The Danube Region Strategy PA1b Implementing Strategy Working together June 2011 May 2015 Franc Žepič, Secretary, PAC Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia 10th Steering Group Meeting 1 & 2 July 2015 Ljubljana, Slovenia 1
The Danube Region 14 States: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Ukraine Population: 119 mio (EU28: 506 mio) Area: 1,149.201 km2 (EU28: 4,381,392) 2
EUSDR Governance model EUROPEAN COUNCIL Possible financing sources Policy level DG MOVE DG ENVI DG ENLARG DG COMP, EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG Regional Policy Danube Strategy Point(DSP)? High level group (HLG) National Coordinators (NCs) ERDF, Cohesion Fund, TEN-T Fund, Structural Funds (Obj. 1-2-3 programmes) IPA ENPI Steering Group for each PA Operational level Priority Area Coordinators (PAC) (11 PA-s, 24 PAC-s) Project leaders / promoters Sectorial EU and national funding (environment, education, etc.) International Financing institutions Private banks, Donors 3
PA1b and Targets (COM(2010) 715 final) Strategy(Communication by the Commission) (Only) Three exemplary targetsfor EUSDRPillar 1 (Connecting the Danube Region) which are of relevance for EUSDR Priority Area 1b as amended: Improved travel times for competitive railway passenger connections between major cities; Implementation of the 4 Rail Freight Corridors crossing the Danube Region as planned within 3 or 5 years and possible inclusion of a new corridor with added value of linking together the EU and non-eu member states' railway systems; Development of efficient multimodal terminals at Danube river ports and dry portsto connect inland waterways with rail and road transport by 2020. 4
PA1b and Actions Action Plan (SEC(2010) 1489 final, dated 8.12.2010) 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. Action (2) - To implement the Rail Freight Corridors forming part of the European rail network for competitive freight. Action (3) - To enhance cooperation between air traffic stakeholders in order to prepare a plan to implement shorter plane routes. Action (4) - To ensure sustainable metropolitan transport systems and mobility. Action (5) - To improve the regional/ local cross-border infrastructure and the access to rural areas. Action (6) - To develop further nodal planning for multimodality. Action (7) - To develop further Intelligent Traffic Systems by using environmental friendly technologies, especially in urban regions. 5
PA1b Events 9 STEERING GROUP MEETINGS (Kick off (1st) on 22 June 2011 in Ljubljana; Second 20 October 2011 Belgrade; Third 20 February 2012 in Ljubljana, 4th 20 June 2012 Belgrade, 5th 18 December 2012 Belgrade, 6th 24-25 April 2013 Ljubljana, 7th 11-12 December 2013 Belgrade, 8th 1-2 April 2014 in Ljubljana, 9th 10-11 September 2014 Belgrade, 1-2 July 2015) 1 Joint meeting Pa1a and PA1b; 3 May 2012, Bratislava 1 Ad hoc Working Group on projects; 9 10 February 2011, Belgrade 6 WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS: - two on Common Transport Vision for the Danube Region; 27 September 2012, Belgrade and 15 March 2013, BXL - on Rail Freight Corridors (Action 2), 27 June 2013; Ljubljana - on Air Transport Development (Action 3), 5 September 2013; Belgrade - two on ITS in the Danube Region (Action 7), 27 March 2014, Timisoara and 25-26 September, Vienna 7 CONFERENCES (with Stakeholders): - 1st Stakeholder Conference The Danube Region Transport Days 2012 ;18-19 November 2012, Ljubljana - Second The Danube Region Transport Days 2013 ; 3 October 2013: Belgrade - The First conference Transport & Research in the Danube Region, 2-3April 2014, Ljubljana - Conference Transport & Logistics in the Danube Region, 10 March 2014, Belgrade and 26 March 2015-3rd Stakeholder Conference The Danube Region Transport Days 2014, 21-22 October 2014, Ljubljana - 1st conference Road safety in the Danube region: Towards Zero Vision, 20-21 May 2015, Ljubljana And active participation at number of events organized by the CION (e.g. PACS/NCPs meetings, Annual Forums, ) and at invited events (conferences, seminars, workshops). 6
Danube Region: TEN-T, SEETO and ENP Roads, ports and RRT s 7
Projects received(150): Examples Austria Upgrading Rail Vienna Bratislava Bulgaria Design of the Modernization of Vidin Sofia Railway Line Croatia Construction of New Freight Bypass Double Track Railway Line Zaprešic Horvati Turopolje Dugo Selo Hungary Montenegro Romania Development of Hungarian Section of Eurovelo6 (Bicycle Route From The Atlantic To The Black Sea) Rehabilitation Of Railway Line Vrbnica-bar Modernization Of Tulcea Danube Delta Airport Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Construction of Intermodal Terminal in Belgrade The Road Bridge Komarno(Slovakia) Komarom(Hungary) 3rd Development Axis northern part: State Road between the A1 Šentilj- Koper Motorway and Velenje Ukraine Construction of Railway Branch from Port Reni to Railway «Odessa - Izmail» 8
