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TOWARDS COMMON VISION FOR THE NORTH -BALTIC CORRIDOR

Liene Stikane, Spatial Planner VASAB [email protected] in a nutshell

NSB CoRe enhances regional development in the north-eastern by improving the internal and external accessibility of the region along the North Sea Baltic TEN-T corridor.

Lead Partner: Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council, Finland

Duration 5/2016 – 4/2019

15 partners from 6 countries 40 associated partners Towards joint transnational spatial vision on regional development, logistics and mobility of NSB CoRe corridor

Six workshops of stakeholders SWOT analysis performed Analysis of needs and bottlenecks were organised to identify regarding connections, in the NSB CoRe project area aspects of SWOT and overall infrastructure, regarding infrastructure and framework of the spatial vision. governance and impact institutional aspects

Apr Apr 2016 2019

Stakeholders mapping Desk review of planning Interviews and survey of Long-term spatial performed to identify key and legal documents, related stakeholders perspective draft organisation that need to results of other work elaborated till the second informed and involved in packages of NSB CoRe half of 2018 development of the spatial project vision North Sea Baltic Connector of Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme 2014–2020 Towards joint transnational spatial vision on regional development, logistics and mobility of NSB CoRe corridor

GOAL: open process with broad stakeholder involvement over 200 Expert interviews stakeholders 1 WS 4 WS 30 participants 13.09.2016.Poznan 2 WS 14.11.2017.Warsaw 18.01.2017.Helsinki 5 WS 39 participants 3 WS 22 participants Survey 37 participants 08.02.2018. Kaunas 6 WS 25 participants 04.04.2017.Riga 24 participants 41 participants 14.03.2018.Vaasa 78 participants

North Sea Baltic Connector of Regions Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme 2014–2020 Towards joint transnational spatial vision on regional development, logistics and mobility of NSB CoRe corridor

GOAL: interactive process over 10 methods

North Sea Baltic Connector of Regions Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme 2014–2020 Key needs to achieve a coherent transport network in the north-eastern Baltic Sea Region

N • Extention of NSB CoRe to o Bothnian corridor r t • Railway tunnel Helsinki – h Tallinn • Rail Baltica implementation • Effective connections to existing networks and 2nd level cities • Main bottleneck – Polish – Lithuanian border and NE S Poland o u • Integration with other t European and global transport h networks North Sea Baltic Connector of Regions Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme 2014–2020 Thank you!