"Intelligent" transport
Measure 2.8 includes actions about the transport sector. This sector can obtain many benefits by the utilisation of ICTs, such as decrease in travel time, reduction of the loss of productive time, decrease in environmental pollution as well as improvement of safety.
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The projects implemented in the framework of the Measure are grouped in the following categories:
1. Reinforcement of the management services of traffic and information in the transport sector (mainly road, sea and fixed track transport)
The action concerns the creation of traffic and incident detection management systems as well as the planning and development of integrated systems of telematics applications. It is broken down into:
- Telematics infrastructure of public use fleet of vehicles.
- Applications and services for the management of emergencies.
- Applications and services of added value in the framework of e-business, such as bookings, issuing or/ and collection of fare, development of interactions with the aim of offering services to companies of the wider sector for the management of supply chains and processing- utilisation of information with the aim of providing information and making decisions.
- Services of dynamic information for the passengers and enterprises. The distribution channels of the services are signs, kiosks as well as Internet technologies and fixed and mobile telecommunication.
- Management systems of road, sea and fixed track (railway, tram, metro etc) traffic.
2. Development of traffic control electronic systems and booking systems in the transport sector (mainly road, sea and fixed track transport)
This category of actions concerns meeting needs related to:
- The modernization of traffic control and safety systems;
- The automation of ticket booking, issuing and control systems;
- The interconnection of booking systems for the provision of combined transport services for passengers;
- The interconnection and infrastructure for the installation of automatic ticket selling systems;
- The development of information systems for the public with the use of Internet applications and electronic signs.
3. Support of a search- rescuing, safety mechanism in the transport sector
By utilising the existing infrastructure for the provision of additional services with the:
- Development of emergency management systems
The support of a strong search- rescue mechanism is mainly based on the modernization of the existing information technology systems for the vessel traffic management and the support of the competent services in the search and rescue sector so as to drastically improve the possibility of tracking accidents as well as the timely and safe indication for access to the intervention points, especially under difficult weather conditions.
The activities of the category will be indicatively:
- Modernisation and technological completion of the Search –Rescue Coordination Center, with the interconnection and utilisation of its information through the COSPAS –SARSAT satellite systems aiming at the coordination and direction of search- rescue operations.
- Expansion of the existing National Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) concerning the utilisation of the infrastructure of the information technology system under development for controlling vessel traffic with the provision of services of added value for third parties for maximization of sea transport and of the efficiency and effectiveness of ports. It also concerns the development of appropriate networks for covering the sea area supervised by the vessel traffic management system for picture, voice and data transport.
- Operational information technology systems for tele-detection and high forecasting precision for the prevention – warning of impending natural disasters.
Projects will be implemented in the field of dealing with natural disasters aiming at the development of automated tracking and forecasting systems of dangerous weather phenomena. The requirement for the full utilisation of such systems is modernization, restructuring and automation of the information collection networks of meteorological data so as to provide primary data and products of high forecasting quality and precision.
It also concerns applications oriented to environmental issues aiming at the monitoring, management and protection of the environment at the level of the country. These applications are compatible with the European and international requirements and, at the same time, meet the demands for direct access of the public to environmental information using decentralized information distribution systems of high precision.
| Ultimate Beneficiaries |
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The Ultimate Beneficiaries, depending on the category, are:
- Ministry of Transport and Communications
- Ministry of the Environment, Planning and Public Works
- Ministry of Development – General Secretariat of Development
- Ministry of Mercantile Marine
- Ministry of Defense
- Their supervised bodies relevant to the Measure
- The Information Society SA
- 1st and 2nd degree local authority organisations
- Intermediate management bodies.
| Financial Particulars |
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Amount in Euro
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Percentage in the OP
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% TC
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% PE
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Total Cost (TC)
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75.469.406
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2,7
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Public Expenditure (PE)
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69.600.000
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2,4
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3,1
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Community Participation (ERDF)
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52.200.000
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1,8
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2,3
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National Public Expenditure
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17.400.000
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0,6
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0,8
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Private Participation
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5.869.406
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0,2
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