MLG support to the implementation of PA 11 in the EU Baltic Sea Strategy

Programme 2007 - 2013 Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

PA Transport of the EUSBSR calls for coordination of national transport policies and actions to ensure a harmonised transnational development of the transport system. The ensured thematic focus and established links between the above initiatives helped achieve certain stage of coordination and complementarity. However, fuller integration of the approaches, which would enable better development and alignment of transport policies at various governance tiers, faces a number of challenges. The project objective is to demonstrate how multi-level governance models, tools and approaches can contribute to a better alignment of transport policies in the BSR at various administrative levels and better incorporation of the business perspective. This is expected to increase commitment of public and private stakeholders to achieving greener and more efficient transport in the Baltic Sea Region, in line with PA 11 of the EU Baltic Sea Strategy. The project will place particular focus on developing and testing joint planning and implementation frameworks for transport policies at such reference scales, which have witnessed a long process of cooperation across the national borders with involvement of public/private stakeholders, and/or which have gathered a vast evidence for MLG actions. These are: MACRO (overall BSR area), MESO (cross-border integration areas), CORRIDOR (transnational multimodal transport corridors) and MICRO (intermodal terminals). In specific real conditions at those reference scales the project will run a few demonstration showcases. Through the so called stakeholder management process the project will engage relevant public and private actors to jointly develop: • sustainable implementation and management frameworks for macroregional and cross-border strategies, programmes and action plans (WP3) – and test them on the case how to streamline the results of the BTO and TransBaltic, and use them in the national and regional transport planning processes (MACRO) and how to secure durability of joint strategic transport processes in the Öresund region and Helsinki-Tallinn area (MESO); • MLG models for the planning and operation stages of intermodal terminals (WP4) – and test them on five differentiated cases in the BSR (MICRO); • operational MLG model for better freight management in a transnational transport connecting EU with non-EU countries (WP5) – and test them on the case of the East West Transport Corridor (CORRIDOR); • operational MLG model supporting the transformation of a multimodal transport corridor into a regional development axis (WP6) – and test them on the case of the Scandria Corridor (CORRIDOR). The project has a strong triple-helix partnership from all BSR EU Member States and all vertical governance levels. It is supported by PA Transport Coordinators, national transport ministries and several other actors, which will be engaged as reference partners.

Achievements (EN):

Having set a departure point (diagnostic reports in Task 3.1 and 3.2), the thematic work continued at all chosen reference scales (MACRO, MESO, CORRIDOR, MICRO). A close dialogue was maintained with the EUSBSR PA Transport stakeholders, with the Swedish PAC attending the project partnership meeting (Tallinn, 25-26 March 2014). At that very meeting a mid-term project evaluation report was presented and methods of setting an effective communication towards the target groups for the final project results were discussed. In WP3 the project delivered a final report with solutions how to improve an uptake of results by territorial operation project in the national transport planning work (Task 3.3). Following the debate with PA Transport Coordination Group (Riga, 28 May) on the three synergy areas for macroregional transport planning processes (Baltic Transport Outlook, NDPL and the Macroregional Transport Action Plan by TransBaltic), a follow-up work is planned to visualise investments resulting from macro-policy processes in the BSR. Also, Also, Task 3.6 partners released a draft final report comparing cross-border transport development in Helsinki-Tallinn vs. Öresund; (one of the MESO cases). A WP3 MESO seminar (Malmö, 31 March) compared investigation outcomes in all MESO cases (3.5, 3.6, 3.7) and discussed them with invited public and private stakeholders. In WP4 an overview report of stakeholder management process in all studied intermodal terminal sites was prepared and discussed for the purpose of mutual exchange of experience at the WP4 meeting (Tallinn, 25 March 2014. The overview report contains identified pre-requisites to embed the work at individual sites in policy and business decision-making processes. The case work continued towards the completion stage in the next period. In WP5 the project has prepared a draft report (Task 5.2) featuring 6 transport greening measures prioritised by EWTC stakeholders. Also, an external support was procured for an in-depth study regarding facilitation of border crossings and implementation and financing of infrastructure at the corridor level. Task 5.3 continued work towards an improvement of management patterns in the corridor based on surveys among the identified EWTC actors. WP6 carried on a series of thematic and regional workshops along the Oslo-Berlin corridor, expected to be finished until June 2014. A background report (with an inventory of existing transport/regional development initiatives in the corridor) and a framework report (incorporating workshop results and setting a scene for developing an optimum MLG model) were produced.

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Partners (22)

Lead Partner: Region Blekinge

Address: 37132 Karlskrona, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

The Latvian Transport Development and Education Association (LaTDEA)

Name: The Latvian Transport Development and Education Association (LaTDEA)

Address: 1019 Riga, Latvia

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SC Lithuanian Railways

Name: SC Lithuanian Railways

Address: 3603 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

Klaipeda State Seaport Authority

Name: Klaipeda State Seaport Authority

Address: 92251 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

Lund University, Öresund and Network project

Name: Lund University, Öresund and Network project

Address: 22100 Lund, Sweden

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Tallinn Urban Planning department

Name: Tallinn Urban Planning department

Address: Vabaduse väljak, 15198 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: www.tallinn.ee

East-West Transport Corridor Association

Name: East-West Transport Corridor Association

Address: 10105 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas

Name: Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas

Address: 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: n/a

Self-government of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship

Name: Self-government of the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship

Address: 10-562 Olsztyn, Poland

Legal status: n/a

City of Helsinki

Name: City of Helsinki

Address: 99 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: n/a

LAKES - Lahti Regional Development Company

Name: LAKES - Lahti Regional Development Company

Address: 15100 Lahti, Finland

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Port of Karlshamn

Name: Port of Karlshamn

Address: 37421 Karlshamn, Sweden

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NetPort.Karlshamn AB

Name: NetPort.Karlshamn AB

Address: 37435 Karlshamn, Sweden

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Trafikverket

Name: Trafikverket

Department: Region Mitt, samhälle

Address: Röda vägen, 781 70 Borlänge, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: www.trafikverket.se

Municipality of Karlshamn

Name: Municipality of Karlshamn

Address: 37481 Karlshamn, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock

Name: Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock

Address: 18055 Rostock, Germany

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Region Skåne

Name: Region Skåne

Address: 29189 Kristianstad, Sweden

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Guldborgsund Municipality

Name: Guldborgsund Municipality

Address: 4800 Nykøbing, Denmark

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Transport Innovation Network(Maritime Development Center of Europe)

Name: Transport Innovation Network(Maritime Development Center of Europe)

Address: 1256 Copenhagen, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Foundation Baltic Development Forum

Name: Foundation Baltic Development Forum

Address: 1450 Copenhagen K, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Planning Association Region Rostock

Name: Planning Association Region Rostock

Address: 18059 Rostock, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Joint State Planning Department Berlin-Brandenburg

Name: Joint State Planning Department Berlin-Brandenburg

Address: 14467 Potsdam, Germany

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): MLG support to the implementation of PA 11 in the EU Baltic Sea Strategy

Project acronym: BSR TransGovernance

Project start date: 2012-06-12

Project end date: 2014-09-11

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 665 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 281 750.00

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2007 - 2013 Baltic Sea Region

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2015-03-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

92 / 92 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 414 / 1 414 (100%)

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MLG support to the implementation of PA 11 in the EU Baltic Sea Strategy

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