Port of Igoumenitsa

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Project: ADRIPASS – Integrating multimodal connections in the Adriatic-Ionian region 

Programme: Adriatic-Ionian Programme INTERREG V-B Transnational 2014-2020 (ADRION)

 Description:

One of the main reasons that hamper the growth and the economic development of transport sector in ADRION region is lack of efficient maritime – hinterland connections, mainly caused by the existence of various bottlenecks at border level. ADRIPASS will tackle this problem by (1) analyzing physical and non-physical bottlenecks on the Trans European Transport Networks (TEN-T) corridor sections of the ADRION region, with a specific focus on those recently extended to the Western Balcans, where most Border Crossing Points (BCPs) are located and (2) by testing specific Information and Communication Technology solutions for streamlining freight transport in ADRION ports, setting standards which may be replicated to Electronic Data Interchange interfaces at BCPs. ADRION region will therefore benefit from the results of the above-mentioned activities thanks to the replicability of concrete project tools as the transnational action plan for transport facilitation in the Adriatic-ionian region and the Information and Communication Technology action plan for improving multimodal transport in ADRION regions. Setting up an enduring multilevel and multidisciplinary transnational cooperation network (3), simultaneously and innovatively combining a bottom-up and top-down approach at BCPs, will then guarantee an important impact on the relevant area. Through the results of ADRIPASS project, and in particular through the ADRIPASS strategy for the enhancement of multimodal transport efficiency and competitiveness, planning capacities of transport stakeholders (port terminal/logistic operators, freight forwarders, railway companies) and national and European policymakers (Ministries of Transport, European Commission, TEN-T Corridor coordinators) will be significantly improved, since all of them are facing the same challenges concerning the multimodal transport accessibility and network efficiency on the TEN-T Corridor sections in the ADRION region (from the port to the hinterland). Thanks to ADRIPASS project and results the entire process of regional transport planning will be strongly supported and complemented thus allowing an harmonization with EU transport policy in the relevant area.

  

Project: SUMPORT – Sustainable Urban Mobility in MEDPORT cities

Website:  https://sumport.interreg-med.eu/

Programme: INTERREG MED 2014-2020

Description:

SUMPORT (Sustainable Urban Mobility in MED PORT cities) will increase the planning capacities on sustainable mobility of port cities through sharing of experiences, pilot actions and training activities. SUMPORT enables participating port cities to draft or update their Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), as long-term strategy documents for the future development of the city that can effectively address transport issues.

SUMPORT tackles the issue of congestion and air pollution providing sustainable alternatives to individual car transport. 

The main goals of the project are the following: 

• To improve planning capacities on sustainable mobility through training of public officials and exchange of experience among participating MED port cities;
• To test or simulate pilot actions related to sustainable mobility in Valencia, Koper, Kotor, Durres, Limassol, Igoumenitsa;
• To elaborate, update or harmonize SUMPs in some of the participating MED port cities
• To develop the SUMPORT e-learning platform that will consolidate the experience accrued during the project’s lifetime, and put training materials and other useful tools and documents at the disposal of the wider community of practitioners of the MED area;
• To share the SUMPORT experience and ensure its replication in other similar contexts through technical events, training activities and the e-learning platform.

Project: PoWER – Ports as driving Wheels of Entrepreneurial Realm

Programme: Adriatic-Ionian Programme INTERREG V-B Transnational 2014-2020 (ADRION)

Descripition:

Cultural borders & political rifts caused in the ADRION area a lack of cooperation and I&D, and a weak application of EU policies; as a result, ADRION ports, also due to small dimensions & infrastructural limits, lost their historical mission as places of exchanges, and suffer now from low modernization rate, inadequate smartness level, and unsolved issues related to sustainability and urban regeneration needs. On the other hand, ADRION ports are still complex ecosystems, offering the perfect substrate for becoming actors of the development in the area again. In this framework, PoWER aims to support the evolution of ports into Innovation Hubs, able to act as new transmission belts between regions, and to exploit their untapped entrepreneurial potential. In particular, PoWER fosters collaboration among the key-actors of the Innovation Supply Chain (ISC):

cognitive institutions (schools, Universities, research bodies), enterprises and PAs, in order to turn the multi-layered challenges affecting ADRION ports into an opportunity to integrate, cross-fertilize and exploit the “power” of territories. To this extent, 6 case studies will be carried out in ADRION port areas, where an original approach will be followed by: carrying out collaborative processes applied to energy-oriented issues (energy efficiency, buildings requalification, RES, etc.) to trigger the rise of IHs; building ISCs capable to bridge ideas&production of the energy sector; merging Energy Transition & Gaming Approach as basis for co-creation and social innovation.

The project outputs will be:

• the PoWER methodology for facilitating the collaboration between enterprises and research institutions and, in so doing, speeding up the building of ISCs;
• the Innovation Hubs Network (IHN);
• the IHN joint Strategy for the evolution of ports into innovation hubs, supported by an ICT Platform devoted to its

These outputs will allow the members of IHN to pursue the transformation of ADRION ports into IHs as well as the further enlargement of the Network.