1. Regional Policy European Union Structural and Coheasion Funds – means to finance infrastructure Railway Days - Wider Black Sea Area Summit 2013, 8/9 October, Bucharest, Romania Anton SCHRAG Deputy Head of Unit European Commission

2. Regional Policy Content  Cohesion Policy 2007 -2013  European Structural and Investment Funds 2014 – 2020  Cohesion policy support for transport projects in Romania and neighbouring countries

3. Regional Policy Cohesion Policy 2007 -2013

4. Regional Policy Cohesion Policy 2007 -2013 Transport Operational Programme (SOPT) (CF+ERDF EUR 4,57 bln) Priority 1: Modernization and development of TEN-T priority axes (EUR 3,277 bln CF out of which EUR 1,5 bln for rail) contracting rate rail: app 75% Priority 2: Modernization and development of national transport infrastructure contracting rate rail: app. 40% Priority 3: Modernization aiming at a higher degree of environmental protection and safety Priority 4: Technical Assistance

5. Regional Policy ESI Funds 2014 – 2020: Developing modern infrastructure for growth and jobs ESI Funds for Romania: EUR23 bln Funding priority: Building accessibility of growth poles to the internal market by investing in the TEN-T network Streamlining the railway system, upgrading the core networks, including ERTMS investments and modernising the railway companies; Extending and upgrading the road and motorway network, improving connectivity of major urban agglomerations Supporting other modes and interconnecting points, in particular to foster navigability of the Danube

6. Regional Policy Transport MasterPlan – formal ex-ante conditionality for financing from ESI Funds MasterPlan: Outlining investments for the sector, shaping and mapping the future transport network for all the relevant modes, over the next 20 years

7. Regional Policy Transport MasterPlan 1.Political assumption on the budgetary effort allocated to the transport sector over the next 20 years 2.Status quo of the transport sector, including a clear picture of the effectiveness of the governance of the sector 3.Construction of the traffic model based on the origin – destination matrix, assumption for future economic needs, TEN-T network 4.List of possible projects as a result of the model 5.Prioritisation of projects: future projects should be prioritised based on the economic relevance and appartenance on TEN-T core

8. Regional Policy Situation in Romania

9. Regional Policy Thank you For more information InfoRegio: ec.europa.eu/inforegio RegioNetwork: www.regionetwork2020.eu