The Minister of Development, Íñigo de la Serna, presented the Plan for the Internationalization of Transport and Infrastructure 2018-2020, which shares and integrates the activities and initiatives necessary to generate more and better business opportunities for Spanish companies abroad, the reinforcement of its international activity and of the technological, innovative and business image of Spain.
Currently, the Plan is in a process of consultation and participation, until the end of January 2018.
The strategy proposed in the Plan is based on six lines of action that pursue the generation of an image of the sector, the use of the integral capabilities of the Spanish offer and the institutional influence.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Internationali-zation Plan will focus its efforts on eleven priority markets – Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Sweden and the United Kingdom – as well as others nine markets of opportunity, which are Argentina, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, India, Israel, Malaysia, Morocco and Singapore.
As a complement to these countries, projects with the European institutions are also considered priorities, since there are, at a regional level, needs in which the Spanish offer can provide a differential value.
In eleven priority markets, infrastructure investment plans represent a set of projects valued at more than EUR 2.5 billion in the next ten years. In the railway sector, there are opportunities such as high-speed trains in California, the United Kingdom and Sweden, those related to Sydney, Bogota or Lima metros and the extension of the light rail in Calgary or the Crossrail2 project.
Spain assessed these international transport markets and intends to participate in most of the projects.
For Saudi Arabia, its strategic plan includes a series of political reforms that affect the transport sector and includes the disbursement of more than EUR 2,000 million up to 2030. The Saudi Railway Master Plan includes railway investments until 2040 of more than EUR 85,000 million.
In Argentina, the Infrastructure Plan (2016-2025), prepared by the Argentine Chamber of Construction, aims an investment in public infrastructure and private 8.4% of average GDP for the next 10 years. The plan, which includes multiple sectors, involves a total investment of EUR 520,000 million, 70% corresponds to public investment and the remaining 30% to private investment. The part of the investment dedicated to transport amounts to EUR 42,000 million.
In Australia, the Infrastructure Investment Plan (2017-2027) is a strategic plan of the federal government with more than EUR 49,000 million for the development of transport infrastructures in the next 10 years. Also, the National Rail Programme is a EUR 6.5 billion programme to finance rail projects across Australia which will improve services and the rail transport network.
Investing in Canada Plan (2016-2028) is also a federal plan with an investment in infrastructure exceeding EUR120 billion, of which EUR 20 billion will be allocated to urban transport.
In Chile, the part of the investment focused on transport infrastructure amounts to EUR 71,695 million. It is important to mention that the expansion of the Santiago Metro will start in 2019 with EUR 1.1 billion investment costs.
Rebuild America’s Infrastructure (still pending approval and breakdown of expenses) is a federal infrastructure investment plan in the United States of America amounting to EUR 170 billion.
In Israel, the Infrastructure for Growth (2017-2021) is a program sustained by the Government of Israel for the development of energy, environmental infrastructures and transport projects. For the latter, a volume of investment of EUR 20 billion is foreseen.
Also in Israel, the National Plan for Smart Mobility 2017-2021has two main objectives: on the one hand, to strengthen Israel’s position as a center of knowledge in the field of smart mobility; and on the other, promote solutions innovative for transport in the country. The plan has a budget of EUR 60 million.
The Eleventh Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) establishes the development strategy of the government with a budget of more than EUR 25 billion for five years of infrastructure development.
As regarding Morocco, the Infrastructure Plan 2035 is an investment plan announced by the Government in 2016 and which commits EUR 55.2 billion for projects of infrastructures and development.
For Mexico, the National Infrastructure Programme (2014-2018) comprises an investment of EUR 380 billion, of which EUR 30 billion goes to the transport sector.
In Norway, the National Transport Plan (NTP) 2018-2029 is a plan for transport infrastructure with an investment of EUR112 billion.
For Peru, according to the National Infrastructure Plan (2016-2025), the investment for the infrastructure is estimated at EUR140 billion, of which it is estimated that EUR 50 billion will correspond to infrastructure in the transport sector (30% rail, 55% road networks, 4% airports and 11% ports).
In Sweden, the National Infrastructure Plan (NTP) 2018-2029 is a plan for
infrastructure of the Government of Sweden and the transport administration (Trafikverket) with a budget of EUR 63 billion for investments.
In this process of constant evolution, progress and creation of value for the countries, there are some global trends that will transform the infrastructure sector in the coming years and represent opportunities for governments, companies and investors.
Thus, the growing environmental awareness gives great value and opportunities for sustainable projects, associated with the financing lines granted by multilateral organizations.
Once the priority and opportunity markets have been selected, six lines of action are defined aimed at achieving the objectives of the Plan for the Internationalization of Transport and Infrastructure. The first four lines will apply mainly to the priority countries, while the last two lines will cover all countries, including those of opportunity.
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