RAILVET, 05 December 2012

UIC

The Worldwide AssociationRepresenting the Railway Sector

Nathalie AmiraultHead of Unit Expertise Development, UIC

RAILWAY OPERATION IN ECVETA LLP-DoI Project with the support of the LLP LdV Programme of the European Union

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1922: intergovernmental conference in Genoa, Italy

October 1922: Constitutive Assembly of UIC (Paris):  

UIC Statutes adopted by 51 Railway administrations from

29 countries (Europe, Asia)

2012: 200 Member railways on 5 continents

2012: 90th anniversary of UIC

1922: intergovernmental conference in Genoa, Italy

October 1922: Constitutive Assembly of UIC (Paris):  

UIC Statutes adopted by 51 Railway administrations from

29 countries (Europe, Asia)

2012: 200 Member railways on 5 continents

2012: 90th anniversary of UIC

UIC: A long history

at the service of member railways and international railway cooperation

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UIC: the International Union of Railways,a global non-governmental international organisation for rail transport

200 members on all continents

Members are:Railways, Rail operators, Infrastructure managers,

Railway service providers, Public transport companies

UIC Membership: 3 types of Members Active Members: 82

Turkey (TCDD ) are a UIC Active Member

Associate Members: 82

Affiliate Members: 36

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UIC in 2012

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UIC Mission

Promoting the development of rail transport

at world level,

in order to meet challenges

of mobility and sustainable development

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UIC’s role

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Synergies between UIC and its partner organisations

Railways associations: OSJD, CER, EIM, APTA, AAR, ALAF,

AUR, UAR/UAC,…

Intergovernmental organisations:

• UN, UNECE, ESCAP,…•UNFCCC, UNEP•OECD, ITF,…•EU institutions, ERA•Council of Europe•OTIF,…•NATO,…

International financial institutions: World Bank,

EIB, EBRD, ADB,…

International standardisation bodies: ISO, CEN/CENELEC,

ETSI, IEC,…l

International associations and interest groups for

tourism, environment,…l

Transport sector trade associations: UITP, IRU,

IATA, UFTAA, FIATA, UIRR, UIP, ERFA,…

Railway industry and contractors: UNIFE, FIEC,

EFRTC,…

UIC

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UIC « Products »

Some examples …

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UIC Leaflets  - Railway Standards

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UIC Reports

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UIC Reports

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UIC Governance

General AssemblyGeneral Assembly

UIC Executive BoardUIC Executive Board

UIC HQUIC HQ

AFRICA NORTH

AMERICAMIDDLEEAST

ASIA EUROPE LATIN

AMERICA

REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES

200 Members

(All members)

21 Members

(Geographical representation)

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Passengers Freight Rail system /Infrastructure

Fundamental Issues / Values

CER / UIC High Level Passenger meeting

CER / UIC High Level Freight meeting

Ferdinand Schmidt, RCA

UIC Freight Forum Ferdinand Schmidt, RCA

TAF TSI DEPLOYMENT(UIC / CER / EIM / UIP / ERFA)Steering CommitteeJ. Sundling Common Components GroupJ. Sundling / R. Wilke

Infrastructure Forum

Andrew McNaughton, Network Rail UK

International Railway Research Board – IRRB

Yoshio Ishida, JR East

High Speed Plenary Committee

Michel Leboeuf, SNCF

Station managers Group – SMG

Pascal Lupo, SNCF

UIC Passenger Forum

Cécile Queille, SNCFERTMS Platform Michele Elia,

RFI / FS Environment, Energy and Sustainability Platform

Joachim Kettner, DB AG

Safety Platform

J.-M Richard, SNCF

Security Platform

Tadeusz Kaczmarek,

PKP PLK

Intercontinental freight corridors coordination groupVladimir Yakunin, RZD

Member–led cooperative bodies provide strategic direction for UIC activities

SPECIAL GROUPSCTG / INTERUNIT Eric Peetermans, SNCB Raildata Rainer Wilke, DBXRail Günther Ferk, DBIFC

Expertise Development Platform

Alexander Netolicky, ÖBB

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UIC HQ: one of the Fundamental values..

UIC Headquarters in Paris

> Technical Departments :

* Railway System* Passenger* Freight* Fundamental values

- Sustainable development- Research- Safety- Security- Expertise development

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Mission

Enhance workforce development by

(1) Sharing best practice in rail training across the industry

(2) Contributing to interoperability of training

(2) Staff development

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UIC in Railvet project

(1) Interface with railway companies in EU

(2) Dissemination activities

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UIC in Railvet project: dissemination

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Over 30 presentations from EU, Asia, Africa, Oceania, the United States

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Thank you for your kind attention

Nathalie Amirault, Head of Unit Expertise Developmentwww.uic.org

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