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Deliverable D3.3.8: Mapping of EU ITS Action Plan areas

(Croatia)

Sadko Mandzuka

February, 2013

Deliverable D3.3.8: Mapping of EU ITS Action Plan areas (Croatia) 1

PROJECT INFORMATION

Title: Intelligent Transport Systems in South East Europe

Acronym: SEE-ITS

EoI Reference number: SEE/D/0099/3.2/X

Programme: South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme

Starting date: September 28th, 2012

Duration: 24 months

Web site: www.seeits.eu

PROJECT PARTNERS

No Name Short name Country

LP

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

- Hellenic Institute of Transport CERTH-HIT Greece

ERDF PP1

Patras Municipal Enterprise for Planning and

Development S.A. ADEP S.A. Greece

ERDF PP2

AustriaTech - Federal Agency for

Technological Measures Ltd ATE Austria

ERDF PP3 Hungarian Transport Administration HTA Hungary

ERDF PP4

Bulgarian Association Intelligent Transport

Systems ITS Bulgaria Bulgaria

ERDF PP5 Intelligent Transport Systems Romania ITS Romania Romania

ERDF PP6 University of Ljubljana UL Slovenia

ERDF PP7 Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation

ITL Italy

EU ASP1 Hellenic Intelligent Transport Systems ITS HELLAS Greece

EU ASP2 ITS Hungary Association ITS Hungary Hungary

20% ASP1 Italian ITS Association TTS Italia Italy

10% PP1 Albanian Association of Urban Transport SHKTQ Albania

10% PP2 Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb

FPZ Croatia

http://www.seeits.eu/


DOCUMENT PROFILE

Document status: Final version

Deliverable code: D3.3.8

Deliverable title: Mapping of EU ITS Action Plan Areas (Croatia)

Work Package: 3

Preparation date: 28/02/2013

Submission date: 29/03/2013

Total pages: 15

Dissemination level: Public

Author: Sadko Mandzuka

Contributors: Alexander Hausmann

Evangelos Mitsakis

Abstract: This report aims at screening EU policies regarding the political and

commercial framework in Croatia.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Intelligent Transport Systems can significantly contribute to a cleaner, safer and more efficient

transport system. A legal framework (Directive 2010/40/EU) was adopted by the European

Commission on 7 July 2010 to accelerate the deployment of these innovative transport

technologies across Europe. This Directive is an important instrument for the coordinated

implementation of ITS in Europe. It aims to establish interoperable and seamless ITS services

while leaving Member States the freedom to decide which systems to invest in.

The Directive establishes a framework in support of the coordinated and coherent

deployment and use of Intelligent Transport Systems within the Union, in particular across

the borders between the Member States, and sets out the general conditions necessary for

that purpose. The necessary standards to provide for interoperability, compatibility and

continuity for the deployment and operational use of ITS shall be developed in the mentioned

priority areas and for the priority actions. To that effect, the Commission shall request the

relevant standardisation bodies to make every necessary effort to adopt these standards

rapidly.

This report aims at screening EU policies regarding the political and commercial framework

in the different SEE-ITS countries. A basis for the analysis will be the EU ITS Directive, which

identifies the following priority areas for action regarding ITS services:

• Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data

• Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services

• ITS road safety and security applications

• Linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure

There will be one conclusion for all reports of Task 3.3, carried out in a separate document.


CONTENTS

1. Introduction ___________________________________________________________ 6

2. Legal framework ________________________________________________________ 7

2.1. National ITS law ____________________________________________________ 7

2.2. Prohibiting legislative elements _________________________________________ 7

2.3. Influence on commercial and private initiative _____________________________ 7

3. Stakeholders involved ____________________________________________________ 8

3.1. ITS associations _____________________________________________________ 8

4. Policy framework ______________________________________________________ 10

4.1. National ITS action plan _____________________________________________ 10

4.2. Other relevant national policy documents _______________________________ 10

4.3. Organisational and financial barriers ____________________________________ 10

4.4. Funding __________________________________________________________ 11

4.5. National standards _________________________________________________ 11

4.6. Vulnerable road users _______________________________________________ 11

5. Cooperation aspects ____________________________________________________ 12

5.1. European and regional cooperation ____________________________________ 12

5.1.1. South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO)___________________ 12

5.1.2. The Gateway to ICT Monitoring & Control Research in the Western Balkans (BALCON) ___________________________________________________________ 12

