Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

2,07 % of the OPT. As the new planning year of the EU begins on 1 st February 2014, it is not yet
possible to determine percentage of funds for the Děčín navigable lock. Until the end of 2013, the
OPT funds are distributed among other projects (navigability of the upper section of the Vltava
river). To gain financial assistance from the EU, it is necessary to elaborate an appropriate
application with required annexes, i.e. a feasibility study, financial and economic analysis, analysis
of risks and a study of sensitivity.
Regarding time spaces between preparation and assumed realization of constructions, it is
apparent that funding from the OPT will be largely limited in order to use the resources until the
end of 2015 (the rule 2013+2). Funds can be further drawn from the consecutive analogic
programme.
4.6.3 Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Such type of funding is currently not common in the Czech Republic and is not suitable for
projects on navigable locks, because it would be rather difficult to reach higher added value
expected for the PPP projects. Traditional funding is much more convenient.
4.6.4 Other support of inland navigation
Another programme focused on inland navigation is the European programme NAIADES
(Navigation And Inland Waterway Action and Development in Europe) – an action programme for
inland navigation for the years 2006 – 2013. The aim of the NAIADES is to support the inland
waterway transport “which is highly secure and environmentally friendly and which may
facilitate transfer to other modes of transport and therefore lower problems with
congestions and overload generated by other modes of transport”.
The programme includes five key elements:
• Provide favorable conditions for services and new market acquisition – to gain new
transport markets, to encourage development of businesses within this sector and to improve
regulatory and administrative framework.
• Support modernization and innovation of the fleet – to improve efficiency of logistics, safety
and to introduce environment-friendly technologies.
• Recruit new labor and increase investments into the human resources – to improve working
and social conditions for workers within waterway transport, to invest into the human resources
within this field.
• Promote inland waterway transport – to create the image for water transport as a
successful businesses partner by promotional network, to monitor and promote new trends in
development of water transport.
• Provide suitable infrastructures for inland waterways – to support and coordinate creation of
an integrated waterway information system of transport, to support construction of ports and
overloading facilities.
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 172