SEE Rail Cluster Conference Held in Belgrade

First conference on the formation of railway cluster for Southeast Europe, held in Belgrade on 5^th of November, 2015, attracted significant attention of the companies and institutions from the region. 

About 70 participants, guests, representatives of the ministries and other relevant institutions of the Republic of Serbia and representatives of high education institutions gathered in Belgrade on the conference in which they had an opportunity to acquaint themselves with an example of the functioning of the Bavarian Railway Cluster, as well as on the possibilities of cooperation that are provided by joining in the regional cluster.

Additionally, the representatives of AEbt and ERC GmbH companies, Volker Drenkhahn and Fabian Schmid introduced the participants with the technical demands of modern EU railways, as well as on the assistance their companies can provide in fulfilling them and obtaining certificates for product placement on the EU market.

Finally, the conference covered the regulatory and technical needs of the regional railways, that are necessary in order for them to make them more attractive for cargo transport, as well as the possibilities for training of experts in this area, through the presentations of Slavoljub Jevtić, representative of the National Association “Transport and Logistics” and Dragana Macura, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Transport of Belgrade University.