Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European countries plan
their transport infrastructures
Geneva, 16 January 2004 - The
countries participating in the UNECE-sponsored
TEM and TER Projects are elaborating a
Master Plan aimed at the development of
their priority transport infrastructure.
The TEM and TER Master Plan is intended
to identify main bottlenecks, missing
links and other priority infrastructure
needs in their road, rail and combined
transport networks, and design a realistic
investment strategy to meet those needs.
Austria, Belarus, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy,
Lithuania, Poland, Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and
Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
and Ukraine are expected to have an active
participation in the Master Plan's work.
The EU Commission, the World Bank, the
EBRD, the EIB and other international
organizations have also been invited to
participate.
The elaboration of the
TEM and TER Master Plan, which started
in October 2003, has been divided in 9
work packages, of which 2 have already
been completed. Two groups of governmental
experts, with the support of two independent
consultants, will be collecting and analyzing
the relevant information and preparing
proposals. The work is expected to be
completed by September 2004.
The TEM and TER Master
Plan, which is funded by the TEM and TER's
own budgets and by the International Road
Transport Union (IRU) as far as the road
component is concerned, is expected to
provide a useful contribution to the work
of the European Commission on the development
of the Trans-European Transport Networks
(TEN-T) in the new EU member countries
and to the future development of Transport
Corridors outside the EU.
The Trans-European North-South
Motorway (TEM) and Trans-European Railway
(TER) Projects are sub-regional frameworks
under the aegis of the UNECE (Geneva),
where the Governments of Central, Eastern
and South-Eastern European countries work
together for the development of modern
motorways, railways and combined transport
infrastructure in the region. The activities
of the Projects are supported by the contributions
of 13 (for TEM) and 16 (for TER) member
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
Phone: +41(0)22 917 24 01, 917 11 28
Fax: +41(0)22 917 00 39
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Web site: http://www.unece.org/trans