11th Annual Meeting of Ministers December 3 rd, 2015 Mr. Dejan Lasica, SEETO General Manager Core and Comprehensive Network Planning and Delivering Transport and Logistic SEE and Danube Region Belgrade, April 14 th, 2016

SEETO Regional Cooperation SEETO Regional Ministries of Transport European Commission EU macro-regional strategies Industry Regional organizations Private sector IFIsUsers

Main transport achievements in 2015 Regional Core Transport Network established in WB (Brussels, April) Core network corridors (the Mediterranean, Orient/East-Med and Rhine/Danube corridors) extended to WB Priority list of Core Network infrastructure projects to be implemented by 2020 agreed (Vienna, August) Modification process of the Comprehensive Network List of Soft measures to complement the infrastructure development (Vienna, August) Opening of the transport market Establishment of competitive, reliable and safe transport system Increasing the effectiveness of Border Crossing Procedures

Main transport achievements in 2015

Indicative TEN-T Core Network to WB

Study on the Orient / East-Med Core Network Corridor, DG MOVE, European Commission; Contractor: iC consulenten / ITC / Panteia / Railistics / SYSTEMA / PwC 6 Core Corridors Western Balkans countries included in three TEN-T Core Corridors: Orient/East-Med Mediterranean Danube-Rhine corridor for the first time TEN-T network united: no more grey area on the maps

Regional transport planning Multi Annual Plan 2016 Includes both Comprehensive and Core Network overview Provides information on RPs main indicators Overview of Regional Infrastructure investments SEETO Priority Projects - Core and Comprehensive Network included Transport policy outlook

MAP 2015 Priority Projects Road projects eligible for funding and for preparation

MAP 2015 Priority Projects Railway and IWW projects eligible for funding and for preparation

Western Balkans Six process The Western Balkans Conference in 2014 in Berlin provided a political framework for more intensive development of transport infrastructure and policy evolvement during 2015 –agreement by the Western Balkan six Prime Ministers in Brussels in April on the regional core transport network –list of infrastructure projects and soft measures to be implemented by 2020 as well as the appointment of corridor coordinators (Vienna Summit in August) Implementation of soft measures has a high priority  committment on policy reform ("soft measures")  taken at the highest level of Western Balkans countries  need to deliver : soft measures as a condition for infrastructure

Vienna Summit soft measures Regional actions

National actions

Soft Measure Objective (by 2020) Regional –Market opening and increased competitiveness –Establishment of competitive, safe and reliable transport system National –Reduction of border crossing delays and simplification of procedures

Implementation of Soft measures SEETO mandated to monitor the implementation of "soft measures" –established Transport Facilitation working group (TFWG) – inter- institutional platform for dialogue (state administration, private sector through chamber of commerce) –Task: Monitoring and reporting on implementation of soft measures and the SEETO Flagship axes action plan Early 2016: stock taking of intermediate results at WB6 transport ministerial meeting (Brussels) July 2016: Paris WB6 summit. Review of 2016 short term goals achievement and decision on financing infrastructure projects based on the progress in soft measures

A way forward  Short term goals  Improving the transport environment through implementation of soft measures  Mid term goals  Implementation of the Core network by 2020  Ultimate goal  Increasing regional mobility and connectivity

Conclusions Further development of SEETO network as a bridge between West and East –Political support and 1 billion EUR provided – WB6 initiative. –Corridor managament approach to the development of SEE Transport System. –Implementation of soft measures – “get more with less”. –Further promoting co-modality, energy efficient& environmentally friendly transport modes (SEE 2020 Strategy) –Involving private sector participation in SEETO WGs and other regional initiatives. –Continuous cooperation with RCC & regional bodies and instruments

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Study on the Orient / East-Med Core Network Corridor, DG MOVE, European Commission; Contractor: iC consulenten / ITC / Panteia / Railistics / SYSTEMA / PwC Alignment of Rail Network nBudapest – Subotica – Beograd – Niš – Skopje – Gevgelija – Thessaloniki nBeograd (Resnik) – Podgorica – Bar nStalać – Kraljevo – Skopje 19