CEF support to Orient/East-Med Corridor - May 2020
CEF support to Orient/East-Med Corridor - April 2018
CEF Transport projects by country
Overview
The Orient/East-Med Corridor connects large parts of Central Europe with ports of the North, Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. It focuses upon fostering the development of these ports as major multimodal logistics platforms and providing economic centers in central Europe with modernised, multimodal connections to Motorways of the Sea. The corridor incorporates the Elbe River as a key inland waterway and will improve multimodal connections between Northern Germany, the Czech Republic; the Pannonian region and Southeastern Europe. The corridor will also provide an improved link to Cyprus.
Main bottlenecks and missing links
Numerous missing links remain with most of the multimodal connections between Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece yet to be constructed or substantially upgraded. The Elbe also requires important upgrades if it is to facilitate increased traffic flows. Cross-border traffic management systems on rail and inland waterways are still to be implemented on many sections.
Success stories
The Commission has given its backing to a study to assess the need for a rail link connecting Budapest with Sofia and Athens via Timisoara, Vidin-Calafat and Thessaloniki. The link is not currently fully operational and support is needed to create the necessary conditions for its full development.
CEF: Pre-identified projects
European Coordinator for the TEN-T Orient/East-Med Corridor, Mr Mathieu Grosch
Mr Mathieu Grosch was born on 14 September 1950, in Eupen, Belgium. Mr Grosch was appointed European Coordinator for the TEN-T Orient/East- Med Corridor on 1 July 2014.
Previous assignments
2009-2014: EPP Coordinator in the Committee on Transport and Tourism
2009-2014: Member of the Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula
2009-2014: Substitute of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
2007-2014: Substitute of the Delegation for Relations with Japan
1996-2014: Member of the Board of Bierset-Liège Airport
1994-2014: Member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament
1994-2014: Member of the European Parliament, Member of the EPP bureau
2004-2009: Substitute of the Committee on Regional Development
2004-2009: Member of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
2002-2004: Substitute of the Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
1999-2004: Substitute of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
1999-2004: Member of the Committee on Regional Policy
1999-2004: Member of the Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee
1999-1999: Member of the Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee
1997-1999: Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control
1997-1999: Member of the Delegation for Relations with Slovenia
1995-1997: Member of the Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
1994-1999: Substitute of the Committee on Regional Policy
1994-1995: Member of the Delegation for Relations with the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia
1994-1994: Member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation
1994-2014: Member of the European Parliament
1991-2012: Mayor of Kelmis
1990-1994: Chairman of Council, German-speaking Community
1986-1994: Member of Council, German-speaking Community
1986-1990: Minister for Social Affairs, Sports and Youth, German-speaking Community
1985-1986: Member of the Provincial Council, Province Liège
1984-1986: Advisor to the Prime Minister of the German-speaking Community, Joseph Maraite
1981-1983: Advisor to the Prime Minister of Belgium, Wilfried Martens
Current tasks
- Member of the National Bureau of the CSP and of the European Bureau of EPP (since 1986)
Mr Mathieu Grosch, European Coordinator
mathieu [dot] grosch
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (mathieu[dot]grosch[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Ms Lotte Lankveld, Adviser of the European Coordinator
lotte [dot] lankveldec [dot] europa [dot] eu (lotte[dot]lankveld[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
+32 (0)2 29 51958
Postal address:
Orient/East-Med CNC / TEN-T
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
Rue de Mot 28
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Information Note
Information Note CEF Call 2014 Orient East Med
Maps
Orient-East Med compliance maps
Policy Documents
Political rail cross border Declaration signed
Workplans
1st Orient - East Med TEN-T Corridor work plan
2nd Orient - East Med TEN-T Corridor work plan
3rd Orient - East Med TEN-T Corridor work plan
4th Orient - East Med TEN-T Corridor work plan
5th Orient - East Med TEN-T Corridor work plan