Jo Urlings, Imrich Korpanec EFRTC reports from participation in the events Zoetermeer, November 18 th, 2011

Reports EFRTC participation in events Seminar Sofia June Conference Bucharest 4-5 October Conference London October Dinner-debate Strasbourg 15 November

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Sofia June

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Sofia 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

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Sofia 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 -

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Sofia June Three subsequent panels: 1Consolidating the infrastructure managers 2Planning rail infrastructure development 3Managing 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

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Bucharest 4-5 October

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Bucharest 4-5 October Wider Black Sea Area Railway Summit is organised 6 th time by Club Ferroviar Romania the Romanian Railway Industry Association Secretary General, Mr Stefan ROSAENU Opened 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.

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Bucharest 4-5 October Wider Black Sea Area Masterplan 2010: 172 projects total 53 billion Euro’s Aim to build TER Trans European Railways to connect our Western European TEN-T network with TAR the Trans Asian Railways

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference Bucharest 4-5 October Wider Black Sea Area Railway Summit Our aim Presenting EFRTC Strengthening our cooperation with other stakeholders associations Club Ferroviar Romania  EFRTC

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference London October

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Conference London 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

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Dinner-debate Strasbourg 15 November

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors 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)

European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors Dinner-debate Strasbourg 15 November 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