Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint policy initiative, which aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU) and its six Eastern neighbours. One of its four priority areas is stronger connectivity which includes the ext...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP EUROPEAN UNION TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY TRADE PATTERNS GREEN TRANSPORT INVESTMENT FINANCE CLIMATE FINANCE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830081593677370886/Greener-Transport-Connectivity-for-Eastern-Partnership-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34101

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spelling	okr-10986-341012021-05-25T09:57:17Z Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries World Bank GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP EUROPEAN UNION TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY TRADE PATTERNS GREEN TRANSPORT INVESTMENT FINANCE CLIMATE FINANCE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint policy initiative, which aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU) and its six Eastern neighbours. One of its four priority areas is stronger connectivity which includes the extension of the Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T) to the EaP region. On the policy front, it aims at achieving regulatory convergence across transport modes between member countries and with the EU to heighten the focus on energy efficiency and combat climate change. The EaP countries experienced a large shock to their economies following the end of the Soviet Union in 1989. At the same time, EaP countries are acutely aware of the need to converge with the EU in terms of energy efficiency, environment and climate change goals. The EU is currently formalising its European Green Deal, which is a roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable. The objective of this study is to assist decision-makers in prioritizing strategic transport policies and infrastructure investments. It develops the evidence base and prioritisation framework for improving the transport sector of the region including improved energy efficiency and sustainability so that it is not left behind by advances in the EU. The study has also developed an online visualization tool to help policy makers explore and use the results of the modelling exercise. 2020-07-14T19:45:00Z 2020-07-14T19:45:00Z 2020-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830081593677370886/Greener-Transport-Connectivity-for-Eastern-Partnership-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34101 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe European Union Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine
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description	The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint policy initiative, which aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU) and its six Eastern neighbours. One of its four priority areas is stronger connectivity which includes the extension of the Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T) to the EaP region. On the policy front, it aims at achieving regulatory convergence across transport modes between member countries and with the EU to heighten the focus on energy efficiency and combat climate change. The EaP countries experienced a large shock to their economies following the end of the Soviet Union in 1989. At the same time, EaP countries are acutely aware of the need to converge with the EU in terms of energy efficiency, environment and climate change goals. The EU is currently formalising its European Green Deal, which is a roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable. The objective of this study is to assist decision-makers in prioritizing strategic transport policies and infrastructure investments. It develops the evidence base and prioritisation framework for improving the transport sector of the region including improved energy efficiency and sustainability so that it is not left behind by advances in the EU. The study has also developed an online visualization tool to help policy makers explore and use the results of the modelling exercise.
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title	Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries
title_short	Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries
title_full	Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries
title_fullStr	Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries
title_sort	greener transport connectivity for eastern partnership countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830081593677370886/Greener-Transport-Connectivity-for-Eastern-Partnership-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34101
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Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries

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