Scandria corridor
The Scandinavian-Adriatic Corridor ( Scandria Corridor for short ) is a geographical (traffic and spatial development) corridor that stretches from Oslo and Helsinki, via Stockholm, Berlin and Vienna, to the northern Adriatic and more than a dozen large city regions with about 100 million inhabitants. It is largely part of the Scandinavia-Mediterranean Corridor and also includes parts of the Orient-East-Mediterranean Corridor and the Baltic Sea-Adriatic Corridor , which are part of the nine core network corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
The term Scandria Corridor stands for a strategic initiative with various partnerships, the aim of which is to strengthen the shortest geographic connection between Scandinavia and the Adriatic Sea as a regional development and transport axis. More than 100 partners from the fields of politics, business and science are involved in various transnational and national projects and initiatives to develop or improve the infrastructure, eliminate weak points, as well as networking, spatial development and economic growth within the Scandria corridor move forward.
Goal and vision
A “green” corridor is to be created that promotes sustainable transport solutions with regard to multimodal freight and passenger transport as well as the development of technologies for the use of renewable energies in the transport sector . New forms of cooperation and knowledge transfer are supported in the corridor and further projects with combined financing approaches are to be initiated. European objectives are to be linked, harmonized and implemented with regional development initiatives.
The partners want to establish a platform for exchange and cooperation ("Scandria Alliance") in the Triple Helix network (politics - business - science) in order to create an economically strong north-south development axis in and for Europe. This integrated approach is carried through projects and initiatives from the local to the transnational level.
Projects
The transnational cooperation in the Scandria corridor emerged from a number of cooperation projects, in particular the Interreg funding. In November 2007, the eastern German federal states declared their intention to coordinate and develop project activities and plans between Scandinavia and the Adriatic (“Berlin Declaration”). Between 2009 and 2012, the cooperation in the transport sector was concretized by the Scandria project in the Baltic Sea region and the SoNorA project in Central Europe.
In the Baltic Sea region, Scandria and other projects had dedicated themselves to the topic of cross-level and interdisciplinary cooperation and the development of green corridors, i.e. sustainable transport and regional development. In order to sound out the cross-level and interdisciplinary framework conditions and strategic options in the various countries, they have come together to form the Baltic Sea Region Transport Cluster (2012–2013). Further topics were dealt with in the TransGovernance project (2012–2014).
In 2013 six partners from Sweden, Germany and Italy agreed to develop new project ideas in the Baltic Sea region (Scandria2Act) and in Central Europe (INTER-Green) in order to strengthen the Scandria corridor. Scandria2Act was approved as one of 35 projects in November 2015 by the Monitoring Committee of the Baltic Sea Region and is now also one of the "flagship projects" in the transport sector of the Baltic Sea Region Strategy.
In the Scandria2Act project, 19 partners from five countries (Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) are working from May 2016 to April 2019 on:
- Strengthening the rail-based and multimodal freight and passenger transport,
- increased use of renewable energies and technologies in the transport sector,
- Mobilization of TEN-T project applications from third parties
- Creation of a transnational alliance in the Scandria corridor for cross-border cooperation in the transport sector and in spatial development.
alliance
The idea of the Scandria alliance is to bundle activities based on previously jointly implemented cooperation projects within the framework of Interreg , to develop them further and to support new project ideas with various and combined financing models.
The Scandria Alliance offers a platform for communication and collaboration between various initiatives from the areas of politics, transport and logistics, among others. The aim is to improve the energy and climate footprint of the corridor, to promote the shift from road to rail traffic and to support regional economic efforts.
Connection with the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T)
With the new EU infrastructure policy, a strong and consistent Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) will be established in 28 member states of the European Union. The task is to implement the cohesion policy through the following activities:
- Design of the east-west and north-south connections
- Elimination of traffic bottlenecks
- Improvement of the multimodal infrastructure
- Streamlining cross-border transport operations for passengers and businesses across the EU.
These activities will improve the accessibility of the regions and contribute to the EU's goals in the field of climate change.
The European transport policy with the gradual implementation of the TEN-T is based on the knowledge that efficient and well-networked infrastructures are of central importance for competitiveness, growth, jobs and prosperity of the European Union (EU). The new Regulation (EU) No. 1315/2013 on the guidelines for the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) defines general objectives and priorities as well as specific technical requirements for the TEN-T network. At the same time, Regulation (EU) No. 1316/2013 creating the Connecting Europe Facility created an instrument for implementing the guidelines.
The TEN-T has a two-layer structure; it consists of an overall network and a core network. The core network should be completed by 2030, the overall network by 2050. In addition, nine corridors have been created in the core network based on the main geographic connections:
- two north-south corridors (including the Scandinavia-Mediterranean corridor),
- three east-west corridors and
- four diagonal corridors.
The corridors are multimodal and are primarily intended to improve cross-border connections, i.e. the cross-border traffic flows within the EU. In accordance with the TEN regulation, an EU coordinator is appointed for each corridor. Together with the Member States, they draw up work plans for the corridors and monitor their implementation.
