Jo Urlings, Imrich Korpanec

Jo Urlings,Imrich Korpanec

EFRTC reports from

participation in the events

Zoetermeer,November 18th, 2011

Reports EFRTC participation in events

•Seminar Sofia 28-29 June

•Conference Bucharest 4-5 October

•Conference London 12-13 October

•Dinner-debate Strasbourg 15 November

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors

Conference Sofia 28-29 June


Conference Sofia 28-29 June

UNIFE and CER with support of European Commission organized this seminar with the aim at improving absorption of EC funding

Sponsored by EFRTC

Attended by two Bulgarian minsters, CEO and management of Bulgarian IM, EC representatives, UNIFE General Director, CER Executive Director and numerous representatives railway sector Central & Eastern Europe


Conference Sofia 28-29 June EFRTC Board decided to sponsor the event - Opportunity for presenting EFRTC at the event with presence of high level representatives from CEE countries- Potential for improving the knowledge of the market and access to EC funding for contractors tendering in CEEC- Opportunity for developing contacts with contractors in CEEC and offering them to enter EFRTC and benefit from provision of the services they may need- Increased visibility of EFRTC as a sponsor of the event organised by well-known associations – UNIFE and CER-


Conference Sofia 28-29 June Three subsequent panels:1Consolidating the infrastructure managers2Planning rail infrastructure development3Managing the investment process in Central and Eastern European countries

EFRTC: “Succes critical areas for the effective implementation of railway infrastructure projects” by Miquel LLEVAT – Comsa Emte


Conference Bucharest 4-5 October



Wider Black Sea Area Railway Summit is organised 6th time by Club Ferroviar Romania the Romanian Railway Industry Association

Secretary General, Mr Stefan ROSAENUOpened by Mrs Anca BOAGIU, minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania and attended by 400 professionals. More than 70 speakers: UEIVV, CER, UNIFE, EURNEX, RailNet Europe, GEFCO, UIC, EFRTC etc.



Wider Black Sea Area

Masterplan 2010:•172 projects •total 53 billion Euro’sAim to build TERTrans European Railways to connect our Western European TEN-T network with TAR theTrans Asian Railways



Wider Black Sea Area Railway Summit Our aim•Presenting EFRTC•Strengthening our cooperation with other stakeholders associations•Club Ferroviar Romania EFRTC


Conference London 12-13 October


Conference London 12-13 October

Rail & Public Transport Safety and Security Our aim•Presenting EFRTC•Strengthening our cooperation with others UIC, CER, EIM and IM’s •Starting discussion about new CEN standard with experts ASAP


Dinner-debate Strasbourg 15 November



Innovation & Research for a more competitive European rail sector

Horizon 2020 Our aim•Visibility of EFRTC•Meet the right people like MEP’s and others ERA, CER, ERFA, EPF, UIC, IM’s,

(UNIFE’s Jérémie Pélerin is Executive Secretary of RFE)



Keynote speakers•Josef DOPPELBAUER

Rail JTI (“SHIFT2RAIL”) •Liam BRESLIN

DG Research and Innovation EC•Jean-Eric PAQUET

DG Mobility and Transport EC

The EFRTC General Meeting• Took note of the reports from the events attended by EFRTC• Welcomed the initiative of the Board for increasing EFRTC presence in Europe and thanked its President, SG and Miquel Llevat for active participation at the events

Jo Urlings, Imrich Korpanec

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