provision.

  • The modalities of integration of logistics as a growing activity and the answers in terms of employment/qualifications/training.

  • The integration of logistics as a new activity with a strong impact on the road transport sector and the related sectorial policies (national/European).

  • The creation of dedicated European wide tools.

Hypothesis
Logistics is a process, a set of operations… and a labour market which covers all sectors of activities and a wide range of jobs.
The relations between job demand and job offer cannot be reduced to the interaction individual/enterprise. The training policy, the social dialog, the employment agencies…therefore it is important that all the inputs from these intermediary bodies be taken into account.
Employment and training matters at least in logistics combine regional, national, European as well as sectorial, transversal logics according to the type of concern and of job.

A common and broad definition of Logistics
Logistics systems deal with transformation of goods in terms of time and place.

Logistics involves managing flows from the supplier to the user, and the consumer, based on forecast or defined requirements: physical flows of materials and goods, information flows, related administrative flows, in view of the expected effectiveness and quality of services.

Overview of the results

From national realities to a European tools: overview of the results

NOVALOG nomenclature

For more information: Consult publications novalog

Partners of NOVALOG

The Novalog project gathers together 11 representative and complementary partners, which allow us to ensure a good geographical coverage. These partners are used to work on European projects.

The Social Partners represented in the road transport sector committee by the IRU (International Road Union) for the employers associations and the ETF (European Transport Federation) for union organisations, have members in the European Union including for the IRU in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

The European Logistic Association (ELA) combines 36 trade associations, training and research bodies involved in logistics and represented in all the member states of the European Union as well as in Hungary and Poland.

The search for information and the country by country analysis have been divided between 5 partners.

Hence the AFT-IFTIM responsible for the following countries:
  • France
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Greece
The Danish Teknologisk Institute covers:
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • United Kingdom
SEOR (Sociaal-Economisch Onderzoek Rotterdam/Social Economic Research Rotterdam) is in charge of:
  • The Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
The University of Veszprém covers:
  • Hungary
The Foras Áiseanna Saothair (National Training and Employment Authority):
  • Ireland