Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Strategische inzet van Walloni ë op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak Gregory Falisse Verantwoordelijk ‘Mobiliteit’ Walloon Business Federation

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Year 2007 WalloniaFlandersBelgium Rail tracks (km)163947%172749% % Motorways (km)86949%88350% % Regional et provincial roads (km) %604343% % Municipal Roads % % % Waterways (km)45129%107670% % Area (km²) % % % Population (inhabitants) % % % A more important financial weight  more accurate trade-off’s Source SPF Mobilité Transport, SPF Economie, Infrabel, calculs UWE Transport Infrastructures

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Regional split of traffic Source : SPF Mobilité et Transport

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Trafic growth more important in Wallonia Between 1990 and 2009 : + 39 % for B (98 billions of veh-km in 2009) + 34 % for VL (57 % of total) + 48 % for W (39 % of total) + 16 % for Bxl (4 % of total) Source : SPF Mobilité et Transport

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Source : SPF Mobilité et Transport  = 58 %  = 66 % Less density of road traffic

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Source : Institut des Comptes Nationaux, SPF Mobilité et Transports, Calculs UWE Traffic Intensity

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Source : SPF Mobilité et Transports, Calculs UWE Transport Efficiency

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 People’s Mobility

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Entreprises and mobility : a few figures In Wallonia : Commuting to work accounts for 10 % of all trips travelled (-> ~20 % linked to work place) Average distance Home - Work: 22 km 81 % of people are commuting with car (among which 72 % as driver) mainly for speed and flexibility reasons 65 % of active people have a parking place available at work 22 % of active people make professional trips every day 32 % of active people work outside typical Mo-Fri working days 38 % of active people have flexible or floating working hours 28 % of active people do not have lunch at work place Source : Enquête régionale sur la mobilité des ménages, 2003 (GRT)

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Results of federal diagnose among +100 employers (30/06/2008) (2.287 institutions in Wallonia for workers) Modal Split for commuting in Wallonie (22% of households trips) (in % of workers) Figures on 30/06/2008Figures on 30/06/2005 Carsolo76,1 % (67,1 % VL) with colleagues 4,8 % (5,1 % VL) 78,8% (67,6 % VL) 4,8% Train 4,6 % (4,7 % VL) 4,3% (3,9 % VL) Bus/tram/metro 3,8 % (4,2 % VL) 3,6% (3,8 % VL) Private Shuttles 0,4 % (1,4 % VL) 0,4% Bike 1,5 % (12,8 % VL) 1,2% (12,1% VL) Motorbikes 1,4 % (1,7 % VL) 1,4% Walk 3,2 % (1,7 % VL) 3,2% Other/variable 4,2 % (1,7 % VL) 2,5% Source : SPF Mobilité et Transports (2009) Entreprises and mobility

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Goods Mobility

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Rotterdam : 11,1 Mio. TEU Antwerp : 8,5 Mio. TEU Dunkerque : 0,2 Mio. TEU Zeebrugge : 2,5 Mio. TEU Total of TEU’s handled in 2010 Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Links with the Netherlands Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Integrators Paris Frankfürt Amsterdam Presence of main hubs in lessthan 200 km FRA – CDG – AMS = 66% of airfreight in Europe => + LHR = 75% Why Transport and Logistics ? Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Numerous multimodal logistic parks Why Transport and Logistics ? Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Ranking Nuts - 2 regions 2009 Ranking 2006 Costs Transport System Accessibilit y SupplyLabourKnow-HowScore 1Liège24,11,51,02,42,62,52,1 2Limburg - B13,62,01,2 2,91,72,1 3Hainaut33,22,21,71,02,13,32,2 4Nord-Pas-de-Calais92,82,53,02,12,53,82,7 5Namur63,72,42,04,32,13,52,7 6Luxembourg Belge213,33,41,52,33,64,02,7 7Alsace83,72,82,12,83,8 2,9 8Oost-Vlaanderen105,82,0 2,53,22,02,9 9Antwerpen47,41,52,02,42,01,03,0 10Arnsberg164,73,61,52,04,03,33,1 11Köln148,61,80,73,03,42,53,1 12Koblenz256,03,11,02,84,53,03,2 Source : Cushman & Wakefield 2009 Wallonia has a potential for welcoming logistics activities such as European Distribution Centers (EDC) Why Transport and Logistics ?

