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Enhancing Road Safety: SEETO Achievements & Future Plans

Learn about SEETO's progress in road safety, network development, and regional cooperation in the Western Balkans. Explore key initiatives, infrastructure projects, and strategies for improved transport system. Find out the medium-term measures proposed for enhancing road safety in the region.

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Enhancing Road Safety: SEETO Achievements & Future Plans

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  1. EURORAP 14th GENERAL ASSEMBLY Road Safety in SEETO June 24th, 2016 Ljubljana Liljana Çela, Information Resources Manager

  2. SEETO: what was done? • SEETO Core Network defined (2015, WB6 process)- TEN-T Core Network& Core Corridors extended to the Western Balkans • 1 billon EUR available for connectivity investments • SEETO Comprehensive Network included in the TEN- T Regulation and TEN-T Comprehensive Network maps (2011) • Horizontal measures- steady progress in the reforms in some key policy areas • railway sector • road safety • harmonisation of regulatory and institutional framework • Data collection & harmonisation • Adopted SEETO Priority Projects Rating Methodology (2012) • New South East Europe Information System - SEETIS III (2012)

  3. Western Balkan 6 • The Western Balkans Conference held on 28 August 2014 in Berlin provided a political framework for the more intensive development of transport infrastructure • Achievements during 2015 • agreement by the Western Balkan six Prime Ministers in Brussels in April on the regional core transport network- creation of efficient and functional network which integrates the region in the global transport flows • the further agreement (in Riga in June) on the core network corridors (namely Mediterranean, Orient/East-Med and Rhine/Danube corridors were extended to WB)- streamlined investments under IPA, WBIF and CEF • list of infrastructure projects and soft measures to be implemented by 2020 as well as the appointment of corridor coordinators (Vienna Summit in August) • Focus on horizontal measures and overall transport system development to ensure high return of investments in transport infrastructure

  4. SEETO Core Network

  5. Core Corridors • Western Balkans countries included in three TEN-T Core Corridors: • Orient/East-Med • Mediterranean • Danube-Rhine corridor • for the first time TEN-T network united: no more grey area on the maps

  6. Western Balkans 6 – Vienna Summit, August 2015 “Pre-identified Projects and Soft measures Management Plan”

  7. Vienna Summit – Regional Soft Measures

  8. Adoption of the RSA/RSI guidelines • RSA/RSI guidelines • Released in 2010 • RSA guidelines revised in 2014 • RSI guidelines revised in 2016 • RSA/RSI curricula • Training of the RS Experts in SEETO area

  9. Proposed medium term measures for Road Safety • Complete the establishment of a road safety management system in line with the Directive 2008/96/EC (by 2018) • Prepare three-year RSI plan for the core and comprehensive network and pilot RSIs on high accident sections (by mid-2017) • Carry road safety audits as per the Directive 2008/96/EC on all projects on the core and comprehensive network (by mid-2017) • Develop plan for the establishing/strengthening the Lead road safety agency (by mid-2017) • Establish a national system for continuous road crash data collection (by 2018)

  10. Road Safety in SEETO • RS Working Group • Chaired from World Bank • Two representative from each regional participants (Ministries of Transport, Public Enterprise Road Authorities) • Observers ( EuroRAP, IRF) • Guests (other transport public and private institutions) • ECOROADS Project – including three test site visits on the Tunnel Safety Inspections in Albania, Macedonia and Serbia

  11. SEETO Core & Comprehensive Network EuroRAP - Approximately 50% of the all network assessed

  12. Thank you for your attention! lcela@seetoint.org www.seetoint.org

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