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In the different European countries, co-regulation is used to provide theoretical and practical training to the civilian drone pilots. In this chapter, we present the process required to become an authorised training organisation, and we explain how manufacturers and operators are also involved in this task. The assessment of civil drone pilots is delegated from the public administration to non-governmental organisations and therefore trust is a key factor in this public-private partnership. Therefore, in this chapter we reflect on the characteristics of co-regulation within the civilian drone sector and how the industry is involved in this activity to evaluate the pilots’ capacity. As we can observe, if public administration gives precise guidelines to the industry, it contributes to better decision-making, although other stakeholders are frequently left out of the process. Moreover, the approval of the European framework is urgent to give more support to the regulation of the sector and to increase the possibilities of co-regulation.

The aim of this chapter is to summarise the main achievements of AiRT project, that have been presented in this book, and to provide thought-provoking impulses on the bases of our experiences as well to the IT companies as to CIs to “think outside of the box”. By doing so, we demonstrated that both the areas of IT innovation and creative companies can benefit mutually. In fact, we are of the opinion that big part of “real” innovation can only be achieved by transferring knowledge between different sectors and adapting the corresponding technology or approaches to the needs of the demanding sectors. This requires inevitable inter-/or transdisciplinary teams that arise out of given circumstances, which might be composed of just a few experts from different sectors working together on a common goal.