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UITP MENA Division Seminar
Which public transport for cities of Southern Mediterranean and the Middle-East?
Tunis, 24-26 March 2008 |
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PROGRAMME
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Technical visit of Tunis public transport system |
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Welcome reception at the Abou Nawas Hotel |
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Registration |
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Opening session |
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Welcome speeches :
Representative of the Ministry of Transport
Chedly Hajri, Vice-Président de la Division MENA de l'UITP, Président-Directeur Général, Société des Transports de Tunis (TRANSTU), Tunis, Tunisia
Hans Rat, Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP), Brussels, Belgium
Abdulaziz Malik, Chairman of UITP Middle-East and North Africa Division |
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Coffee break |
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Session 1 - Public transport in Tunisia |
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Chair: Chedly Hajri, Vice-Président de la Division MENA de l'UITP, Président-Directeur Général, TRANSTU, Tunis, Tunisia
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Organisation and development of public transport in Tunisian cities
Sarra Rejeb, Directeur Général des Transports Terrestres, Ministère des Transports, Tunis, Tunisia
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Modernisation and integration of light rail and bus networks in Tunis
Modernisation et intégration des réseaux de metro léger et bus à Tunis
Salah Belaid, Chef du Service Commercial et Marketing, TRANSTU, Tunis, Tunisia |
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Project of Tunis regional and suburban rail network
Kamel Ben Amor, Président-Directeur Général, Réseau Ferré Rapide (RFR-Tunis), Tunis, Tunisia |
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Lunch |
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Session 2 - Latest developments and projects of public transport in North Africa |
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Chair: Salem Miladi, Directeur Général des Etudes et de la Planification, Ministère des Transports, Tunis, Tunisia
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Urban mobility in the Mediterranean : diagnosis and perspectives
Xavier Godard, Directeur de Recherche, INRETS, CODATU, Lyon, France |
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Latest developments of public transport in Morroco
Nour-Eddine Boutayeb, Governeur, Directeur Général des Collectivités Locales, Ministère de l’Intérieur, Rabat, Morocco |
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Public transport in Algeria : present situation and future development
Salem Salhi, Directeur des Transports urbains et de la circulation routière, Ministère des Transports, Alger, Algérie* |
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Public transport in Libya
Bashir AlBargota, Director of Administration of Land Transportation, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Tripoli, Libya* |
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Coffee break |
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Session 3 - Managing land use and natural resources |
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Chair: Hans Rat, Secretary General, UITP, Brussels, Belgium
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Public transport in rapidly growing and expanding regions: the case of Dubai
Abdulaziz Malik, Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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The role of Public Transport in Amman’s Metropolitan Master Plan
Samer Madanat, Transport Consultant, Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan |
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Public transport and climate change: the case of Naples
Marcello Turrini, General Director, Naples public transport company, CTPN, Naples, Italy |
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Gala Dinner (venue to be confirmed) |
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Session 4 - Institutional organisation and regulatory framework |
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Chair: Sarra Rejeb, Directeur Général des Transports Terrestres, Ministère des Transports, Tunis, Tunisia
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Public transport contracts and the share of responsibilities between authorities and operators
Michael Pellot, Director of New Business Development and Consultancy, TMB, Barcelona, Spain |
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Integrated public transport network in medium-sized city: the case of Montpellier
Marc Le Tourneur, Directeur Général, TAM, Montpellier, France |
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How national authorities can support local transport development: The case of Saudi Arabia
Monther Al Rashdi, Director Public Transport, Ministry of Transport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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The financing of public transport investments
Gilles Pipien, Senior Urban Specialist, The World Bank, Marseille, France |
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Coffee break |
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Session 5 - Modal choice and integration |
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Chair: Mohsen Hashemi, Vice-Chairman of UITP MENA Division, General Manager, Tehran Urban and Suburban Railways Company, Tehran, Iran
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Modal choices in large agglomeration: the case of Madrid
Carlos Cristobal Pinto, Head of Planning and Studies, CRTM, Madrid, Spain |
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Public transport in Damascus city
Rasha Mohammad, Director International Cooperation, Ministry of Transport, Damascus, Syria* |
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Organising, regulating and franchising taxi services
Abdullah Sultan Al Sabbagh, General Manager, Cars Taxi Services Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Lunch |
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Session 6 - Delivering quality and satisfying stakeholders |
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Chair: Abdulsattar Abu Hassan, Vice-Chairman of UITP MENA Division, General Manager, Mesk Transport, Amman, Jordan
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Delivering and measuring quality in public transport
Zdenek Dosek, Head of Sectoral Relations, DPP, Prague, Czech Republic |
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The contribution of the personnel to improve service quality and image
Joe Kenny, Regional Manager, Bus Eireann, Dublin, Ireland |
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Marketing public transport to customers and authorities
Michel Quidort, Directeur des Relations Extérieures, Veolia Transport, Paris, France |
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Closing Session |
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Closing speeches on behalf TRANSTU and UITP
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* Invited
Languages
English and French will be the seminar languages. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in all sessions. |
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