1. Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region Presentation at the Green Corridors Stakeholders Forum, Tallinn, 14 October 2010 Wiktor Szydarowski project manager Green Corridors vs. the East-West divide

2. Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region The foresight process by TransBaltic TransBaltic motto: CONNECT – INSPIRE – SHOW NEW HORIZONS Challenge of harmonising transport and cohesion policies (transport gateway + sustainable regional development) Challenge of anticipating trends 5 debates on the future geography of freight flows – Malmö, Vilnius, St.Petersburg, Stockholm, Bodö (March-April 2010) Ca.150 stakeholders in transport and logistics attending Results summarised in the foresight report by Tetraplan A/S Denmark and utilised in the TransBaltic Policy Report 2010

3. Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region TransBaltic foresight scenarios THE GREEN SCENARIO a network of green multimodal transport corridors in the BSR  regulations by EU and other countries THE BARENTS SCENARIO intercontinental cargo flows attracted to the Barents Region  opening of the Northern Sea Route + transport investments on the European-Asian landbridge

4. Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region Looming threaths for green corridors in the BSR Negative response from the market to possible new regulations? Lack of coordinated policy support, leadership and stakeholder involvement across the BSR? No extension of the green corridor concept to Russia? No efficient education and promotion measures on green services and products? Still existent barriers to the development of co-modal business models? Need for equal operation standards in eastern and western parts of the BSR?

5. Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region The possible East-West divide... Green solutions too costly for new EU Member States and Russia Conventional infrastructure preferred - to improve connectivity to European markets and increase competitiveness Insufficient human and monetary resources for green issues The discussed way out: green technologies offered on reasonable financial conditions awareness raising campaign on economic benefits for going green deeper international cooperation for development of green corridors

6. Towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic Sea Region Thank you for your attention! Wiktor Szydarowski, Ph.D. project manager wiktor@szydarowski.com