Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2023-11-06

Description

Description (EN):

The project aims to contribute to safer and environmentally-friendly road and rail networks in mountainous regions of the Danube Basin with a special focus on the Carpathian Mountains. It will do so by improving planning frameworks and developing concrete environmentally-friendly and safe road and rail transport solutions taking into account elements of Green Infrastructure, in particular ecological corridors. Sharing experience and knowledge will be of great importance. Innovative pilot actions will focus on ecological corridors crossed by EU TEN-T road and rail projects in the Carpathians. An interdisciplinary partnership comprised of planners, economists, engineers, and ecologists will integrate and apply their specific knowledge across the region and cooperate on developing Guidelines on integrated transport infrastructure planning, construction, management and monitoring, taking into account aspects of road safety and biodiversity conservation. Partners will also collaborate on the production of ready-to-use methodologies for stakeholder participation processes, training modules on Environmental Impact Assessment with a focus on ecological corridors, and Catalogues of measures for each of the four pilot sites located in Beskydy (CZ-SK), Miskolc-Kosice-Uzhgorod (HU-SK-UA), Tirgu Mures-Iasi and Lugoj-Deva (RO). An intersectorial dialogue will be fostered at the policy level that seeks for mutual understanding and implementation of recommendations towards integrated transport infrastructure planning from the local to the transnational including EU level.

Achievements (EN):

Over 2.5 years, TRANSGREEN demonstrated how a multi-sectoral planning process for transport infrastructure development could look like when key sectors - transport, environment and research - collaborate. The project objectives focused on scientific research, minimisation of conflicts and cooperation. The results are ready for you to explore in the Final TRANSGREEN Brochure and the project publications that are available in the project website library (www.interreg-danube.eu/transgreen). The project’s main achievements: Representatives of more than 480 organisations took part in the project implementation. In this way collaboration between the transport and nature conservation sectors through trust building could be improved. This is true for all participating countries, at the local and national level. An example is Slovakia, where the National Motorway Company and the State Nature Conservancy started to bi-laterally find solutions for critical zones along transport routes. TRANSGREEN “Wildlife and Traffic in the Carpathians. Guidelines how to minimize the impact of transport infrastructure development on nature in the Carpathians” are endorsed by the 7 Parties to the Carpathian Convention and adapted to national needs with the involvement of relevant stakeholders in Romania. “Keeping nature connected. Environmental Impact Assessment for integrated infrastructure planning – Training Package” and related workshops help increase capacity in Ukraine right on time, where the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment was adopted in autumn 2018. “Catalogue of measures. Beskydy-Kysuce cross-border area (Czech Republic-Slovakia)” influences development of the Defragmentation Programme in the Czech Republic provide good solutions for the pilot area. In addition, three more "Catalogues of measures" for the pilot areas located in Romania and cross-border in Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine were circulated among and discussed with relevant stakeholders. Results of the ecosystem service survey will be incorporated into the Hungarian National Map of Ecosystem Services. Scientific knowledge increased and collected at the platform “Carpathian Countries Integrated Biodiversity Information System” and capitalized and taken forward within the frame of ConnectGREEN. TRANSGREEN supported international stakeholders to develop the “Draft Joint Strategic Action Plan related to the Carpathian Convention Protocol on Sustainable Transport Development in the Carpathians” and triggered the ratification of the Sustainable Transport Protocol in January 2019. The adoption of the Joint Strategic Action Plan is expected at the next Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention in October 2020. Meanwhile, a new project proposal has been developed and submitted to DTP to follow up and to intensify our work on highlighting the importance of ecological corridors and their maintenance/restoration in relation to linear infrastructure development in the Danube basin.

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of key actors in the programme area in order to strengthen environmentally-friendly, safe and balanced transport systems (survey based composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

Expected main project result is improved cooperation - in particular related to 4 pilot projects - of the various sectors involved in road and rail transport planning including nature conservation, transport and spatial planning at the local, national and transnational level with the aim of minimising conflicts between transport infrastructure development and environmental protection. It will contribute to the creation of a safer transport network by minimising animal - vehicle collisions and tools for monitoring collisions in the Danube region with a particular focus on the Carpathians. Policy makers and stakeholders from involved sectors will collaborate more intensively through intersectoral platforms/meetings at the local, national and transnational level. The improved cooperation will be measured against almost no intersectoral cooperation/platforms/meetings at the beginning of the project (exact level of cooperation needs to be identified at the start of the project) and number of intersectoral dialogue events and platforms (e.g. inter-ministerial working groups, integrated Carpathian Convention working group meetings, environmental NGO involvement in stakeholder fora etc.) established at the end of the project, and the number of agreements on cooperation made.

