The VASAB Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea Region

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The VASAB Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial The VASAB Long-Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea RegionDevelopment of the Baltic Sea Region

Wilfried GörmarWilfried GörmarFederal Office for Building and Regional Planning, GermanyFederal Office for Building and Regional Planning, Germany

Member of VASAb CSPD and of Monitoring Committee of transnational BSR Member of VASAb CSPD and of Monitoring Committee of transnational BSR programmeprogramme

Green Corridor Stakeholder Forum, Tallinn, 14 October 2010Green Corridor Stakeholder Forum, Tallinn, 14 October 2010

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About VASAB

the organisation:

intergovernmental network founded in 1992 to promote cooperation on spatial planning and development in the Baltic Sea Region

member countries:

Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia and

Sweden

main mission:

to prepare policy options for the territorial development of the Region and to provide a forum for exchange of know-how on spatial

planning and development between the Baltic Sea countries

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Profile of the LTP

• action-oriented document endorsed by the BSR ministers responsible for spatial planning and development in October 2009

• featuring the 2030 BSR territorial cohesion perspective as a result of joint efforts of countries and organisations

• presenting policy guidelines and specific actions to achieve the policy guidelines and specific actions to achieve the perspectiveperspective

urban networking and urban-rural relations (9 actions)urban networking and urban-rural relations (9 actions)

accessibility issues (10 actions, whereof 6 on transport)accessibility issues (10 actions, whereof 6 on transport)

maritime spatial planning and managementmaritime spatial planning and management (3 actions3 actions)

• providing basis for the monitoring and evaluation of territorial development processes in the BSR

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‘Improving internal and external accessibility’

• Deficits in land, sea and air transport infrastructure seen from the macroregional perspective:

inefficient connections across the borders

low compatibility and quality of interfaces between domestic transport systems

limited connectivity and accessibility of some BSR areas

• High potential of the BSR transport infrastructure to serve the intercontinental flows; green transport corridors as one of sustainable, affordable and intermodal solutions

• Synergy required: transport actions to be coupled with mobility, sustainable regional growth and measures to expand cross-border labour markets

• Perspective 2030: well connected territories along and across the Baltic Sea; BSR community highly accessible for contacts both internally and with the outside world

From ‘connecting potentials’ in 2005 to ‘territorial cohesion perspective’ in 2030

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‘Improving internal and external accessibility’Discussing approaches of VASAB, EU BSR Strategy and BSSSC

towards TEN-T revision and creating synergies

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Thank youThank you

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