published: 17-10-2018
21st of January 2015, Arena Conference Hall at Arena Di Serdika Residence Hotel 2, Budapeshta Street, Sofia, Bulgaria.
SEMINAR PROGRAM
9.30h: Registration and coffee
9.45h: Introduction
Seminar opening - Mr. Hristo Alexiev, (10 minutes)
Introduction – Mr. Anton Ginev,Vice Minister of Transport, Information
Technologies and Communications, (10 minutes)
EIB introduction, (10 minutes)
Keynote speech – Mr. Frank Jost – "The EU rail policy and TACs", (20 minutes )
10.35h: Session 1: Main stakeholders expectations and views
Operation on the Bulgarian railway market – current situation and challenges facin the railway undertakings in Bulgaria as viewed by the incumbent train operating company, BDZ, (10 minutes)
Operation on the Bulgarian railway market – current situation and challenges facing the railway undertakings in Bulgaria, as viewed by the alternative train operating companies, (10 minutes)
Operation on the Bulgarian railway market – current situation and challenges facing the freight forwarders in Bulgaria, (10 minutes)
Discussion, (20 minutes)
11.25h Coffee Break
11.40h Session 2: Main challenges for NRIC
Market demand - Mrs. Kristiana Chakarova, (10 minutes)
Main challenges for NRIC - Marie France Lagraulet, (10 minutes)
Benchmark: The Netherlands/Prorail (10 minutes), Poland/PLK (10 minutes),
Hungary/MAV, (10 minutes)
Discussion, (20 minutes)
12.40h Lunch
14.30h Session 3: Building for the future
Necessity for more performance (MTITC), (15 minutes)
NRIC strategy – Mrs. Maria Tchakarova, (10 minutes)
Necessity for an efficient regulatory framework (RAEA), (15 minutes )
Necessity for financial resources (EIB ) (15 minutes) and MoF, (15 minutes)
Discussion (cultural change, management, international cooperation), (30 minutes)
16.15h
Closing remarks (Mr. Hristo Alexiev)