INTERREG IIIB project RAIL BALTICA

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INTERREG IIIB project RAIL BALTICA

• Final Conference
• 10 January 2008

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INTERREG IIIB project RAIL BALTICA

• Project approved by Baltic Sea Region INTERREG
  III B Neighbourhood programme Steering Committee,
  02.06.2005.
• Project duration 3 June, 2005 till 28 January,
  2008
• Total Project budget 1,15 mil. EUR
• ERDF funding from BSR INTERREG IIIB programme -
  75.

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Project partners

• Leading partner Foundation Riga region
  development agency
• There are 23 partners from Germany, Poland,
  Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Latvia.
• Partners representing national and regional
  authorities, railway companies.

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Project Rail Baltica

• Project aim The definition of the most
  favourable route for the Rail Baltica railway
  link in terms of spatial planning and regional
  development
• Project divided in 4 Work Packages
• Budget changes To achieve the objectives of the
  project under each of WP there were budget
  changes made

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WP1

• Objective
• Definition of a common strategy for the
  integration of spatial planning and regional
  development issues.
• Results
• conditions for successful railway development
  are clarified
• a joint assessment approach is defined
• a common development strategy is elaborated

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WP2

• Objective
• Analyses of alternative routes/ lines within RB
  Development Zone
• Results
• Evaluation of regional alternative allignments of
  RB in light of assessment approach/development
  startegy
• Study on the definition of the most favourable RB
  route

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WP3

• Objective
• Development of a joint approach for Case Study
  development and evaluation
• Results
• 5 Case studies performed
• approach for the planning / evaluation of
  development projects is harmonized in
  best-practice handbook

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WP4

• Objective
• Initiation of a promotion campaign and of
  political discussions to further promote a
  harmonized approach
• Results
• Promotion of Rail Baltica public information
  -newsletters and leaflets
• Rail Baltica home page
• Final international press conference
• Final project report and dissemination of it.

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Thank you for your attention
Dans Bertulis Foundation Riga region development
agency