CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE 2021
INTERVIEW
BILJANA VUKSANOVIĆ, SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Network Of Cooperation
AND DEVELOPMENT Reducing the costs of trade and improving the efficiency of transport in the Western Balkans, as well as the institutional, physical and operational modernisation of the railway sector, will contribute to faster economic integration within the region, but also testify to the clear prospects of EU accession
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he unique pan-European transport infrastructure projects that integrate the projects of transEuropean highways north-south (TEM) and trans-European railways (TER) actually bring together and connect EU member states, but also EU membership candidate countries. All of the projects in the domain of transport infrastructure that are being implemented in or are planned by the Republic of Serbia aim to further the indicative expansion of the EU Transport Network to the region of the Western Balkans, and thus also to Serbia. In accordance with the Economic and Investment Plan, and the accompanying Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, which was adopted by the European Commission in October 2020 and contains priority areas for investment, improvement and cooperation in the field of transport, from both a national and regional aspect, and from the aspect of EU accession, the Republic of Serbia is investing intensively in the construction, renovation and modernisation of railway infrastructure, the improvement of navigational flows on inland waterways, as well as the construction and maintenance of the road network. These investments should contribute to achieving the goal of interconnecting capital cities, ports and economic centres within the region, and to the interconnecting of the region with the European Union, thus
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