KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE

OF TECHNOLOGY

Effective stakeholder involvement

and interaction in core network

corridors Björn Hasselgren, PhD

“Shaping the Future of Core Network Corridors”

Malmö, 6 May 2015

History matters

Private sector involvement important over time

Local and private

initiatives have a long

tradition

• 70 % local and private

• Concessions > 300

• Guarantees, loans

• Government managed

major routes

What is determining the development at this stage?

Technology Economics Politics and

”socio-culture”

Public sector

Private sector

Development of

transport infrastructure

systems

What problem?

Spontaneous order

Centralized planner

Market failure

Government failure

Coordinated

Un-coordinated

Centralized

knowledge Dispersed

knowledge

Frameworks that enable and complicate

Language, Culture, Customs Spontaneous

100- 1000 y

Informal Institutions

Property rights, legal systems Get the institutional setting right

10 - 100 y

Institutional Environment

Governance, contract Get the governance structures right

1-10 y

Governance Structure

Prices, incentives Get the marginal conditions right

Continuous

Resource Allocation

!

Conclusions

•Local and private spontaneous initiatives are important – but perhaps not represented by Governments and Regions

•Private sector players are important

•Orientation in the “planning vs market grid” is vital

•Formal and informal frameworks govern our actions

What to do?

•A good overview and current information of initiatives taken by different actors in relation to the corridors

•Simple contacting point arrangements

•Involve and invite representatives of spontaneous cooperation initiatives

•Avoid beeing too formalistic – one size might not fit all

Björn Hasselgren, PhD

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Architecture and the Built Environment

+46-70-762 33 16

bjorn.hasselgren@abe.kth.se

www.kth.se/blogs/hasselgren

@HasselgrenB