5.1.3. Towards Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems COST Action (TU1102) 13

5.2. Measures for public awareness ________________________________________ 13

6. SWOT analysis ________________________________________________________ 14

6.1. Strengths _________________________________________________________ 14

6.2. Weaknesses ______________________________________________________ 14

6.3. Opportunities _____________________________________________________ 14

6.4. Threats __________________________________________________________ 14

7. Conclusion and next steps _______________________________________________ 15


ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY

CROPASS Safe passage of freight transport through Croatia (Project

initiative)

EC European Commission

eCall Emergency calling system for vehicles on European level

EU European Union

FP7 The Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union for

the funding of research and technological development in

Europe

ICT Information and communication technologies

ITS Intelligent Transport Systems

MoU Memorandum of understanding

SEE Southeast Europe

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

Vulnerable road users Non-motorised road users (pedestrians, cyclists) as well as

motor-cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility

and orientation


1. INTRODUCTION

Based upon the information each project partner provided in the questionnaire of Task 3.3,

this report performs a screening of policies in the SEE-ITS countries regarding the political

and commercial framework with respect to the EU ITS Directive and shows influences on the

commercial and private initiative regarding ITS implementation. It analyses instruments and

measures for ITS deployment such as laws, action plans and other policy related documents

as well as possible barriers for successful implementation of ITS applications and services. The

national funding landscape is analysed as well as current possible measures for vulnerable

road users, future European and regional cooperation and measures for public awareness

regarding Intelligent Transport Systems. Ultimately, a SWOT analysis is carried out and based

on it, next steps are evaluated.


2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK

This chapter includes the description of the legal and commercial framework in Croatia,

especially focusing on the dedicated ITS law but also on how the legislative framework

corresponds to commercial and private initiatives related to ITS deployment.

2.1. National ITS law

The Republic of Croatia will become a member of the European Union on 1 July 2013.

Intelligent Transport Systems do not have a regulated status in the current legislation yet. A

supplement to the existing Highway Act is currently being elaborated as defined by sections

of the EU ITS Directive (see Programme of the Government of the Republic of Croatia for

the adoption and implementation of the acquis in 2013, Zagreb, December 2012). In

addition, an adoption of an appropriate bylaw is planned by the end of June (Regulations on

Intelligent Transport Systems in road traffic).

2.2. Prohibiting legislative elements

There are no legislative elements in Croatia that would prohibit the adoption of the EU ITS

Directive. All official documents (The Highway Act, National program for the development

and implementation of ITS in road transport and other policy documents) are binding in case

of a change of the political framework.

2.3. Influence on commercial and private initiative

In Croatia there have been no significant initiatives for commercialisation of ITS services and

no private initiatives to implement ITS. Therefore, an implementation of ITS through public-

private partnership is expected in the future.

The area of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the Republic of Croatia is regulated by the

Public Private Partnership Act (OG 78/12) and the accompanying Regulation on

implementation of Public Private Partnership Projects (OG 88/12), Concessions Act (OG

125/08) and the Public Procurement Act (OG 90/11) relating to the procedures for awarding

the public procurement contracts and concessions contracts. In wider sense integral part of

the legislative system are other relevant sectorial acts regulating concessions.

The Public Private Partnership Act regulates the procedure of preparing and approving the

proposals for PPP-projects, supervision of implementation of PPP-projects, content of PPP

contracts and other important issues: Also, Public Private Partnership Act regulates

competences of the Agency for Public Private Partnerships.


3. STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED

Up to now there are no organisations in Croatia that are involved in planning, financing and

implementing ITS. The reason for this is the lack of a legislative framework. The new

supplement to the Highway Act has begun to address this issue. In the future, key

stakeholders for the development and deployment of ITS will be:

• Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure

• Ministry of Regional Development and EU founds

• Ministry of Science, Education and Sport

• ITS Croatia

• Business Innovation Agency of the Republic of Croatia – BICRO

• Croatian Institute of Technology – CIT

• The Croatian Association of Toll Motorways Concessionaires

• Croatian Motorways Ltd.

• Croatian Roads Ltd.

• The Croatian Standards Institute, Technical committee HZN/TO 524

• Faculty of Traffic and Transport Sciences

3.1. ITS associations

The ITS Croatia association was founded on October 2005 with the aim to promote and

achieve harmonised development of Intelligent Transport Systems in Croatia. By joining ITS

Croatia, individuals, companies, institutions and other interested parties will be able to act

more efficiently in promoting ITS solutions through the utilisation of synergies at national and

international level.

The main objectives of association are:

• Stimulation and promotion of cooperation among members in the development of

the national architecture of intelligent transport systems

• Support harmonised development of ITS in Croatia

• Formation of public scientific and professional opinion about ITS

• Cooperation with ITS associations on European and global level

The core activities of the association are:

• Cooperation with academic and scientific institutions, chambers, companies

• government administration bodies, and other legal entities and individuals who can

contribute to the achievement of the Association's objectives

• Publishing or co-publishing regular or occasional scientific, technical and informative

publications in the field of ITS

• Organisation of scientific and technical symposia, conferences, courses, lectures,

round tables and seminars in the field of ITS

• Regular and occasional notification of the members about the ITS Croatia activities,

members' achievements and events in the field of ITS


• Measures and activities for public awareness regarding the development of intelligent

transport systems and the cooperation with electronic and print media

• Work on scientific and technical projects

• Participation in the establishment and keeping up of public-private partnerships;

• Cooperation with related organisations and associations in Croatia

• Cooperation with international organisations and associations

Members: Government bodies, private companies, local authorities, academics

Management Structure: Management, Supervisory Board and Secretary

Committees: Finance, Cooperation with Industry, Meetings organisation and Information

Services

Sections: Transport infrastructure, Transport security, Telecommunications systems, ITS in

Maritime Transport, Education in ITS, Environment and Transport, ITS in Rail transport,

CROPASS, Glossary.


4. POLICY FRAMEWORK

This chapter focuses on the instruments that are utilised in Croatia to implement or facilitate

the implementation of ITS. It also includes national funding programmes and standards used.

Furthermore possible barriers as well as measures for vulnerable road users are emphasised.

4.1. National ITS action plan

There is no national ITS Action Plan in Croatia yet. In the current proposal of the new

Highway Act, the Government will adopt a national programme for the development and

implementation of ITS in road transport according to the priority areas of ITS Directive, for a

period of five years, which defines activities and projects and determines the measures to

implement the programme.

4.2. Other relevant national policy documents

There are no other relevant policy documents regarding ITS in Croatia yet. The Ministry of

Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure intends to develop appropriate guidelines for

the development of the priority areas of ITS. Within six months from the date of entry into

force of the ITS supplement of the existing Highway Act, the Government shall develop

guidelines for the development of the priority areas of ITS based on the proposed

amendments of the Act:

a) the provision of EU-wide multimodal travel information services

b) the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services

c) data and procedures for the provision, where possible, of road safety related

minimum universal traffic information free of charge to users

d) the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall

e) the provision of information services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and

commercial vehicles

f) the provision of reservation services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and

commercial vehicles

4.3. Organisational and financial barriers

At the present state of development of ITS in the Republic of Croatia, the biggest problem is

the lack of organisational conditions that would foster the application of ITS services. There

are some indications that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure will

establish a special department dedicated to the development and deployment of ITS. The

goal of the department would be the development of methods and measures required to

encourage the development and implementation related to ITS in Croatia, as well as

monitoring the performance of ongoing plans. This department is expected to be established

in the middle of 2014.


