uic, the global association serving the railway community worldwide
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UIC, the global association
serving the Railway
community worldwide
UIC MEMBERSHIP
UIC growing
membership
members on all continents
members in Europe120240 Rail Operating Community
• Operators
• Infrastructure Managers
• Research centres
• Secretariat of transportation (a few)
UIC ITS MISSION
Promoting the development of rail transport at world level,
in order to meet challenges of mobility and sustainable Development
Key Challenges in terms of
STRATEGIC VISIONS FOR 6 UIC REGIONS
VALUES AND PILLARS OF UIC
SYNERGIES BETWEEN UIC
AND ITS PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
Railways associations:
OSJD, CER, EIM, APTA, AAR, ALAF, AUR,
UAR/UAC,…
Railway industry and
contractors:
UNIFE, FIEC, EFRTC,…
International
Organisations,
International Banks
as stakeholders
Consultative status
at UN ECOSOC100 partnerships
Transport sector trade
associations:
UITP, IRU, IATA, UFTAA, FIATA,
UIRR, UIP, ERFA,…
International associations
and interest groups
for tourism, environment,…
Intergovernmental
organisations:
• UN, ECOSOC, UNECE,
ESCAP, ECO…
• 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,…
UIC FACTS AND FIGURES
Technical projects (50 european) since 2009200700 UIC Leaflets since creation
50 international Seminars organised in 2013,
in 25 cities, for 5000 participants every year
UIC IN EUROPECreation of the Community of European Railways (CER)
in 1988 to play a political role towards the European Union
Close cooperation between the technical and political
dimension of the Railway system
Technical plateform for UIC Members but also for International
organisations based in Europe (IEA, UNEP, OECD/ITF, ERA, ...)
UIC ORGANISATION
WITH AND FOR THE MEMBERS
By and for the Members
UIC Platforms, Forums, expression of the Members’needs and wishes
UIC: the only place where, in a fragmented environment, where stakeholders
can work together on a SYSTEM vision
1 Department SYSTEM, 5 Units
(Track and structures, Train Track Interaction, Rolling Stock, Operation and Control Command
Signalling (CCS), Energy Management)
1 Department Fundamental Values
(Safety, Security, Research, Sustainable Development, Expertise Development)
2 Departments Business (Passenger, Freight)
DISSEMINATION – INFORMATION – COMMUNICATION
52weeklyissues
5000
readers
600
articles
per year
TRANSMISSION
Next steps
Today differnt sectors defined their requiremnent related to the natural disaster forcast.(by the way aviation,WMO it is in state to define toghether with them a valuable system)
It is up to us to define our specific requirements and,on a coordinate manner to colaborate with related international bodies(e,g,WMO,UN),
UIC can be an facilitator and coordinator on behalf of the railways comunity.
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Thank you
for your kind
attention
Teodor Gradinariu
Senior Technical advisor
Railways System Departement
www.uic.org