Transcript European Union Strategy for the Danube Region

European Union Strategy for
the Danube Region
1.b Mobility and Multimodality
Rail, road and air transport
1st Steering Group meeting
PA1b coordination
Miodrag Poledica, PAC Serbia
Franc Žepič, PAC Slovenia
Ljubljana, 22 June 2011
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Contents
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Governance Structure
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Funding
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Communication and Action Plan
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Targets
Actions
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Projects
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Work Program
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Next Steps
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Key Planned Activities
Tentative Timetable
Conclusion and Contacts
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Governance Structure
Policy Coordination
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Council + Commission + HLG / NCPs
Joint platform for coordination (Transport ministers)
Implementation
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PAC (Steering Group = 2 PAC + 12 members + CION)
- poss. WG, poss. Thematic Seminars
Annual Forum
- all stakeholders (transport)
Interact Lab Group
- Programmes
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Funding (Sources of financing)
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National Budgets
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EU (Cohesion Fund, Structural funds (European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European
Social Fund (ESF)), TEN-T, INTERREG frameworks,
Marco Polo II Programme, IPA, ENPI)
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The Banks (EIB, EBRD, WB)
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Alternative (e.g. PPP, bonds)
Key task: Mobilisation and aligning of existing funds.
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Communication and Action Plan
 Communication (COM(2010) 715 final)
Pillar (1): To improve mobility and multimodality
- major challenge: mobility
- examples of targets
- stresses:
political support to current initiatives,
consistency with EU legislation and policies,
importance of the Region for EU neighbours.
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Action Plan (SEC(2010) 1489 final)
- objective: sustainable mobility,
- describes actions and examples of projects
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Targets:
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Targets as examples could be (COM(2010) 715 final):
PA1a
Increase the cargo transport on the river by 20% by 2020 compared to 2010;
Remove existing navigability bottlenecks on the river so as to accommodate type
VIb vessels all year round by 2015;
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PA1b
Improved travel times for competitive railway passenger connections between
major cities;
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Implementation of the 4 Rail Freight Corridors crossing the Danube Region as
planned within 3 or 5 years;
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Development of efficient multimodal terminals at Danube river ports to connect
inland waterways with rail and road transport by 2020;
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Achievement of national targets based on the Europe 2020 climate and energy
targets;
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Targets
(PA1b SG – proposal):
Possible division:
 Short term
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Stock taking (inventory of projects),
Better cooperation - Common transport policy for the Region
Removal of barriers for better mobility – shortening travel time,
 Medium term
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Plan for or removal of major bottlenecks
Study of high speed train network and missing motorway links
 Long term
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Removal of all bottlenecks (rail, road, airports)
At least two airport hubs in Eastern part of the region
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Actions
- Action Plan (SEC(2010) 1489 final)
Action (1) - “To bring to completion the TEN-T (rail and
road) Priority Projects crossing the Danube Region,
overcoming the difficulties and the bottlenecks
including environmental, economic and political,
particularly in the cross-border sections”.
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Example of project: “To construct two new bridges over the Danube”. The
two bridges would be built on the stretch of the Danube between Romania and
Bulgaria. One of the bridges would link Bechet (RO) with Oriahovo (BG) while the
other one would connect Calarasi (RO) with Silistra (BG).
(Lead: Bulgaria and Romania; Financing: national budget, TEN-T, banks)
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Action Plan
Action (2) - “To implement the Rail Freight Corridors
forming part of the European rail network for
competitive freight (Reg. 913/2010)”.
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Article 8
Governance of freight corridors
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1. For each freight corridor, Member States concerned shall establish an executive board
responsible for defining the general objectives of the freight corridor, supervising and taking the
measures as expressly provided for in paragraph 7 of this Article, and in Articles 9 and 11, Article
14(1) and Article 22. The executive board shall be composed of representatives of the authorities of
the Member States concerned.
5. The management board shall take its decisions, including decisions regarding its
legal status, the establishment of its organisational structure, resources and staffing, on the basis of
mutual consent of the infrastructure managers concerned. The management board may be
an
independent legal entity. It may take the form of a European
economic interest grouping within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) (1).
