1. Regional Meeting on Sustainable Transport Policies in South Eastern Europe Budapest, 21-22 June Opening REC Head Office

2. www.rec.org Goal of the meeting Objectives of meeting: 1.To assist SEE in better understanding of sustainable transport policies and practices in EU context, in sustainable urban transport planning and operation using available best practices 2.To discuss, identify and validate the key problems and priorities for PT in SEE cities 3.To come up with joint conclusions of this meeting

3. www.rec.org Meeting Agenda (1), Thursday, 21 June 2007 9.30 – 10.30 Session 1 – Opening 9.30-9.45Opening, goal of the meeting, agenda – Oreola Ivanova– Nacheva, REC HO 9.45-10.15EU transport policy in the context of Stabilisation and Association Process – Wioletta Szymanska, REC HO 10.15-10.30Coffee/tea break 10.30 – 12.00 Session 2 – Current situation in urban transport sector in SEE – part 1 10.30-10.50A summary of key problems and priorities in urban transport sector in SEE countries based on the interviews in the pilot countries - Wioletta Szymanska, REC HO 10.50-11.20Key problems and priorities in urban transport sector in SEE countries from NGO perspective – (Zvezdan Kalmar, NGO CEKOR, Serbia) 11.20-12.00Questions and discussion with participants 12.00 – 13.30 LUNCH

4. www.rec.org Meeting Agenda (2) Thursday, 21 June 2007 13.30 – 14.00 Session 3 – Current situation in urban transport sector in SEE – part 2 13.30-14.00 Effects of decentralization in regard to PT from the perspective of users, providers, and regulators in Tirana, Albania – Dritan Shutina, Co-PLAN, Albania 14.00-14.30 Clean Fuels and Vehicles in SEE – Ruslan Zhechkov, REC HO 14.30-15.00 Public Transport system in Istanbul - Kaan Yıldızgöz, ULASIM Co., Istanbul Transportation Industry and Trade Corporation 15.00 – 15.15Coffee/tea break 15.15 – 17.00 Session 4 Key problems and barriers in implementation of sustainable transport policies in SEE 15.15-16.15Discussion on key problems and barriers in implementation of sust. transport policies in SEE – discussions in 2 WGs 1 st working group: Challenges of PT sector in SEE 2 nd working group: Actions needed in SEE to improve PT sector 16.15 – 16.45Plenary session: presentation of results of WGs– moderators 16.45-17.00Closure of the first day – REC HO 19.00 – Dinner for all participants

5. www.rec.org Meeting Agenda (3) Friday, 22 June 2007 9.00 – 11.00 Session 5 Lessons learnt and examples of good practise 9.00-9.30Lessons learnt from CEE countries on PT in the last 15 years – Wojciech Suchorzewski, Technical University of Warsaw, Poland 9.30-10.00Changes in the PT in Budapest over the past 15 years in the context of sust., clean and efficient public transport - Andrea Bagoly, Budapest Transport Public Company (BKV) 10.00-10.30Guidance on sustainable urban transport planning – results of the PILOT project, Ivo Cre, POLIS, Brussels 10.30-10.45Coffee/tea break 10.45 – 12.00 Session 6 Conclusions and closure 10.45-11.15Examples of other EU PT projects and initiatives: SPUTNIC project, ELTIS – Wioletta Szymanska, Gabor Heves, REC HO 11.15-11.45Summary of discussions and follow up - Wioletta Szymanska 11.45-12.00Formal closure of the meeting – Oreola Ivanova–Nacheva 12.00- 14.00Lunch

6. www.rec.org Thank you!