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Project CODE-TEN

Acronym CODE-TEN

Title Strategic Assessment of corridor developments, TEN improvements and extensions to the CEEC/CIS

Co-ordinator ICCR, Austria

Client European Commission, DG Energy & Transport

Contract Number ST-97-SC.2090

Duration February 1998 - February 2000

Person Responsible Liana Giorgi

Project Website www.iccr-international.org/code-ten

Objectives
The first decade of the next millennium should see an expanding European Union with the CEEC countries and the Baltic States as new members. Transport emerges to be one of the key areas for integrating these countries. There are several gaps in the transport system of these countries and it is still unclear how the latter will develop. The strategic planning of infrastructure investments is therefore of vital importance.

The primary objective of CODE-TEN has been to develop a strategic policy assessment methodology that can be applied to assess the impacts of the development of Pan-European corridors. The methodology developed has been termed the DECODE method and combines top-down and bottom-up approaches. It applies the scenario approach in order to elaborate consistent ‘images’ of the future that combine information on three aspects: socio-economic development, policy development and infrastructure planning. These images are then subjected to impact assessment to help in decision-making.

Our research in the CODE-TEN project shows that even when developing long-distance transport infrastructure plans, it is important not to lose sight of national needs and, in particular, of the inter-regional co-operation perspective.

Multi-modal corridors represent costly infrastructure investments that may only be realised in the long-term through phasing. Prioritisation is thus unavoidable. Inter-regional co-operation or, in the transport planning jargon, the promotion of positive boundary conditions is one important criterion for prioritisation next to economic efficiency criteria. Think globally, act locally.

Project Partners INRETS, France
IFP, Denmark
VTT, Finland
SYSTEMA, Greece
PLANCO Consulting, Germany
TRT, Italy
ITS Leeds, UK
Halcrow Fox, UK
INCERTRANS, Romania
WEUG, Poland
KTI, Hungary
CTC Engineering, Bulgaria
SCCTP, Russia
TTU, Estonia
CESUR, Portugal


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Acronym	CODE-TEN
Title	Strategic Assessment of corridor developments, TEN improvements and extensions to the CEEC/CIS
Co-ordinator	ICCR, Austria
Client	European Commission, DG Energy & Transport
Contract Number	ST-97-SC.2090
Duration	February 1998 - February 2000
Person Responsible	Liana Giorgi
Project Website	www.iccr-international.org/code-ten
Objectives	The first decade of the next millennium should see an expanding European Union with the CEEC countries and the Baltic States as new members. Transport emerges to be one of the key areas for integrating these countries. There are several gaps in the transport system of these countries and it is still unclear how the latter will develop. The strategic planning of infrastructure investments is therefore of vital importance. The primary objective of CODE-TEN has been to develop a strategic policy assessment methodology that can be applied to assess the impacts of the development of Pan-European corridors. The methodology developed has been termed the DECODE method and combines top-down and bottom-up approaches. It applies the scenario approach in order to elaborate consistent ‘images’ of the future that combine information on three aspects: socio-economic development, policy development and infrastructure planning. These images are then subjected to impact assessment to help in decision-making. Our research in the CODE-TEN project shows that even when developing long-distance transport infrastructure plans, it is important not to lose sight of national needs and, in particular, of the inter-regional co-operation perspective. Multi-modal corridors represent costly infrastructure investments that may only be realised in the long-term through phasing. Prioritisation is thus unavoidable. Inter-regional co-operation or, in the transport planning jargon, the promotion of positive boundary conditions is one important criterion for prioritisation next to economic efficiency criteria. Think globally, act locally.
Project Partners	INRETS, France IFP, Denmark VTT, Finland SYSTEMA, Greece PLANCO Consulting, Germany TRT, Italy ITS Leeds, UK Halcrow Fox, UK INCERTRANS, Romania WEUG, Poland KTI, Hungary CTC Engineering, Bulgaria SCCTP, Russia TTU, Estonia CESUR, Portugal