Transnational Conference: South East Europe Programme

WATERMODE project outline1st Call project

Republic of Slovenia Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

20th of April 2011, Ljubljana

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BACKGROUND

Problem addressed: lack of integration of the waterborne transport modes in the logistics chain of South-Eastern Europe; lack of coordination of the transnational and local strategies for the valorization of the sea and inland waterways port infrastructures.

The SEE Region uniqueness: the SEE area is crossed by relevant freight traffic flows, originated and directed in-and outside it; this traffic is mainly supported by road infrastructures not planned for these level of flows.

During the last 5 years Intra EU trade flows to/from New Member states (EU 12) have been steadily increasing supported mainly by road infrastructures .

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THE EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE EU ECONOMY BARYCENTER

PARTNERSHIP

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IT Venice PA (LP)Veneto RegionAncona PALevante PAAT FGM-AMORSLO Port of KoperHU Pannon Business NetworkBG Exec. Ag. Maritime Admin.RO Costantza PAGR BIC AttikaAlexandroupolis PASER AlmaMons Devel. AgencyNovi Sad UniversityMNE Port of BarALB Durazzo PA

TOT. BUDGET €

3.193.500,00

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CENSUS LOGISTICS MULTIMODAL FACILITIESMapping the area, valorizing water-ground multimodal transport potential

ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT /COMPETITIVENESS OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTIncreasing competitiveness of the alternatives to road transport

SAFETY FOR COMPETITIVENESS IN MULTIMODALITYDefining and promoting common training instruments - COM (2007)616

STRUCTURE AND OBJECTIVES

IMPROVEMENT OF WATERBORNE MULTIMODAL

TRANSPORT

WP3

NETWORK ON MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTBetter coordination between policy makers and stakeholders WP4

WP5

WP6

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PROJECT RESULTS

1. Definition of performance indicators and mapping of multimodal logistics facilities. 206 LF mapped + 13 Country Reports.

2. Definition of common training tools for safety training in logistics. MoU signed in Novi Sad, November 2010 – Observer ILO.

3. Comparison of the internal and external costs between the multimodal and road transport on predefined routes.Constanta-Wien; Port Said–Venice/Koper-Wien; Port Said-Piraeus-Burgas; Bari-Bar/Durres-Burgas).

4. Set up a permanent Network (MULTILOG) to promote multimodal transport in the SEE area. MoU signed in Venice, March 2011.

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MOU ON SAFETY NOVI SAD, NOVEMBER 2010

• Within the logistics sector qualified personnel is lacking.

• Common platform identifies minimum standards required in training courses on work safety that are recommended as good practice in the Countries of the signatory partners:o duration, o content, o training methods o 11 Training Modules (i.e. generic port operator, ship-to-shore crane operator, stivadores, lasher).

• WATERMODE has been invited at “Development ILO guidelines on Training in port sector”, Geneva, 12-13 /01/2011.

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Phase One → the expenses will be met by the WATERMODE project (budget of individual partners).Network Coordinator “ad interim”, lasting 6 months.Technical Committee. Watermode partners

Phase Two → the expenses will be funded either by the partners and/or by existing or future EU projects.Network Coordinator “ad interim”.Executive Committee composed by 3 members.Watermode partners + New members

MOU “MULTILOG”

VENICE, MARCH 2011

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During the implementation of WATERMODE project:o Linking the main ports to hinterland terminals and freight

villages of SEE to the TEN-T core network;o Linking the Balkan Regions to the TEN-T core network;o Unifying the regulatory framework that gives incentives to

services that develop multimodal transport and safety;o Standardizing shipping costs; o Standardizing ICT systems (common SEE platform),

TEN-T Review Process

PHASE ONE: OBJECTIVES

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1) Principle of multimodality: all priority nodes and links of the Core Network should be multimodal.

2) Methodology for Multimodal platform:•constitutes the main platform of a NUTS 2 region;•transhipment volume exceeds 1 % of the total national volume;•connected to three out five TEN-T modal network components (land transport modes, air and sea).

Commission Staff working document: “The new TEN-T Policy Planning and implementation issues” – SEC (2011) 19.01.2011

TEN-T CONCEPT : MULTIMODAL PLATFORMS

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Strengthen the collaboration and the partnership at transnational level by using the tools of the European Territorial Cooperation and EU transport programmes, to stabilize the Network and promote joint actions to improve the attractiveness of multimodal transport solutions in the area:

PHASE TWO OPPORTUNITIES

New Members

Next SEE Calls

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1. Promotion and development of the WATERMODE Network: transnational platform for the competitiveness of the SEE area.

4th CALL: PROJECT IDEAS FOR WATERMODE 2

2. Involvement of the relevant National and Regional Authorities: definition of common priorities to increase the coordination of strategies and polices for the transport infrastructures planning.

3. Involvement of the transport and logistics operators: promote the relationships between the economic and transport sector.

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Thank you for your attention!

Mr. James Orlandi Head of Projects Research and Development Unit, Venice PA

james.orlandi@port.venice.it

Ms. Mara PitaccoloWATERMODE Project Manager, Venice PA

mara.pitaccolo@port.venice.it