The Scandinavian-Mediterranean European Transport Corridor (ETC Scan-Med) study started in March 2024, and it is expected to be completed in 2026. The contract can be extended for additional two years, the second phase spanning between 2026 and 2028, and dedicated to monitoring the implementation of the work plan and possible elaboration of implementing acts, in line with Art. 55 of Regulation (EU) 1679/2024. The study involves six main tasks as follows:

• Task 1: Corridor knowledge base (dedicated to describing the corridor characteristics, infrastructure and operational KPIs, traffic flow analysis, and review of national plans…).
• Task 2: Corridor project list (compiling the Corridor project list, including relevant information on ongoing, planned and completed projects, their impacts and technical/financial maturity).
• Tasks 3 and 4: Projects’ implementation reports and ETC work plan (processing information from previous tasks towards the elaboration of the ETC Scan-Med work plan VI).
• Task 5: Preparing, supporting and following up on the ETC Scan-Med Corridor Forum meetings and working groups.
• Task 6: Communication, including updating the content of an ETC Scan-Med dedicated Website and elaboration of quarterly newsletters.

The analyses to be performed under the above tasks foresee the involvement of the ETCs concerned Member States, Infrastructure Managers and wider TEN-T community, at least for Tasks 1, 2, 5 and 6. The Consultants will indeed require the support from all stakeholders for collecting relevant inputs and performing the analysis of the Corridor characteristics, infrastructure and operational KPIs, technical impact and procurement/financial maturity of completed, ongoing and planned investments, relevant news and events planned along the Corridor, organisation of Corridor and cross-corridor events at the local level, interviews on the progress in the implementation of projects and measures of relevance for the implementation of the TEN-T policy.

In line with previous studies, the European Commission asked the Consultants to adopt a common approach and methodology in conducting the study tasks to facilitate the validation of the results by the members of the nine ETC Corridor Fora.

The study outcomes are foreseen to be presented at the Corridor Forum meetings organised in Brussels twice a year.

Study tasks 1, 5, and 6 have already started. The other tasks are expected to start in 2025. The preliminary results of Task 1, focusing on the description of the corridor characteristics and KPIs, are foreseen to be presented at the 20th ETC Scan-Med Corridor Forum Meeting in November 2024. An updated time schedule of the ETC Scan-Med study activities will also be presented at this meeting.

For questions about the ETC Scan-Med study, contact the project manager, Mr Klaus-Uwe Sondermann, at usondermann@kombiconsult.com.