Efficient corridor management INTRODUCTION TO THE SESSION

Efficient corridor management New transport policy instrument Roles, responsibilities and consequences fairly unknown to many players SO….. How to achieve an effective stakeholder interaction in the implementation of the core network corridors? How to better involve lighter-weight players (e.g. smaller municipalities and regions, SMEs, NGOs etc.) in developing and putting the corridor work plans into action? How to ensure that the core network corridors are attractive to the market players?

Corridor cooperation networks in the BSR (formal and project-based) Mid-Nordic Green Transport Corridor Bothnian Green Logistic Corridor NLC/Midway Alignment Scandinavian Arena East-West Transport Corridor Association European Corridor Baltic Link Association STRING SCANDRIA Rail Baltica Growth Corridor CETC-ROUTE65 Association of Polish Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Regions

Multi-level governance experience Reasoning behind: Lobby for delayed investment No influence on decision-making at higher tiers, although forced to ’live with results’ Catch up with global/European policies Optimised development Earlier experience of bottom-up cooperation across the borders Source: www.teriin.org/div/ST_BriefingPap.pdf Driving forces: Municipalities/regions ‘supervising’ progress (incompatibilities across borders, lagging behind cross-border sections etc.) Interreg a good tool to provide evidence-based arguments for the investment Formal structure found important to: Avoid redundancy and prevent involvement from fading away Share priorities and agree on action (efficient coordination mechanism) Reaching for EGTC – mobilise actors, increase commitment, improve dialogue with the national level?

Greening blueprints available Business models and policy measures (Interfacing regional growth and sustainable mobility) Corridor action plans Green corridor manual & information broker system ICT tools (public travel planner, air cargo information system) Sustainable energy programme Logistics learning programme Common service model for logistics centres New multimodal chains/blocktrains, alternative vehicle fuels for long distance transport, duo-trailer based dry port etc. AND MANY MORE…

2015-2018: one step further… Core network corridors Growth Cohesion Prosperity More effective macroregional cooperation through the core network corridors Lessons learned: corridor interaction process, business involvement (input to pilot cases) Own studies Conclusions from pilot cases Enriching the EUSBSR Connecting the BSR to the core network corridors corridor node and transit regions corridor catchment regions corridor void regions PILOT CASES

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