Introduction toJASPERS

and reflections onSustainable Roads

Kristian DUUS, JASPERSRoads Division, Vienna Regional Office

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JASPERS overview

• ‘Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions’

• joint initiative: Commission, EIB, and EBRD

• 17 beneficiaries: Member States which joined EU in 2004 and 2007, Croatia from 2011, Greece, fY Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia from 2013

• focus on preparation of major projects to facilitate timely approval of high quality projects

• mandate for 2007-13 and 2014-20 programming periods

• target: member states and expanding

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• Extensive project experience over 17 countries(801 completed/ €96 billions, 294 major approved/€56 billions)

• close relationship over many years with MSs, Commission and IFIs

• internalisation of expertise, learn from experience

• IFIs’ in-house technical capacity and experience

• based in EIB but separate from EIB lending operations

• Close to beneficiaries: 70% of staff in 3 regional offices

Overview

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• improving the quality of investments

• accelerating the approval of projects by the Commission and by the national authorities

• building capacity within national administrations: learning-by-doing and replicating successful

methods Workshops and seminars horizontal issues (e.g. state aid, PSCs)

Objectives

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Project cycle

Pre-feasibility or concept stage

Comments and guidance on strategies and master plans; assistance in developing project concepts vis-à-vis EU

regulations and in the preparation of the Terms of Reference for the beneficiary to select a consultant for the preparation of the feasibility study.

Feasibility stage

Methodological support during the preparation of the feasibility study;

support to the beneficiary and/or line ministry in the review of intermediate and final deliverables.

Application stage

Review of the draft application form and the annexes before the submission by the national authorities to COM for approval

Implementation Selective implementation support in specific cases

Horizontal outputs

JASPERS may also advise on horizontal issues that affect several projects/subsectors/countries. The output of such assistance is through reports/workshops/presentations. Horizontal actions can help unblock issues across a whole sector or series of projects (e.g. state aid, environmental issues, CBA.)

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• Life Cycle Management – Investment 1

• Thorough preparation of investments to ensure adequate and affordable service level

• Feasibility studies including detailed data collection, purpose fit modelling, followed by option analysis

• Prepare economic and financial cost benefit analysis including risk assessment and sensitivity analysis

Sustainable roads

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• Life Cycle Management – Investment 2

• Road network development to be done in coordination with rail and public transport - Multimodality.

• Road network development to be done in coordination with local (development) plans.

• Local development plans provides an opportunity to identify and support a pattern of development that minimises trip generation and encourages use of sustainable modes of transport

Sustainable roads

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• Life Cycle Management – Investment 3

• In delivering economic growth at local level, it is essential that the wider economic needs of the country are not compromised.

• New accesses to busy high speed strategic roads lead to more weaving and turning manoeuvres• Which in turn create additional risk to safety and reduce the reliability of

journeys

• Resulting in a negative impact on overall national economic activity and performance

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• Local development plans provides an opportunity to identify and support a pattern of development that minimises trip generation and encourages use of sustainable modes of transport

Sustainable roads

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• Life Cycle Management – maintenance 1

• The maintenance cost are defined already at design stage!!

• Use feedback from maintenance operations to improve the design for low-cost maintenance purposes

• Systematic data collection, management and sharing

Sustainable roads

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• Life Cycle Management – maintenance 2

• Simplify procedures

• Streamline maintenance procurement

• Quality standards driven maintenance contracts

• Monitor the maintenance costs

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• Life Cycle Management – road safety

• Analyse the existing safety situation and identify problems

• Safety audits in the design phase

• Monitor safety performance – and provide feed back on sections with increased number of accidents

• Safety inspections + follow-up

Sustainable roads

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• Life Cycle Management – road safety winter

• Spreading salt too late or too little – more accidents

• Spreading salt too early or too much – higher cost

• Optimize winter maintenance – use IT for appropriate warning systems

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Contact details

JASPERS

100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer

L-2950 Luxembourg

Email: jaspers@eib.org

Tel: +352 4379-1

www.jaspers-europa-info.org