UNECE – UNESCAP

1. UNECE – UNESCAP Criteria for prioritization of projects By Michalis P. Adamantiadis UNECE Regional Adviser on Transport

2. UNECE – UNESCAP Background • The countries have investment needs • They are competing for scarce resources • They provided their investment activities • The 1st EGM agreed that proposed projects should be prioritized on the basis of set criteria Therefore it is necessary to set criteria

3. UNECE – UNESCAP Experience of project prioritization • The Pan-European Corridors concept • Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment (TINA) • Transport Infrastructure Study in Balkans (TIRS) • Regional Balkans Infrastructure Study (REBIS) • Van Miert High-Level Group on Trans-European Transport Networks • UNECE TEM and TER Projects Master Plan • UNECE TEM and TER Master Plan Methodology for project prioritization • Prioritization of investments on the Asian Highway network

4. UNECE – UNESCAP The Pan-European Corridors concept • Elaborated in concrete terms at the 2nd and 3rd PET Conferences • Starting points the AGR, AGC, AGTC Layer 1: Long term perspective, as reflected in AGR, AGC, AGTC Layer 2: Medium-term corridors, for implementation up to 2010 Layer 3: Short-term priorities of Layer 2 for implementation in 5 years • The description of Layer 2 Corridors is based in part on TEM and TER networks and the following assumptions: First: Every country in CEE should be touched at least one Corridor Second: Corridors would be included if viable and be realized by 2010 Third: Corridors chosen should be consistent with network concept • Operational criteria were developed, constituting a pre-screening mechanism, based on those set by UNECE and the EC and drawing on criteria used by the international financial institutions

5. UNECE – UNESCAP Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment (TINA) • Completed in 1999 for 11 candidate countries to initiate the development of multi-modal transport networks • First stage: Concrete definition of on the network for realization by 2015, taking into account expected economic development of the countries concerned • Second stage: Identification of investment measures by which the identified network would be brought up to the desired quality level

6. UNECE – UNESCAP Transport Infrastructure Study in Balkans(TIRS) Delivered in 2002 for 7 Balkan countries to: Identify major international and regional routes Define a medium-term network Define short-term priority projects Multi-criteria analysis centered around socio-economic return of investment, functionality and coherence. Classified into 4 categories: (a) for rapid implementation (b) necessitating additional analysis most worth-wile and well defined (c) necessitating additional analysis most questionable projects (d) discarded for the moment Selection criteria were used, mostly based on TINA

7. UNECE – UNESCAP Regional Balkans Infrastructure Study (REBIS) • Delivered in 2003 for 5 countries to prepare short-term investment plans for priority projects • TIRS and TINA experiences used using a two-step procedure • First: Screening tool based on multi-criteria • Second: for selected and screened projects, pre-feasibility studies were carried out

8. UNECE – UNESCAP Van-Miert High-Level Group on TEN-T • Presented its results in 2003 • To select a restricted number of priority projects on the transport network of the expanded EU, up to 2020 • The methodology used was based in two stages: First: To ensure overall coherence of projects, maturity, and country commitment, on the basis of a number of criteria Second: Assess the contribution of the projects to 3 Community policy objectives: Added value in facilitating the mobility between Member States Contribution in territorial cohesion Contribution to the sustainable development of transport • Priority projects were divided into 3 categories: • First: Limited number of priority projects to start before 2010 • Second and third : Less matured longer-term priority projects

9. UNECE – UNESCAP UNECE TEM and TER Projects Master Plan • Started in 2003 and will be completed in November 2004, focusing 21 countries • To elaborate an investment strategy, as a complete backbone road, rail and combined transport • Built upon experiences • Based on AGR, AGC, AGTC, TEM and TER standards • For the work a prototype Methodology was used • More than 350 projects proposed by the countries were evaluated and prioritized • More information on the methodology will be presented by its author

10. UNECE – UNESCAP Proposed criteria and methodological framework Pre-selection of projects, with 3 screening levels 1.International infrastructure standards, along EATL, removing bottlenecks-missing links, facilitating landlocked -countries, within national plans 2.Project is defined, management plan exists, environmental and socio-economic aspects considered 3.Euro-Asian dimension, no less of $ 10 million, evidence of economic viability Criteria for the selection of projects International standards, EATL added value, contribution to sustainable development Horizontal Dimension: Functionality-Coherence Vertical Dimension: Socio-economic efficiency and sustainability criteria Project Priorities: (Priority 1) Funded and implemented rapidly, up to 2010 (Priority 2) Requiring additional investigation , or implemented up to 2015 (Priority 3) Requiring further investigation, or implemented up to 2020 (Priority 4) Longer-term projects

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