To stimulate innovation, availability and user-friendliness, it was decided to open up the digital parking and access market in Antwerp to all interested market parties (providers). These providers may then, on the basis of conditions determined in advance by Mobility and Parking Antwerp AG, have parking rights, movement rights and / or access rights (hereinafter also referred to as 'Rights') at the expense and risk of the respective provider, but on behalf and for the account of MPA (or if necessary, other area managers designated by MPA) collect from end users. This is the so-called Multi-Provider Platform (MPP). The MPP uses the Antwerp Parking and Access Register (APTR), a database developed to support the MPP. See the published invitation document for all relevant information. This invitation concerns the third call for participation.

The city of Antwerp has the ambition to optimize and digitize parking in the city. In order to achieve this, a thinning-out of the parking meters was implemented at the end of 2018, and there is now a strong focus on digital (parking) rights and future innovations in this regard. Citizens and visitors are encouraged to no longer purchase parking rights via parking machines, but to use digital alternatives.

To stimulate innovation, availability and user-friendliness, it was decided to open up the digital parking and access market in Antwerp to all interested market parties (providers). These providers may then, on the basis of conditions determined in advance by Mobility and Parking Antwerp AG, have parking rights, movement rights and / or access rights (hereinafter also referred to as 'Rights') at the expense and risk of the respective provider, but on behalf and for the account of MPA (or if necessary, other area managers designated by MPA) collect from end users. This is the so-called Multi-Provider Platform (MPP). The MPP uses the Antwerp Parking and Access Register (APTR), a database developed to support the MPP.

Each provider that is affiliated with the APTR chooses which rights it will grant to end users on behalf of and for the account of Mobility and Parking Antwerp, the city of Antwerp and / or, where applicable, an area manager designated by Mobility and Parking, and subsequently collect these rights. among the end users.

End users will always be free to choose the provider through which they acquire their rights. The provider is also free to grant rights for the entire territory of the city of Antwerp or only part of it.

The conditions determined by Mobility and Parking Antwerp were established in an accession agreement. The terms of the accession agreement are non-negotiable and are applied in the same way for each provider. See the published invitation document for all relevant information. This invitation concerns the third call for participation.