West Med Corridors Motorways of the Sea - 1st Call for Proposals

In the framework of the TEN-T project " West Med Corridors ", the Steering Committee - consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports of the Italian Republic, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie du Développement Durable et de l'Aménagement du Territorie of The French Republic and the Malta Maritime Authority - launches the 1st Call for Proposals for the West Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea (Priority Project 21).

Project proposals must be submitted by consortia consisting of at least two ports/port terminals from two different Member States (one of which should be one of the three participant countries: Italy, France and Malta) and at least one maritime transport operator.

The main objectives of this call are the following :
a)      identify MoS projects that will and become part of the MoS Master Plan of the West Mediterranean and contribute to the development of the trans-European transport network
b)      positively evaluated MoS proposals, that can be further submitted to the TEN-T and Marco Polo Call for Proposals for co-financing
c)      record the needs of the market (bottom -up approach) and thus develop the Master Plan of the MoS according to these needs

The deadline to submit applications is 15th of November 2009.

Attachment : Call for proposals

Nota : A common conference on "East - West Med on the development of the Mediterranean motorways of the sea - seizing the opportunities of EU support" will take place in Rome on 1st October 2009.