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 TriLogiPort 100 ha dedicated to logistic activities (15 ha for a container terminal) Direct links with Antwerp and Rotterdam First concessions are granted to Euroports (+ DP World), DLG and WDP Completion : 2012 Projects Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Carex CA rgo R ail EX press TGV for freight between Liège and Paris Alternative between truck and airplane European context (Lyon, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Liège…) From Liège Carex to EuroCarex Projects Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Targeting prioritary actions With additional means To boost the regional development With the collaboration of : - entreprises - trade unions - the actors of education - citizens Context : the Marshall Plan Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 The main measure : Creation of Competitivness Clusters  6 sectors : –life-science –agrofood industry –mecatronics –transport & logistics –aeronautics –green technologies in construction Context : the Marshall Plan Source : Logistics in Wallonia

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Conclusion Many business opportunities … some have already understood this!

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 They place trust in Wallonia…

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 They place trust in Wallonia…

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 Thank you for your attention Union Wallonne des Entreprises (Walloon Business Federation) Chemin du Stocquoy, 3 B-1300 Wavre Tél : Fax :

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober 2011 ICT & Mobility

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober , Blaise Pascal: “Les rivières sont des chemins qui marchent, et qui portent où l’on veut aller” 1960, Fernand Baudhuin, UCL: “Belgian industry has interest to migrate in Flanders for logistic reasons”. Wallonia, an escheated EU industrial region, middle in-between NL-VL-Fr-D, the richest economies of continental Europe. Export goods Bg.2010 ± 312 Md.€ (± 78% VL. ± 20% W., 2% Bxl., BNB Mar.2011) But Bxl = 25% of Bg services export (W. = 10%; Vl, = 65%), Export goods Nl ± 370 Md.€, Export goods Fr ± 393 Md.€ ICT & Mobility

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober Massive investments of which 24% public (local) 76% private (global), both in need to serve a hinterland. The Rotterdam dynamic

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober forcing trans modality. The Rotterdam dynamic

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober French cost comparison (blue = internal, green = external) Comparison of modal transport costs

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober TEN-T EU Priority Projects (being revisited) 20 railways projects 6 motorways projects 3 waterways projects 1. Motorways of the Sea (PP. 21) 2. Waterway axis Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube (PP. 18) 3. Inland Waterway Seine-Scheldt (PP. 30) (– Maas). 1 ICT project = Galileo (15)

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober Net financial position of Public administrations and private sector in the Eurozone = who can afford to invest, Data, closing 2009, in % of GDP, source BNB annual report 2010 Finance

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober Intelligent logistics, what is it? Application of ICT technologies to improve : –Track & tracing (container level) = localization (Galileo/GPS) –Administration (RFID) from du departure to arrival, worldwide. –Tele-management of locks, bridges, harbors, works ( = Portbase ). –Real time management (  fast, = foreseeable). –Arbitrations (1 ton of wheat change hands 40* from producer to consumer!) –Reliability of transport (lost Wagons! – looted trucks!...) –Reassure and manage stocks on trans modal move –Develop “added value enterprise networks” along the ways to hinterland. ICT = cloud computing + M to M communications = a wealth of new applications to improve the efficiency of quadrimodal logistics. Portbase R’dam = is a local but advanced ICT sea/airport application.

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober Some ongoing developments Wallonia : –TranslogisTIC: Rail Athus-Meuse, ERTMS/GSM-R, Consortium headed by Alsthom & financed by the Region (5 M€, TEN-T PP 28 ). –Euro Green IT PPP: Wallonia-IBM-Cisco-Mobistar –Others: Atos-Siemens, etc.. ITS : Intelligent Transport Systems for roads. Worldwide Project, not integrated, favor local innovation (100M€). IBM smart trade lanes, Wordlwide projet conducted by a keyplayer in applications developments. Mobistar : IC leader in M to M communications for FT. Portbase R’Dam : in search for development,

Strategische inzet van Wallonië op mobiliteit- en ICT-vlak - 13 oktober Let’s act “ Think global and act local ”, –Enterprise customers are global –Public authorities electorates are local (limited by constituencies). The “Maasroute” is an opportunity for ICT & Mobility –Cheap –Abundant workforce –Best logistic opportunity (Kuhne & Nagel) on the Maasroute to Paris. –Quadrimodal –Abundance of SME (99,6% = ) open for transnational cooperation. –In need of ICT & Mobility developments.