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Italy joins the UNECE TER Project
Geneva, 13 March 2001
Last Thursday, 8 March, Italy has become the 16th participating
country in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) sponsored
Trans-European Railway (TER) Project, after Ambassador Andrea Negrotto Cambiaso, head of
the Permanent Representation of Italy in Geneva, signed the UNECE TER Trust Fund Agreement
on behalf of his Government.
The TER Project is a sub-regional co-operation framework established in
1990 under the aegis of the Geneva-based UNECE by the Governments of the Central, Eastern
and South Eastern European countries for the development of a coherent rail and combined
transport infrastructure and transport system in the region.
The project has so far been instrumental in the reconstruction and
up-grading of the international rail links of the participating countries, contributed to
the interoperability of the European railway system, elaborated studies, created a
continuously updated TER Data Bank, published a large number of technical documents,
guidelines, recommendations and is working for the harmonisation of border control
procedures in international rail traffic.
The TER project is supported by the contributions of participating
countries to the UNECE TER Trust Fund and has a National Co-ordinator in each
participating country and a decision-making body, the Steering Committee of the Project,
composed of the National Co-ordinators. It comprises a Project Central Office, located in
Budapest (Hungary), and a Project Manager.
The following 15 countries are full members of the
TER: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece,
Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and
Turkey. In addition, Belarus, Latvia, Republic of Moldova, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and Ukraine are participating in certain activities of the Project as observer
countries.
For additional information please contact:
Mr. Jose Capel Ferrer, Director, or
Mr. Michalis P. Adamantiadis, Regional Adviser
UNECE Transport Division
Palais des Nations
CH – 1211 Geneva 10
Tel: + 41 22 917 24 01, 917 11 28
Fax: + 41 22 917 00 39
E-Mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Ref: ECE/TRANS/01/01