Advisory Services Agreement on Strengthening Planning and Budgeting Capacity and Supporting the Introduction of Performance Budgeting (P156889) Output No. 3 Institutional Strategic Plan 2017-2020 for the Ministry of Transport September 2017 Project co-financed from the European Social Fund through the Operational Programme Administrative Capacity 2014-2020 This report has been delivered under the Advisory Services Agreement on Strengthening Planning and Budgeting Capacity and Supporting the Introduction of Performance Budgeting signed between the General Secretariat of the Government and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development on June 8, 2016. It corresponds to Output 3 under the above-mentioned agreement. Disclaimer This report is a product of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / the World Bank. 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For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work, please send a request with the complete information to either: (i) the General Secretariat of the Government (1 Victoriei Square, Bucharest, Romania); or (ii) the World Bank Group Romania (Vasile Lascăr Street, No 31, Et 6, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania). 1 Table of Contents List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................3 List of Figures ................................................................................................................................4 List of Tables .................................................................................................................................4 Preamble ......................................................................................................................................6 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................8 I. Context of the Sector ................................................................................................................ 12 II. Mission and Vision .................................................................................................................. 20 III. Strategic Objectives, Programs, Measures and Indicators ........................................................ 21 Strategic Objective 1: Develop an integrated and environmentally friendly national transport system ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Program 1.1. Optimizing the national transport system and maintaining a balanced and sustainable rail and road network ............................................................................................................................ 25 Program 1.2. Development of road and rail infrastructure within the main internal and international transport corridors ................................................................................................................................ 32 Program 1.3. Increase the operational capacities of the Danube River and Ports ............................... 34 Strategic Objective 2: Develop a multimodal national transport system that is sustainable and efficient ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Program 2.1. Increasing the competitiveness of rail passenger transport services ............................. 42 Program 2.2. Development of an intermodal freight transport system, mainly served by environment- friendly transport modes ...................................................................................................................... 46 Program 2.3. Strengthening the regional and municipal organization of public passenger transport. 48 Program 2.4. Achieve a single transport area in air transport .............................................................. 51 Strategic Objective 3: Provide safe, accessible and clean transport solutions for the citizens ......... 53 Program 3.1. Safer transport ................................................................................................................. 58 Program 3.2. Cleaner transport ............................................................................................................. 61 Program 3.3. Increased transport accessibility ..................................................................................... 62 Program 3.4. Connection of rural areas to major road transport axes ................................................. 64 Program 3.5. Development of Intelligent Transport Systems ............................................................... 65 Strategic Objective 4: Optimize the performance of the Ministry of Transport to provide better services to the public ............................................................................................................................ 68 Program 4.1: Improve the administrative capacity of the sectoral policy management and implementation ..................................................................................................................................... 71 IV. Arrangements for Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of the ISP ................................ 74 V. Multiannual and Annual Budgeting and Financing Sources ....................................................... 77 Annex 1a: Budgetary Objectives and Programs for the period 2017-2020 (thousand RON) ............ 81 Annex 1b: Programs, Measures and Budget allocations 2017-2020 ............................................... 82 Annex 2: Institutional Strategic Plan (summary table) .................................................................. 89 Annex 3: Programs and connected Measures, Output Indicators (summary table) ........................ 99 Annex 4: Institutional Profile ..................................................................................................... 152 2 List of Acronyms ATM Air Traffic Management CEO Chief Executive Officer CFR Călători Societatea Naţională de Transport Feroviar de Călători (railway passenger company) CFR Marfă Societatea Naţională de Transport Feroviar de Marfă (railway freight company) CFR SA Societatea Naţională de Căi Ferate (railway infrastructure company) CNAIR National Road Management Company CSIR Inter –Ministerial Council for Road Safety EC European Commission ERDF EU Regional Development Fund ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System EU European Union EUR Euro currency unit GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Greenhouse Gas GTMP General Transport Master Plan ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICT Information and communication technology IRI International road roughness index ITS Intelligent transport System MAIC Multi-Annual Infrastructure Contract (with the infrastructure managers) MoT Ministry of Transport OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OPT Operational Programme for Transport PBMC Performance-based maintenance contract PPP Public private partnership PSC Passenger Service Contract PSO Public Service Obligation PSP Private sector participation 3 RIS River Information Services RNCMNR Romania National Company for Motorways and National Roads RON Romanian New Lei Ro-Ro Roll-on Roll-off RRA Rail Reform Authority SES Single European Sky SESAR Single European Sky ATM research GSG General Secretariat of the Government of Romania SOE State-owned enterprise TEN-T Trans- European Network for transport TEU Twenty-foot equivalent Units TU Traffic Unit VMS Vehicle Management System VNIS Vessel Information Navigation System List of Figures Figure 1. Monitoring cycle for Ministry of Transport’s Institutional Strategic Plan ................................................... 75 Figure 2. ISP structure by funding source ................................................................................................................... 78 Figure 3. Breakdown of financial envelopes, by year and strategic objective ........................................................... 79 List of Tables Table 1. EU financial allocations in Romania for 2014-2020 (mil. EUR, 2011 constant prices) .................................. 77 Table 2. Financial resources for operationalizing the 2017-2020 ISP (thousand RON) .............................................. 78 Table 3. Breakdown of estimated financial resources, by year and strategic objective (thousand RON, 2017-2020) .................................................................................................................................................................................... 79 4 Acknowledgments This report was prepared by a team comprised of Cătălin Păuna (TTL, Senior Economist), Jérôme Bleuchot (Transport Strategy expert), Mara Bubberman (Public Policy expert), Costel Todor and Mircea Tulea (World Bank experts). The report benefited from thoughtful comments