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The overall objective of the project is
to improve the transport sector in Ukraine by assisting the Ministry
of Transport and Communications to develop and implement a coherent
and comprehensive transport sector policy and strategy covering all
modes of transport and such cross-cutting issues as logistics,
intermodals, and border crossings. The programme will support the
Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine in elaborating
medium- to long-term transport sector policy/strategy, making the
necessary assessments, defining and prioritising the required
investments, conducting the required pre-feasibility studies and
identifying/documenting the related funding mechanisms, mainly in
view of:
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contributing to a balanced growth
of the different modes of transport through abolition of
competitive distortions, promotion of intermodal transport
solutions, infrastructure upgrade and
institutional/administrative reforms,
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achieving increased transport
efficiency and improved East-West transport network
interoperability,
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increasing the administrative
capacity of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of
Ukraine and related sector organisations/administrations,
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promoting transport technical
modernisation, standardisation and harmonisation, proposing and
implementing efficient monitoring and inspection procedures in
order to guarantee application of the safety rules and fair
competition,
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developing and adopting adequate
analytical tools for transport corridor analysis and investment
screening,
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assisting the successful
preparation and promotion of priority investments in the
Ukrainian part of the Trans-European Transport Network, and
leveraging relating investment, especially from the
international financial institutions, in the country,
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promoting the adoption of modern
traffic management and information systems.
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