REGIONAL RAIL CONNECTIVITY: Joint PA1b & UN ECE Workshop
3-4 October 2019: Sustainable transport is a basic element for the economic and social development of any country. Due to globalization of the economy, countries are more and more depending on an efficient transport system to ensure their development. The dynamics of globalization have indeed brought trade, mobility and sustainable transport into the forefront of national and regional development strategies. This goes hand in hand with international efforts aimed at better connectivity and seamless mobility and reducing the costs and the complexity of moving goods/passengers.
The aim of the Workshop was to increase awareness on importance of better Danube region rail connectivity and to strengthen cooperation between the regional transport stakeholders (ministries, railways, terminal operators, hauliers) to create common, reliable and sustainable rail services on the international market. The workshop allowed attendees to link regional rail connectivity with national transport policies and to discuss wider prospective of the region to attract international transport flows. A key aspect of the workshop was the exchange of information and experiences of participants in relation to rail connectivity in the Danube region.
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Thursday, 3 October 2019
08.45 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.30 Welcome/ Opening speech
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09.30 – 10.30 Session I: Rail Transport Connectivity – Regional strategic framework Moderator: Mr. Nenad Nikolić, Regional Advisor, UNECE
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00 Session II – National policies for better rail transport connectivity
Moderator: Mr. Franc Žepič, Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia
Q&A Note: Representatives from the Danube region countries are also invited to contribute: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany (Bavaria and Baden Wuerttemberg), Hungary, Romania, Slovakia. |
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 15.30 Panel I – International experience and projects for better rail transport connectivity Moderator: Mr. Francesco Dionori, Chief of Section, UNECE International organizations dealing with rail connectivity
Q&A |
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 Panel II– Railway sector – what we need and what we want Moderator: Mr. Francesco Dionori, Chief of Section, UNECE
Q&A |
17.30 Closing Day I |
19.00 Networking Dinner (offered by EUSDR PA1b)
Friday, 4 October 2019
09.00 – 10.30 Rail Transport hard talk – are we competitive? Moderator: Mr. Nenad Nikolić, Regional Advisor, UNECE
Q&A Note: Candidates to participate at panel are to be preselected |
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00 Breakout session – what we could take home on the Regional Rail Connectivity Moderator: Mr. Franc Žepič, Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia National and regional representatives’ ideas how to commit ourselves/themselves for better rail connectivity in the Danube Region, divided in 4 groups, 30 min thinking/discussing, 5 min presentation each group.
Note: The goal – to formulate 3-4 key words (on how to reach better rail connectivity – and then to work on it in the following years (on the efficient implementation) |
12.00 – 12.15 Wrap up
12.15 – 14.00 Farewell Lunch