Meeting Work Group Transport

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1 Meeting Work Group Transport Brussels 13. November 2012 BSC Work Group Transport 1

2 The Baltic Ring - Vision of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (2003) BSC Work Group Transport 2

3 BSC WG Transport Member regions 2012 FINLAND Helsinki-Uusimaa Kymenlaakso Päijät-Häme Oulu Region Ostrobothnia South-West Finland Åland DENMARK Central Denmark Southern Denmark ESTONIA Hiiumaa/Dagö Saaremaa/Ösel Pärnumaa IdaVirumaa GERMANY Mecklenburg- Vorpommern NORWAY Nordland POLAND Podlaskie SWEDEN Stockholm Blekinge Gotland Gävleborg Norrbotten Skåne Västerbotten Västra Götaland Västernorrland Örebro BSC Work Group Transport 3

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7 BSC WG Transport Priority tasks (long term) Continue to monitor EU transport policy and respond to consultations to secure interests of peripheral and maritime regions (TEN-T etc.) Cooperate with the member regions offices in Brussels as listening post to what is happening in EU, and support to organise activities in Brussels Cooperate with other commissions within CPMR and in particular with the North Sea Commission on issues of common interest Liaison with other transport related pan-baltic and transnational organisations (NDPTL, CBS, UBC, BEAC, BPO etc.) and relevant transnational transport projects to coordinate and harmonise inputs to national and EU transport policies Work together with ministries and transport authorities on national, and European level towards a harmonising of legislation related to more efficient border-crossing transports between countries around the Baltic Sea Other tasks as prioritised by the General Assembly or Executive Committee BSC Work Group Transport 7

8 BSC WG Transport Priority tasks 2013 Examples: Cooperate with the Baltic Bird project (CPMR is associate partner) on developing air transport for peripheral (or sparsely populated) regions around the Baltic Sea Discuss harmonisation of legislation related to transport, where different rules between Baltic Sea Commission states is a particular problem just now with regards to road transport (trucks) Evaluate consequences of the Sulphur directive for the BSR for possible actions Inputs to transport related programme for the BSC General Assembly in Bodø (2013) Identify possible project(s) of joint interest for financing during the next BSR Programme (Interreg) BSC Work Group Transport 8

9 BSC WG Transport Activity plan Activities / milestones: Information to EC (General Assembly meeting, Podlaskie) Letter to all member regions to appoint participants from each region to WG and to prioritise activities and tasks WG meeting to work out priorities and preliminary distribution of tasks between WP members (Brussels 13 November 2012) Individual contacts or tele-meetings between partners to settle Activity plan including distribution of tasks and organisation plan WG meeting (back-to-back with some other relevant event) Oct 2012 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 Jan 2013 April 2013 WG meeting and conference/seminar in connection with the BSCs General Assembly in Nordland Seminar / conference on Sulphur directive or other relevant issue June 2013 Oct 2013 BSC Work Group Transport 9

10 Organisation BSC WG Transport Organisation i og utenfor Nordland vil kunne influere på fremtidige transportbehov og behov for nye infrastrukturinvesteringer Tomas Norvoll, Nordland County Council, is appointed by the BSC Executive Committee to follow up and report to the EC on the activities of the group and will function as chair and coordinator of the work of the group All member regions are expected to appoint a political and an administrative contact person for information purposes Responsibility for prioritised activities and tasks will be distributed among member regions by establishing dedicated task forces for each activity on ad hoc basis. All member regions are encouraged to inform the chair of the WG or secretariat if there is any particular task in which they are particularly interested to contribute and to appoint a dedicated person to this task The General Secretariat will assist in internal and external information activities related to the work of the group BSC Work Group Transport 10

11 BSC WG Transport Organisation plan (example) BSC WG Transport Executive Committee General Secretariat Chair "Home" Secretariat Green Maritime transport Sulfur directive EU Policy - TEN-T Regional air transport Cooperation Baltic Bird Intermodality Cooperation BGLC/NECL Harmonisation Västra Götaland (Finland) North Sweden North Norway Nordland Norrbotten/Västerbotten Örebro BSC Work Group Transport 11