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PLANNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE EUROPE? - TU Berlin

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of a White Paper, translating the conclusions of the debate into<br />

practical proposals for Community action.” EU Glossary<br />

Helsinki Corridors The ten multi-modal priority transport corridors agreed as at the Pan-<br />

European Transport Ministers Conference in 1997.<br />

HUF<br />

IBRD<br />

IFI<br />

ISPA<br />

KÖVIM<br />

LISF<br />

NGO<br />

M0<br />

Hungarian Forint, national currency<br />

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development “aims to<br />

reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries by<br />

promoting sustainable development, through loans, guarantees, and<br />

nonlending -including analytical and advisory-services.” Part of the<br />

“World Bank” Group<br />

International Financial Institution (e.g. World Bank, EIB, EBRD)<br />

Instrument for Structural Pre-Accession ISPA is the EU program<br />

providing pre-accession grants to the CEE candidate countries in the<br />

areas of transport and environment.<br />

http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/funds/ispa/ispa_en.htm<br />

Hungarian abbreviation for the former Hungarian Transport Ministry,<br />

now restructured as the Ministry of Economy and Transport.<br />

http://www.gm.hu/<br />

Large-Scale Infrastructure Facility, a PHARE-funded pre-cursor to<br />

ISPA. From 1998-99, the LISF was intended to cover the transition<br />

from PHARE to ISPA by funding select large-scale infrastructure<br />

projects in the candidate states, with an emphasis on co-financing with<br />

the IFIs.<br />

Non-governmental organization. Usually used to label environmental<br />

or civic organizations.<br />

(Planned) ring road around the Hungarian capital of Budapest<br />

Maastricht Treaty Treaty of the European Union (1992) a.k.a. TEU<br />

Ombudsman<br />

OECD<br />

“The European Ombudsman is appointed by the European Parliament<br />

after each election for the duration of Parliament's term of office. He is<br />

empowered to receive complaints from any citizen of the Union or any<br />

natural or legal person residing in a Member State concerning<br />

instances of maladministration in the activities of the Community<br />

institutions or bodies…. Where the Ombudsman establishes an<br />

instance of maladministration he refers the matter to the institution<br />

concerned, conducts an investigation, seeks a solution to redress the<br />

problem and, if necessary, submits draft recommendations to which<br />

the institution is required to reply in the form of a detailed report<br />

within three months.” EU Glossary<br />

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Also<br />

see http://www.oecd.org

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