Support to the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine in Strengthening of Safety Standards of Commercial Road Transport UA/14/ENP/TR/43 The 3d Steering Committee Meeting Michal Rzemieniewski Resident Twinning Advisor 21 of October, 2015 Kyiv Mykola Horbakha RTA Counterpart

To improve Ukraine’s commercial road transport safety in line with EU technical requirements and best international practices and aiming at decreasing the number of traffic accidents and resulting fatalities To ensure sufficient institutional capacity within the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to improve road safety indicators in commercial transport Overall Objective Contribution to achievement of the Overall Objective Project Purpose Development of Road Transport Safety Management in Ukraine Certification of professional competence of road transport operators and drivers Certification of vehiclesTechnical investigation of accidents

Third reporting period (out of seven): 01 July 2015 – 30 September During the third reporting period, Twinning partners have completed: 8 STEs missions and 1 study tour to Lithuania and Poland.

Component A “Development of Road Transport Safety Management in Ukraine”. Only one mission (A.2.2) took place during the reporting period Experts finished the Guide for Road Transport Safety Management Systems 1.Introduces common safety method and principles for supervision of compliance with the provisions of the previously developed Regulation on Road Safety Management System. 2.Intended to assist road transport companies in developing, implementing and enhancing SMS. 3.Provides practical advice, suggestions and examples of SMS methods and approaches.

Component A “Development of Road Transport Safety Management in Ukraine”. During the A.2.2. mission, TWN experts conducted a training session regarding:  Risk assessment methodology.  Training programs as the element of SMS. …and prepared the syllabus on SMS in road transport for training of enforcement bodies’ staff. The activity A.2 “Preparation of recommendations to bring legislation in line with the EU approach and the Requirements of Directive 89/391/EEC” is finished.

Component A “Development of Road Transport Safety Management in Ukraine”. First practical result within Component A: the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has registered the National Standard of Ukraine (DSTU) “Road Traffic Safety Management (RTS) Requirements and Guidelines for Use”. Національний стандарт України Система управління безпекою дорожнього руху (БДР). Вимоги та настанова із застосування (ISO 39001:2012 IDT) ДСТУ ISO 39001:2015 Видання офіційне Київ Мінекономрозвитку України 2015 рік

Component B “Certification of professional competence of road transport operators and drivers”. The most “active” component in the third quarter – 4 missions and 1 study tour were completed. The legal gap analysis was finished in the 3d quarter, as per both road transport drivers and managers. Following BC request, the Lithuanian Twinning partner has prepared:  Training programme for road transport managers: 5 modules + guidelines on examination procedure.  Translation of the Initial accelerated training program for drivers who carry goods for commercial purpose + description of requirements for teachers (education, professional qualifications, work experience) and for methodological and material resources. Current status: Under translation to Ukrainian.

Component B “Certification of professional competence of road transport operators and drivers”; 28 September 2015 – 2 October 2015 study tour to Lithuanian Republic and Republic of Poland. Purpose of the visit: to enhance expertise and practical understanding of the Ministry’s staff in the fields of the competence certification system regarding drivers and road transport operators.

Component B “Certification of professional competence of road transport operators and drivers”. 3 missions were added through side letters to the TWN contract.

Component C “Certification of vehicles” Only one mission (C.2.2) took place during the reporting period Current status: Under consideration of the MoI and INSAT specialists. Experts finished the comprehensive gap analysis between Ukrainian legislation and EU legislation in the field of type approval, within the scope of aticles and annexes of the Directive 2007/46/EC. New draft Ukrainian legislation is taken into account.

Component D “Technical investigation of accidents”. Ukrainian government has approved the initiative to create an independent bureau for investigation of accidents in all modes of transport, i.e. land (rail & road), maritime and airplane transport. Ukrainian government Examples of international practices: NTSB, USA Transport Accident Investigation Bureau, France

During the mission D.3.1., the TWN experts have presented the relevant techniques and technical equipment for accident documentation of traces and vehicle/person final position on the road. WORKSHOP 27 BC’s representatives from different institutions dealing with road safety, attended the workshop The experts demonstrated the best investigation practices used in police work in Cologne and Hannover.