Review of related TER work and European initiatives

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TRANS-EUROPEAN RAILWAY (TER) PROJECT2nd
Expert Group Meeting (Budapest, 23 September
2004)

• By Mr. Michalis P. Adamantiadis, Regional Adviser

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Content

• Background (TOR-Tasks-Participation)
• Elaboration
• Objectives of the Meeting
• Review of the work
• Problems encountered
• Next steps

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Terms of Reference

• Objectives
• Consistent and realistic investment strategy for
  the development of the rail and combined
  transport infrastructures in the wider TER
  Region, supporting
• Promotion of TER Project goals
• Extension of TEN-T
• Development of Pan-European Transport Corridors
• Promotion of intermodality
• European transport integration

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Tasks

• Review of related TER work and European
  initiatives, policies and studies (WP.1, 2)
• Socioeconomic framework of concerned countries
  and alternative scenarios of growth (WP.3)
• Methodology and main assumptions (WP.4)
• Inventory of needs (WP.5)
• Elaboration of Master Plan (WP.6)
• Funding questions/financing arrangements (WP.7)
• Border crossing questions (WP.8)
• Conclusions/recommendations/dissemination(WP.9)

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Participation
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Elaboration

• Organisation and management (WP 0)
• PCO Main responsible
• National Experts Consolidate national
  information
• Invited organizations Thematic support/guidance
• External consultants Technical/ scientific
  assistance
• TER Master Plan Expert Group
• PCO, National Experts, Organizations,
  Consultants, UNECE
• TEM and TER Master Plan Coordination Group
• PCOs, External Consultants, UNECE

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Completed
Review of TER development (WP 1) Description of
work / tasks 1.1 Introduction of the TER
Project objectives and degree of their
attainment 1.2 Introduction of the TER
technical standards 1.3 Introduction of TER
network and plans 1.4 Introduction of the TER
GIS mapping and database 1.5 Introduction of
the TER Master Plan decisions Outputs
deliverables TER Projects background, objectives
and plans Time October 2003
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Completed (2)

• TER environment in Europe (WP 2)
• Description of work / tasks
• 2.1 Collection and review of relevant studies
  and works
• 2.2 Pan-European Transport Corridors (PETCs) and
  TER
• 2.3 Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment
  (TINA) and TER
• 2.4 Trans European Transport Networks (TEN-T)
  and the TER
• 2.5 EU railway infrastructure package and its
  impact in TER region
• 2.6 TER role and perspectives in the
  Pan-European context
• Outputs deliverables
• TER environment in Europe
• Time November 2003

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Completed (3)
Socio-economic framework of the concerned
countries (WP 3) Description of work / tasks 31
Economic and social characteristics of concerned
countries 3.2 Alternative scenarios of
growth Outputs deliverables Socio-economic
status and scenarios of growth in the countries
of the TER wider region Time January 2004
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Completed (4)
Methodology (WP 4) Description of work /
tasks 4.1 Definition of bottlenecks, missing
links and other priority transport
infrastructure needs 4.2 Identification of
parameters and assumptions 4.3 Criteria of
priority infrastructure needs 4.4 Identifications
of data requirements Outputs deliverables
Methodology and main assumptions for the work
Time January 2004
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To be done (1)
Priority infrastructure needs in concerned
countries (WP 5) Description of work /
tasks 5.1 Collection of necessary information
5.2 Analysis and control of information
obtained 5.3 Review and update the TER Region
traffic forecasts 5.4 Establish alternative
scenarios for the TER Master Plan 5.5 Review
and prioritize proposed projects 5.6 Identify
interconnections between TER other network
components (Ports-IWW-SSS-CT) 5.7 Identify
possible connections and extensions of the TER
Network with neighboring regions Outputs
deliverables Inventory of priority infrastructure
needs and assessment of their costs Time May 2004
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To be done (2)
Elaboration of Master Plans (WP 6) Description
of work / tasks 6.1 Identification of the wider
TER Region Backbone Network 6.2 Elaboration of
the wider TER Region Master Plan and its
alternative implementation scenarios 6.3 GIS
presentation of the wider TER Region Master Plan
Outputs deliverables TER Master Plan and
GIS maps Time June 2004
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To be done (3)
Addressing funding questions (WP 7) Description
of work / tasks 7.1 Inventory of specific
projects for implementation 7.2 Estimate of
budget for the implementation 7.3 Possibilities
of stage construction 7.4 Technical and
institutional actions for implementation 7.5 Esti
mate of financial resources available
7.6 Perspectives to construct the wider TER
Region Backbone Network Outputs
deliverables 1. Inventory of specific priority
projects and costs 2. Definition of technical
and institutional actions required Time July
2004
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To be done (4)
Addressing border crossing questions (WP 8)
Description of work / tasks 8.1 Inventory of
border crossing problems on the wider TER Region
Backbone Network and improvement
recommendations Outputs deliverables 1.   
Inventory of border crossing problems 2.
Recommendations for improvement Time July
2004
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To be done (5)

• Conclusions/Recommendations (WP 9)
• Description of work / tasks
• 9.1 Conclusions and recommendations
• 9.2 Results on the WEB pages
• 9.3 Publication of newsletter, brochures and
  summary report
• 9.4 Organization of workshops to present the
  the results
• Outputs deliverables
• Final Report
• Dissemination and Public awareness
• Follow-up preparation
• Time September 2004

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Elaboration-Time table
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Objectives of the Meeting

• Review of the work
• Economic and social characteristics-WP 3.1
• Alternatives scenarios of growth-WP 3.2
• Analysis and evaluation of projects WP.5
• Additional data needs
• Follow-up actions

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Review of the work done

• 1st Coordination meeting, Budapest 16/9/03
• 2nd Coordination meeting, Warsaw 15/12/03
• 3rd Coordination meeting, Geneva 9/6/04
• 1st EGM Budapest, 10-11 February 2004
• 2nd EGM Budapest, 23 September 2004
• Completed WP 1, WP 2, WP 3, WP 4, WP 5 (part)
• TEM and TER Master Plans Website opened and
  updated

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Review of work to be done

• Inventory of needs (WP.5)
• Elaboration of Master Plan (WP.6)
• Funding questions/financing arrangements (WP.7)
• Border crossing questions (WP.8)
• Conclusions/recommendations/dissemination(WP.9)

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Problems encountered

• Late submission of country inputs
• Not all countries provided inputs
• Missing data
• Delay in the elaboration
• Short time left for completion

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Next steps

• Cover missing data
• Complete the rest of the work, by October 2004
• Convene the 4th TEM and TER Master Plans
  Coordination Meeting, Budapest, 25 October 2004
• Present the result to the next Steering
  Committee
• Decide upon the appropriate follow-up actions
• Implement the follow-up actions (starting in
  2005)

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