Montenegro Transport

Central

State authorities are responsible for:

  • Overall responsibility for policy-making in the field of transport;
  • Strategic plans and programmes;
  • Monitoring frameworks and evaluations by sectors (rail, road, maritime, aviation).
  • Cooperation between state and international financial institutions in financing projects in the Transport sector.
  • Safety and technical inspectorates.
  • General road transport, including maintenance and construction of highways;
  • Development of traffic monitoring systems and traffic control capabilities.
  • Efficiency measures in accordance with ministerial objectives.
  • Railways and infrastructure;
  • Maritime transport and infrastructure;
  • Inland water transport and infrastructure;
  • Airports and civil aviation, including certification and standardisation activities and basic regulation;
  • Preparation of answers to Parliamentary questions and cooperation with other ministries over queries of transport policy.
  • Harmonising regulation with the EU.
  • The Harbour master's offices Bar and Kotor perform inspection activities at a regional level, though they are centrally managed.

 

Local

Municipalities are responsible for:

  • Construction of local and non-categorised roads, and streets in settlements;
  • Reconstruction of local and non-categorised roads, and streets in settlements;
  • Maintenance of local and non-categorised roads, and streets in settlements;
  • Protection of local and non-categorised roads, and streets in settlements;
  • Conditions for taxi-transportation;
  • Public transport in local traffic areas; and
  • Traffic regulation.


Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs


Sources:

Directorates for Road, Rail, Inland water transport and Air Traffic

Law on Local Self-Government

Law on Road Transport (Off. Gazette of RM 45/05)

Questionnaire – 14 Transport Policy

Standard Summary Project Fiche – IPA centralised programmes

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