PROGRAMME
Tuesday 13 November 2007
Arrival of participants in Nantes
Evening Welcome reception
Wednesday 14 November 2007
Course coordinator: Didier van de Velde
9:00 Opening session
9:00 Official opening by the local host
9:05 Programme introduction and ice-breaking activity
What is UITP?
Sarah FOULON, Training Programme Manager, UITP
10:15 Coffee break
10:30 Session 1. Regulatory and institutional framework.
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Theoretical introduction
Overview of organizational forms in local public transport
PT actors: types of authorities, their role and competences
Allocation of decision-making in public transport between various actors: Strategic –Tactical – Operational levels
Role of competition, concepts of competitive tendering in public transport
Type of contracts, levels of risk and sharing of risks and responsibilities between operator and authority
Regulated vs. deregulated market |
Didier van de Velde, inno-V, The Netherlands
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Presentation of the various models of organization (incl. coffee break)
Introduction: Different models of organisation:
Didier van de Velde, inno-V, The Netherlands
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The public operator model in Germany (30 min)
Ralf Resch, BVG – Berlin, Germany
The Nordic Model of line contracts (30 min)
Bernt Nielsen, Senior adviser of SLTF, the Swedish association of organising authorities
The French Model of network contracting and tendering (30 min)
Michel Quidort, Veolia, FR
The French model as implemented in Nantes (30 min)
Eric Chevalier, Nantes Métropole, France
The Dutch model of network contracting (30 min)
Bas Bakker, Amsterdam City Region, NL
The deregulated British model (30 min)
Authority in the UK |
17:30 Discussion on the various models of organization
18:30 End of the session
19.30 Meeting point in the hotel lobby
20.00 Dinner party
Thursday 15 November 2007
9:00 Workshop led by Didier van de velde
(incl. coffee break)
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Session 2. The New Public Service Organisation (PSO) regulation
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What changes/consequences due to the new European legal framework
Awarding procedure and selection : direct award or tendering, regulation and/or directives |
Thomas AVANZATA, DG TREN, EU
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Session 3. Quality Management
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Contracts and quality of service
What quality indicators and what quality measurement systems ?
Quality incentives in contracts |
Philippe LEFEVRE, Veolia, FR
17:30 End of the session
Evening Free
Friday 16 November 2007
9:00 Workshop led by Didier van de Velde (incl. coffee break)
11:30 Conclusions & Evaluation of the training
12:00 Lunch and graduation ceremony
13:30 Technical visit (optional)
16:00 End of programme
UITP reserves the right to make amendments to the programme or any related activity
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