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21 Septembre 2015, 09:00-13:00 Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures, Salle Vianden, 4 Place de l’Europe, 1499 Luxembourg Le ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures (MDDI) du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg et le Conseil européen de la sécurité des transports (ETSC) ont organisé un débat sur la sécurité routière dans le cadre de la Présidence luxembourgeoise du Conseil de l’Union européenne. Ce débat a porté en particulier sur les mesures à prendre afin d’améliorer la sécurité des piétons et des cyclistes. Animé par […]
Ash Suite, Cusack Stand, Croke Park, Dublin 3 The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), together with the Health and Safety Authority, The Road Safety Authority and Garda Síochána, organised a high-level seminar on work-related road safety in Dublin on 2 July. The seminar focussed on the key issues affecting Irish employers in fleet and road-related risk management, and featured experts from Ireland and across Europe. Download the agenda. Presentations 1. Deirdre Sinnott – HSA 2. Michael Rowland – RSA 3. Con O’Donohue – Garda […]
Norway House, Brussels, 18 June 2015 Last year European progress on improving road safety slowed dramatically. At the 2015 Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) conference, ETSC launched its latest annual report explaining why some countries are still making progress, some stagnated, and several are going in reverse. We also highlighted what the EU and member states need to do to get progress back on track to reach the EU’s 2020 target to cut road deaths by half over ten years. Also on the agenda […]
7 May 2015, Prague, Czech Republic ETSC and the Czech Transport Research Centre (CDV) have the pleasure to invite you to a national conference on tackling drink driving. The event will feature representatives from both the Czech and Slovakian transport ministries and will look at the most effective measures for reducing the number of alcohol-related road deaths. The debate will also be an opportunity to gather EU representatives, national stakeholders and decision makers together with road safety experts and campaigners from across Europe. Download […]
Alcool au Volant: comment progresser grâce aux échanges de bonnes pratiques ? 29-04-2015, 09:00-13:00 Auditorium, Fédération française des sociétés d’assurances, 26 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris **Media coverage La Croix AFP The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), Association Prévention Routière (APR) and the Inter-Ministerial Delegation for Road Safety (DSCR) are delighted to invite you to the next European Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) national event. Le Conseil Européen de la Sécurité des Transports (ETSC), la Délégation à la Sécurité et à la Circulation Routières (DSCR) […]
Wednesday 22 April 2015, 09:00-13:00. Portuguese Parliament, R. Imprensa a Estrela 6, 1200-661, Lisbon. The European Transport Safety Council, the Portuguese Ministry of Home Affairs/National Road Safety Authority (ANSR) and the Portuguese Road Safety Association (PRP) set-up a round-table event in Lisbon to discuss holistic approaches to addressing alcohol misuse in road transport. The event covered measures to tackle drink driving such as the use of alcohol interlocks, research findings and case studies from EU member states. The round-table discussion provided participants with the […]
19 March 2015, 09:00-13:00 EU House in Cyprus, Lordou Vyronos Avenue 30, Nicosia The National Road Safety Council of the Republic of Cyprus and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a PIN Talk event in Nicosia on how to improve urban road safety in Cyprus. A round-table discussion offered participants the opportunity to acknowledge achievements and identify future challenges on the road safety in Cyprus cities, towns and villages. Download the agenda. Presentations The road safety performance index. Cyprus among the EU – Dovile Adminaite, ETSC […]
30 January 2015. Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) The European Transport Safety Council, the Austrian Ministry of Transport Innovation and Technology and the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) held a round-table event in Vienna on a holistic approach to addressing alcohol misuse in road transport. The event covered measures to tackle drink driving such as the use of alcohol interlocks, research findings and case studies from EU member states. A round-table discussion offered participants the opportunity to talk to experts and exchange […]
The European Transport Safety Lecture 2014 Thursday 27 November 2014, 17:00 Catalan Traffic Service – Servei Català de Trànsit, Generalitat de Catalunya Carrer Diputació, 355 – 08009 Barcelona The European Transport Safety Council’s (ETSC) annual debate event, featuring a keynote speech by María Seguí Gómez, Director General at the Spanish Directorate General for Transport (DGT). Joan Josep Isern Aranda, Director of the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT) and Julio Laria del Vals, Director of the Road Safety Institute of the Fundación MAPFRE, responded to the […]
Parlamentino of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, 2 Via Nomentana, Rome 20 November 2014, 9.00 – 17:30 The Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in association with the ANIA Foundation for Road Safety and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held this high-level event on road safety in Italy and Europe during the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Delegates from the European Commission, national institutions and experts participated. Download the agenda (English) Download the agenda (Italian) Presentations Antonio Avenoso – ETSC […]
