08.30 09.00

09.00
09.15

Welcome
Constantin Donea, President, Romanian Association of Public Transport, Member of the UITP European Integration Committee

09.15 09.30

Introduction to UITP – the International Association of Public Transport
Hans Rat, UITP General Secretary

09.30
11.00

Session 1
Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

• Recommendations of the UITP European Union Committee
  Mrs. Brigitte Ollier, UITP EuroTeam Director, Belgium
• Sustainable Urban Transport Plans- Examples from France
  Mr. Pascal Roussel , Commercial Director South East Europe and Mr. Joel Danard, Expert for transport planification,
  Systra , France
• Perspectives of surface public transport development in Bucharest
  Mr. Ion Dedu , Infrastructure Manager of RAT Bucharest – PT operator
• Solutions to reduce operational costs for a sustainable local PT service
  Mr. Constantin Durlut, General Manager Sicor 95, Bucharest, Romania

11.00
11.30

Discussion

11.30
12.00

Coffee Break

12.00
13.00

Session 2
The relationship between public transport operators and local authorities

• The amended EU legislation of the PT services tendering process, history and procedure as regards the new proposal.
  Mr. Peter Faross, Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate General for Transport
• The new legislation on local public transport service in Romania
  Mr. Aureliu Dumitrescu, Counsellor, Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior, Bucharest, Romania
• The relationship between the public transport company and the city authority in Budapest
  Botond Aba, General Manager, Budapest Public Transport ltd., Hungary
• The strategy for upgrading the metro network in Bucharest
  Mr. Adrian Angelescu, Head of Programs Investments Dept., SC METROREX SA

13.00 13.30

Discussion

13.30 14.30

Lunch

14.30 16.30

Session 3
Public transport financing

• A case study in Timisoara city - the evaluation of an investment project
  Mrs. Maria Saracan, Commercial Manager of RAT Timisoara- PT operator
• First practical experiences with implementation of public transport projects financed by ERDF in Krakow, Poland
  Zbigniew Palenica, Member of the Board and member of the UITP European Integration Committee, MPK Krakow, Poland
• European Cohesion Funds and public transport
  Alexis Gressier, Task Manager, European Commission Delegation in Bucharest
• An alternative for financing public transport system in Romania
  Mr. Ionut Badea, Senior Manager of RBD SOGELEASE, Bucharest, Romania

16.30 17.00

Discussion

17.00
17.30

Conclusions of the workshop
Hans Rat, UITP General Secretary
Constantin Donea, President, Romanian Association of Public Transport, Member of the UITP European Integration Committee

17.30

End of the workshop