ASECAP held its 11th Annual Road Safety Conference on Tuesday 20 March 2018 in Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels. Download the programme

The event, hosted by MEP Georges BACH (TRAN Committee), looked into how to build on the Valletta Declaration on Road Safety Actions and how to protect the unknown Road Users on Trans-European Motorways.


During the conference, an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the future cooperation in the ITS domain has been signed between ASECAP and the C-Roads Platform, a joint initiative of European Member States and road operators. The MoU was signed by Mr Julián NÚÑEZ, ASECAP President, Mr Kallistratos DIONELIS, ASECAP General Secretary, Mr Eric OLLINGER, C-Roads Platform Chairperson, and Mr Martin BÖHM, C-Roads Platform General Secretary.

Download the ASECAP Press Release


Interview of Mrs Violeta BULC, EU Commissioner for Transport, by Mr Kallistratos Dionelis, ASECAP General Secretary
(Link to the interview is included in our press release)



Presentations:

1) Under the session ASECAP Safety Actions / Developments: 3 cases:

Autostrade per l'Italia - 30 years of Safety Actions (Gianmarco ANGELETTI, Autostrade per l'Italia / AISCAT)
(view this presentation in "diaporama" format)

National Safety Day for Motorway and Road Staff (Christophe BOUTIN, Director General, ASFA)

Road Safety Global Programme - a programme for the long haul (Sergi LOUGHNEY, Director of the Abertis Fundation, ABERTIS / SEOPAN)


2) Under the session Political Reflections and the way ahead:

EU policy for road infrastructure safety management (Fotini IOANNIDOU, Head of the Road Safety Unit, DG MOVE, European Commission)

The Austrian point of view on road safety activities in Austria (Karin SCHRANZ, Road Safety Unit, Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology of Austria)

Implementing the Valletta Declaration on Road Safety Actions (Ellen TOWNSEND, Policy Director, European Transport Safety Council (ETSC))



Event's photos:

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Left to right: Georges BACH (MEP, EP TRAN Committee), Martin BÖHM (C-Roads Platform General Secretary),
Julián NÚÑEZ (ASECAP President) and Claire DEPRÉ (Head of ITS Unit, DG MOVE, European Commission)



Left to right: Martin BÖHM and Julián NÚÑEZ


Stay stuned for further post-event coverage: a press release, presentations and photos to come up soon!



 

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Early bird registration deadline extended to Friday 20 April 2018!

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