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Towards interconnected,sustainable and resilient transportsystems in the Baltic Sea RegionRiga, Latvia16 October, 2023Main focus areas➢ Development of integrated railway networks between the BalticStates, Finland and the rest of EU Member States of the BSR.➢ Air connectivity within and beyond the BSR.➢ Port and logistics infrastructure and sea freight and passengerconnections➢ Broadband internet and 5G cooperation➢ Supporting energy interconnectionsRail Baltica is a geopoliticalnecessity with EU added value➢ Part of the North Sea - BalticSea TEN-T corridor➢ Part of the Baltic Sea - BlackSea – Aegean Sea TEN-T corridor*➢ Basis for a new economic andsecurity corridor in the Baltic regionand the European Union➢ To increase the potential of theinfrastructure, enhance regionalconnectivity and ensure betterintegration into the nationaltransport network regional trafficWill be a part of the project*According to 5/12/2022 General Agreementof the EU TTE Minister’s CouncilAir Baltic is a leading forceregion’s air connectivity➢ National air carrier«airBaltic» jet fleet is theyoungest in Europe,consisting solely of one of theworld's greenest commercialaircraft, the Airbus A220-300.➢ «airBaltic» complies with EUETS and ICAO CORSIArequirements in order toreduce CO2 emissions.➢ The airline services directflights from RigaInternational Airport, it’smain hub, also from Vilniusand Tallinn, and mostrecently since May 2022 fromTampere.Latvian logistics sectorDEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES:➢ DIVERSIFICATION➢ MULTIMODALITY➢ CONTAINERISATION➢ INVESTMENTS➢ INDUSTRIALISATIONGDP6 % transport and storage 2022PORTS48,1 mln. tonns in 2022RAILWAYS21,6 mln. tonns in 2022Central Asian landlocked countries connectionsto Northern and Western Europe VIA LATVIASubmarineCable Map8Main policy directions for digitalconnectivity in 2021-2027Last mile connectivity of very high-performancenetwork connections to households, businesses,schools, hospitals and other public buildings5G along transport corridors (incl. RB & ViaB)Reduction of administrative burden of buildingvery high-performance networkFunding sources: Recovery and Resilience Fund (16.5 M EUR), European RegionalDevelopment Fund (~51 M EUR), Connecting Europe Facility, private910Thank you foryour attention!