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12. December 2025.
STUDY VISIT FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA – EXPERIENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS OF THE RAILWAY SECTOR
The Transport Community organized a study visit to the railway institutions of the Republic of Serbia for representatives of Ukraine and Moldova from 26 to 28 November 2025 in Belgrade. The event was organized within the framework of the project "Participation of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the Transport Community" with the aim of providing support for the progressive integration of Ukraine and Moldova in the Transport Community, and thus their closer association with the EU transport markets within the enlargement process.
12. December 2025.
IRG-RAIL – PLENARY ASSEMBLY HELD IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, 18 - 19 NOVEMBER 2025
IRG-Rail’s Plenary Assembly met for its autumn session in Barcelona, chaired by Ms. Cani Fernandez and Ms. Patricia Cordovilla from CNMC, Spanish Regulatory Authority for Railways. The meeting welcomed the representatives of 29 regulatory bodies.
16. October 2025.
European Rail Safety Days 2025
Representatives of the Directorate for Railways participated in the European Rail Safety Days 2025 conference, which was held from 1 to 3 October 2025 in Krakow, Poland, organized by the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA).
17. July 2025.
ОTIF – COMMITEE OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND WG TECH MEETING
The OTIF Secretariat organized the 17th Session of the Committee of Technical Experts (CTE) and the 55th Session of the Working Group TECH (WG TECH) from 17 to 19 June 2025. The meetings gathered representatives of the OTIF contracting states, European Union Agency for Railways, Organisation for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD), European Commission (ЕC), Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), Association of Notified Bodies (NB-Rail), International Union of Railways (UIC), etc.
6. June 2025.
LAUNCHING OF REGIONAL RAIL REGULATOR NETWORK
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community organized the Western Balkans Rail Sector Policy Conference in Podgorica on 29 May 2025. The event brought together the representatives of railway regulatory bodies, transport ministries, operators, infrastructure managers, international financial institutions and EU institutions to advance the region’s railway sector.
20. December 2024.
Workshop - TSI Open Days Budapest 2024
Transport Community and the European Railway Agency (ERA) organized from 27 to 28 November 2024 the TSI Open Days Budapest 2024 workshop on the latest package of technical specifications for interoperability - TSIs (2023) and the latest amendments to key TSIs.
22. November 2024.
WG OTIF: 54th SESSION OF WG TECH IN BELGRADE
With the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, the Directorate for Railways hosted the 54th Session of the working group technology (WG TECH) of OTIF (Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail). The WG TECH met on 19 November 2024 in the premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia in Belgrade, with a possibility of online attendance. The meeting gathered representatives of the OTIF member states, European Commission, European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD), Transport Community and International Union of Railways (UIC).
23 September 2024
IPA WORKSHOP ON CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT IN RAILWAYS, HELD IN BANJA LUKA FROM 10 TO 12 SEPTEMBER 2024
As part of the IPA project, the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the Transport Community organized, in the period from 10 to 12 September 2024, an IPA workshop on conformity assessment in railways in the EU. The workshop took place in Banja Luka and brought together a significant number of representatives of national safety authorities and infrastructure managers from the countries of the Western Balkans, Georgia and Turkey.
28 May 2024
IRG-Rail – PLENARY ASSEMBLY HELD IN FALUN, SWEDEN 14-15 MAY 2024
IRG-Rail’s Plenary Assembly met for its spring session in Falun, chaired by Mr Jonas Bjelfvenstam and Carl Von Utfall Danielsson from Transportstyrelsen, Sweden’s Regulatory Authority for Railway. Transportstyrelsen welcomed the representatives of 24 Regulatory Bodies on site and six connected remotely.
21 March 2024
Study Visit to the People’s Republic of China organized by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd
CRRC China Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. organized a study visit to the People's Republic of China from 7 to 13 March 2024 in the spirit of Chinese-Serbian friendship and successful cooperation in the implementation of a number of significant projects in the field of railways.