The Scandinavia-Mediterranean corridor, to which the Scandria corridor largely belongs and which complements it, is the longest of the TEN core network corridors. It is a crucial axis for the European economy and connects the major urban centers and economic zones between Scandinavia and the Mediterranean, between Germany and Italy.
history
The corridor thought
The transnational initiative of the East German federal states to promote a "Baltic Sea-Adriatic Development Corridor" (today "Scandria Corridor") was launched on May 10, 2007. The Scandria corridor, which is the shortest geographic connection between the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic Sea, seemed suitable for establishing a new trans-European north-south connection.
In a study it was determined which spatial economic potentials and possibilities for cooperation exist for the development of such a corridor from a spatial science perspective. It showed that the various sub-areas of the corridor (Scandinavia, the Alpine region and the Mediterranean region) share common roots of cultural and economic exchange. In addition, opportunities for further linking these areas were presented, which result from the ongoing process of European integration.
A national political goal of the initiative was to connect the new federal states more closely with the other European sub-areas and thereby generate new development impulses for themselves and the entire corridor area. “Hard” infrastructures in the form of road, rail and ship connections should be taken into account. In addition, the development of the Scandria corridor is also to be supported by promoting functionally based relationships in the fields of business, science and culture. These connections form the prerequisite for the construction and demand-oriented use of infrastructures and at the same time increase the social perception and identity of the corridor area.
It was also assumed that the change from industrial production to a knowledge society would create opportunities for new spatial development opportunities beyond the established main traffic axes and economically strong areas, such as the metropolitan regions in Central Europe. The upgrading of existing infrastructures and the use of existing settlement potentials should on the one hand provide incentives for all relevant partners to participate and on the other hand build on existing skills and avoid unnecessary expenditure in the infrastructure area.
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Urban nodes
Urban nodes are an important conceptual element in the realignment of the Trans-European Networks. First, the main nodes of the core network were determined:
- urban nodes, i.e. the capitals of all EU member states (to include all member states) as well as other important and / or large cities and agglomerations (including their airports, sea and inland ports and other multimodal platforms)
- the most important ports, selected either on the basis of their cargo handling or their geographical distribution
- Border crossing points to the neighboring countries of the EU, which also function as the main nodes for network formation.
The core network was set up between the main urban nodes. As functional spaces, the urban nodes are therefore an important instrument for implementing the new European transport strategy. An urban node is an urban, functional space that encompasses the transport infrastructures of the TEN-T, as mentioned above, within and around this urban, functional space and connects these with the other parts of the transnational infrastructures and at the same time linked (or intended to link) with the regional and local networks. The task of the Urban Nodes is to guarantee and improve this link within the corridors and across borders.
All urban nodes in the northern Scandria corridor are also represented in the Scandria2Act project.
The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region is also anchored as an urban node in the trans-European transport network.
This is where three of the multimodal core network corridors intersect:
- The Orient-Eastern Mediterranean Corridor as a connection between the German North Sea and Baltic Sea regions via Berlin to the Czech Republic - Slovakia - Hungary to the Black Sea (Bulgaria / Romania) and the Mediterranean (Greece).
- The North-Baltic Sea Corridor Bremerhaven / Rotterdam / Antwerp - Berlin - Warsaw - Terespol / Kaunas connects the ports in Western Europe with terminals in Germany, Poland and Lithuania.
- The Scandinavia-Mediterranean Corridor as a north-south axis from Malta and Italy via Hamburg and Rostock to Scandinavia.
Contribution to EU policy
The Scandria Corridor initiative contributes to the European growth strategy ( Europe 2020 ), the EU Commission's roadmap for a single European transport area (White Paper), the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUBSR) and the implementation of TEN-T and the corridor studies .
The Interreg programs are part of the structural and investment policy of the European Union and are intended to promote cooperation and regional development between the Member States of the European Union at various levels. Above all, they should overcome national planning and development barriers and prepare cross-border, transnational investments.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scandria Berlin Declaration 2010 (PDF)
- ^ Project Scandria
- ↑ project SoNorA
- ↑ Project BSR Transport Cluster
- ↑ BSR TransGovernance project
- ↑ Approval Scandria 2Act
- ^ Flagships in the Interreg Baltic Sea Region
- ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of a trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No. 661/2010 / EU
- ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the creation of the "Connecting Europe" facility
- ↑ European Coordinators
- ↑ Determination of spatial science potential and need for action in spatial development in a central European north-south spatial development corridor Scandinavia-Adriatic / Mediterranean (2008)
- ↑ TEN-T Recommandations (PDF)
- ↑ Scandria - Green Transport Corridor Strategy 2011 (PDF)
- ↑ Scandria Action Program 2012 (PDF)
- ↑ New approaches for European transport and infrastructure policy (PDF), information on spatial development, issue 7 / 8.2012
- ^ Berlin-Brandenburg capital region
- ↑ Roadmap to a uniform European transport area and a competitive and resource-saving transport system