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Reg. 913/2010
List of initial freight corridors - Member States Principal routes:
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1. Zeebrugge-Antwerp/Rotterdam-Duisburg-[Basel]-Milan- Genoa (By 10 November 2013) NL,
BE, DE, IT
2. Rotterdam-Antwerp-Luxembourg-Metz-Dijon-Lyon/[Basel] (By 10 November 2013) NL, BE, LU,
FR
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3. Stockholm-Malmö-Copenhagen-Hamburg-Innsbruck- Verona Palermo (By 10 November 2015)
SE, DK, DE, AT, IT
CENTRAL NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR
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4. Sines-Lisbon/Leixőes — Madrid-Medina del Campo/ Bilbao/San Sebastian-Irun- BordeauxParis/Le Havre/Metz Sines-Elvas/Algeciras By 10 November 2013 PT, ES, FR
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5. Gdynia-Katowice-Ostrava/Žilina-Bratislava/Vienna/ Klagenfurt-Udine-Venice/ Trieste/
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/Bologna/Ravenna/ Graz-Maribor-Ljubljana- Koper/Trieste By 10 November 2015 PL, CZ, SK,
AT, IT, SI
BALT-MED CORRIDOR
6. Almería-Valencia/Madrid-Zaragoza/Barcelona-Marseille- Lyon-Turin-Milan-Verona-Padua/VeniceTrieste/Koper- Ljubljana-Budapest-Zahony (Hungarian-Ukrainian border) By 10 November
2013 ES, FR, IT, SI, HU
MEDITERRANEAN CORRIDOR
7. Prague-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest/ - Bucharest-Constanta/ - Vidin-SofiaThessaloniki-Athens By 10 November 2013 CZ, AT, SK, HU, RO, BG, EL ORIENT CORRIDOR
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8. Bremerhaven/Rotterdam/Antwerp-Aachen/Berlin-Warsaw- Terespol (Poland-Belarus
border)/Kaunas By 10 November 2015 DE, NL, BE, PL, LT
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9. Prague-Horní Lideč-Žilina-Košice-Čierna nad Tisou (Slovak/ Ukrainian border) By 10
November 2013
CZ, SK
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Action Plan:
Action (3) - “To enhance cooperation between air traffic
stakeholders in order to prepare a plan to implement
shorter plane routes
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Example of project: “To implement SESAR, the technological part of the Single
European Sky, in the Danube Region”. Intelligent traffic systems in the air transport sector
contribute to reduce airports' environmental footprint and to minimise nuisances like noise and
air pollution. Technological tools can contribute to a more efficient management of flights both on
the ground (airport management systems) and in the air (Functional Airspace Blocks).
(Lead: ? , Financing: ?)
FABs in the Region:
- FAB CE (Functional Airspace
Block Central Europe)
AT, B&H, HR, CZ, HU, SK and SI
- Danube FAB
BG and RO
- FAB EC (Functional Airspace Block Europe Central)
DE, BE, FR, LU, NL and CH
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Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova and Ukraine
are not YET included in FAB implementation!
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Action Plan:
Action (4) - “To ensure sustainable metropolitan transport
systems and mobility”.
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Example of project: “To create river-bus and other connections between urban
centres along the Danube (Danube Express Project)”.
The project aims to create river-bus connections between the big metropolis along the Danube
and their satellites. The river-bus should be a solution especially for the longitudinal travel
needs and for the areas where there are no bridges across the Danube. That would improve
the mobility of people and could also be used for tourism purposes. The project should help
increase the intermodal passengers transport leading to an optimal and sustainable utilization
of resources.
(Lead: ? , Financing: ?)
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Action Plan: :
Action (5) - “To improve the regional/ local cross-border
infrastructure and the access to rural areas”.
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Example of project - “To extend public transport lines”.
This is a programme to encourage the public transport companies of the Danube valley
countries (bus and rail) to extend their existing lines, charging a local fare, to connect
settlements on both sides of the border.
(Lead: ? , Financing: ?)
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Action Plan:
Action (6) - “To develop further nodal planning for
multimodality”. The overlap of different freight and
person transport leads in many nodes to congestion and
loss of productivity.
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Example of project -“To implement the South North Axis (SoNorA) project”
The aim of this project is to develop accessibility between the Adriatic and Baltic seas by
making the network real through support for the completion of transport infrastructure, by
activating and improving multimodal freight logistics services, by developing transnational
action plans for future realisations and by supporting new regional development opportunities
arising from transport network improvements.
