Regional Meeting on Sustainable Transport Policies in South Eastern Europe Budapest, June Opening REC Head Office

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

Meeting Agenda (1), Thursday, 21 June – Session 1 – Opening Opening, goal of the meeting, agenda – Oreola Ivanova– Nacheva, REC HO EU transport policy in the context of Stabilisation and Association Process – Wioletta Szymanska, REC HO Coffee/tea break – Session 2 – Current situation in urban transport sector in SEE – part A 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 Key problems and priorities in urban transport sector in SEE countries from NGO perspective – (Zvezdan Kalmar, NGO CEKOR, Serbia) Questions and discussion with participants – LUNCH

Meeting Agenda (2) Thursday, 21 June – Session 3 – Current situation in urban transport sector in SEE – part Effects of decentralization in regard to PT from the perspective of users, providers, and regulators in Tirana, Albania – Dritan Shutina, Co-PLAN, Albania Clean Fuels and Vehicles in SEE – Ruslan Zhechkov, REC HO Public Transport system in Istanbul - Kaan Yıldızgöz, ULASIM Co., Istanbul Transportation Industry and Trade Corporation – 15.15Coffee/tea break – Session 4 Key problems and barriers in implementation of sustainable transport policies in SEE Discussion 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 – 16.45Plenary session: presentation of results of WGs– moderators Closure of the first day – REC HO – Dinner for all participants

Meeting Agenda (3) Friday, 22 June – Session 5 Lessons learnt and examples of good practise Lessons learnt from CEE countries on PT in the last 15 years – Wojciech Suchorzewski, Technical University of Warsaw, Poland Changes 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) Guidance on sustainable urban transport planning – results of the PILOT project, Ivo Cre, POLIS, Brussels Coffee/tea break – Session 6 Conclusions and closure Examples of other EU PT projects and initiatives: SPUTNIC project, ELTIS – Wioletta Szymanska, Gabor Heves, REC HO Summary of discussions and follow up - Wioletta Szymanska Formal closure of the meeting – Oreola Ivanova–Nacheva Lunch

Thank you!