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Joint Research Collaboration

Joint Research Collaboration. The Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD and the International Transport Forum Stephen Perkins. Outline. Who we are Our work Partnerships Leipzig Ministerial Forum. What are we?. International Governmental Organisation OECD

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Joint Research Collaboration

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  1. Joint Research Collaboration The Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD and the International Transport Forum Stephen Perkins

  2. Outline • Who we are • Our work • Partnerships • Leipzig Ministerial Forum

  3. What are we? • International Governmental Organisation • OECD • International Transport Forum • JTR Committee • Ministries of Transport • Transport Research Agencies

  4. Who are we? • JTR Committee • Chair, Richard Thivierge, Transport Canada • Secretariat • Director, Jack Short • Centre staff 10 • ITF 16

  5. Research agencies on our Committee • Australia, BITRE • France, INRETS • Germany, BASt • Hungary, KTI • Latvia, TTI • Netherlands, SWOV • Norway, TOI • Poland, IBDIM • Spain, CEDEX, CENIT • Sweden, VTI • USA, FHWA, RITA

  6. Our work • Project selection – strategic areas • Infrastructure + operations Safety + security • Globalisation + spatial Environment • Project vehicles • Working groups Round tables • Symposia Conferences • Statistics

  7. Symposium 2009 • Madrid, 16-19 November 2009 • The Future for Inter-Urban Passenger Transport • Markets, competition and regulation • Co-modality • Innovative services • Environmental protection • Palacio de Congresos, 350+ participants

  8. Round tables • Cost + effectiveness of emission regulations 31 Jan-1 Feb 2008 • Port competition and hinterland connections 10-11 April 2008 • Airline + airport competition 2-3 Oct 2008 • Security, risk perception + CBA 27-28 Nov 2008 • Vertical (dis)integration of transport + logistics

  9. Recent projects • Transport infrastructure investment • Chair, Urban Karlstrom, VTI Sweden • Long-life surfaces for busy roads • Jorgen Christensen, Danish Road Directorate • Testing in laboratories in 8 countries • Plan full scale field trials in follow-up • Workshop tomorrow 3pm-5pm, Room M2

  10. High level Road Safety Seminar Achieving Ambitious and Realistic Targets: The Safe System Approach • Road safety performance • The safe system approach • Safe system building blocks • Mobilising political resources 25-26 September 2008, Paris

  11. Research collaboration • EC – taxation, railways, road safety, emissions, …. DGTREN on our Management Board, EEA, COST, FP consortia - UNITE, IMPRINT NET • SHRP II – reliability, investment • Universities – Round Tables, IRTAD road safety • World Bank – road safety, railways • UN WHO – road safety • FIA-Foundation – road safety, environment • PIARC – congestion, environment • UNECE, UNFCC, IPCC, UNEP, UNESCAP • FEHRL, ECTRI, ERTRAC

  12. Ministerial Forum Leipzig 28-30 May 2008 TRANSPORT and ENERGY The Challenge of Climate Change

  13. Forum structure • 28th May: Industry - Research - Stakeholders Day • Advances in vehicle technologies • Transport CO2 emissions in emerging economies • Reducing CO2 emissions in freight transport • Changing behavior in passenger transport • 29th May: Political Day, Dialogue between Political Decision-Makers and Key Actors • 30th May: Concluding Day, Lessons from the Forum

  14. Contact • www.InternationalTransportForum.org • stephen.perkins@oecd.org

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