Published 6 Dec, 2016
Europeans on the move - Between urban hubs and rural towns
About 60 transport experts, spatial planners, decision makers from ten BSR countries gathered from 1st to 2nd December in the capital city of Latvia Riga for the conference ,,Europeans on the move”. The conference was organized in cooperation of two TENTacle project partners - Vidzeme Planning Region from Latvia and Innovation Circle Network from Norway.
The conference had a strong emphasis on transport issues. Under the slogan “Europeans on the move – Between urban hubs and rural towns” speakers talked about linkage between transit corridors and regional growth, town development and new transport routes, projects such as the Helsinki-Talinn-Tunnel, TENTacle Fehmarnbelt case, Rail Baltica, discussed mobility issues , transport role as in social and regional development.
The conference was opened by Hardijs Vents, Chairman of the Development Council of Vidzeme Planning Region. „It is very important for us to be part of the Innovation Circle Network and to participate in the TENTacle project.”, said Vents. He hopes for practical impacts of the project in Vidzeme region.
Andris Maldups, Director of transit policy department of the Ministry of Transport in Latvia stressed in his presentation the need to find new possibilities, markets and clients. Maldups talked about how the TENT-T core network will influence transport and logistics within the Baltic Sea Region and Latvia’s role. The aim is to create new jobs not only in Latvia but in the whole Baltic Sea Region. He also mentioned that all ports – no matter if bigger or smaller ones - are important. Asked if the Ministry has a vision or plan on how to develop regions like Vidzeme through railroads, Andris Maldups explained that the Ministry tries to allocate a rather small budget into main road infrastructure and public transport in order to provide equal rights for different regions.
TENTacle project manager Wiktor Szydarowski from Sweden gave a profound description about the history behind TENTacle, its seven regional showcases and the macro-regional outcome of the project.
Pictures can be found on https://www.flickr.com/photos/128640469@N06/sets/72157676061981830
Presentations can be found on https://files.fm/u/gbb7ff99
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