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Euro-Asian Transport Linkages Project

The Euro-Asian Transport Linkages Project aims to strengthen interregional transport connectivity between Europe and Asia. This presentation provides an overview of the project's objectives, achievements, and major Euro-Asian routes identified for development. The project, jointly implemented by UNECE and UNESCAP, has received funding from the UN GA and focuses on enhancing the capacities of national officials in identifying and addressing barriers to the movement of goods and passengers. The selected routes, incorporating an intermodal concept, hold great potential for efficient and seamless transport linkages.

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Euro-Asian Transport Linkages Project

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  1. Euro-Asian Transport Linkages Project UNECE - UNESCAP Michalis P. Adamantiadis, Regional Adviser Transport Division, UNECE

  2. Structure of Presentation • Introduction • Objectives • Achievements • Selection of Major Euro-Asian Routes • What’s next

  3. Introduction • Part of the UN global capacity building project on developing interregional transport linkges • Granted funding by the UN GA (USD 1,250.000) • Jointly implemented by UNECE and UNESCAP over a period 2003-2006 • Allocated funds for Euro-Asian project component (USD 400,000)

  4. Objectives • Identify important interregional transport linkages between Europe and Asia • Strengthen the capacities of national officials to identify impediments to movements of goods and passengers • Put in operation efficient Euro-Asian transport linkages

  5. 1st Phase: 2003-2004 • Agreement on the project’s strategy • Identification of important routes incorporating intermodal concept • Inventory of routes and priority projects • Selection of major Euro-Asian transport rail and road routes and intermodal points

  6. Organizational aspects • National Focal Points in countries involved • Focal Points in WB, EBRD, ADB • Uniform questionnaire • Country reports • Collection and analysis of data • GIS processing of data • Expert Group Meetings

  7. Basis for the selection of routes • Common UNECE/UNESCAP Strategic Vision for the Euro-Asian Transport Links • Existing international agreements and networks (AGR, AGC, AGTC, AGN, AH, TAR, pan-European Corridors, Euro-Asian Transport Corridors, UIC, OSJD) • Country proposals

  8. To date achievements • Consolidation and processing of country reports • Elaboration of GIS country maps with links • Identification, selection and adoption of Major Euro-Asian road and rail routes for further development and cooperation • Inventory of investment activities

  9. Euro-Asian Transport Linkages Project Area UNECE – UNESCAP

  10. Euro-Asian Transport Links Rail Routes (Draft) UNECE – UNESCAP

  11. 1 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 2, 5 and 9) From: Finish border, Western Belarusian and Ukrainian borders To: Vladivostok-Vostochny-Nahodka Ports, Mongolia and China UNECE – UNESCAP

  12. 2 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 2 and 9) From: Finish borders, Kaliningrad, through Russia-Kazakhstan To: East China (Lianyungang and Shanghai Ports) UNECE – UNESCAP

  13. 3 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 4, 8, 9, and TRACECA) From: Western Bulgarian and Romanian, through Black Sea, Caspian, and CA To: East China (Lianyungang and Shanghai Ports) UNECE – UNESCAP

  14. 4 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 4, 8, 10 and part of TRACECA) From: Western Bulgarian borders, through Turkey, Iran and CA To: Pakistan and China UNECE – UNESCAP

  15. 5 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) From: North South route, through and around Caspian Sea To: Iran – Persian Gulf and Central Asia UNECE – UNESCAP

  16. 6 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 3, 5 and 9) From: Ukraine, Moldova, through Russia To: Vladivostok, Mongolia and China UNECE – UNESCAP

  17. 7 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 3 and 5) From: Ukraine, through Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan To: China (Lianyungang and Shanghai Ports) UNECE – UNESCAP

  18. 8 Euro-Asian Rail Routes (Draft) (Extending PETC 3 and 5) From: Ukraine, Kaliningrad, Minsk, through Russia and Caucasus To: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran UNECE – UNESCAP

  19. Euro-Asian Transport Links Road Routes (Draft) UNECE – UNESCAP

  20. Euro-Asian Road Routes 1 (Draft) (Extending PETC 2, 5 and 9) From: Finish, Belarusian and Ukrainian borders, through Russia To: Vladivostok, Vostochny and Nahodka Ports UNECE – UNESCAP

  21. Euro-Asian Road Routes 2 (Draft) (Extending PETC 2 and 9) From: Finish and Belarusian borders, through Russia and Kazakhstan To: China and Kyrgyzstan UNECE – UNESCAP

  22. Euro-Asian Road Routes 3 (Draft) (Extending PETC 2, 4, 5, 8,and 9) From: Kaliningrad, Belarusian-Ukrainian-Bulgarian borders, through Russia, Black Sea and Caspian Sea To: Central Asia UNECE – UNESCAP

  23. Euro-Asian Road Routes 4 (Draft) (Extending PETC 4, 5 and 9) From: Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, through Black Sea, Caucasus and Caspian Sea To: Central Asia and Afghanistan UNECE – UNESCAP

  24. Euro-Asian Road Routes 5 (Draft) (Extending PETC 4, 5, 8 and 9) From: Western Bulgarian-Romanian borders and Ukraine, through Black Sea and Turkey To: Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan UNECE – UNESCAP

  25. Euro-Asian Road Routes 6 (Draft) From: Iran, through Central Asia To: China (Lianyungang and Shanghai Ports) UNECE – UNESCAP

  26. Euro-Asian Road Routes 7 (Draft) From: Iran, through Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan To: China (Lianyungang and Shanghai Ports) UNECE – UNESCAP

  27. Euro-Asian Road Routes 8 (Draft) North-South route from Finish border through Russia, Caspian Sea and Azerbaijan to Iran – Persian Gulf UNECE – UNESCAP

  28. Euro-Asian Road Routes 9 (Draft) From: Murmansk through Belarus and Ukraine To: Black Sea (Odessa Port) UNECE – UNESCAP

  29. Euro-Asian Road Routes 10 (Draft) From: Archangelsk to Perm UNECE – UNESCAP

  30. Ongoing work from 1st Phase • Clearing some country reservations • Further consideration on ports and intermodal points (in cooperation with BSEC Transport WG) • Finalization of country and region maps with routes

  31. 2nd Phase: 2005 • Technical assessment of adopted routes • Finalization of database and GIS maps • Prioritization of projects along the routes • Analysis of current physical and non-physical obstacles along the routes • Assessment of operational performance along the routes • 3rd Expert Group Meeting, Istanbul, 27-29 June 2005 • Other Meetings or Workshops to be agreed

  32. 3rd Phase: 2006 • Support the implementation of major international agreements and conventions • Strengthen the capacities of national officials • Organize national and regional workshops • Present the results of an in-house study • Follow-up the results in various UNECE and UNESCAP Working Groups and Fora

  33. What’s next • Ensure continuation of the project beyond 2006 • Expert Group Meeting to become a permanent framework • Ensure funding • UNECE-UNESCAP to prepare a joint proposal • Share the experience with other regions

  34. www.unece.org/trans Thank you

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