The EU Strategy for the Danube Region Priority Area 1b Sustainable Mobility in the Danube region From Coordination and Cooperation to Co-Action Franc Žepič, PAC 1b Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia 4th ANNUAL FORUM of the EUSDR SMART, SOCIAL, SUSTAINABLE Innovation for the Danube Region PA1b Sustainable mobility in the Danube Region 30 October 2015 Ulm Germany 1
Macro Regional Strategies - Challenges and Opportunities Example: Slovenia cooperate in three macroregions! EUSDR Danube 14 countries = 9 EU MS + 5 Non-EU MS; EUSAIR Adriatic-Ionian 8 countries = 4 EU MS + 4 non-eu MS; EUSALP Alpine (under preparation) 7 countires = 5 EU and 2 non-ee. 2
The Danube Region... 14 States: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Ukraine Population: 115 mio (EU28: 506 mio) Area: 1,092.591 km2 (EU28: 4,324,782) 3
EUSDR Governance model EUROPEAN COUNCIL Possible financing sources Policy level DG MOVE DG NEAR DG ENVI DG COMP, EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG Regional Policy Danube Strategy Point (DSP) High level group (HLG) National Coordinators (NCPs) ERDF, Cohesion Fund, CEF/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 4
PA1b and 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. 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
EVENTS organized by PA1b: 10 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 Belgrade, 10th 1-2 July 2014 in Ljubljana; + (1) Ad hoc Working Group on projects; 9 10 February 2011, Belgrade + (1) Joint meeting Pa1a and PA1b; 3 May 2012, Bratislava 6 WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS: - (2) Common Transport Vision for the Danube Region ; 27 September 2012, Belgrade and 15 March 2013, BXL - (1) Rail Freight Corridors (Action 2), 27 June 2013; Ljubljana - (1) Air Transport Development (Action 3), 5 September 2013; Belgrade - (2) ITS in the Danube Region (Action 7), 27 March 2014, Timisoara and 25-26 September, Vienna 8 CONFERENCES (with Stakeholders): - (3) The Danube Region Transport Days ; 18-19 Nov. 2012, Ljubljana, 3 Oct. 2013: Belgrade and 21-22 Oct. 2014, Ljubljana - (2) Transport & Research in the Danube Region ; 2-3April 2014, Ljubljana and 20-21 October 2015, Čatež (SI) - (2) Transport & Logistics in the Danube Region ; 10 March 2014, Belgrade and 26 March 2015, Belgrade - (1) Road Safety in the Danube Region, 20-21 May 2015, Ljubljana TOTAL: 26 events! Planned before end of 2015: - Conference Development & Maintenance of Road Surfaces in the Danube Region, 25 Nov. 2015, Bled (SI) - 11th SG Meeting, Belgrade 6
Danube Region: TEN-T and SEETO Rail (freight), ports and RRT s 7
Danube Region and the TEN-T Core Corridors 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) 5 out 9 Core corridors are crossing the Region! 7. Atlantic Corridor (PT, ES, FR, DE) Mr. Carlo Secchi (IT) 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) 8
Danube Region: TEN-T and Connectivity Agenda The three core network corridors to be extended for the Western Balkans as well as priority projects along sections of these corridors and on other important sections of the core network for possible EU funding over the next six years are planned. These are: - Mediterranean Corridor - Orient / East-med Corridor - Rhine/Danube Corridor 9
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY & The Danube macro-region
Definition Sustainable mobility is: - transport that contributes to welfare of all peoples! - mobility that meets the needs of society to move freely, gain access, communicate, trade and establish relationships without sacrificing other essential human or ecological requirements today or in the future. (the World Business Council; source Internet) 11
Thank you very much! Please visit: www.danube-region.eu http://groupspaces.com/mobilityrail-road-air/ PAC Serbia Mr. Miodrag Poledica, State Secretary Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Belgrade poledica@mgsi.gov.rs PAC Slovenia Mr. Franc Žepič, Secretary Ministry of Infrastructure Ljubljana franc.zepic@gov.si 12