Customer: CERTH / HIT

Duration: October 2003 – September 2004

The IMONODE project seeks to explore the options and to suggest solutions and solid actions in order to enhance the greater use of, and the accessibility to the transportation axes no V and X, for freight transport with priority on rail. The emphasis is on rail because if no specific actions are taken it will continue to loose ground against road transport and this is contrary to the declared Transport policy of the EU. For the areas of CADSES countries that had a long tradition of rail supremacy over road, this is a crucial issue and a very urgent objective to pursue.
The central project objectives concern the sustainable transnational concepts to:
• Promote the reorientation of Central European transport flows from North Sea ports to North Adriatic ports to take advantage of EU enlargement opportunities for regional development and sustainable transport (shortest routes, environmentally friendly modes of transport)
• Promote the integration of Adriatic ports with their Central European hinterland through transnational goods transport bundling and redistribution concepts & development of adequate infrastructure & services, hence leading to a win-win-situation for both partners: a wider catchment area for the Adriatic ports, a better access to oversees markets for Central Europe and an economic benefit for both
• Promote the enhancement of co-operation between railways and freight terminals (especially ports) of EU member countries and accession countries.
• Promoting the integration of Stability Pact Countries by targeted investments in the rehabilitation of the European transport infrastructure between Austria and Greece (Pan-European Corridor X and V)
• Develop a co-operation network and clear division of tasks between the transport nodes to be able to offer competitive transport services.

Role of TREDIT:
Support to the technical management of the project:
– Coordination and execution of technical meetings of the LP’s team at national and transnational level
– Critical analysis and control of the technical execution of the work according to the official GANNT chart of the project
– Preparation of technical progress reports toward the transnational steering committee of the project in case of dispute between project partners
– Submission of technical progress reports and deliverables for the project’s final report
– Coordination of technical activities for the execution of the transnational assignments