NEWS

Armenia: infrastructure projects in focus as TRACECA Secretary General visits Yerevan

08-07-2012

The Secretary General of TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia), Mr. E. Biriucov, completed a working visit to Armenia in late June. The visit took in various meetings with representatives of the Armenian authorities, including with Mr. Gagik Beglaryan, Chairman of the National Commission of TRACECA in Armenia.

Views were exchanged on the Investment Forums held in Brussels (2010 and 2012), infrastructure projects presented by Armenia at the last Forum, in particular the creation of a logistics centre and transport infrastructure operating in the territory of Zvartnotz international airport in Yerevan.
 
Discussions were held on the priority issues of further development of the ‘Europe-Caucasus-Asia’ international transport corridor and the strategic and integration outlook for the region for the purpose of the further implementation of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) TRACECA Strategy for the period up to 2015.
 
Other discussion points were major issues in the course of implementation of ongoing TRACECA technical assistance projects, further institutional improvement of the IGC TRACECA structures as well as the Action Plan for 2013 in the context of the discussion of the annual conference of the IGC to be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
 
TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) is an international transport cooperation programme between the EU and its Partner countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. It has a permanent Secretariat in Baku, Azerbaijan. The cooperation framework covers the areas of maritime transport, aviation, road and rail, transport security and transport infrastructure. (EU Neighbourhood Info)  
 
 
Read more
 

Press release

EC background MEMO – EU support to the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Transport Corridor

EU Neighbourhood Info Centre – EU transport cooperation with Eastern Partners: exclusive interviews, press pack and video

TRACECA Investment Forum 2012 – webpage

TRACECA website

TRACECA – fiche and news

 


NEWS
‘Eco-efficient tourism’ - Kolarctic cross-border project in Russia and Finland
Best practices for the establishment and development of tourism stopovers along...
Apply now: Eastern partners invited to take part in contest for best cross-border projects
A contest for best projects of cross-border cooperation involving Eastern...
TRACECA reviews future plans to improve Europe-Caucasus-Asia international transport corridor
The TRACECA Action Plan for 2013-2015 and the Strategy for the development of...
FEATURES
Interview with Eduard Biryukov - Trade and traffic on the rise on the new Silk Road
The People Behind the Projects   The Basic Multilateral Agreement was...
Interview with Philip Mikos - TRACECA Investment Forum seeks to turn transport blueprints into real transport links
Talking about the Neighbourhood TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus...
For your wedding, get a trolleybus
There’s a new fashion in the Moldovan capital Chisinau. Instead of a...
PUBLICATIONS
Research and Innovation in support of the European Neighbourhood Policy
 The European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation has published...
EU funding Handbook
A handbook on “European Union Funding for the Neighbourhood and...
Glossary of Eastern Partnership and relations with Russia
The glossary of words commonly used in the EU’s relations with its...
LINKS
Map of ENPI CBC Land Border and Sea Crossing Programmes
Regional Capacity Building Initiative RCBI
INTERACT ENPI