ED-C III – European Development Corridor III "Via Regia"

5D078

Free State of Saxony, Ministry of the Interior
Wilhelm-Buck-Str. 4
01097 Dresden
Germany

Mr. Jörg Kellermann
Tel.:	+493515643453
Fax:	+493515643459
Email:	joerg.kellermann@smi.sachsen.de

1 - Spatial development approaches
1.1 - Promoting spatial development

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

4th Call

Over centuries the "Via Regia" had been one of the most important trading routes in Europe, connecting the East and West of the continent. Due to the political situation after World War II, it almost completely lost this function. Some years ago, with the fall of the Iron Curtain, new opportunities emerged for a development axis contributing to European integration and improved relations to neighbouring non-EU Member States in the future. However, a rough analysis shows already that various obstacles and barriers considerably impede the process of European integration along the "Via Regia". This is particularly the case regarding the restricted accessibility of node cities and metropolitan areas which are characterised by a poor transport infrastructure especially in border regions, and regarding missing links to other development corridors and neighbouring countries. Objective of the ED-C III project is the elaboration of an integrated spatial development strategy for the area along the Pan-European Transport Corridor III, which is a part of the former "Via Regia". The corridor connects important economic centres of the European Union like Berlin, Dresden, Wroclaw, Katowice, Krakow and Rzeszów and also provides connections to Ukraine (Lviv, Kiev). It is therefore of high relevance for future economic development and further integration of the European Union to strengthen the co-ordination of spatial development in the corridor through project partnerships and intensified co-operation. The project will be implemented by a thoroughly composed consortium of project partners from regions and cities along the "European Development Corridor III" with key competencies in spatial development, including partners from neighbouring countries and from Ukraine. The work of the partners will particularly focus on the Polish-Czech-German and the Polish-Slovak-Ukrainian border areas.

The planned results of the project are: - Integrated spatial development strategy for the European Development Corridor III “Via Regia” based on development, agreement, assessment of development scenarios and by using existing development strategies, - Strengthening of node cities and metropolitan areas through improvement of accessibility by co-operation and co-ordination of spatial development, - Further Development of connections to other development corridors and neighbouring countries, - Strengthening of border regions projects as connecting “interfaces”, - Analysis of conditions for regional development along the “Via Regia”, - Rising awareness of the European Development Corridor III “Via Regia”, - Intensification of networks of decision-makers.

Total budget (EUR):	1.396.400,00 EUR
ERDF:	901.000,00 EUR

Start:	10/2005
End:	03/2008

• Free State of Saxony, Ministry of the Interior, Dresden, Germany
• Joint Spatial Planning Department of Berlin and Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany
• Ministry of Building, Construction and Traffic of Thuringia, Erfurt, Germany
• City of Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
• Senate Department for Urban Development Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• City of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
• Office of the Marshal of theDolnoslaskie Voivodship, Wroclaw, Poland
• Podkarpackie Voivodship, Rzeszów, Poland
• Municipality of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
• Municipality of Opole, Opole, Poland
• City of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
• Klodzko County Office, Klodzko, Poland
• Ústí Region, Ústí nad Labem, Czech republic
• Pardubice Region, Pardubice, Czech republic
• Agency for the support of regionaldevelopment Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
• Lviv Polytechnical National University, Lviv, Ukraine