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The main purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the economic and political conditions for the development of intermodal freight transport in cross-border area, based on example of European grouping of territorial cooperation TRITIA, Ltd. The decision to establish EGTC TRITIA was made by the leaders of the four regional governments of Moravian – Silesian Region (CZ), Opole Voivodeship (PL), Silesian Voivodeship (PL) and Žilina Self – governing Region (SK). Vision of TRITIA is maximising the use of the geographical position of the partner regions for their economic development supported by appropriate development of cross-border transport infrastructure and transport using endogenous potential of the cooperating regions and taking into account the needs of transport accessibility and safety, while respecting friendly approach towards the environment. The PESTEL method was used to study economic and political conditions. The analysis was based on the analysis of strategic documents, regulations and sectoral reports. In addition, several interviews were conducted with key stakeholders involved in the development of intermodal transport. The research is part of a project to create a strategy for the development of intermodal transport for the TRITIA area, implemented as part of the TransTritia project.

Keywords: Cross-border region, freight transport, macroeconomic conditions, PESTEL analysis

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