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European Road Safety Action Programme 2011-2020: Public consultation results

Brussels, 2 December 2009

  • Wednesday, 2 December 2009 from 9:30 to 18:00
  • Room de GASPERI, building Charlemagne
  • rue de la Loi 170, Brussels, European Commission

           The European Commission will host a conference on road safety in the European Union on 2 December 2009 in Brussels, Charlemagne building. This will be an occasion to release the results of the consultation process on the next European Road Safety Action Programme (2011-2020)

The conference will be opened by Vice-President Tajani and will also be addressed by Mr Brian Simpson, President of the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament and Mrs Åsa Torstensson, Transport Minister of Sweden.

The floor will be given to panellists from different backgrounds who will share their experience on the following subjects

  1. Safety of vehicles and of infrastructure
    • The safety of motorcycles
    • Road safety and the vehicles of the future (electric,...)
    • Road safety and climate change (eco-driving,...)
    • Infrastructure adjusted to all road users (pedestrians, handicapped, elderly,...)
    • The supervision of the safety of roads and motorways
  2. The European citizen, actor of road safety.
    • Road victims
    • Professional drivers
    • Public authorities
    • Traffic police
    • Doctors helping vulnerable road users and elderly people
    • Citizenship, responsibility and traffic education

Each panel discussion will be followed by a debate with the room.

This event will be used to launch the new Internet/Europa website of the European Commission.

The 2009 awards ceremony of the European Road Safety Charter will be the concluding event of the day.

 

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Conference documents
Program pdf - 64 KB [64 KB] All available translations.
Working document pdf - 3 MB [3 MB]
Participants list pdf - 62 KB [62 KB]
Flyer pdf - 74 KB [74 KB] All available translations.
Speeches
SpeakerFunctionTheme
Antonio TajaniVice-President, Commissioner for TransportOpening speech pdf - 19 KB [19 KB]
Enrico Grillo PasquarelliDirector Inland TransportAssessment of the results of the current European Road Safety Action Plan (2001-2010) pdf - 30 KB [30 KB]
Isabelle KardaczHead of the Road Safety UnitFirst results of the public consultation on the next European action programme (2011-2020) pdf - 28 KB [28 KB]
Antonio TajaniVice-President, Commissioner for TransportExcellence in Road Safety Awards 2009 pdf - 17 KB [17 KB]
Mattia PellegriniMember of the Cabinet of Antonio TajaniClosing of the conference: “Next steps” pdf - 17 KB [17 KB]
Powerpoint presentations
SpeakerFunctionTheme
Isabelle KardaczHead of the Road Safety UnitFirst results of the public consultation on the next European action programme (2011-2020) ppt8 - 633 KB [633 KB]
Antonio TajaniVice-President, Commissioner for TransportExcellence in Road Safety Awards 2009 ppt8 - 2 MB [2 MB]
Antonio TajaniVice-President, Commissioner for TransportPress conference ppt8 - 859 KB [859 KB]
Jean-Paul RepussardRoad Safety UnitLaunching the new Internet EUROPA website on road safety ppt8 - 9 MB [9 MB]
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