concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: trans-European networks

regional economic integration
type: Concept
narrower: trans-European networks

trans-European networks
type: Concept
broader: regional economic integration
definition: The Trans-European Networks (TENs) are large infrastructure networks for transport, energy, and telecommunications connecting the 27 member states within the European Union (EU). These networks contribute to the further development of the internal market by enabling the free movement of goods and persons, integrating the EU economically and socially, and supporting less favored areas within member states. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Trans-European Networks]