(Lead: Veneto Region (Italy), Financing: ?)
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Action Plan:
Action (7)- “To develop further Intelligent Traffic Systems
by using environmental-friendly technologies, especially
in urban regions”.
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Example of project - “To implement the European Digital Traffic Infrastructure
Network for Intelligent Transport Systems (EDITS)”
Better information about the transport system allows a more efficient management of the
existing transport infrastructure, reducing congestion and environmental damage. This is the
overall objective of the project EDITS (e.g.: traffic management, traffic planning and
modelling, traffic information), using transnationally harmonised traffic geodata. Vienna
Region" can serve as a good practice example. Also supporting transport planners to manage
the existing transport infrastructure in a more efficient way. Local/ regional/ national
administrations will be provided with technical guidance.
(Lead: Public Transport Association of the Vienna Region; Financing: ?)
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Projects
Possible Division
Geographical Scope:
 Within The Danube Region
 Going beyond the Region’s boundaries
Time of execution:
 Ongoing
 Planned
 Project Ideas
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Projects (2)
Received 41 projects from 7 member countries:
AT (2), BG (6), HU (6), SK (3), SI (2), SRB (20), RO (2)
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Aviation 9,
Rail 16
Road 4
Intermodal 8
Passenger transport 2
Research / transport policy 2
Status:
Planned: 17
Ongoing: 19
Project Idea: 5
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Projects (3): Neighbouring Countries Cooperation
Examples of Ongoing Projects:
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Scandria aims to link Scandinavia (Baltic Sea) with Northern Adriatic
http://www.scandriaproject.eu/
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CETC (the Central European Transport Corridor) Route 65 aims to link Baltic Sea
(Gdansk) with Northern Adriatic
http://konferencja.cetc.pl/en/conference/filter/1
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BatCo aims to link Baltic Sea with Adriatic Sea
Duration: 36 months (March 2010 - February 2013)
http://batco.datenkraft.info/en/batco/objectives-project-structure
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SoNorA aims to develop accessibility between the Adriatic and Baltic seas
Duration: 40 months (November 2008 - February 2012)
http://www.sonoraproject.eu/
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Projects (4):
Neighbouring Countries Cooperation
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SEETAC aims at solving the cross-border bottlenecks and the lack of harmonization
and becoming an instrument to solve both the administrative problems, such as missing
institutional and legal transnational framework at border crossings, and the operational
ones, such as lack of common safety, security and environmental standards, lack of
harmonisation of transport modes.
http://www.seetac.eu/
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CREAM - Customer-driven Rail-freight services on a European mega-corridor
(Rotterdam- Munich-Ljubljana-Istanbul) based on Advanced business and operating
Models
http://www.cream-project.eu/home/index.php
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FLAVIA aims to improve intermodal freight transport logistics between central and
south-eastern Europe, while at the same time strengthening the environmentally
friendly modes of transport rail and inland waterways.
http://www.flavia-online.de/
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TRANSITECS focus of the project lies on making rail more attractive and accessible for
the logistic market
http://www.transitects.org/
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Work Program 2011
Key planned activities 2011
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Draft Work programme
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Taking stock of ongoing projects and studies (inventory)
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Review of targets
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Re-examination of actions
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Meetings (including conferences, seminars)
- PA1b SG
- Stakeholders conference (transport)
- Active participation on invited events
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Next Steps
Tentative Time Table 2011
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Kick-off meeting of the PA1b Steering Group (2PACs, 12
members and the Commission) in Slovenia (22 June 2011)
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Second meeting of PA1b SG in Serbia (October)
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(poss.) Meeting four PACs (SRB, SI, RO, AT) (poss. Vienna,
before end 2011) – overview of activities of PA 1a and 1b
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(poss.) Stakeholders conference - transport (2011/2012)
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Conclusion
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CONTACTS PAC 1b
 Mr. Miodrag Poledica
Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, Serbia
[email protected]
Tel: +381 11 3616 613
 Mr. Franc Žepič
Ministry of Transport, Slovenia
[email protected]
Tel: +386 1 478 8524
Thank you!
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