 At the invitation of German trackworks
contractors, the EFRTC hold the General meeting in Munich on 6th June 2008.
The
meeting covered both statutory matters, and in the second part, the issues of
the common interest as suggested by members.
The participants were welcomed by
Mr Manfred Wacker, CEO Heitkamp Rail, German contractor helping EFRTC with
preparation and organisation of the meeting and all accompanying events.
EFRTC
President in his opening address underlined that more joint effort and
activities with other stakeholders, in particular with Infrastructure managers
are needed for the implementation of good proposals and results achieved so far.
Secretary General’s report summarized the EFRTC activities since last meeting
focused on the following main issues:
- gaining more visibility in EU and other
European institutions
- strengthening cooperation with other stakeholders in
railway sector
- enhancing the direct participation of EFRTC experts in
harmonization and standardization works
- increase of the efficiency of working
bodies
- improving the provision of the services for members
- promoting growth
and increasing strength of the Federation
In the statutory part of the meeting
the accounts 2007, budget 2008 and subscription fees 2008 were approved. Further
to the presentation of the new arrangements for the participation of German
contractors in EFRTC, General Meeting approved the proposed changes and new
coordinator – Prof Dr Ing Lothar Fendrich, Member of the Board of Spitzke.
The
new structure of EFRTC working bodies and methods was the other major issue on
the agenda.
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Based on the Board proposal, General meeting approved to set up
three professional Committees and to appoint the senior EFRTC personalities for
Committees Chairmanship.
- Policy and Research Committee will be chaired by
Jeremy Candfield, EFRTC, General Director of RIA (UK) and EFRTC Honorary
President assisted by Vice Chairman Prof Lothar Fendrich, EFRTC German
coordinator,
- Safety and Security Committee by Jo Urlings, Marketing Director
of BAM (NL) and member of EFRTC Board with Vice – Chairman Jacques Bouveret,
Commercial Director of VIS Vossloh, Benelux and finally
- Technology and
Logistics Committee by Fernando Silva Santos, EFRTC Vice President and CEO of
SOMAFEL with Vice-Chairman Alessandro Rossi, member of the EFRTC Board and CGF
Board (Italy).
The members were invited to fill in some available vacancies for
the Committee membership.
Further Jeremy Candfield presented the results of the
INNOTRACK project with proposals for the future steps in particular with a view
of building a consensus and preparing the contractors for joint workshop with
Infrastructure managers.
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Jacques Bouveret provided some information from the
first meeting of the new Safety and Security Committee held in Brussels on
22.04.08.
The technical issues in relation to CEN work have been briefly
commented by Mr Rolando Naggar who invited the EFRTC members to pay more
attention to the proposals and approval for the new standards.
For the second
For the second
part of the meeting the choice was made for having the special session on the
funding in the European infrastructure. The following presentations were
delivered:
The programme of the session and information provided were highly
appreciated by the participants. The General meeting was completed by the
technical visit in the German Transport museum.
The next General meeting will
be held on 28.11.2008 in Benelux. For more information please contact Imrich Korpanec - SG-EFRTC@fntp.fr
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