I.1)   Name, address and contact point

Registered name: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation ‘Pathways of the Future – Ljubljana – Novo Mesto – Karlovec – Zagreb’, with limited liability

Registered office: 15, Podbreznik, 8000 Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Contact point: Tomaž Savšek, Acting director, mailto:info@future-paths.eu

I.2)   Duration of the Grouping

Duration of the grouping: Unlimited

Date of registration: 2.8.2023

Date of registration: 21.10.2022

II.   OBJECTIVES

The EGTC aims to:

1.	boost growth in demand for passenger transport through regulated, modern, fast and safe cross-border and regional public rail passenger transport;

2.	significantly improve the quality of services in line with the modern needs, expectations and demands of passengers;

3.	increase the use of public passenger transport, in particular by rail, including through the use of advanced smart technologies and digitalisation;

4.	improve the reliability of services and responsiveness across public rail transport;

5.	reduce the burden on the environment in the long term, and free up road connections at cross-border and regional levels and beyond;

6.	strengthen overall cross-border cooperation, development and local political coordination and representation of the interests of the entire cross-border region in terms of sustainable regional policy and sustainable mobility, using environmentally-friendly means of transport;

7.	attract passengers with different travel purposes to rail travel and increase rail freight transport;

8.	deploy innovative, modern services in cross-border and regional public passenger rail transport;

9.

perform some short-term activities such as coordinating timetables, building access roads and cycle paths to railway stations, making it possible to rent bicycles, e-bikes and e-vehicles in railway stations, organising P+R stopping points, bicycle storage facilities, parking spaces, covered and otherwise, etc.;

10.	introduce sustainable cross-border and regional transport logistics services;

11.	purchase new generations of railway vehicles for use in cross-border and regional public rail passenger transport (e.g. passenger carriages that can also accommodate bicycles);

12.	implement an integrated cross-border and regional model of smart services with the help of digital platforms and applications, thereby promoting the deployment of high-quality intermodal transport connections in cross-border and regional public rail passenger transport;

13.	achieve high-speed travel and high levels of service comparable to services in Western Europe, increase the share of passengers in cross-border and regional public passenger rail transport and increase safety over the entire the rail transport segment;

14.	enhance decarbonisation in transport and promote sustainability in all segments;

15.	also develop other areas which, taken together, can have an additional impact on the development of society, such as developing tourism, developing new cycling links, facilitating the development of new jobs along rail routes, etc.

III.   ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON NAME OF THE GROUPING

Name in English: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation ‘Paths of the Future – Ljubljana – Novo Mesto – Karlovec – Zagreb’, with limited liability

IV.   MEMBERS

IV.1)   Total number of members in the Grouping: 13

IV.2)   Nationalities of the members of the Grouping: SL, HR

IV.3)   Member information

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF ŠKOFLJICA

Postal address: 3, Šmarska cesta, 1291 ŠKOFLJICA, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF GROSUPLJE

Postal address: 2, TABORSKA CESTA, 1290 GROSUPLJE, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF IVANČNA GORICA

Postal address: 8, SOKOLSKA ULICA, 1295 IVANČNA GORICA, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF TREBNJE

Postal address: 5, GOLIEV TRG, 8210 TREBNJE, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF MIRNA PEČ

Postal address: 2, TRG, 8216 MIRNA PEČ, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: CITY OF NOVO MESTO

Postal address: 1, SEIDLOVA CESTA, 8000 NOVO MESTO, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF SEMIČ

Postal address: 9, ŠTEFANOV TRG, 8333 SEMIČ, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF ČRNOMELJ

Postal address: 3, TRGO SVOBODE, 8340 ČRNOMELJ, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: MUNICIPALITY OF METLIKA

Postal address: 24, GOLIEV TRG, 8330 METLIKA, SLOVENIA

Type of member: local authority

Official name: RAZVOJNI CENTER NOVO MESTO D.O.O. [NOVO MESTO DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LTD]

Registered office: 15, PODBREZNIK, 8000 NOVO MESTO, SLOVENIA

Type of member: body governed by public law

Official name: SLOVENSKE ŽELEZNICE D.O.O. [SLOVENIAN RAILWAYS LTD]

Postal address: 11, KOLODVORSKA ULICA, 1000 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

Type of member: body governed by public law

Official name: KARLOVAC COUNTY

Postal address: 2, AMBROZA VRANICZANYA, 47000 KARLOVAC, CROATIA

Type of member: regional authority

Official name: HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA D.O.O. [CROATIAN RAILWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE LTD] FOR THE MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

Postal address: 12, MIHANOVIĆEVA, 10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA

Type of member: body governed by public law