EAST WEST TRANSPORT CORRIDOR PRE - LAUNCH EVENT INTERREG IVB NSR Programme Building Stronger Partnerships: National Institutions as Key Players in Interreg IVB Ostend, 21 22 March 2007 Mattias W ALISCH Photo: M W ALISCH 13 06 2006 EAST WEST TRANSPORT CORRIDOR EAST WEST TRANSPORT CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT AND ATTRACTIVE INTERMODAL TRANSPORT CORRIDOR CONNECTING EAST AND WEST 1
Global Context The South Baltic Sea is a Global Growth Area Global Context Connection to the Far East via Trans Siberian Railway 2
East West Transport Corridor Main Objectives Business and Logistic Development Preparation for Investments Reducing Bottlenecks Intelligent Transport System Development Safety: Navigation Support in Ports and Variable Speed Limits Analysing Consequences when using Electronic Fee Collection Systems Joint Strategy for the Development of East- West Transport Corridor 3
Work Approach Main Bottlenecks Unbalanced traffic Tariffs not harmonized Customs not harmonized Freight documents not harmonized Bureaucracy Access of means of transports Different cultures Language skills 4
Expectations from Private partners From simulating models build up and develop one route taking following issues in Consideration. Suggest necessary improvement in infrastructure Finding commercial and operational solutions in an unbalanced traffic Harmonizing customs procedures and customs regulations Harmonizing documentation Harmonizing tariffs and find a way of international cooperation. Stimulate cooperation between involved organisations No openings of already open doors - Research must be commercial oriented Triple Helix applied in East West Research Private Public Railog Smelte Lisco VGTU BTH Klaip Univ etc Railways 3 Ports Roads Theory Practice 5
EAST WEST Transport Corridor A complete intermodal transport chain from East to West NO Jönköping Göteborg Nässjö Älmhult Esbjerg Olofström Sydostlänken Karlshamn Klaipeda Moscow TransSib. Vostochnyy, Nachodka UK Mercury B/NL Kaliningrad Vilnius Viking Minsk Peking Harbin Missing Intermodal link Kiev Existing Intermodal link Odessa Pre-feasibility Studies Promoting Intermodal Transport Klaipeda Karlshamn Blekinge Esbjerg 6
Partnership - Lithuania Klaipeda State Seaport Authority S Dobilinskas / Arturas Drungilas Municipality of Klaipeda Almantas Murieka Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Dr. Algirdas Sakalys Klaipeda County Gov Administration - Dalia Pleskoviene Klaipeda County Coordination Center - Roma Stubriene Klaipeda University Prof. Vytautas Paulaskas Lithuanian Road Administration Algirdas Radauskas SC Lithuanian Railways Albertas Simenas/Irmantas Kandratavicius Lisco Baltic Service - Samuel Vindergauz Klaipedos Smelte - Rimvydas Vastakas Partnership - Sweden Port of Karlshamn Björn Nilsson and Ulf Sandevärn Karlshamn Municipality Anders Wiberg Blekinge Institute of Technology Prof. Paul Davidsson and Jan Persson Region Skåne - Mats Pettersson Region Blekinge Bengt Gustafsson Blekinge County Administrative Board Lennart Olsson Swedish Rail Administration Magnus Fahl and Helena Rosenlind Karlskrona Municipality - Tore Almlöf Swedish Road Administration Leif Ringhagen and Lars Örnfelt Swedish Maritime Administration Björn Åke Zetterberg ITS Sweden Christer Karlsson IKEA Peter Olofsson Railog AB Tommy Hallen and Göran Wollmer Karlshamns AB Roger Lindau Karlshamns Expressbyrå - P-G Persson Food Tankers AB Thomas Pettersson EC Gruppen - Lars Elmberg AerotechTelub - Mikael Krusenberg 7
Partnership - Denmark Port of Esbjerg Ole Ingrisch/Karin Holländer University of Southern Denmark Jakob Kronbak EU Vest - Jeanette Kristensen Municipality of Esbjerg - Erik Brinck Vejle County - Erik Orskov Esbjerg Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Tom Nielsen Storstroems Amt Kristian Primdal Öresunds Logistics - Patrik Hyden Railon AB - Christian Thing DFDS Tor Line - Nikolaj Kock Partnership - Russia CCTT - Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation G. Bessonov Kaliningrad Regional Administration Pluhin (M. Truchko) Baltijsk Municipality Victor Koshelev Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy Leonid Meyler Kaliningrad State University Elena Kropinova Kaliningrad Branch of North West Academy of Public Administration Igor Krasniansky 8
Budget 2006-2007 ERDF Nat Co-financing 1,86 MEURO 1,38 MEURO Total 3,24 MEURO ----------------------------------- ~ MoS 128 MEURO (20-30 %) Building Stronger Partnerships: National Institutions as Key Players in Interreg IVB Key players? Key Promoters! (Also financially) Some areas as Key Players! Accessibility Development Nature protection/management legal changes Start Up Phase (innovation; funds) How? Identification within each scoop (prog & project level) Specific selection criteria if involving Nat level 9