Meeting of representatives of the ministries of transport of the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia and Sava Commission

The representatives of the ministries of transport of Republic of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia and Sava Commission held the meeting on October 29, 2008, at the premises of the Sava Commission. Among others, the meeting was also attended by assistant ministers competent for inland navigation from Republic of Croatia and Republic of Serbia, and the secretary of the Ministry for communications and transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Agenda of the meeting referred to development of River Information Service on the Sava River and continuation of the project on rehabilitation and development of transport on the Sava River. Representatives of the Sava Commission’s Secretariat presented the terms of Reference for the Project on implementation and prototype set-up of the RIS on the Sava River and information related to development of the Feasibility Study and project documentation on rehabilitation and development of transport and navigation on the Sava River Waterway.

The attendees of the meeting agreed that they should intensify activities on securing the financing resources for development of the Main Design of the Sava River Waterway through EU funds (IPA and IPF). They also provided full support to development of RIS on the Sava River and agreed on next steps in realization of the Project on implementation and prototype set-up of the RIS on the Sava River.

And conclusively, the attendees exchanged information relating to activities on the Sava River Waterway marking, based on which they concluded that the marking system could be established on complete waterway by mid 2009, at latest.