Steering Committee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Pan-European Transport Area (BEATA)

The need for co-operation on transport between the countries of the Barents Region was raised at a meeting of the Ministers for Transport of the BEAC, in Arkhangelsk in September 1996. The Barents Region was subsequently introduced into the EU transport co-operation as a Transport Area, decided at the third Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki in 1997. The identification of transport corridors on a European scale started at the second Pan-European Transport Conference in Crete in 1994, where several EU transport corridors and four Pan-European Transport Areas were defined.

On the 23-24 April 2008 in Murmansk was Conference "Development of the infrastructure in the BEATA" and a meeting of the Working group on transport.  Download the program of the conference .

The BEATA co-operation was established and guidelines for its work drawn up at a meeting in Copenhagen in May 1998 between the Ministers for Transport from Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden and representatives from the European Commission. A Steering Committee for the BEATA was set up. The main aim is to strengthen co-operation in order to create an efficient transport system in the Barents Region that integrates the different means of transport. The co-operation includes border crossing points, customs co-operation, maintenance and reconstruction as well as new projects to improve the infrastructure.

The Steering Committee is required to submit a report once a year to the BEAC and to the European Commission. The chairmanship of the Steering Committee rotates between the members on a two-year basis. The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communication has established a permanent secretariat in Helsinki to assist the Steering Committee.

Action Programme of the Russian chair (Rus, Eng ).

Activities during Finnish chairmanship were focused on monitoring the Barents counties’ accomplishment of the INTERREG III B project  ’Sustainable Transport in the Barents Region ’ granted for the periods 2003-2005 and 2006-2007. It resulted in studies and plans covering the entire Barents Region in a coherent way. Compilations of national transport investment programs and a strengthened co-operation between decision makers, transport authorities and planners were also important aims of the project.

Sustainable Transport in the Euro-Arctic Region (STBR) read more here 

The Steering Committee's presentation at the BEAC CSO Meeting in Oslo, 7-8 December 2011 

Previous events

Steering Committee meeting in Tornio 16-17 June 2010

The meeting was attended by representatives from Russia, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Presentation of BEATA Program of the Swedish Chairmanship, Northern Dimension partnership on transport and logistics, Barents region as a hub for transport connections between Europe and Asia, Norwegian initiative “High North Study”, Swedish investment plans 2010 – 2021 for infrastructure, Mining in Pajala/Kolari, Finnish national strategies, The Bothnian corridor and Northern Axis / Arctic – Central European Green Transport.


Meeting of the Steering Committee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Pan-European Transport Area (BEATA) and Conference "Development of the normative legal base in the field of transport in the Barents Euro-Arctic region and co-ordination with other international transport organizations", Moscow 6th-7th October 2009

Meeting of the Steering Committee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Pan-European Transport Area (BEATA) and Conference "Development of the normative legal base in the field of transport in the Barents Euro-Arctic region and co-ordination with other international transport organizations", Moscow 6th-7th October 2009

Conference programme
Conference registration form

Documents

 

Contacts:

Chair Mr. Paal Iversen Senior Adviser Ministry of Transport E-mail: paal.iversen@sd.dep.no Tel. +47 22 24 81 74 Mob. +47 41 16 28 61	Mr. Kjell Rosanoff Ministry of Transport and Communications P.O. Box 8010 Dep 0030 Oslo, Norway E-mail: kjell.rosanoff@sd.dep.no Tel: +47 22 24 83 06 Fax: +47 22 24 56 11
Mrs. Elena Kushnirenko Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation 1/1 Rozhdestvenka ulitsa 109012, Moscow, Russia E-mail: Kushnirenkoea@mintrans.ru Tel: +7495 626 91 24 Fax: +7095 299 42 75	Mrs. Tuija Maanoja Ministry of Transport and Communications P.O.Box 31 00023 Government, Finland E-mail: tuija.maanoja@lvm.fi Tel: +358 9 160 286 86 Mobile: +358 40 544 7947 Fax: +358 9 160 25 94
Mrs. Silja Ruokola Ministry of Transport and Communications P.O.Box 31 00023 Government, Finland E-mail: silja.ruokola@lvm.fi Tel: +358 9 160 28367 Mobile: +358 40 580 0894 Fax: +358 9 160 2594
Ms. Jeannette Jarmlinger Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Swedish Government Offices SE-103 33 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: jeannette.jarmlinger@enterprise.ministry.se Tel. +46 8 405 17 25	Mr. Niklas Lundin Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Swedish Government Offices SE-103 33 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: niklas.lundin@enterprise.ministry.se tel. +46 8 405 36 20
Mrs. Catharina Sikow-Magny European Commission DG Energy and Transport 1049  Brussels, Belgium E-mail: catharina.sikow@ec.europa.eu Tel: Fax: +32 2 295 43 49	Mr. Bo-Erik Ekblom Länsstyrelsen, Norrbotten Stationsgatan 5 971 86 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: bo-erik.ekblom@bd.lst.se Tel: +46 920 96 151 Mobile: +46 70 639 61 51 Fax: +46 920 22 84 11
Mr. Mikko Ojajärvi E-mail: mikko.ojajarvi@mintc.fi Tel: Fax:	Mr. Martti Miettinen Secretariat C/O Transys Ltd Kruununrinne 5B 02180 Espoo, Finland E-mail: martti.miettinen@transys.fi Tel: +358 400 514 755 Fax: +358 400 514 755
Mr. Per Munkerud Nordland County Council 8048 Bodö, Norway E-mail: per.munkerud@nfk.no Tel: +47 75 65 03 80 Fax: +47 75 65 00 01