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Detailed report on the progress and activities of Pan-European Corridor X, including border crossings, technical cooperation, and partnership initiatives.
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REPUBLIC OF GREECEMINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND NETWORKSINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION Technical Secretariat Pan-European Transport Corridor X Activity Report of the Technical Secretariat and the Steering Committee for Pan-European Corridor X 11th Meeting of the Steering Committee for Pan-European Corridor X Belgrade, 22 January 2010 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Egnatia Str., 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, tel.+30 2310 996154, fax +30 2310 996030, transp@edessa.topo.auth.gr Website: http://edessa.topo.auth.gr/X
Activities since the last S.C. meeting (1/4) • Border crossings • Finalisation of the inventory on border crossings along Corridor X (March 2009). • Submission of the activity report and inventory results to the Joint ITF/UNECE/World Bank Seminar “Overcoming Border Crossing Obstacles” (5-6 March 2009, Paris), as an input and preparation for discussions on the topic at the 2009 International Transport Forum (Leipzig, 29-30 May 2009). • The report is available at http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Proceedings/Border2009/09Miltiadou.pdf
Activities since the last S.C. meeting (2/4) • Technical cooperation with Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for financing motorway projects on Corridor X (Leskovac – Levosoje and Demir Kapija – Smokvica): • Elaboration of two revisions of the Cost Benefit Analysis for Demir Kapija – Smokvica motorway, part of the application for EC/ IPA financing (April 2009 and September 2009). • Participation in various meetings with the responsible ministries and national stakeholders, as well as international financing institutions for the definition of financial plans of the projects. • December 11, 2008, Belgrade: International meeting of donors for Corridor X in Serbia. • February 13, 2009, Athens: Meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and World Bank for Corridor X in Serbia. • March 16 – 18, 2009, Belgrade: International meeting of donors for Corridor X in Serbia.
Activities since the last S.C. meeting (3/4) • Cooperation with other Corridors in the Region and the South East European Transport Observatory (SEETO): • Participation in the South East European Transport Axis Cooperation (SEETAC). • The Corridor X structures (Chair and T.S.) are Project Partners for the information system development, traffic scenarios formulation and definition of the SEE Transport Axis strategy • The T.S. is Work Package Leader for the definition of priority projects and pilot actions and elaboration of financial plan • Participation in Meetings for the project • Technical meeting in Trieste (July 13, 2009) • Kick-off (SC) meeting in Vienna (September 24-25, 2009) • Partners technical meeting in Rome (January 19, 2010) • Exchange of technical data with SEETO.
Activities since the last S.C. meeting (4/4) • Cooperation with “ARGE Korridor X – PLUS” partnership of the Corridor X railway organizations: • Exchange of information. • Participation in the General Assembly (Zagreb, July 1, 2009). • Horizontal activities: • Monitoring of the state of play of the Corridor. • Follow-up of relevant studies and initiatives. • Database – G.I.S. maintenance. • Dissemination of information (website maintenance, papers, exchange of information with organizations active in the region). • Support to the Steering Committee and the Working Group for border crossings (meetings organization, minutes, etc.).