Learning from the TEN-T Days 2013

Jean-Marc Venineaux, European Commission28 November 2013, Brussels

• The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, 4 years on…

• Review of the Action Plan

• New programming period

• Looking ahead

Keywords

• July 2011-June 2012: The EUSBSR on the Council's agenda

• June 2012: Council Conclusions on objectives, indicators and targets; and roles and responsibilities

• Autumn 2012: Update of the Action Plan • Early 2013: "Strategy 2.0" ready for the June

2013 evaluation of macro-regional strategies• Lithuanian EU Presidency

Review of the Action Plan

Timeline

• Three objectives: Save the Sea, Connect the Region, Increase Prosperity

• 22 Priority Areas and Horizontal Actions• Individual indicators and targets for each

Area• Actions and Flagship Projects are linked• Integrated chapters on governance, new

flagship projects, roles and responsibilities, financing…

• Annex on completed projects

Review of the Action Plan

The new Action Plan

New Priority Areas and Horizontal Actions (Nov 12)

Review of the Action Plan

• Well functioning transport system• Concern for spatial development• Environmental consideration• Internal and external links• Sustainable transport system (green corridors and

greener international logistic services)

Need for:

Priority Area Transport

– Coordinate national transport policies and infrastructure investments (priority to TEN-T core networks)

– Improve the connection with Russia and neighbouring countries (by making full use of cooperation with NDPTL)

– Facilitate efficient and sustainable passengers and freight transport solutions (green corridors network, intelligent transport systems)

– Increase the role of the Baltic Sea in the transport systems of the Region (motorways of the Sea)

Recommendations from inter alia NDPTL works, BTO 2030, Transbaltic, Trangovernance process, etc.

Key role of the coordination group

Actions:

Priority Area Transport

New Financial Framework:•Macro-regional strategies (MRS) in the regulations:

– Common provisions, Art. 14(a)v: Partnership Contracts to take account, where appropriate, of MRS

– Common provisions, Art. 87(c)vi: Relevant OPs to set out their planned interventions to support the Strategy

– ETC regulation, Art. 6(b) allowing transnational programmes to support implementation (TA)

•Importance of integrating macro-regional perspective/cooperation throughout (also for country-specific programmes)-partnership agreements, operational programmes

Financing matters

• New macro-regional strategies (Adriatic-Ionian, Alpine Space)to be adopted end 2014-mid 2015

• Commission Communication in 2014 on governance of macro-regional strategies

• 5th Annual Forum in Turku (3-4 June 2014)

Looking ahead

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