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Barents Freeway Project 2 Project time: – Grant Contract signed Budget 1,4 M€ Kick-off meeting in September 2012 Contract notice: November 2012 Type of procedure: restricted First Steering Group meeting in January 2013 Consultants start Mars 2013

Barents Freeway: Objectives Integration of the current transport strategies, plans and projects of each country into the Common Barents Region Transport Strategy. To create a platform for applying system approach when making decisions and launching synergy effect in developing transport infrastructure. Elimination of border constraints in order to add fluency of transport flows, to improve accessibility of regional, national and international markets for the producers of the Barents Region and to accelerate the integration of local economies of the Region into the global economy. 3

Barents Freeway - Partners  Norrbotten County Administration, Sweden  Finnmark Fylkeskommune, Norway  Troms Fylkeskommune, Norway  Norland Fylkeskommune, Norway  Regional Council of Lapland, Rovaniemi Finland  Transport Agency of Arkhangelsk Region, Russia  Arkhangelsk Regional Road Administration “Arkhangelskavtodor”, Russia  Murmansk Regional Ministry of Transport and Communications, Russia  Murmansk Regional Road Administration “Murmanskavtodor”, Russia 4

Barents Freeway – Assosiated Partners  Joint Authority of Kainuu Region (Kainuun Maakunta – kuntaytymä), Kajaani, Finland  Regional Council of Oulu (Pohjois-Pohjanmaan liitto), Finland  Ministry of Construction of Karelian Republic, Russia  Federal State Institution "Directorate of the federal road St.- Petersburg-Murmansk FGU UprDor Kola  Ministry of Industry, Transport and Communications Development of the Komi republic, Russia  Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (POP ELY) for Norhern Ostrobothnia, Oulu, Finland  Government of Perm Region, Russia  Northern Karelia Council (Pohjois-Karjalan liitto), Finland  Västerbotten County Administration, Sweden  Futurum AS, Norway 5

Osasto Project Activities: First Phase SEMINARS to collect information concerning the national strategic priorities and to find common objectives, as well as gaps and divergencies.  Rovaniemi / Kick-off  Luleå  Murmansk 6

Osasto Project Activities: Second Phase WORKSHOPS (5) to produce case studies covering all modes of transport: air, rail, waterways, roads and border crossings OBJECTIVE A concept of the Barents multi-modal transport and logistics platform 7

Osasto Project Activities: Third Phase ACTIVITIES to produce the integrated Barents Region Transport Strategy with common objectivities and priorities  Commenting round of the first draft   A second draft  Seminar to finalize the Barents Region Transport Strategy 8

Osasto Project Activities: Fourth Phase ACTIVITIES to introduce a model of equipment procurement with pilots  Definition, prioritization and selection of the needs  Purchasing of the pilot equipment  Installation - “ - SELECTION procedures and management for outsourced services FINAL SEMINAR results, analysis, continuing 9

Osasto Barents Freeway – some points of interest  Definition of our important international traffic corridors (road, rail, waterways..) –Development path  how to reach the standards  How to obtain coherent data about the cross-border roads –Development of methods –Subjective evaluation  Oversized vehicles (length, weight), usage on the international routes  Northern Sea Route  Other... 10