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UIC, the global association serving the Railway community worldwide

UIC, the global association serving the Railway community worldwide. UIC MEMBERSHIP. UIC growing membership. 240. Rail Operating Community • Operators • Infrastructure Managers • Research centres • Secretariat of transportation (a few). members on all continents. 120.

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UIC, the global association serving the Railway community worldwide

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  1. UIC, the global association serving the Railway community worldwide

  2. UIC MEMBERSHIP UIC growing membership 240 Rail Operating Community • Operators • Infrastructure Managers • Research centres • Secretariat of transportation (a few) members on all continents 120 members in Europe

  3. 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

  4. STRATEGIC VISIONS FOR 6 UIC REGIONS

  5. VALUES AND PILLARS OF UIC

  6. SYNERGIES BETWEEN UICAND ITS PARTNER ORGANISATIONS Railway industry and contractors: UNIFE, FIEC, EFRTC,… Railways associations: OSJD, CER, EIM, APTA, AAR, ALAF, AUR, UAR/UAC,… Transport sector trade associations: UITP, IRU, IATA, UFTAA, FIATA, UIRR, UIP, ERFA,… Intergovernmental organisations: • UN, ECOSOC, UNECE, ESCAP, ECO… • UNFCCC, UNEP • OECD, ITF,… • EU institutions, ERA • Council of Europe • OTIF,… • NATO,… International Organisations, International Banks as stakeholders Consultative status at UN ECOSOC 100 partnerships Internationalassociations and interest groups for tourism, environment,… International financial institutions: World Bank, EIB, EBRD, ADB,… International standardisation bodies: ISO, CEN/CENELEC, ETSI, IEC,…

  7. UIC FACTS AND FIGURES 200 Technical projects (50 european) since 2009 700 UIC Leaflets since creation 50 international Seminars organised in 2013, in 25 cities, for 5000 participants every year

  8. UIC IN EUROPE Creation 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, ...)

  9. UIC ORGANISATIONWITH 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)

  10. DISSEMINATION – INFORMATION – COMMUNICATION 5000 readers 52 weekly issues 600 articles per year

  11. TRANSMISSION

  12. 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.

  13. Thankyoufor yourkindattention Teodor Gradinariu Senior Technical advisor Railways System Departement gradinariu@uic.org www.uic.org

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