Events & Meetings

The proposal of the SEESARI to form a special group within the UIC was unanimously confirmed by the UIC members at the UIC General Assembly on 25th June in Budapest. The SEESARI initiative and Special Group proposal was presented by Chairman of SEESARI dr. Peter Verlič. The intention to organize a Special Group within the International Union of Railways (UIC) was proposed by the SEESARI members and officially submitted at UIC by some members that are also members of UIC. The SEESARI Allia...

SEESARI General Assembly, organized by SEESARI, Slovenian Railways, Institute of Traffic and Transport Ljubljana and UIC, was held on April 4th, 2019, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.   The General Assembly was moderated by Peter Verlič, President of the SEESARI Initiative and Director of the Traffic Institute. There were over 30 railway participants from 9 countries at the event. Main points of the event were: - Presentation of past activities and the most important: the signed agreem...

SEESARI General Assembly organized by SEESARI, Slovenian Railways, Institute of Traffic and Transport and UIC taking place in Ljubljana on 4th April 2019 Draft agenda of the meeting Registration of participants (9.30–10.00) General assembly (10.00–13.00, including coffee breaks) Welcome speeches Report on past activities Signed Agreement SEEESARI- SHIFT2RAIL – future activities Legal status of SEESARI Presentation of draft SEESARI Masterplan SEESARI...

The S-EPA Presentation Day, taking place on 18th April in Ljubljana, will be a perfect opportunity for informing interested rail administrations from across Europe about S-EPA – a new ticket booking platform which is being developed by SEESARI with the aim to continue supplying services currently offered by EPA (electronic ticket booking system hosted by German Railways). For the past 30 years, EPA have enabled partnered rail administrations to supply various rail passenger services, su...

Chairman of SEESARI dr. Peter Verlič and Executive Director of SHIFT2RAIL JU Mr. Carlo Borghini, with the presence of the European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport Ms. Violeta Bulc, signed the Agreement of Cooperation between SEESARI and SHIFT2RAIL at the International Fair InnoTrans in Berlin on September 18th. The focus of the mutual agreement is on the exchange of information on current and planned activities and research and innovation programs; the exchange of experience and good...

SEESARI Conference, organized by the Media Center "Serbian Railways" a.d. and the Trebinje Museum of Herzegovina, was held on June 21st in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Conference was moderated by Mr. Miroslav Stojčić, Chairman of the SEESARI Steering Committee and Director-general of Serbian Railways. Latest activities, including the agreement with SHIFT2RAIL and meeting at the European Parliament, were presented. In autumn 2018 the meeting with general managers of railway compani...

At TEN-T days, SEESARI was presented by the Slovenian Railways and Insitute of Traffic and Transport Ljubljana at the exhibition space of the Gospodarsko razstavišče. Many interested people were acquainted with current and future projects and with the directions and further development of railways and infrastructure in South East Europe. Chairman of SEESARI dr. Peter Verlič presented the development of railways and infrastructure in SE Europe and stressed the importance of regional i...

Shift2Rail Information Day was held at the head office of Slovenian Railways (SŽ) and was organized by Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, SEESARI, Slovenian Railways and Institute of Traffic and Transport Ljubljana. The event was opened by the Chairman of SEESARI dr. Peter Verlic and Mr. Giorgio Travaini, Head of Research & Innovation at SHIFT2RAIL. The information day presented SHIFT2RAIL Annual Working plan for 2018 and Call for proposals 2018 to SEESARI members and other interested...

Shift2Rail Information Day will be held at the head office of Slovenian Railways (SŽ) and is organized by Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, SEESARI, Slovenian Railways and Institute of Traffic and Transport Ljubljana. The information day will present 2018 S2R JU call for proposals to SEESARI members and other interested stakeholders with a focus on the opportunities to obtain EU funding for railway research and innovation projects in South East Europe, a region which has largely been off th...

On 23 November 2017 the first General Assembly meeting of the SEESARI initiative was held at the premises of the Slovenian Railways. High level participants originated from Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France and Turkey gathered in the famous “Glass Hall” for this event. After the kick-off meeting in 2016, more than 50 organisations have signed the Declaration of Intent, which can be also requested at the website www.seesari.org. After a ...