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This document outlines the progress towards NAIADES II implementation, focusing on areas such as policy context, staff working papers, and policy evaluation. It emphasizes the need to enhance inland navigation's economic and environmental performance through strategic initiatives. The report addresses key themes including infrastructure, markets, fleet, jobs and skills, and information exchange. It also stresses the importance of utilizing existing and new instruments effectively while enhancing governance for better synergy among stakeholders.
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NAIADES Implementation meetingStaff working document "Towards NAIADES II"Ports & inland navigation Geneva, 10 October 2012
Policy context • EU 2020 Strategy • White PAPER "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area" • NAIADES I Programme
Towards NAIADES II • Staff working document results out of a process of strong engagement with stakeholders through various consultation meetings and internet consultation • Staff working paper of 31 May 2012 sets out steps towards NAIADES II Package of Communication with legislative proposals • Reviews and orients NAIADES I policy actions towards preparing NAIADES II • Continuity between NAIADES I and II
NAIADES Policy evaluation • Necessary to make more use of inland navigation • Concern on relative decline in economic and sustainability terms • Need to refocus
One key objective and five themes • Reversingcurrent trend of decliningeconomic and environmental performance (in relative terms) of the sector • Five themes: • Infrastructure, • Markets, • Fleet, • Jobs & skills, • Information exchange & sharing
Instruments and governance • Makebetter use of existing instruments • Fully exploit potential of new instruments • Improvedgovernance/synergybetweenactors
Annex with indicative planning • Agenda for stakeholderinvolvement • First actions alreadyunderpreparation • willbereviewed and extended in NAIADES II Communication
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