There are major financial problems to be expected within the next two to five regarding the

development and implementation of ITS in the Republic of Croatia. This is a consequence of

the recent global crisis and the current economic situation in the Republic of Croatia. The

future of Croatian motorway concessions is also very uncertain, as the application of new

models is expected with significant privatisation in this area.

4.4. Funding

There are no dedicated funding initiatives on ITS in Croatia yet.

4.5. National standards

Over 120 standards has been adopted in the field of ITS. The technical committee HZN/TO

524 (Cestovni prijevoz i prometna telematika) is responsible for the area of ITS. It

corresponds with ISO/TC 204 and CEN/TC 278. The Croatian Standards Institute is an

autonomous non-profit public institution with a view to accomplishing the goals of

standardisation. Croatian Standards Institute is a member of: International Organisation for

Standardisation (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), European Committee

for Standardisation (CEN), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation

(CENELEC) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) (status: NSO

member).

4.6. Vulnerable road users

There are no any specific measures for vulnerable road users in Croatia.


5. COOPERATION ASPECTS

This chapter concentrates on cooperation agreements of Croatia in the course of ITS

implementation (joint research, data exchange, co-financing, etc.) at regional and European

level, but also on measures undertaken for public awareness.

5.1. European and regional cooperation

There has been no dedicated ITS cooperation initiative Croatia and neighbour countries apart

from SEE-ITS. However there are several projects and actions in the field of traffic and

transportation that correlate to some problems related to ITS supported by European Union:

5.1.1. South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO) This is a regional transport organisation established by the MoU for the development of the

Core Regional Transport Network signed on June 11th, 2004 by the Governments of Albania,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro

and Serbia and the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the European Commission.

The main objectives of the SEETO cooperation are:

1. Develop the SEETO Comprehensive Network

2. Improve and harmonise regional transport policies and technical standards for the

SEETO Comprehensive Network development

3. Maintain an effective coordination and communication network

4. Integrate the SEETO Comprehensive Network in the framework of the wider Trans-

European Network

5.1.2. The Gateway to ICT Monitoring & Control Research in the Western Balkans (BALCON)

This is a Support Action funded by the EC under the FP7 Information and Communication

Technologies programme (FP7-ICT). It aims to:

1. Reinforce the research cooperation between the academic and industrial

communities from the EU and the Western Balkan Countries (Geographical

orientation)

2. That are active in the design, development and implementation of systems and

applications for Monitoring and Control (Scientific orientation);

3. With a special focus on three application areas (Industrial orientation):

Energy management

Traffic/Transport management

Intelligent industrial production

Project Coordinator is Q-Plan (Greece), and project partners are Inno TSD (France);

European Embedded Control Institute (France); ETF Beograd (Serbia), Croatian Institute of


Technology – CIT Ltd. (Croatia), Ministry of Science (Montenegro), Electronic

Communication Agency (FYR Macedonia), ETF Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

5.1.3. Towards Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems COST Action (TU1102)

Its aim is to unite and align groups across Europe from computer science, engineering and

transport studies into a world leading research community that will develop new ways of

designing Road Transportation Support (RTS) systems based on the ideas of autonomic

systems. If used as a platform on which to implement leading edge RTS technologies, such

systems have the potential to deliver savings in the cost of system configuration, maintenance,

and infrastructure, while potentially improving network efficiency and reducing the chances of

human error. Using an autonomic approach to RTS is a novel and very ambitious idea

requiring interdisciplinary community building, hence the need for COST, and a European

dimension. This Action will bring together disparate strands of research into an integrated

discipline, putting Europe at the leading edge of autonomic transportation system

development. Additionally it will have the wider benefit of producing a transformative change

within the field of autonomic systems itself that will translate to other application areas such

as energy management. The partners from neighbour countries are: Croatia, Italia, Slovenia

and Hungary.

5.2. Measures for public awareness

There are no specific measures regarding public awareness for ITS in Croatia. But one of core

activities of national association ITS Croatia is notification of the public about the

development of Intelligent Transport Systems and the cooperation with electronic and print

media. There have already been numerous collaborations with national media (HAK-Croatian

Auto Club Magazine; National TV Channels; a lot of newspapers etc.) and also promotional

appearances on popular scientific forums in Croatia.


