UNECE TER Project
is a sub-regional co-operation established in 1990 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 UNECE 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 improvement of the quality and efficiency of
transport operations, the assistance of the integration
process of European Transport Infrastructure systems
and the development of coherent and efficient international
railway and combined transport system in the region,
in accordance with the UNECE Pan-European infrastructure
agreements:
17 countries from CE&SE Europe
are full members of TER at present: Armenia, Austria, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland,
Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia
and Turkey. In addition a number of 6 observer countries
participate at certain activities of the project: Belarus,
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia, Latvia, Moldova and Ukraine. |
| TER
organization 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 UNECE 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
Bratislava hosted by the Government of Slovakia, and the
Project office Personnel, co-ordinating activities aimed
at the achievement of the objectives. |
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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 Committee 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
TER Achievements are
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The
Assistance in reconstruction and up-grate national
links with neighbouring countries, the contribution
to the interoperability of the European railway
system enabling the integration of TER national
systems into it
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The
elaboration of studies
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The
creation and updating of TER Data Base and Data
Bank
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The
publication of technical documents, guidelines,
recommendations
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The
harmonization of border control procedures
TER Project is the backbone of Pan -European Rail 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 characterizing TER as a unique European instrument,
that effectively assisted towards the integration and
harmonization of European transport, and may continue
doing so in the future.
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