A BSR multimodal Transport Strategy

Mats Petersson

BSSSC

Region Skåne

Hamburg 11 May 2007

Skåne - A partner in BSR cooperation

• Part in the dynamic Öresund Region• 1.2 million inhabitants• Strategic location in the BSR context• A hub in Scandinavia• Active partner in interregional cooperation• Partner in pan-Baltic organisations

BSSSC work group

•BSSSC calls for strategic co-operation and continued dialogue with the aim of establishing a common transport vision•Representatives from regions in the BSR countries •Chair person Annika Annerby Jansson, Skåne•Annual conference. Kiel Sept 2006

Conclusions from the stage one

Investment plans and priorities

• New and old member states – different needs

• Missing links still after implementing existing plans

• Financing - new methods

Gaps in current cooperation • Air transport need more attention

• Interconnecting metropolitan areas

• Potential in logistics development

…cont. Conclusions

Further cooperation in BSR

• Many organizations working – important issues

BDF, BCCA, CPMR-BSC, UBC, VASAB, BSSSC etc

• Strong partnerships in parts of the region

STRING, Baltic Gateway, CETC, Scandinavian Arena, Baltic Palette, Barents Region etc

• Common transport strategy covering the whole of BSR – need for up grading

• Common knowledge, planning tools, visions, strategies, priorities

Why a common strategy?

• Specific BSR conditions • Need for a better co-ordination and co-

operation between regional, national and European levels

• One voice • Support a needed dialogue public-private

sector • Benchmarking• Accessibility - a pre-condition for

sustainable growth

Accessibility – a pre-condition for sustainable

growth

BSSSC Vision:

The world´s most effective and Sustainable Transport System

Core components in a strategy

• New and more efficient technologies

• Investments improving connectivity and accessibility

• Harmonisation of policy actions

Preparation up to now

• BSSSC Work group, including dialogue• Political back up i Region Skåne• Pan-Baltic organisations; BSSSC, BDF,

CBSS, others• High Level Group on transports in BSR• Initial contacts with regions• BSR Interreg IIIB joint secretariat

Distinguishing project features

• Common BSR problems and challenges• Entire geography of BSR• Create common BSR knowledge and

consensus • Develop, clarify, and support common

strategies• Develop and submit a BSR stand point• Political involvement

Implications for partnership

• Reflect the entire territory• Administrative levels• Political commission• Active partners in the BSR development• Complement to existing parnetships (Baltic

Gateway, COINCO, Baltic Palette, Barents etc)• Comming cross border progammes

Possible content - Scenarios

• Integration of BSR economies• Global trade• Climate change• Transport policies

• Technology implementation

Possible content - Accessibility and economic development

• Market trends• Transport flows• Accessibility and competetive regions• Transport system and driving forces in BSR• Cohesion

Possible content - Transport networks

• Global flows, gateways• BSR internal• Metropolitan areas• TEN and the future BSR perspective• Inter-modality and co-modality• Bottle necks

Possible content - Environment and sustainable transports

• Present stage, threats, challenges• Emissions, energy, safety, vulerability, …• Tool box • Strategies• Measures

Possible content - Implementation

• Private Public Partnerships – financing, IPC:s etc

• European – national – regional politics• EU policy implementation in BSR• Case studies

Project design

• Core and backing partners• Regions as core partners• National bodies• Pan-Baltic organisations• High Level Group on transports• Reference groups• 2 stages – strategy and implementation• Project development in the core partnership

Core partners

• Strong network• Experience • Political capacity• Good reputation• Ability to co-finance project activities (cash)• Capacity to be work package leader

End of presentation

First call in the new BSR programme 2007-2013

mats.petersson@skane.se