Syllabus of the Subject: Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
Introduction to the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
The TRACECA Corridor as the
Silk Road of the XXI century;
Member countries of the Corridor: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan;
Main features of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
Main agreements related to the TRACECA Corridor:
Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for the
Development of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor ”(MLA TRACECA);
Baku Initiative;
TRACECA Multimodal Transport Development Agreement.
2016-2026 Strategy of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia.
Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
The Subject «Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)» belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
The International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
comprises a complex multimodal transport system of thirteen countries in Europe and Eurasia: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Note: Turkmenistan
is not a member of TRACECA, but has requested the access.
The corridor begins in Eastern Europe (Moldova, Romania, Ukraine);
Cross Turkey;
There is a route that goes through the Black Sea to the ports of
Poti and Georgia, through the transport network of the Southern
Caucasus;
The southern Caucasus has a road connection with Turkey;
From Azerbaijan, through the Caspian ferries (Baku - Turkmenbashi,
Baku - Aktau), the TRACECA route reaches the railway networks of the states
of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in Central Asia;
The transport networks of these states are connected with Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan;
From these three countries it is possible to reach the borders with
China and Afghanistan.
The Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) is an essential part of the foreign trade between Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the
Asia-Pacific region.
TRACECA's legal framework is defined by the "Basic Multilateral
Agreement on International Transport for the Development of the
Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor" (MLA TRACECA, 1998) whose objectives are:
Facilitate access to regional markets by developing road, air, rail and maritime transport;
Facilitate the international transport of goods;
Guarantee the safety of transport, products and protection of the
environment;
Harmonise transport policies and legal frameworks related to transport
in the TRACECA region.
The International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) is a complex multimodal transport system in the countries of the region, whose
objective is to develop economic and commercial relations as well as transport links between the members
countries.
This corridor seeks the reactivation of one of the most famous
historical routes: the Silk Road.
The European Union supports the development of the International
Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA), although it is not part
of the Agreement.
Countries in the area of influence of the Transport Corridor
Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA):
Afghanistan;
China;
Russia;
Belarus;
Bulgaria;
Syria;
Iraq;
Pakistan;
Mongolia;
Turkmenistan.
Asian regional economic communities related to the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
Commonwealth of Independent States (CEI):
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan y Uzbekistan;
As an EU member is a beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements with Moldova, Colombia, Ukraine, Mexico, Georgia, South Korea, the ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon...
Free Trade Agreements with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA - Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein), Israel, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria (pending), Egypt, Jordan, Georgia, Lebanon, Montenegro, Serbia, Chile, Mauritius, South Korea, and Albania.