The H2020 project FutureFlow links interconnected control areas of four transmission system operators of Central-South Europe which today do face increasing challenges to ensure transmission system security: the growing share of renewable electricity units has reduced drastically the capabilities of conventional, fossil-fuel based means to ensure balancing activities and congestion relief through redispatching. Research and innovation activities are proposed to validate that consumers and distributed generators can be put in a position to provide balancing and redispatching services, within an attractive business environment. The overarching goal of the present Research and Innovation Action is to design and pilot test comprehensive techno-economic models for open and non-discriminatory access of advanced consumers and distributed generators to a regional platform forancillary/balancing and redispatching services. More information on www.futureflow.eu This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 691777.