ILUNION TECNOLOGIA Y ACCESIBILIDAD, S.A.

Their core work

ILUNION Tecnología y Accesibilidad (operating as Technosite) is the technology and accessibility arm of ILUNION, the business group of the Spanish National Organization of the Blind (ONCE). They develop digital and physical accessibility solutions, specializing in making transport infrastructure and information systems usable by people with disabilities and mobility limitations. In H2020, they contributed accessibility expertise and user-centered design to rail transport projects — helping design inclusive travel information systems and physically accessible rail stations. Their commercial work spans web accessibility audits, assistive technology consulting, and inclusive product development for public and private clients.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their H2020 participation spans only 2015–2019, making trend analysis limited but directional. Early work (IT2RAIL) was oriented toward digital systems — semantic web, big data, travel apps, and data protection for multimodal journey planning. The later project (FAIR Stations) moved from software toward physical infrastructure, addressing how rail stations are designed and secured for diverse users. This suggests a broadening from digital accessibility into built-environment accessibility, consistent with how organizations like Technosite expand their consulting scope.

Their trajectory moves from digital tools toward physical infrastructure accessibility, suggesting they could contribute meaningfully to smart city or urban mobility consortia where disability inclusion and universal design are required.

How they like to work

ILUNION Tecnología always participates as a consortium member, never as coordinator — a pattern typical of specialist organizations brought in to satisfy user-inclusion or accessibility requirements within larger transport and ICT projects. With 44 unique partners across just 2 projects, they work in exceptionally large multi-partner consortia (averaging 22 partners per project), consistent with Shift2Rail program structures. This positions them as a reliable specialist contributor rather than a project driver.

Despite only two projects, their network spans 44 partners across 11 countries — a wide footprint for such limited H2020 activity, reflecting the large consortium structures typical of Shift2Rail calls. Their European reach is genuine but not yet deep or recurring.

What sets them apart

Technosite's direct institutional connection to ONCE gives them something almost no other EU tech company has: built-in access to one of Europe's largest disability organizations as both a client base and a user-testing community. This makes them credible as an end-user representative in proposals, not just a technology provider — which can satisfy mandatory inclusion requirements in transport and society-pillar bids. For any consortium building around accessible digital services, autonomous transport, or smart mobility, they bring legitimacy and real-world disability expertise that is hard to replicate.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FAIR Stations
  The highest-funded of their two projects (EUR 48,156), directly addressing physical accessibility of rail stations — a tangible, end-user-facing output within the Shift2Rail flagship program.
• IT2RAIL
  Their first H2020 project demonstrates technical depth beyond accessibility alone, combining semantic web, big data, and data-protection expertise in a multimodal rail travel information system.