Baltic-Adriatic Transport Cooperation

Programme 2007 - 2013 Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

In 2006 the Federal Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Italy signed a letter of intent to conjointly develop the Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor, including the extension of the existing Pan-European Transport Corridor VI from Gdansk, Warsaw, Katowice, Zilina with branches to Poznan and Breclav/Brno and its South-Western extension to Bratislava/Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt, Udine, Trieste/Venice and Bologna. The favourable economic development of the Baltic States and the central and eastern European countries has resulted that the Danzig–Warsaw–Vienna section has been declared a Priority Project (PP23) within the TEN-T policy. The states bordering are endeavouring to ensure, in the context of the TEN (Trans European Networks) revisions in 2009/2010, that the high capacity railway which starts in Poland is connected to Upper Italy. The five partner countries will cooperate in terms of an efficient and environment-friendly North-South interconnection of Central Europe considering the EU (eastern) enlargement and the great importance of a close cooperation in the development of the axis. The project will contribute to the improvement of the economic development along the axis based on the best possible integration of corresponding markets and a balanced development (5 countries) in terms of economic and related ecological impacts of transport. It will be given top priority to the shift from road to rail transport mode and the efficient development and use of environment-friendly rail transport means.

Achievements (EN):

CENTRAL EUROPE project Baltic-Adriatic Transport Cooperation (BATCo) is dedicated to support the technical, environmental and economic development of the Baltic-Adriatic Axis – the railway axis connecting the Baltic with the North-Adriatic sea basis – running through 5 European Member states and therefore connecting more than 40 million inhabitants. A major step to reach the overall goal – the inclusion of the Baltic-Adriatic Axis to the new core network of the trans-European transport networks (TEN-T), was made in October 2011, when EU Transport Commissioner Mr. Siim Kallas presented the proposal for the core network which included the Baltic-Adriatic Axis extended by Rail Baltica as the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor. The political backing for the Commission’s proposal on the core network given by the European Transport Ministers in late March 2012 was a further significant milestone and a valuation of the work carried out in BATCo since the start of the operation in March 2010. The speech held by Carinthian Governor Mr. Gerhard Doerfler in the course of Open Days 2010 in Brussels clearly was a first major step in making BATCo visible to the broad public and in particular to decision makers coming from the regions along the Baltic-Adriatic Axis (BAA). Since the start of BATCo the partnership consisting of 18 partners has made major achievements serving as a basis for future developments and decision-making processes in order to setup the Baltic-Adriatic as one of the most powerful transnational transport axes of the European Union until 2030. For setting-up an axis-wide Transport Model, serving as the basis for the calculation of different transport related scenarios & measures and for the establishment of an Environmental Impact Model which will map the negative impacts on the environment caused by road transport, partners collected and evaluated the latest transport data. The BATCo website www.baltic-adriatic.net provides stakeholders with information on BATCo and the Baltic-Adriatic Axis in general and since December 2011 with a comprehensive Infopool on Seaports, Logistics Centers, important logistics nodes and business potentials in the partner regions. Major progress has also been made with the finalisation of the concept for upgrading logistics centres to “Transnational Logistics Centre Incubators” which, when institutionalised will support SME’s in the partner regions along the Baltic-Adriatic Axis. In order to set up a Transnational Business Cooperation Alliance. The partnership has extended and upgraded the 2nd draft of the Business Cooperation Model since summer 2010 and determined potential Transnational Cooperation Points in the regions along the BAA. The collection of Letters of Support from the private sector was quite successful as 250 stakeholders have committed themselves to support the development of the Baltic-Adriatic Axis.

Thematic information

Regional planning and development Improving transport connections

Partners (18)

Lead Partner: Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung - Abteilung Wirtschaftsrecht und Infrastruktur

Address: Mießtalerstraße 1, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Ministero per l´Ambiente e la Tutela del Territorio e del Mare

Name: Ministero per l´Ambiente e la Tutela del Territorio e del Mare

Address: 147 Roma, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Name: Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Address: 34121 Trieste, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Name: Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Address: 30175 Marghera Venezia, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Główny Instytut Górnictwa

Name: Główny Instytut Górnictwa

Department: Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity and Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection

Address: Plac Gwarków, 40-166 Katowice, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: www.gig.eu

Azienda Speciale Aries della Camera di Commercio di Trieste

Name: Azienda Speciale Aries della Camera di Commercio di Trieste

Address: 34121 Trieste, Italy

Legal status: n/a

ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH

Name: ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH

Address: Körblergasse, 8010 Graz, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: www.ic-steiermark.at

Entwicklungsagentur Kärnten GmbH

Name: Entwicklungsagentur Kärnten GmbH

Address: 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie

Name: Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie

Department: Department I/K4 - Combined Transport

Address: Radetzkystraße, 1030 Vienna, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: www.bmvit.gv.at

Górnośląska Agencja Przekształceń Przedsiębiorstw S.A.

Name: Górnośląska Agencja Przekształceń Przedsiębiorstw S.A.

Address: 40045 Katowice, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego SA

Name: Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego SA

Address: 43382 Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Fondazione Istituto sui Trasporti e la Logistica

Name: Fondazione Istituto sui Trasporti e la Logistica

Address: 40127 Bologna, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Autorità Portuale di Trieste

Name: Autorità Portuale di Trieste

Address: Via Karl Ludwig Von Bruck, 34144 Trieste, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.porto.trieste.it

Amt der steiermärkischen Landesregierung - Fachabteilung 18A Gesamtverkehr und Projektierung

Name: Amt der steiermärkischen Landesregierung - Fachabteilung 18A Gesamtverkehr und Projektierung

Address: 8010 Graz, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Zarząd Morskiego Poru Gdańsk S.A.

Name: Zarząd Morskiego Poru Gdańsk S.A.

Address: 80955 Gdańsk, Poland

Legal status: n/a

INSTYTUT MORSKI W GDAŃSKU

Name: INSTYTUT MORSKI W GDAŃSKU

Address: Długi Targ, 80-830 Gdańsk, Poland

Legal status: public

Výskumný ústav dopravný, a. s.

Name: Výskumný ústav dopravný, a. s.

Address: 1008 Zilina, Slovakia

Legal status: n/a

Sdružení pro rozvoj Moravskoslezského kraje z.s.

Name: Sdružení pro rozvoj Moravskoslezského kraje z.s.

Address: 70900 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic-Adriatic Transport Cooperation

Project acronym: BATCo

Project start date: 2010-02-28

Project end date: 2013-02-27

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 599 093.48

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 802 112.27

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2007 - 2013 Central Europe

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2014-10-01

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

124 / 124 (100%)

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

1 331 / 1 331 (100%)

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