Examples of new project ideas Common Transport Vision of the Danube region (TRANSDANUVIOS) Danube Region Infrastructure Needs Assessment (DRINA) (Analysis of Transport Bottlenecks in the Danube Region) Danube Region Intermodal Strategy (DRIS) Danube Region Air Transport Development (DAirNet) Western Balkans Corridor (WBC) Initiative: Black Sea Adriatic Sea Rail Freight Corridor (Traianus) 9
The Danube Region Gaps Corridors? High Speed Railways? Logistics? Road Safety? 10
Pan-European Corridors Ministerial Conference: Crete 1994, Helsinki 1997 No. IV: Dresden/Nuremberg Prague Vienna/Bratislava Budapest Bucharest Constanta Sofia Thessaloniki/Plovdiv - Istanbul No. V:Venice Ljubljana Budapest Lvov Branch A: Bratislava - Uzhhorod Branch B: Rijeka Zagreb -Budapest Branch C: Ploče Sarajevo -Budapest No. VI:Gdansk Katowice Žilina; branch Katowice -Brno No. VII: The Danube River No. VIII:Durres Tirana Skopje Sofia Plovdiv Burgas Varna Constanta No IX:Helsinki -St. Petersburg Kiev Chişinău Bucharest - Dimitrovgrad Alexandroupolis Source: Wikipedia No. X:Salzburg Ljubljana Belgrade Skopje - Thessaloniki Branch A: Graz Maribor -Zagreb Branch B: Budapest Novi Sad -Beograd Branch C: Niš Sofia -Istanbul Branch D: Veles Bitola - Igumenitsa 11
Neighbourhood Connections e.g. HLG chaired by Loyola de Palacio (Report November 2005) Communication from the Commission COM(2007) 32, 31 January 2007 Multimodal Axis: NORTHERN AXIS CENTRAL AXIS SOUTH-EASTERN AXIS SOUTH-WESTERN AXIS Motorways of the Seas (SSS) 12
Transport Infrastructure: Today Core Corridors TEN-T(Reg. 1315/2013 on TEN-T and Reg. 1316/2013 on CEF) 2014 2020 (2030): 9 CORE TEN-T CORRIDORS and EU COORDINATORS: 1. Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor (FI, SE, DK, DE, AT, IT, MT) Mr. Pat Cox (IE) 2. North Sea-Baltic Corridor (NL, BE, DE, PL, LT, LV, EE, FI) Mr. Pavel Telička (CZ) 3. North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor (IE, UK, FR, NL, BE, LU) Mr. Peter Balazs (HU) 4. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor (PL, SK, CZ, AT, SI, IT) Mr. Kurt Bodewig (DE) 5. Orient/East-Med Corridor (DE, CZ, SK, AT, HU, RO, BG, GR, CY) Mr. Mathieu Grosch (BE) 6. Rhine-Alpine Corridor (NL, BE, DE, FR, IT) Ms. Ana De Palacio (ES) 7. Atlantic Corridor (PT, ES, FR, DE) Mr. Carlo Secchi (IT) Five corridors are part of the Danube region transport network i.e. No. 1, No.4, No.5, No.8 and No.9. 8. Rhine-Danube Corridor (FR, DE, AT, CZ, SK, HU, HR, RO, BG) Ms Karla Peijs (NL) 9. Mediterranean Corridor (ES, FR, IT, SI, HR, HU) Mr. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (NL) 13 13
Europe: Logistics potentials Trade & Transport trends The largest share of container traffic towards the Danube region flows through the Atlantic and North sea Ports still!! Why? Source: Internet prof.dr. Theo Notteboom (2012) 14
Logistics Performance Index LPI measures logistics efficiency. Six component indicators: 1) The efficiency of the clearance process (e.g. speed, simplicity) 2) Quality of infrastructure (roads, rail, ports, RRT, ITS) 3) The ease of arranging competitively priced shipments 4) The competence and quality of logistics services (transport operators, customs brokers) 5) The ability to track and trace consignments 6) The frequency with which shipments reach the consignee within the scheduled or expected delivery time Danube macro-region countries: LPI ranking and scores 2012 (of 155 countries) Country Rank Country Rank Germany 4 Slovakia 51 Austria 11 Romania 54 Slovenia 34 Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria 36 Ukraine 66 Hungary 40 Serbia 75 Croatia 42 Montenegro 120 Czech Republic 44 Moldova 132 Source:World Bank (Connecting to compete 2012: Trade logistics in the global Economy 55 15
Road Safety - fatalities 2013 Per1 mio population Austria 54 50% Bulgaria 82 50% Bosnia and Herzegovina Reduction target 2011-2020 69 (2012)* 65% (RS), 30% (FB&H) Croatia 86 50% Czech Rep. 63 50% Germany 41 Not set Hungary 59 50% Moldova 135 (2010)* 50% Montenegro 75(2012)* 50% Romania 92 20% (2003-2015) Serbia 81* 17% (2009 2019) Slovakia 42 50% Slovenia 61 50% Ukraine 100(2010)* Not set Source: Internet, SLO media EU 52 Source: irtad, WHO and DG MOVE 16
Decisions to be made No common real progress in Danube region envisaged! 17
Challenges?
Challenges for Transport in the Danube Macro region: Better cooperation, Better coordination, Joint promotion of activities, Exchange of best practices, Joint efforts for financing: E.g. New programming period 2014-2020 ( Danube Programme ): Joint projects, supported also by EUSDR PA1b Steering Group 19
Thank you very much! Please visit: www.danube-region.eu http://groupspaces.com/mobilityrail-road-air/ PAC Serbia Miodrag Poledica, State Secretary Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Belgrade poledica@mgsi.gov.rs PAC Slovenia Franc Žepič, Secretary Ministry of Infrastructure Ljubljana franc.zepic@gov.si 20