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SEETO’s added value to the

Danube Region

Mate Gjorgjievski,

Acting General Manager/ Transport Law Expert

Danube Region Transport Days

21-22 October, 2014

SEETO ‘s role

SEETO – enables general policy environment for integration to

the common EU Transport Policy on regional level;

strong added value to the development of the SEETO

Comprehensive Network and the national transport planning

process, but also integration processes in related fields (trade,

competitiveness, environment, energy, research &

development...)

SEETO sustainability- serious commitment by the Regional

Participants; EC places SEETO process in the core of the

accession process for TEN-T and Transport Policy (EC Progress

Reports)

Integrated approach in economic development and growth of the

SEE region and other macroeconomic regions (SEE2020

Strategy, Danube Strategy, Adriatic-Ionian, Balkan-

Mediterranean)

Regional transport planning-benefits from SEETO-

• SEETO Comprehensive Network- included in the new

proposal for revised TEN-T Guidelines- TEN-T

Comprehensive Network in the South East Europe

o Aim: to create efficient and functional network which integrates

the region in the global transport flows

• SEETO Strategic Work Programme

o Focus on horizontal measures (including border-crossing

facilitation) and overall transport system development to ensure

high return of investments in transport infrastructure

• Improved coordination with IFI’s and EC:

o Enhanced coordination under WBIF and increased utilization of

WBIF funds in transport sector

o opening of CEF funds

MAP 2014 presents:

to date achievements of the SEETO

Cooperation

Current state – of - art of the infrastructure

and transport on the SEETO CN

SEETO CN investment trends in

2004-2012 period and urgent investment

needs

Main regional infrastructurepriority projects

on the SEETO Comprehensive Network

Horizontal measures, complementing the

proposed infrastructure measures

Multi Annual Plan 2014

Projects Rating Methodology criteria

Criteria Road Rail Other transport modes

Economic Criteria (40%)

Economic Internal Rate of Return (EIRR) from 0 to 100 from 0 to 100 from 0 to 100

Regional Criteria (40%)

Relevant Ministries commitments

to the proposed projectfrom 0 to 30 from 0 to 30 from 0 to 30

Border crossing coordination from -25 to 25 from -25 to 25 non applicable

Technical standards from -25 to 25 from -25 to 25 non applicable

Benefits for other international users from 0 to 20 from 0 to 20 from 0 to 20

Regulatory/Technical Criteria (10%)

Maintenance of road and railway

infrastructurefrom -75 to +75 from -75 to +75 non applicable

Operation of road infrastructure from -25 to +25 non applicable non applicable

Environmental Criteria (10%)

Environmental effects from -100 to +100 from -100 to +100 from -100 to +100

Regional Transport Study

(REBIS update)

Commenced in October 2013

Financed and conducted under the World Bank (Western Balkans

Investment Framework)

The expected results are:

• Transport Demand Model and traffic projections;

• Identification of key transport corridors/routes/links;

• Analysis of the physical and non-physical barriers to the efficient

operation of the SEETO Comprehensive Network

• Identification and Analysis of Investments and Measures to Enhance

Network Efficiency;

• Priority Action Plan for physical and non-physical improvements in the

SEETO Comprehensive Network.

Multimodal Flagship Axes initiative

• identification of physical and non-

physical barriers for selected

multimodal axes (Corridors/Routes): Corridor X (highest traffic flows + connectivity

Port of Thessaloniki and Belgrade)

Corridor Vc (connectivity Port of Ploce and Sava

river)

Corridor VIII + Route 7 (connectivity Port of

Durres, Corridor X and Black Sea)

Route 4 (connectivity Port of Bar, Corridor X,

Danube and Corridor IV)

Danube river (already European corridor)

• analysis and proposal of plausible

remedial measures for reducing

travel times and transport costs

• Increasing attractiveness of axes

Key findings

Condition

Bottlenecks

Improvement

Flagship Axes- “tube maps”

Axes presentation: Corridor Vc

Road: Condition: Medium (only 26 km in good condition)

Percentage of motorways: 6.75% + section from Lasva-Visoko put

in operation on a level of motorway

Speed: many restrictions to 50 km/h or bellow

AADT: 7,844 veh/day

Bottlenecks (LoS): 41 km (Karuse-Maglaj, Zenica-Lasva)

Investments: underinvestment on the side of BiH since 2004;

however, 1,245 million EUR planned in MAP 2014

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Summary of limitations:

Sarajevo-Blazuj – urgent need (highest AADT, lowest speed, 40km/h)

Karuse-Maglaj-Zenica-Lasva-Visoko - planned investments & ongoing works

Blazuj-Jablanica – ongoing works

SEETO external dimension

• Participation to EU initiatives and “umbrella” EU driven

strategies with regional ownerships

SEE2020 Strategy- SEETO as Dimension

coordinator for dimension Transport

improve the utilization rate of transport

infrastructure

ensuring harmonisation with the EU transport

regulatory framework -creating common market

conditions and safety standards

development of co-modality and improving the

ratio of railway and waterborne transport

SEETO external dimension

Danube Strategy- SEETO as partner for various Projects of

common interest:

The Danube Region Intermodal Strategy (DRIS)

The Danube Region Air Transport Network Strategy (DAirNet)

Western Balkan Corridor (WBC)

……

Other areas where joint efforts and further cooperation could be

foreseen :

Facilitate the access to the transport market in different transport

modes;

transport system management ; transport & infrastructure safety

alleviation of the transport-related costs of the trade& logistics

development of wide intelligent transport systems services

Regional added value of the SEETO

process

• Comparability with TEN-T: respecting and supporting the criteria for regional importance, economic impact, bankability of project, social-environmental impact and technical standards

• Promotion of soft measures and transport policy reforms that add to the national efforts for aligning with the EU transport acquis, generate greater regional benefit from the investments in the infrastructure and achieve better transport operations;

• Supporting the creation of an integrated and liberalised market for transport services (through a Transport Community Treaty;)

• Use of latest technology in data collection, data presentation and network map creation (GIS)- largest transport data base in the region (SEETIS)

• Extended network of transport authorities, public institutions, transport experts, private operators and international organisations

A way forward

Improvement of regional interconnections and attraction

of European and world commercial transport flows-

bringing economic growth

o Use of IPA II (including Multi-beneficiary IPA), WBIF and CEF

should be focused and well targeted in line with the SEETO

priorities

Reducing barriers- improving quality of services and

efficiency of the transport system

Promoting co-modality, energy efficient& environmentally

friendly transport modes and air transport connections

(Danube & SEE 2020 Strategy);

Synergy between policy objectives of SEETO and

Danube region; coordination of financial instruments

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