1. 1 EMTA internal affairs activity report General Meeting Vienna 10 October 2013 Working session

2. 2 EMTA Internal Affairs Approval of Copenhagen Record of Decisions Financial matters and accounting: -2nd revised budget 2013 -1 st draft budget proposal 2014 (treasurer) -Renewal of contract for external auditor ? Membership issues - closing down of Valencia and Murcia No new members so far. Ideas to engage new members. European level Membership Surveys Working groups Financial Affairs

3. 3 Progress Report at European Level DG-MOVE Bid on REVOLVE (CENTRO-CRTM and 4 members) delivered to EU in May; EMTA is Network partner awaiting decision of auditors. ITS: public consultation by EC to investigate ideas to overcome challenges for introduction of Multimodal journey planner in EU (call to complete query before October 25) CEF/TEN-T: new program 2014-2020 launched. Enabling Regulation: EC-proposal to Council for changing block exemption in article 9 PSO-Regulation 1370/2007 Council withdrawn. Successful action (so far). Fourth Railway Package: modifications of PSO- Regulation COM 1370/2007 objected in position (June 6) views of the rapporteur mr Grosch to be discussed in round table (1) A European development s EU Legal issues 2011

4. 4 EMTA deliverables Directory 2012/2013 Completed and ready to circulate. Barometer 2012 First update on results coming up (Laura Delgado) Brief on Metropolisation: Published July 2013: courtesy to Lorenza Tomasoni EMTA Summer Newsletter #48: issued end of August Including a calendar for upcoming events. Call for articles for EMTA newsletter Autumn/Winter 2013 European level Membership Surveys Working groups A Publications

5. 5 NFC Working Group - Progress EMTA Working group NFC ticketing Members from FR, UK, ES, SE, NO, PL, FI Progress since Copenhagen- WG focus broadened in order to include: Contactless smartcards Development of Apps Non-payment applications that could help to promote NFC and to gain experience with the technology European level Membership Surveys Working groups What is NFC? Experience so far Conclusions

6. 6 NFC Working Group – Planned output WG Report first version end of 2013, final review January 2014 To be a reference document for PT sector Containing: Discussion of NFC use case for PT Description of the technology in PT context Existing pilot and experiences Key considerations for decision making European level Membership Surveys Working groups What is NFC? Experience so far Conclusions

7. 7 Progress Report Barometer Working Group 2013 (relaunch) Development of an open data platform for all members Initiative UITP/OAC to work together on data collection with EMTA? Proposal is still awaited…. Attempt to gain input from DG-MOVE on sustainable transport and environmental impact assessment (EU- Scoreboard) Laura reports later on this morning…. A European level Working Groups Foreseen Activities 2011

8. 8 Progress Report (2) Accessibility Working Group (AWG) No news so far Working group on legal issues: Commission’s proposal PSO (Fourth Railway Packages): comment drafted with expertise of Thomas Avanzata -Procurement Directive (recast) -Need for renew expertise and energy A European level Working Groups Foreseen Activities 2011

9. 9 Queries -BKK Budapest: survey on geographical/geospatial info systems (GIS) -VBB Berlin: Social media in PTA’s (report by Eike Arnold later on) -ZTM Warsaw: free ticket for employees of OA’s (results coming up by Tamas Dombi) -Politecnico di Torino (Technical University of Torino): benchmark survey Public Transport and Metropolitan Authorities Queries and question naires

10. 10 Progress Report FSR proposal Renewed proposal on staff courses (training or workshops) from Torino (SG-comments and suggestions): 4 years programme, once a year 2-days training for staff and management; Proposal (with regard to state of play) -take up preparation of a pilot (preferably with FSR) -check options for training methods of other organizations UITP, Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam; to acquire proper level of knowledge, in a financially viable manner. Start launch pilot: Autumn 2013 ? - A Training options and initiatives Working Groups 2011

11. 11 Building alliances September 9: meeting of Sg EMTA and Maria Machancoses with UITP Sg (Alain Flausch), to explore options for strengthening stakeholders collaboration by: improving services to our (shared) membership exchange mutual observers to participate in public events and relevant workshops (on equal terms) co-signing of positions on topics of common interests (towards EU-institutions) actively share knowledge and resources. Capturing an agreement in a MoU… Collaborate with peer stakeholders

12. 12 Thank you for your attention Any questions or remarks?