How the latest in-vehicle safety technologies can save lives, boost innovation and reduce government spending Dinner debate in the Members’ Salon, European Parliament, Brussels – 3 November 2014 – 18:00 This invitation-only event was kindly hosted by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch MEP (EPP Group) and Olga Sehnalová (S&D Group). 500 people die on EU roads every week and road collisions remain the single biggest non-health-related cause of death in Europe. But many of these tragedies could be prevented through the standard-fitting of innovative safety technologies being […]
The 4th Annual European PRAISE Conference on work-related road safety. Download the agenda here. Read the press release. Presentations 1. Antonio Avenoso – ETSC 2. Will Murray – IDS 3. Shaun Helman and Nicola Christie – TRL UCL 4. Deirdre Sinnott – HSA Ireland 5. Grainne Coogan – ESB 6. Casto Lopez – Benitez – European Commission 7. Annick Starren and Robert Bezemer – VeSafe PRAISE 2014 – Large Company Winner – Arriva Denmark PRAISE 2014 – Public Authority Winner – HAF Greece PRAISE […]
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki 9:00 – 13:00, 7 October 2014 The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and Liikenneturva (the Finnish Road Safety Council) held a conference on distracted driving on 7 October 2014. Download the agenda. Presentations 1. PIN Overview – ETSC 2. Distracted Driving – ITS Leeds 3. Drivers’ need for information and the problem of distraction – VTT 4. Distracted Driving in Italy – Fondazione Ania 5. Distracted Driving in Finland – Liikenneturva [<a href=”//storify.com/etsc_eu/etsc-liikenneturva-distracted-driving-conference-h” target=”_blank”>View the story “ETSC / […]
Madrid, 24 September 2014 ETSC and the Spanish Confederation of Driving Schools (CNAE) organised a national event on “Drink Driving: Working Towards Zero Tolerance” in Madrid. The event gathered around 150 international and local experts in the road safety field to share data and best practice on reducing drink driving in the European Union and Spain. Antonio Avenoso, Executive Director of ETSC said: “Spain has made enormous progress in the reduction of road deaths since 2001. However, when looking at drink driving figures the […]
Monday 22 September 2014, 09:00 – 13:30 Bruxelles Mobilité – Brussel Mobiliteit, Salle de l’Iris, 80 rue du Progrès, 1030 Bruxelles The conference brought together experts from the EU institutions, cycling policy specialists and other key stakeholders from across Europe. Download the agenda EN-NL-FR Read the press release. Presentations 1. Overview Bike Pal – ETSC 1.1 Cycling Safety in the EU – DG MOVE 1.2 Cycling safety in the EU – ETSC 1.3 Cycling safety in the EU – ECF 2.1 Addressing Cycling Policies […]
The Belgian Road Safety Institute and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) co-organised a seminar in Brussels on managing work-related road safety risk on 25 June. Download the agenda. Download the presentations Overview PRAISE – ETSC – Antonio Avenoso The Contribution of the Insurance Sector – Spanish Mapfre Foundation and German DVR The Contribution of the Insurance Sector – KBC OSH tools transport – Promoting Risk Assessment tools ISO 39001 – Road Traffic Safety Management Systems – BSI Developing a road safety culture in companies […]
In June each year, ETSC organises the PIN Conference to publicise the results of the ETSC PIN Annual Report and present the PIN Award to a high-level policymaker responsible for the country’s outstanding progress in road safety. This year’s conference was held at Norway House, Brussels, kindly hosted by the Norwegian Mission to the European Union. Download the agenda. Presentations Antonio Avenoso, ETSC – Road Safety Performance Index PIN Award 2014 Guro Ranes, Norwegian Public Roads Administration – The Norwegian National Plan of Action […]
The Mapfre Foundation and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a seminar in Bilbao on managing work-related road safety risk on 12 June. The presentations can all be downloaded below: 1. ETSC PRAISE 2013 – 2015 2. PRAISE Thematic Report Fundacíon Mapfre 3. Work Related Road Safety in the Basque Country 4. EU OSHA – Road Safety Activities 4. Interactive Driving Systems 4. Work Related Road Safety in Spain 5. Business Case – FCC Spain 6. Business Case – ISO 39001 7. Business […]
ETSC, The Polish National Road Safety Council and the Polish Motor Transport Institute (ITS) held a round-table event in Warsaw with the aim to raise awareness amongst policy makers, the private sector and key opinion leaders of how to develop a systemic approach to reduce alcohol misuse in road transport. Measures to tackle drink driving such as the use of alcohol interlocks, enforcement, the BAC limit and how to target novice drivers, were on the agenda. Presentations from the event Polish National Road Safety Programme […]
ETSC and ANIA Foundation for Road Safety organised the first SMART (Sober Mobility Across Road Transport) international drink driving conference on 3 April 2014 in Rome. The event focussed on drink driving issues both at national and EU level to raise awareness on the most effective measures to reduce the number of alcohol-related road deaths. The debate gathered EU representatives, national stakeholders and decision makers together with national ETSC member organisations. Read the press release (in Italian). Media coverage Repubblica Corriere della Serra Il […]