Transcript Priority 2 - Baltic Sea Region

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
Priority 2 External and internal accessibility of the BSR
BSR Programme 2007-2013 Conference
Ryszard Toczek, City of Gdynia - ARCA
10 -11 May 2007 - Hanzeatic City Hamburg
Preface
70’. The idea of TransEuropean Motorway North – South was elaborated as TEM
Project under the auspices of UN Economic Commission for Europe. The project has 13
partners (from Turkey to Poland) and 3 observers: Sweden, Ukraine and Serbia.
It is the most developed European regional infrastructure project aiming at
construction and operating the international motorway and expressway network
linking the countries of Central and East European countries and connecting the Baltic,
Adriatic, Aegean and Black seas. The total length of all roads is 23797 km.
TEAM of TEM
Within the scope of this project, the cities in Poland and
Sweden decided to work together for the benefit of it.
In 1995 there were established TEM cities associations in
Sweden (seat in Karlskrona) and in Poland (seat in
Gdynia).
In the meantime in Czech Republic was established
Union for Development of Moravian-Silesian Region
(seat in Ostrava).
Union of TEM Cities in Poland decided
to adopt the name “Amber Road Cities
Association” as a preservation of the
heritage of the “Amber route” in
Roman times.
Union of TEM Cities in Sweden
accepted recently the name: “Baltic
Link Association”.
Amber is an important tourist mark,
used in the branding the cities and
regions mainly in Russia (St.
Petersburg, Kaliningrad Oblast),
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Czech Republic, Austria - to Italy.
Last 7 years
1. 2000. SEBTrans (Interreg IIC) project
prepared the future scenario of
Development Zone of the VI TINA Corridor
2. 2004. EC
accepted the list
of 30 transport
priority projects.
3 of them were
confirmed as the
basic outputs of
SEBTrans project:
“ motorways of
the sea (project
21),
railway/motorway
Gdansk –
Brno/Brastislava –
Vienna (projects:
23,25).
3. “SEBTrans-Link” (Interreg IIIB)
project prepared about port and
road/rail investments in
Karlskrona, Gdynia (new ferry
terminal), Klaipeda and Baltijsk.
In Sweden, the road 22 as well
as the “Coast-to-Coast” railway
(Goeteborg-Karlskrona) were
integrated as “Baltic Link”.
Polish Government has decided
to involve the investment “new
ferry terminal in Gdynia” to the
Operational Programme
Infrastructure and Environment
2007-2013.
2005.05.01. Poland, Lithuania
Latvia and Estonia joined EC.
The Baltic Sea is almost entirely
within the EC territory.
4. 2005. The Polish Government has decided to
build the A-1 motorway (priority project 25) until
the end of the 2010 and E-65 railway (priority
project 23) – until 2015.
In Pomorskie Region, the A1 motorway ( called
“Amber One” ) has a good progress and will be
finished until 2008. The works started in Silesian
Region as well. In ports of Gdańsk/Gdynia the
new ro-ro and container terminals are under
construction. The Amber Route Zone in Poland,
Czech Republic and Slovakia is transforming
into transeuropean development zone with fast
increasing number of global investors (large
scale investments, mainly in cities).
Simultaneously, the modernization of the
railway Gdańsk/Gdynia (priority project 23) was
initiated.
Baltic-Link 
5. 2006. Baltic Link Association (Sweden) and
ARCA (Poland) „accepted „Joint Political
Statement regarding upgrading of the TEN
transport corridors in Europe”. Our cooperation
is strongly supported by “Euroregion Baltic”.
6. 2005. ARCA,
Pomorskie Region, Port
of Gdynia and Maritime
Institut in Gdańsk –
acting together with
Region Veneto (Italy)
decided to submit the
project Interreg IIIB
CADSES “Adriatic –
Baltic Landbridge” –
Priority 2: Transport and
information society) in
order to assess the
potential for creation of
multimodal transport
corridors connecting
potentials of BSR and
Adriatic Sea Region
(Central Europe).
7. 2006. ARCA and Union for Development of Moravian-Silesian Region (City of Ostrava)
agreed to support the realization of the development zone as “Amber Route
Development Zone”.
8. 2006. After the VII Meeting of PETC VI
Steering Committee (2006) in Graz
(Austria) the area of the Corridor was
extended to the Bolonia (Italy).
9. 2007. Polish Ministry of
Transport declared full support for
the preparatory works of the
Transnational Development Zone
along Amber Route. The Monitoring
Committee, composed by 4
different unions of cities and rural
communes was set up for joining
the initiative.