6. SWOT ANALYSIS

In this chapter the results of a SWOT analysis of the ITS actions in Croatia at policy, legislative

and organisational levels are presented.

6.1. Strengths

- Private companies in Croatia working in the transport telematics sector are capable of

developing ITS technology and equipment.

- There is a high level of education in Croatia in the area of ITS that has been certified

internationally.

6.2. Weaknesses

- The governmental strategy in Croatia regarding ITS deployment and financing is

unstructured and inconclusive.

- Private companies regard it neither necessary nor attractive to invest in ITS deployment.

- Recent ITS deployment was focused on low-level system applications. This resulted in a

lack of integration and consequently obstructed synergies.

- Croatian road operators as well as other stakeholders (Ministry of Maritime Affairs,

Transport and Infrastructure, Road Authorities) responsible for ITS implementation have

limited capability and not enough expertise in the field of ITS deployment.

- There is only a small number of Croatian R&D projects in the field of ITS.

- There are no dedicated ITS funding initiatives in Croatia.

6.3. Opportunities

- Croatia is part of important transport corridors in South East Europe.

- ITS bear big potential for small tourist towns located at the Adriatic coast with big traffic

problems during tourist seasons.

6.4. Threats

- A continuation of the global financial crisis would result in problems for the Croatian

economy. There are major financial problems to be expected within the next two to five

regarding the development and implementation of ITS in the Republic of Croatia as a

consequence of the recent global crisis and the current economic situation in the

Republic of Croatia.

- ITS development in Europe progresses too fast for Croatia to go along with.

- Most of the technologies used in recently deployed applications are accompanied by high

maintenance costs.


7. CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS

Based on the SWOT analysis, this chapter contains possible options for improving the process

of ITS deployment in Croatia.

Currently the biggest problem seems to be the lack of organisational conditions that would

foster the implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems in general. There is no dedicated

legislation to regulate ITS deployment. Seeming to be a disadvantage at the first sight, this

however could turn out to be an advantage indeed since Croatia is given the opportunity to

evaluate existing ITS laws all over Europe and design its own accordingly to previous

experiences without having to face any possible gaps in the law.

Because of this lack of legislative elements there is very little commitment to ITS at the

moment. Up to now there is not much activity in Croatia regarding ITS planning, financing

and implementation. There have also not been any significant initiatives for commercialisation

of ITS services and no private initiatives to implement ITS however private companies in

Croatia would be capable of developing and manufacturing domestic ITS technology. Future

stakeholders for effective ITS deployment have already been identified and gathered within

the framework of ITS Croatia. It may though be useful to focus on cooperation with domestic

ITS and ICT industry as well.

Croatia has already recognised the importance of measures for public awareness. Issuing

scientific, technical and informative publications in the field of ITS and general activities for

public awareness as well as collaborations with electronic and print media are mentioned

explicitly among the core activities of ITS Croatia. This will create user knowledge about

Intelligent Transport Systems and the benefits they could have in the daily lives of the users.

With this knowledge being established among the users the demand for ITS will rise and

thereby require an increased commitment to ITS from policy side. After the creation of

proper user knowledge it may be useful to establish a user conciliatory board within ITS

Croatia to concentrate the biggest possible amount of knowledge all along the ITS

deployment chain.

Generally it can be said that the development of Intelligent Transport Systems in Europe is

progressing too fast for Croatia to go along with. There already is an organisational and

technological backlog. So the difficult situation for Croatia to deal with is to catch up as fast as

possible yet not to act too hastily to ensure a high level of quality in ITS deployment. Most of

the technologies used in recently deployed of ITS services and applications are accompanied

by high maintenance costs. With Croatia becoming a member of the EU in July 2013 there

will be the possibility to receive EU grants. This might be an important impetus for both

Croatian policy and industry to increasingly start off research and development in the field of

ITS and also to initiate cross-border collaborations.

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