Transport Community

The South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO), based in Belgrade, had been collecting data on transport in the Western Balkan area since 2004, producing reports recommending courses of action. The organisation was founded by the Treaty establishing the Transport Community signed on 12 July 2017 in Trieste and ratified by 9th of October 2017 by all partners (Council Decision (EU) 2019/392). The aim of the Treaty is the creation of a Transport Community in the field of road, rail, inland waterway and maritime transport as well as the development of the transport network between the European Union and the six Western Balkan Parties. Its members are the European Union and the six Western Balkan parties namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. In December 2017 Belgrade was unanimously elected as the seat of the Community's Permanent Office. The permanent office was opened in September 2019. ==Activities==

Developing a rolling plan for the Ten-T interlinked system. Between 2015 and 2020, the EU provided €1 billion in grants to transport and energy projects which has been added to a further €1 billion collected from other sources. 45,000 jobs have been created. There are three observing participants, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine and in 2022 it was agreed that the organisation will be expanded to include these three countries as full members. ==See also==