Referring to the results of the EU research project "East-West Transport Corridor II", the European transport sector, in particular the Eastern European region and the Baltic Sea region, is highly dependent on the development of logistics competencies and capacities in the countries of Kazakhstan and Russia. Despite the establishment of the monetary union between Russia and Kazakhstan (in 2010) as well as a high prioritization of logistics management in the Russian and Kazakh national development strategies, the current level of competencies as well as the reality of study contents and taught competencies do not correspond to the actual demand from the EU trading partners.

There is an increasing uneven development in Kazakhstan and Russia - high investments in physical infrastructure (road, rail and transport network) instead of supporting the education sector in logistics. The reason for this trend is not a lack of financial base or political will in Kazakhstan and Russia, but much more a shortage of logistics professionals and deficiencies in teaching logistics skills. This, in turn, prevents the countries of Kazakhstan and Russia from the efficient implementation of their strategic transport policy, as well as discourages European partners and entrepreneurs from investing in the transport sector, which cannot lead to sustainable growth of transport.

Taking into account these challenges and aiming to meet the demand for logistics competencies, the project will develop and implement the master program "Management of Green Logistics: Strengthening Trans-Eurasian Logistic Accessibility and Connectivity through the Sustainable Logistics Management and ICT Competence Development" together with the partners from Sweden, Estonia and Germany for the partner countries Kazakhstan and Russia. This master program with the abbreviation "Management of green logistics" should be realized in the six partner universities of Kazakhstan and Russia by September 2017.

 The project aims to strengthen the Trans-Eurasian logistic accessibility and connectivity through the sustainable logistics management and ICT competence development, as well as to build the sustainability of logistics competences in the field of intelligent and sustainable transport in the partner universities, thus also strengthening their appearance at the international educational level in compliance with the principles of the so-called Bologna process. Furthermore, interregional cooperation is supported, especially with regard to the fact that today's transport challenges know no borders and are mostly of a global nature. For this reason, a common approach in this area is essential. By introducing complex contents into the respective curricula and a joint implementation of the master program in the partner countries with the support of colleagues from Germany, Sweden and Estonia, the European educational standards will be communicated to the partner countries.