21. In 2004, a report of the European Framework for Inland Navigation (EFIN) Group (hereafter, the EFIN report) identified a number of difficulties in developing the full potential of inland navigation and argued that the existing institutional framework was not strong enough to attract sufficient political attention to the problems of inland navigation or to mobilize all resources necessary to develop the sector.
21. In 2004, a report of the European Framework for Inland Navigation (EFIN) Group (hereafter, the EFIN report) identified a number of difficulties in developing the full potential of inland navigation and argued that the existing institutional framework was not strong enough to attract sufficient political attention to the problems of inland navigation or to mobilize all resources necessary to develop the sector.