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Implementing NAIADES: Towards Sustainable Inland Navigation in Europe

This document outlines the progress towards NAIADES II, focusing on revitalizing inland navigation in Europe. It discusses policy context, staff working papers, policy evaluation, themes like infrastructure and fleet, and governance improvement. The text highlights the need for increased use of inland navigation, concerns over economic decline, and strategies to enhance industry performance and sustainability. It emphasizes stakeholder engagement and planning for future actions under NAIADES II.

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Implementing NAIADES: Towards Sustainable Inland Navigation in Europe

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  1. NAIADES Implementation meetingStaff working document "Towards NAIADES II"Ports & inland navigation Geneva, 10 October 2012

  2. Policy context • EU 2020 Strategy • White PAPER "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area" • NAIADES I Programme

  3. Towards NAIADES II • Staff working document results out of a process of strong engagement with stakeholders through various consultation meetings and internet consultation • Staff working paper of 31 May 2012 sets out steps towards NAIADES II Package of Communication with legislative proposals • Reviews and orients NAIADES I policy actions towards preparing NAIADES II • Continuity between NAIADES I and II

  4. NAIADES Policy evaluation • Necessary to make more use of inland navigation • Concern on relative decline in economic and sustainability terms • Need to refocus

  5. One key objective and five themes • Reversingcurrent trend of decliningeconomic and environmental performance (in relative terms) of the sector • Five themes: • Infrastructure, • Markets, • Fleet, • Jobs & skills, • Information exchange & sharing

  6. Instruments and governance • Makebetter use of existing instruments • Fully exploit potential of new instruments • Improvedgovernance/synergybetweenactors

  7. Annex with indicative planning • Agenda for stakeholderinvolvement • First actions alreadyunderpreparation • willbereviewed and extended in NAIADES II Communication

  8. Thank you for your attention Pushing forward! Transport

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