Review of latest Governance-Processes and activities Within the East Sea - Adriatic Sea - Corridor Go_Net_Regions Projekt WP 1 – Output 1.1 Author Christoph Pienkoß, Paul Vieweg © Image Source: Scandria go_net_regions. INDEX I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 II. Projects ................................................................................................................................................... 4 a. Baltic- Adriatic Transport Cooperation (BATCo) ...................................................................................... 4 b. Freight and Logistics Advancement in Central/South-East Europe (FLAVIA) ............................................ 5 c. South East Transport Axis (SETA) ............................................................................................................ 6 d. South-North Axis (SoNoRa) ..................................................................................................................... 7 e. Scandinavian Corridor for Growth and Innovation (SCANDRIA) .............................................................. 8 f. East-West Transport Corridor II (EWTC II) ............................................................................................... 9 g. TransBaltic – Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region .................................... 10 h. Corridor of Innovation and Cooperation – (COINCO North) ................................................................... 11 i. Green STRING Corridor – The new green growth centre in northern Europe ......................................... 12 j. Transalpin Transport Architects (TRANSITECS) ...................................................................................... 13 k. BSR TransGovernance (TransGov) ......................................................................................................... 14 III. Initiatives .............................................................................................................................................. 18 a. North-South Initiative ........................................................................................................................... 18 b. North Adriatic Port Association (NAPA) ................................................................................................ 19 c. Brenner Corridor Platform (BCP) ........................................................................................................... 20 d. Central European Transport Corridor (CETC) ......................................................................................... 21 IV. Stakeholder-Mapping ........................................................................................................................... 23 V. References ............................................................................................................................................ 30 2 go_net_regions. I. Introduction Since the start of INTERREG IV in 2007, various projects, studies and initiatives have been launched to establish a “North-South Corridor” as axis between the east Sea and the Adriatic Sea that is crucial to boost the economical development within the old west/east European border area by pointing out the great transport advantages of the new linkage. The "Berlin Declaration" of November 2007 marked the beginning of an initiative demanding "an attractive transport infrastructure as well as internationally competitive and efficient means of transportation within the Scandinavian-Adriatic Development Corridor". The declaration was followed by the COINCO-charter in March 2008. Based on this development, in 2008 the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development advanced the development of concrete EU funded cooperation projects. In November 2008, the Scandria "sister project" South-North Axis (SoNorA), led by the Veneto region, started within the Central Europe Programme. Both are complemented by the projects Transitects, which focuses on North-South- transport via the Alps, and COINCO-North. Scandria also signed a common agreement on joint green transport corridor activities with the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications as well as the transnational territorial cooperation projects East West Transport Corridor II (EWTC II) and TransBaltic. Now the ongoing TransGov project brings together recent initiatives that aimed to create cooperation in the Baltic Sea region. This review provides a collection of the projects mentioned above and adds other important projects and initiatives that have been or still are essential in promoting, shaping and establishing this corridor. It collects examples of projects and initiatives and gives and overview resp. delivers a critical “mapping” of the current stakeholders. 3 go_net_regions. II. Projects a. Baltic- Adriatic Transport Cooperation (BATCo) - 4/2010 – 6/2013 The Baltic-Adriatic Transport Cooperation aimed to improve the connectivity within the European railway network between the Adriatic Sea and the East Sea, especially the linkage to important sea and inland ports and intermodal hubs as well as the accessibility of peripheral regions. Through a promotion of a shift of transport from road to rail, the project supported a reduction of CO2 emissions and protection of the environment. Results Political promotion of the corridor: the BAT-Corridor is a recognized transport corridor and a great example, how regions can express and promote their interests on a European level. Within this framework the publication “The Baltic Adriatic Axis. Element of the future European TEN-T Core Network” provided a consistent argumentation. BATCO was focused on east Europe which did not meet the interests, expressed by the East German parts of the corridor. Project Partner III. AUSTRIA ITALY LP Regional Government of Carinthia - Department for Economic Law and PP Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation (ITL) Infrastructure PP Aries Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Trieste PP Development Agency of Carinthia PP Regional Union of the Veneto Chambers of Commerce PP ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH PP Port Authority of Trieste PP Office of the state government of Styria - Department FA18A Transport planning PP Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea PP Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology PP Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia PP European Academy Bolzano POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC PP Regional Development Agency PP The Union for the Development of the Moravian-Silesian Region PP Upper Silesian Agency for Entrepreneurship Promotion Co. SLOVAK REPUBLIC PP Port of Gdańsk Authority PP Transport Research Institute, JSC. PP Maritime Institute in Gdansk PP Central Mining Institute 4 go_net_regions. b. Freight and Logistics Advancement in Central/South-East Europe – Validation of trade and transport processes, Implementation and Application (FLAVIA) - 03/2010 – 04/2013 FLAVIA aimed to improve the intermodal freight transport without constructing new infrastructure. Logistic process optimization was the centre of attention which was carried out through using methods like benchmarking, bottleneck- and accessibility analysis. Furthermore the project intended to increase networking and intermodal freight transport. Results Flavia delivered essential results about the relevant logistic markets within the Scandria corridor, Austria, Czech republic and Germany in a range of reports like "Needs of logistics market players", "Missing liner services", "Missing terminals", "Cross border problems" and "Interoperability". A feasibility study on the intermodal network for the Development agency Southwest-Saxony (GVZ), named "Connection of secondarily terminals better to main hubs” has been conducted and is of great importance. Project Partner GERMANY HUNGARY LP Technical University of Wildau PP Hungarokombi PP Pro-Rail Alliance PP Hungarian Logistics Association PP Ministry of Economic and European Affairs of the Federal State Brandenburg SLOVAKIA PP GVZ Entwicklungsgesellschaft Südwestsachsen GmbH PP Technical University of Kosice PP Office of the state government of Styria - Department FA18A Transport planning PP Regional Advisory and Information Centre Presov PP Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology PP Interport Servis Ltd. POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC PP Institut for Logistics and Warehousing PP University of Pardubice ROMANIA PP Express-Interfracht Czech s.r.o. PP University „POLITEHNICA“ of Bucharest AUSTRIA PP Ligisticum Stevr-University of Applied Science Upper Austria 5 go_net_regions. c. South East Transport Axis (SETA) – 01/2011 – 12/2013 The south east transport axis is the interconnection of the (SETA) TEN-T corridors IV, VI, VII and V, X. As an important supplement to the TEN-T core network SETA improves the international accessibility of the participating regions and supported regional and economical development. The extension of interregional networks as well as hinterland linkages to the northern Adriatic ports Koper and Rijeka are the main focus. Results SETA has a strong focus on middle and eastern European countries. An important issue is the connection between ports and the hinterland north-eastwards. By supporting environmentally friendly transport, green corridors are about to be established. Project Partner AUSTRIA SLOVAKIA LP Regional Government