UNECE TEM Project is a
sub-regional co-operation established in 1977 by the
Governments of the Central, Eastern and South Eastern
European countries at the initial financial support
of UNDP and the co-ordination and support of UN/ECE
acting as the executing agency for the project and is
running since then in various Phases and Cycles.
The main objectives of the project are:
The facilitation of road traffic in Europe among and
through the countries participating in the project,
the improvement of the quality and efficiency of transport
operations, the balance of gaps and imbalances existing
in the motorway network between Western, Eastern, Central
and South - Eastern Europe and the assistance of the
integration process of European Transport Infrastructure
systems thus promoting the overall development of the
region.
14 countries from CE & SE Europe are
members of TEM, one is an associated member and 3 others have an observer status. |
| TEM
organisation system is based in three pillars.
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| First: |
The member countries active
participation and support through the Trust Fund Agreement deposited with UN/ECE that nominate the Project's
Steering Committee as its highest administrative and
political body, formed by national delegates from each
participating country. |
| Second: |
The Project Central Offices
in Warsaw hosted by the Government of Poland, and the
Project office Personnel, co-ordinating activities aimed
at the achievement of the objectives. |
| Third: |
The National Project Offices
set up or designated in each participating country for
the purpose of providing liaison between national activities
and activities under the project, operating under the
responsibility of the nominated National Co-ordinator
from every member. |
The annual and longer term
action plans are set by the Steering Committees and
the work is done by the project's office personnel,
Working Groups, Ad hoc Expert Groups,
and when required by external consultants in
close co-operation with member countries.
Among TEM Achievements are:
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The establishment and assistance in
construction of TEM Network in extend of 24,047
Km, out of which 10,113 Km in operation (both carriageways), representing
42.1 % of TEM and 1,046 Km under construction, despite
the significant financial difficulties of most countries
in the region
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The Elaboration of many studies related
to motorway management, road economics, planning
and design, construction and operation.
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The issue of many technical documents
in several languages concerning guidelines, recommendations,
methodologies, manuals and glossaries, standards
harmonization continuously updated.
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The collection processing and updating
of uniform data on TEM network
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The introduction of new ways of project
financing
- The elaboration of the TEM&TER Master Plan (2005) - a realistic investment strategy for motorways and expressways development in 21 countries including the:
- the approved methodology for projects selection and their prioritization
- identification of the TEM Master Plan backbone network and TEM bottlenecks
- 319 motorway projects evaluated and prioritized
- identification of the Additional, Missing Links and TEM Extentions
- inventory of border-crossing problems and recommendation for their alleviation
TEM Project is the backbone of Pan -European
Road Corridors in CEE as well as of TINA exercise and
represents an important instrument of institutional
inter-country co-operation and co-ordinated actions
of the CE & SE Europe playing a serious and concrete
role in the future European Transport Integration process.
Its long, lasting, flexible, effective
and self sustainable structure, in combination with
the strong desire and commitment with the project of
the country members, are characterising TEM as a unique
European instrument, that effectively assisted towards
the integration and harmonisation of European transport,
and may continue doing so in the future. |
