Activity Report

General information - The Commission organises the Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and Motorways of the Sea (MoS) Focal Points (FoP) Meeting twice a year, one of which is being usually organised in co-operation with the Member State which holds the EU Presidency. For the second annual meeting, the Joint meeting, the Commission invites in addition to the FoPs the Short Sea Promotion Centres (SPCs).

Activity Report

Meeting of 9-10 December 2010 (joint meeting) - Around 80 participants from Member States, Shortsea Promotion and the industry took part in the meeting. A keynote speech was given by the Flemish Minister for Mobility. The following discussions were structured in four sessions: 1. Policy measures in Short Sea Shipping, 2. Promotion and funding programmes, 3. Environmental issues, 4. Motorways of the sea. Presentations were given by the Commission, representatives of the industrial sectors and Member States. A visit of the port of Zeebrugge was also organised by the Belgian presidency at the occasion of the meeting.

Activity Report

Meeting of 16-17 November 2011 (joint meeting) - Around 80 participants from Member States, Shortsea Promotion Centres, TEN-T projects, Commission, the industry as well as representatives for the maritime administration of the United States of America took part in the meeting. It was the first time that US representatives participated in the Focal Points meeting, as a consequence of a Memorandum of Cooperation signed on 1st July 2011. The following topics were addressed: 1. Short Sea Shipping promotion and funding programmes, 2. Environmental issues, 3. Motorways of the sea financed under the trans-European Network Programme. Presentations were given by the Commission, representatives of the Member States and the United States and the European Maritime Safety Agency.

Activity Report

Meeting of 19-20 April 2012 (Focal Points only)- The meeting was organized in Helsingor/Denmark in cooperation with the Danish presidency. Around 40 participants from Member States and the industry took part in the meeting. The meeting was structured in 3 sessions: 1. Short Sea Shipping promotion and EU funding, 2. Clean shipping, 3. EU initiatives facilitating Short Sea Shipping. Presentations were given by the Commission, SSS industry representatives and EC project contractors.

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Activity Report

Agenda and Summary report of the Meeting of 21-22 November 2012 in Brussels (joint meeting) - Joint Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of the SeaFocal Points and Short Sea Promotion Centres.

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Activity Report

Agenda and Summary report of the Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of the Sea Focal Points meeting, 4 June 2013, Brussels

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Activity Report

Agenda of the meeting of 18 December 2013 in Brussels (joint meeting) - Joint Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of the SeaFocal Points and Short Sea Promotion Centres

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Selection Procedure (members)

Group is composed of representatives of the 27 EU Member States where members are nominated by the national appropriate authority; the Shortsea Promotion Centres that need membership nomination & recommendation by the national maritime authorities/national Focal Points for Shortsea Sipping and Motorways of the Sea; the Focal Points of candidate countries and EEA countries, who are appointed by their national ministries (the name of the person appointed is communicated to the European Commission through their respective permanent mission to the European Union); the Maritime Industry Forum in its role of observer in accordance with the Communication on Shortsea Shipping COM (2004)453 final, article 7.1 (the representatives of the Maritime Industries Forum are nominated by its Secretariat). Since January 2012, Croatia is an observer members State. All these participants have been identified as the most qualified persons to coordinate the activities for the promotion of Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of the Sea at national level.

Internal Rules of Procedure

Expert groups usually operate in an informal setting without any formal rules of procedure. This is the case for this group.

 Number of Members: 57 

Individual expert appointed in his/her personal capacity:

0

female:

0

male:

0

Individual expert appointed as representative of an interest:

0

female:

0

male:

0

Organisation:

29

National administrations:

28

 Number of Alternate Members: 0 

Individual expert appointed in his/her personal capacity:

0

female:

0

male:

0

Individual expert appointed as representative of an interest:

0

female:

0

male:

0

Organisation:

0

National administrations:

0

 Number of Observers: 1 

Individual expert appointed in his/her personal capacity:

0

female:

0

male:

0

Individual expert appointed as representative of an interest:

0

female:

0

male:

0

Organisation:

1

National administrations:

0

Organisation

Name of Organisation

Category

Countries/Areas represented

Membership Status

Agencia Portuguesa doTransporte Marítimo de Curta Distância	Association	Portugal	Member
Asociacion espanola de promocion del transporte maritimo de corta distancia	NGO	Spain	Member
Bureau de Promotion de Transport Maritime a Courte Distance	NGO	France	Member
Cyprus ShortSea Promotion Centre	NGO	Cyprus	Member
Estonian Logistics and Transit Association	NGO	Estonia	Member
Freight Transport Association	NGO	United Kingdom	Member
Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association	NGO	Greece	Member
Intermodal Business Group - Shortsea Promotion Centre Bulgaria	Corporate	Bulgaria	Member
Irish Maritime Development Office	Association	Ireland	Member
KIP Intermodal Transport Cluster	NGO	Croatia	Member
Malta Shortsea Promotion Centre	NGO	Malta	Member
Maritime Development Centre of Europe (MDCE)	NGO	Denmark	Member
Maritime Forum/Sjöfartsforum, Shortsea Promotion Centre Sweden	Association	Sweden	Member
Mission of Iceland to the European Union	Candidate country	Iceland	Member
Mission of Macedonia to the European Union	Candidate country	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Member
Mission of Montenegro to the European Union	Candidate country	Montenegro	Member
Mission of Norway to the European Union	Third Country	Norway	Member
Mission of Serbia to the European Union	Candidate country	Serbia	Member
Mission of Turkey to the European Union	Third Country	Turkey	Member
Promotie Binevaart Vlaanderen - Short Sea promotion centre Belgium	Association	Belgium	Member
Romanian Intermodal Association	NGO	Romania	Member
Shortsea Promotion Centre Finland - University of Turku, Centre for Maritime Studies	Corporate	Finland	Member
Shortsea Promotion Centre Poland	NGO	Poland	Member
Shortsea Promotion Centre Turkey	Association	Turkey	Member
ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center Deutschland	NGO	Germany	Member
Stiftelsen Maritime Forum	NGO	Norway	Member
Unione di Navigazione Interna Italiana	Association	Italy	Member
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University	Academia	Lithuania	Member
Voorlichtingsbureau Shortsea Shipping	NGO	Netherlands	Member
Maritime Industries Forum (MIF)	Association	European	Observer

National administrations

Country

Membership Status

Austria	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Belgium	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Bulgaria	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Croatia	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Cyprus	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Czech Republic	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Denmark	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Estonia	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Finland	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
France	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Germany	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Greece	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Hungary	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Ireland	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Italy	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Latvia	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Lithuania	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Luxembourg	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Malta	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Netherlands	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Poland	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Portugal	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Romania	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Slovakia	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Slovenia	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Spain	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
Sweden	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member
United Kingdom	1 Public Authorit(y-ies)	Member