Activity Report of the Technical Secretariat and the Steering Committee for Pan- European Corridor X Technical Secretariat Pan-European Transport Corridor X REPUBLIC OF GREECE MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Egnatia Str., Thessaloniki, Greece, tel , fax , Website: 11 th Meeting of the Steering Committee for Pan-European Corridor X Belgrade, 22 January 2010

Border crossings   Finalisation of the inventory on border crossings along Corridor X (March 2009).   Submission of the activity report and inventory results to the Joint ITF/UNECE/World Bank Seminar “Overcoming Border Crossing Obstacles” (5-6 March 2009, Paris), as an input and preparation for discussions on the topic at the 2009 International Transport Forum (Leipzig, May 2009). The report is available at Activities since the last S.C. meeting (1/4)

Technical cooperation with Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for financing motorway projects on Corridor X (Leskovac – Levosoje and Demir Kapija – Smokvica):   Elaboration of two revisions of the Cost Benefit Analysis for Demir Kapija – Smokvica motorway, part of the application for EC/ IPA financing (April 2009 and September 2009).   Participation in various meetings with the responsible ministries and national stakeholders, as well as international financing institutions for the definition of financial plans of the projects.   December 11, 2008, Belgrade: International meeting of donors for Corridor X in Serbia.   February 13, 2009, Athens: Meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and World Bank for Corridor X in Serbia.   March 16 – 18, 2009, Belgrade: International meeting of donors for Corridor X in Serbia. Activities since the last S.C. meeting (2/4)

Cooperation with other Corridors in the Region and the South East European Transport Observatory (SEETO):   Participation in the South East European Transport Axis Cooperation (SEETAC).   The Corridor X structures (Chair and T.S.) are Project Partners for the information system development, traffic scenarios formulation and definition of the SEE Transport Axis strategy   The T.S. is Work Package Leader for the definition of priority projects and pilot actions and elaboration of financial plan   Participation in Meetings for the project   Technical meeting in Trieste (July 13, 2009)   Kick-off (SC) meeting in Vienna (September 24-25, 2009)   Partners technical meeting in Rome (January 19, 2010)   Exchange of technical data with SEETO. Activities since the last S.C. meeting (3/4)

Cooperation with “ARGE Korridor X – PLUS” partnership of the Corridor X railway organizations:   Exchange of information.   Participation in the General Assembly (Zagreb, July 1, 2009). Horizontal activities:   Monitoring of the state of play of the Corridor.   Follow-up of relevant studies and initiatives.   Database – G.I.S. maintenance.   Dissemination of information (website maintenance, papers, exchange of information with organizations active in the region).   Support to the Steering Committee and the Working Group for border crossings (meetings organization, minutes, etc.). Activities since the last S.C. meeting (4/4)