Official Opening
Programme introduction and ice-breaking activity Sarah Foulon, Training Programme Manager, UITP
09:15
Session 1. Presenting the options
(including coffee break at 10.30)
PT actors: types of authorities, their role and competences
Options for the allocation of decision-making in public transport between various actors: Strategic –Tactical – Operational levels
Potential roles for competition, concepts of competitive tendering in public transport
Type of contracts, levels of risk and sharing of risks and responsibilities between operator and authority
Overview of organizational forms in local public transport: direct award, route tendering, network tendering, deregulation
Regulatory and institutional framework (The European legislation)
Didier van de Velde, inno-V, The Netherlands
12:30
Lunch break
After this introduction: four sessions to present and discuss intensively each of the four main cases Today: The main alternatives in competitive tendering: Route tendering versus network tendering: options, lessons learned and challenges
14:00
Session 2. The route tendering model
Presentation of the essentials of the case, 10' - course leader
The route tendering model in Copenhagen, 40' - course speaker
The transition path/ Issues for further improvement/ Illustration of different implementation possibilities, 10' - course leader
Plenary discussions, 30' - All
Soeren Englund, Movia, Copenhagen, Denmark
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Session 3 . The network tendering model
Presentation of the essentials of the case, 10' - course leader
The network tendering model in Den Haag, 40' - course speaker
The transition path/ Issues for further improvement/ Illustration of different implementation possibilities, 10' - course leader
Plenary discussion, 30' - All
Bas van Herpen, Provincie Zuid-Holland
17:30
Comparing the tendering options - Discussion led by the course leader
18:30
End of day 1
19:00
Meeting point in the hotel lobby
19:30
Dinner
Friday, 23 April
Today: The base case and the modernised traditional case (direct award) versus the radical change (deregulation)
09:00
Session 4. Direct awarding
Presentation of the essentials of the case, 10' - course leader
Direct awarding in Geneva, 40' - course speaker
The transition path/ Issues for further improvement/ Illustration of different implementation possibilities, 10' - course leader
Plenary discussion, 30' - All
Beat Müller, TPG, Geneva, Switzerland
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Session 5. Deregulation
Presentation of the essentials of the case, 10' - course leader
Deregulation in London, 40' - course speaker
The transition path/ Issues for further improvement/ Illustration of different implementation possibilities, 10' - course leader
Plenary discussion, 30' - All
Martin Dean, The Go-Ahead Group PLC, London, UK
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Focus topic: The new Public Service Obligations (PSO)
