Newsletter 16/2011

October 17, 2011

 
IN FOCUS
Hido Biscevic, RCC Secretary General (Photo: Predrag Milasinovic)

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RAILWAYS REFORM IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE - A LOCOMOTIVE FOR EUROPE, by Hido Biscevic, RCC Secretary General

There is no doubt that South East Europe (SEE) is critically in need of an accelerated development. But, whilst striving hard to join the European Union (EU) and meet all of the accession requirements,..
 
OUR SOUTH EAST EUROPE

INTERVIEW with Igor Hribar, Secretary General of Slovenian Railways, Slovenia

Railway infrastructure, prerequisite for effectiveness and competitiveness of railway transport

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South East Europe on its railway reform journey


Sentimental day-dreaming about traveling by train to quickly reachable exotic destinations, accompanied by a soothing rattling sound of railway tracks broken occasionally by the dispatcher's whistle,..

 RCC is committed to supporting the process of railway sector reforms in South East Europe (Photo: http://sofiaecho.com)

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Highlights from World Bank’s Report Railway Reform in South East Europe and Turkey: On the Right Track?

Situation with railway infrastructure and transport in South East Europe (SEE) is the subject of a comprehensive World Bank (WB)’s report titled Railway Reform in South East Europe and Turkey: On the Right Track? 

 South East European countries and Turkey could gain many economic benefits by meeting railway institutional framework set by the EU, according to World Bank (Photo: http://www.finchannel.com)

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FROM BRUSSELS ANGLE
Marjeta Jager, Director, Directorate General Mobility and Transport, European Commission (Photo: http://www.dnevnik.si)
 INTERVIEW with Marjeta Jager, Director, Directorate General Mobility and Transport, European Commission

Improved railway services should be a key priority for all South East European partners read more

Johannes Ludewig, Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) (Photo: courtesy of Mr. Ludewig)
 INTERVIEW with Johannes Ludewig, Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)

Renaissance of European railways, subject to a favourable political and economic environment read more

 
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ACTIVITIES IN BRIEF

South East European health ministers sign Banja Luka Pledge committing to work towards health in all policies
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EVENTS CALENDAR

RCC EVENTS

24.10.2011

Regional Conference: Urban planning in South Eastern Europe – challenges of regularization of informal settlements, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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CULTURAL EVENTS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE

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The views expressed in the articles/interviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Regional Cooperation Council and its Secretariat.