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 To ensure effective development of the nine corridors, a dedicated corridor coordinator is
appointed to each one of them. This shows how each level of transport policy may require an
institution to coordinate all the actors involved and to ensure plans are transformed into action;
 There is an advanced system of monitoring the performance of TEN-T. Regularly published White
Papers, annual published corridor action plans, the KPIs, the geographical information system
TENtec and the statistical body EUROSTAT contribute to keeping TEN-T’s objectives up-to-date.
This self-monitoring system has led to a complete revision and more efficient TEN-T in 2013;
 The EU itself is an extremely sophisticated political system, governing its member states in many
more domains other than transport. Before developing TEN-T, many governance institutions, such
as decision making procedures, financing rules or the working principles of management bodies
(like INEA) were already in place or could be based on previously established procedures;
 With the EU Parliament having indirect influence in TEN-T policy, there is a certain degree of
democracy involved in TEN-T, making the content of TEN-T not merely the outcome of decisions
made by high level politicians;
 TEN-T’s transport projects are established based on the principle of co-funding, meaning there is a
high incentive to incorporate all relevant stakeholders (national- and local governments, and
private parties) as early in the governance process as possible.
3.2 South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO)
3.2.1 Introduction
The South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO) is a regional transport organization
established in 2004 by the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Governments of Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo as well as the European
Commission. Like EU’s TEN-T, SEETO is not a set of corridors, but rather a way of organizing rail, road,
maritime and airborne transport within the region. The transport network was originally called the
South East Europe Core Regional Network, and has since then more and more been integrated with
the TEN-T network. Since 2013, the SEETO network is referred to as the Indicative Extension of TEN-
T Core and Comprehensive Network, covering 6,554 km of roads, 4,807 km of rails, 17 airports, 4
rivers, 8 inland waterway ports and 10 seaports. The SEETO network is shown i 1.
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