The use of economic instruments in the transport sector

SPECTRUM project dissemination meeting and workshop

7^th-8^th April 2005

Hosts: University of Gdansk

Venue: Faculty of Economics,

Armii Krajowej 119/121,

81-824 Sopot, Poland,

room 15

The SPECTRUM project is an EU funded (5^th framework) project looking at the extent to which it is possible to move towards a greater use of Economic instruments in managing the transport system. It is concerned with questions such as whether it is possible for economic instruments to work in synergy alongside other types of instruments or what the benefits may be in using these to replace existing instruments. Moving away from a ‘command and control’ approach to one that is driven by economic means is likely to bring both benefits and costs within both transport and other sectors and assessing these has been one of the objectives of the research.

The workshop will provide a forum where comments and contributions from the external transport community will be welcomed. A number of invited experts from the transport community will speak on their practical experience within a series of short presentations.

The meeting will take place over two days, the first being a more formal presentation of the issues whilst the second is intended as a more informal workshop. A further objective of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for knowledge and expertise sharing between target users and interested parties within accession countries and those from the European community.

Please contact the SPECTRUM project co-ordinator, Dr Susan Grant-Muller sgmuller@its.leeds.ac.uk for further details on the SPECTRUM project and visit the website http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/spectrum for a registration form.

Agenda for the SPECTRUM dissemination meeting and workshop

Day 1: 7^th April
9.30 – 10.00	Coffee, Welcome to Gdansk and SPECTRUM meeting by the Rector of UG Prof. Janusz Neider
Session 1: 10.00-10.40	Overview of the aims of SPECTRUM and High level Framework for packages of economic, physical and regulatory transport measures. Marion Le Louarn (Commission services) Susan Grant-Muller (SPECTRUM co-ordinator)
Session 2: 10.40-11.20	Impact guidelines: measuring the effects of using economic instruments alongside or instead of other transport measures. Tuuli Jarvi (VTT), KUL,  chair Farideh Ramjerdi (TOI)
coffee
11.40-12.30	Inter-urban Case studies of the impacts of transport measures and Synthesis of findings and recommendations. Ofelia Betancor(EIT), Pauwels (UA, Dan Johnson (ITS), chair Torben Holvad (TSU)
12.30-13.00	Questions/discussion . chair Torben Holvad (TSU)
lunch
14.00-14.50	Urban Case studies of the impacts of transport measures and synthesis of findings. Paul Timms (ITS), Farideh Ramjerdi (TOI), Carlo Sessa (ISIS), chair Robert Koelbl (TUV)
14.50-15.20	Questions/discussion. chair Robert Koelbl
tea
15.40-17.40	Practical issues and experience in the use of economic instruments together with (or instead of) physical and regulatory instruments. 1. "Practical aspects of creating transport policy for developing transport system” -  dr Jaroslaw Pasek Dep. of Programming and Strategy of the Ministry of Infrastructure; 2. “Transport policy instruments in financing transport infrastructure in Poland.” - Professor Andrzej Grzelakowski  Gdynia Maritime University 3. “Polish experiences in using transport policy instruments in air sector”. - Professor Elzbieta Marciszewska, dr Dariusz Kaliński,  Warsaw School of Economics 4. “ Polish experiences in applying transport policy instruments in maritime sector” - dr Maciej Matczak  the Port of Gdansk Authority S.A. Chair Barbara Pawlowska (UG)
17.40	Summary and close of day 1

Day 2: 8^th April
Parallel session 1 09.30 – 10.30	5. “Transport policy instruments in urban transport in Poland – Gdynia practice” - Professor Olgierd Wyszomirski  University of Gdansk and the Director of Urban Public Transport Board  in Gdynia; Urban ‘round the table’ discussions, Chair Paul Timms (ITS)	6. “Polish experiences in applying transport policy instruments in road sector”. - Professor Halina Brdulak Warsaw School of Economics interurban ‘round the table’ discussions, Chair John Preston (TSU)
coffee
Session 2: 11.00 – 12.00	Transferability of the framework : taking the SPECTRUM outputs beyond the case studies. Petra Daschuetz (TUV), Charlotte Kelly ( ITS), Barbara Pawlowska (UG), chair Carlo Sessa(ISIS)
Plenary on practical issues, transferability and users experience 13.00 Lunch and Close to formal meeting

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