The coordinators of the Trans-European Transport Network have presented Vice-President Antonio Tajani with their fourth and final report for their first mandate giving a detailed state of play of the priority projects for which they are responsible.

The annual reports of 2009 sum up not only the work carried out over the year 2008-9 but also the whole period of the first four year mandate (2005-9). As in previous years the reports reflect the coordinators’ own perspectives and analyses and contain a series of proposals and recommendations to enable all stakeholders in the projects to take an active role as the projects move forward towards realisation.

Moreover, as a common reflection at the end of their first mandate, the Coordinators have produced a Position Paper that they handed over to the Vice-President. Taking account of the TEN-T review process that the European Commission launched at the start of their second term, the Coordinators wish to contribute to the debate by delivering an assessment as well as recommendations based upon their experience.

The TEN -T policy review currently underway will identify upcoming challenges for the TEN-T programme and enable added weight to be given to the coordinators’ activities. There will be an important meeting on this subject during this year's TEN-T days in Naples from 21 -22 October which will be devoted to an in-depth discussion between stakeholders on the direction and objectives of future European transport policy.

This conference will be a follow-up to the publication in February 2009 of a Green Paper on the future of the trans-european transport policy. It will set out policy options for the coming decade, taking particular account of targets in the fight against climate change and technological advances in the fields of transport and energy. It is also aimed at enhancing the TEN-T’s contribution to achieving the objectives of an enlarged Union at a time of particularly difficult economic circumstances.