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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 1 Section 1: Framework for Governance of Transport Corridor 13 1 Introduction 13 1.1 Governance of transport corridors 13 1.2 Objective of the project 14 1.3 Methodological approach 15 2 Transport Corridor Governance: Concepts and Framework 17 2.1 Definition and concepts 17 2.2 Conceptual framework of governance of transport corridors 20 2.2.1 Corridor objectives and political support 20 2.2.2 Legal framework 21 2.2.3 Institutional framework 23 2.2.4 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming 25 2.2.5 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination 26 2.2.6 Corridor promotion and stakeholder consultation 27 2.2.7 Capacity building: technical assistance and studies 28 2.3 Levels of transport corridor governance 28 3 Practices of Transport Corridors Governance in the World 31 3.1 Trans-European Transport network (TEN-T) 31 3.1.1 Corridor objectives and political support 31 3.1.2 Legal framework 34 3.1.3 Institutional framework 35 3.1.4 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming 37 3.1.5 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination 38 3.1.6 Promotion and stakeholder consultation 40 3.1.7 Capacity building: technical assistance and studies 40 3.1.8 Assessment of transport governance level 41 3.1.9 Conclusions 41 3.2 South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO) 43 3.2.1 Introduction 43 3.2.2 Corridor objectives and political support 44 3.2.3 Legal framework 46 3.2.4 Institutional framework 47 3.2.5 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming 49 3.2.6 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination 51 3.2.7 Promotion and stakeholder consultation 52 3.2.8 Capacity building: technical assistance and studies 53 3.2.9 Assessment of transport governance level 53 3.2.10 Conclusion 54 Section 2: Governance of Transport Corridors in OIC Member Countries 56 4 Governance of Transport Corridors from a National Perspective 56 4.1 Objectives and political support 56 4.2 Legal framework 57 4.3 Institutional framework 58 4.4 Infrastructure: finance, planning and programming 59 4.5 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination 59 4.6 Promotion and stakeholder consultation 59