Thematic information

Regional planning and development Improving transport connections

Specific Objective:

Support environmentally-friendly and safe transport systems and balanced accessibility of urban and rural areas (short title). Improve planning, coordination and practical solutions for an environmentally-friendly, low-carbon and safer transport network and services in the programme area contributing to a balanced accessibility of urban and rural areas

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Umweltorganisation WWF International Donau-Karpaten Programm

Address: Ottakringer Strasse 114-116, 1160 Vienna, Austria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.panda.org/dcpo

Total budget: EUR 414 924.61

ERDF budget: EUR 352 685.92

SPECTRA Centrum excelencie EÚ – Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave

Name: SPECTRA Centrum excelencie EÚ – Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave

Address: Vazovova 5, 812 43 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.stuba.sk

Total budget: EUR 381 696.25

ERDF budget: EUR 324 441.81

WWF Programul Dunare Carpati, Romania

Name: WWF Programul Dunare Carpati, Romania

Address: Dumitru Zosima Str 38, 11536 Bucharest, District 1, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.wwf.ro

Total budget: EUR 336 490.34

ERDF budget: EUR 286 016.79

Štátna ochrana prírody Slovenskej republiky

Name: Štátna ochrana prírody Slovenskej republiky

Address: Tajovského 28B, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sopsr.sk

Total budget: EUR 247 302.50

ERDF budget: EUR 210 207.12

CEEweb a Biológiai sokféleségért

Name: CEEweb a Biológiai sokféleségért

Address: Szeher ut 40, 1021 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ceeweb.org

Total budget: EUR 232 700.00

ERDF budget: EUR 197 795.00

Asociația Grupul Milvus

Name: Asociația Grupul Milvus

Address: Crinului str. 22Targu Mures, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.milvus.ro

Total budget: EUR 200 992.50

ERDF budget: EUR 170 843.62

Hnutí DUHA Olomouc

Name: Hnutí DUHA Olomouc

Address: Dolní náměstí 38, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.olomouc.hnutiduha.cz

Total budget: EUR 189 098.57

ERDF budget: EUR 160 733.78

Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v.v.i.

Name: Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v.v.i.

Address: Líšeňská 33a, 636 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.cdv.cz

Total budget: EUR 182 920.00

ERDF budget: EUR 155 482.00

Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České Republiky

Name: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České Republiky

Address: Kaplanova 1931/1, 148 00 Prague 11, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ochranaprirody.cz

Total budget: EUR 128 962.10

ERDF budget: EUR 109 617.78

Národná diaľničná spoločnosť

Name: Národná diaľničná spoločnosť

Address: Mlynské Nivy 45, 821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ndsas.sk

Total budget: EUR 124 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 105 400.00

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WWF International Danube-Carpathian Programme

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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SPECTRA Centre of Excellence of EU – Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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WWF DCP Romania

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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The State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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CEEweb for Biodiversity

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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Association "Milvus Group"

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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Hnutí DUHA Olomouc

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v.v.i.

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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National Motorway Company

Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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Summary

Project name (EN): Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

Project acronym: DTP1-187-3.1 TRANSGREEN

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2019-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 439 086.87

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 073 223.84

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 073 223.84.

Documents

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Reports

Output 5.1 Draft Joint Action Plan Carpathian Convention

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transgreen

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TRANSGREEN Final Conference Declaration final

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transgreen

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Output 4.1_Arad-Deva_Catalogue_In-depth Analysis EN

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transgreen

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Catalogues

Output 4.1_Targu Mures-Iasi_Catalogue_In-depth Analysis EN

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Catalogue

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transgreen

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-10-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Output 4.1_Beskydy-Kysuce_Catalogue_In-depth Analysis EN

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Catalogue

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transgreen

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-09-22

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155 / 155 (100%)

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

1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-danube.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-10-06, 2023-01-10 and 2024-01-30.

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Integrated Transport and Green Infrastructure Planning in the Danube-Carpathian Region for the Benefit of People and Nature

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