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SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON DEVELOPING INVESTMENT PROJECT
PIPELINE IN THE EU- MALTA PROJECT LIST
The Sectors
Having considered the above criteria the identified projects fall under the
following Sectors:
Transport
Being an Island State on the periphery of Europe Malta does not share
hard borders with other EU states and is disadvantaged both by its
insularity and by the inability to co-ordinate with other MS for cross-
border projects.
However to overcome its insularity Malta needs strong transport links
with the rest of the Union as well as efficient urban transport within its
own borders. Malta is small enough to render practically all urban
internal transport subject to the ‘last mile’ syndrome.
Consequently the suggested list contains three Transport related
projects – one involving air transport and links to other MS, one related
to harbour development to leverage our natural resources in the form of
beautiful and deep harbours which have practical defined our history,
and one related to urban transport which in its present state is a
complex problem of economic inefficiency, traffic congestions, high
carbon emissions and absence of clean air contributing to inadequate
health protection environment.
Social Infrastructure
Traditionally social infrastructure was financed within mainstream
budgets as it does not normally generate sufficient cash flows streams at
the operational stage to permit other more commercially oriented
means of financing.
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PIPELINE IN THE EU- MALTA PROJECT LIST
The Sectors
Having considered the above criteria the identified projects fall under the
following Sectors:
Transport
Being an Island State on the periphery of Europe Malta does not share
hard borders with other EU states and is disadvantaged both by its
insularity and by the inability to co-ordinate with other MS for cross-
border projects.
However to overcome its insularity Malta needs strong transport links
with the rest of the Union as well as efficient urban transport within its
own borders. Malta is small enough to render practically all urban
internal transport subject to the ‘last mile’ syndrome.
Consequently the suggested list contains three Transport related
projects – one involving air transport and links to other MS, one related
to harbour development to leverage our natural resources in the form of
beautiful and deep harbours which have practical defined our history,
and one related to urban transport which in its present state is a
complex problem of economic inefficiency, traffic congestions, high
carbon emissions and absence of clean air contributing to inadequate
health protection environment.
Social Infrastructure
Traditionally social infrastructure was financed within mainstream
budgets as it does not normally generate sufficient cash flows streams at
the operational stage to permit other more commercially oriented
means of financing.
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