10. Because of 20%
annual growths of
dynamic in the ferry
link Karlskrona –
Gdynia, the Swedish Polish consortium:
“Baltic Link
Association”, Stena
Line, Port of Gdynia,
Maritime Institute in
Gdańsk, Pomorskie
Region and ARCA –
along with other
stakeholders prepared the project
“Motorway of the Sea
Karlskrona – Gdynia”.
New ferries were
ordered.
Background of the priority 2:
STRENGTHS
• Dense network of maritime connections,
especially in the western part of the BSR
• Advanced multimodal transport solutions in
some parts of the area
• TEN-T network extending to countries
neighbouring the EC
• High ICT usage in some parts of the BSR
(top leading countries)
• Relatively good coverage of the area by
transnational development zones enhancing
cohesion and integration in the BSR
WEAKNESSES
• Peripheral geographical location of the
BSR to important economic centres in
Europe
• Poor accessibility to some parts of the
BSR (especially in this north and east) due
to deficiencies in land and air transport
infrastructure and perserverance of
functional and institutional barriers (e.g.
national planning systems)
• Decreasing road infrastructure capacity
around some metropolitan areas
• Disparities in IT endowment between urban
and rural areas in the BSR
OPPORTUNITIES
• High potential to absorb future
transport growth thorough maritime
services
• The gateway function of the BSR in
serving especially flows to and from
Russia and the Far East market
• Rising penetration of air services and
advanced communication to counteract
peripherality and low population density
• Widely used e-government practices
Strong potential to benefit from
globalization due to highly developed
businesses and advanced ICT
technologies in some parts of the BSR
and to sizeable BSR market
THREATS
• Declining public passenger transport
services and heavy increase of road
transport due to weakness of more
environment friendly modes
• Environmental problems associated
with the growth in both road and sea
transport including reliability of the
transport means as well as preparediness
and response issues
• Increasing territorial divide in access to
ICT and absorption capacity of digital
services
The objective of the Priority 2 is to increase the area’s external
and internal accessibility through development of transnational
solutions diminishing the functional barriers to diffusion of
innovation and traffic flows.
The goal is to jointly define and implement actions in order to:
1. Achieve smooth transport of goods and passengers using different
transport means across the BSR
2. Improve traffic and ICT connections of disadvantage areas
3. Increase the sustainability of transport
4. Secure the further development of transnational development zones
along the transport corridors
Areas of support
1.
Promotion of transport and ICT measures enhancing accessibility and sustainable
socio-economic growth
1/ Development and deployment of solutions to improve interoperability with regard to port – hinterland connections
and links between transnational – national-regional networks (addressing worst cases, highlighting good
examples and creating new ones)
2/ Planning and implementation schemes for the Baltic Motorways of the Sea as extensions and connecting sections
of land-side transport corridors
3/ Action plans optimizing air transport connections in the BSR in the context or sustainable development, economic
growth and accessibility
4/ Preparation of investments in and raising quality of public transportation catering for better connectivity of
disadvantaged areas (e.g. remote areas, areas with low and scattered population pattern etc.)
5/ Promotion, elaboration and testing of BSR-wide models of sustainable transportation alternatives, including the
use of biofuels and improvement of public transportation systems in urban areas
6/ Preparation of investments to increase absorption of ICT in peripheral and rural areas and to counteract the
territorial digital divide
7/ Provision, testing and territorial impact assessment of solutions in transport and ICT adjusted to low population
density in the North and to increased demand for transport infrastructure and services in the South
8/ Capacity building and harmonization of transport and ICT policies across countries and with translation to
comprehensive regional development policies, supplemented with education actions
9/ Creating BSR – wide institutional arrangements for integrated policy and decision-making on transport,
environment and health
2.
Actions stimulating further integration within existing
transnational development zones and creation of new ones
1/ Preparation of multimodal transport solutions aimed at combating bottlenecks and
missing links along transnational transport corridors and allowing to transform them
to transnational development zones
2/ Development of solutions safeguarding stability of existing transnational development
zones (joint development programmes and thematic strategies, establishment of
institutionalized structures for monitoring and counseling on investments, elaboration
of common brand products etc.)
3/ Elaboration, testing and dissemination of models and tools for efficient management of
transnational development zones
Expected results
Each project must address at least one common (for each priority) and one specific (for priority) result
Common results in the Priority 2
1/ Increased political recognition for transnational solutions improving BSR area’s external and internal
accessibility
2/ Increased sustainability of co-operative networks aiming at improvement of accessibility in the BSR
3/ Unlocking public/private investments in transport and ICT
Specific results in the Priority 2
1/ Accelerated increase of capacity and/or interoperability of different transport and ICT networks
2/ Speeded up integration of areas with low accessibility
3/ Influenced policies, strategies and regulations in the field of transport and ICT
4/ Increased role of sustainable transport
AMBER ROAD CITIES ASSOCIATION
CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
CITY HALL OF GDYNIA
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