UIC, the global association

serving the Railway

community worldwide

UIC MEMBERSHIP

UIC growing

membership

members on all continents 240 Rail Operating Community • Operators

• Infrastructure Managers

• Research centres

• Secretariat of transportation (a few)

UIC ITS MISSION

Promoting the development of rail transport at world level,

in order to meet challenges of mobility and sustainable Development

Key Challenges in terms of

STRATEGIC VISIONS FOR 6 UIC REGIONS

VALUES AND PILLARS OF UIC

SYNERGIES BETWEEN UIC

AND ITS PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

Railways associations:

OSJD, CER, EIM, APTA, AAR, ALAF,

AUR, UAR/UAC,…

Railway industry and

contractors:

UNIFE, FIEC, EFRTC,…

International

Organisations,

International Banks

as stakeholders

Consultative status

at UN ECOSOC

100 partnerships

Transport sector trade

associations:

UITP, IRU, IATA, UFTAA,

FIATA, UIRR, UIP, ERFA,…

International associations

and interest groups

for tourism, environment,…

Intergovernmental

organisations:

• UN, ECOSOC, UNECE,

ESCAP, ECO…

• UNFCCC, UNEP

• OECD, ITF,…

• EU institutions, ERA

• Council of Europe

• OTIF,…

• NATO,…

International financial

institutions: World Bank, EIB, EBRD,

ADB,…

International standardisation bodies:

ISO, CEN/CENELEC, ETSI, IEC,…

UIC FACTS AND FIGURES

Technical projects (50 european) since 2009 200

700 UIC Leaflets since creation

50 international Seminars organised in 2013,

in 25 cities, for 5000 participants every year

UIC IN EUROPE Creation of the Community of European Railways (CER)

in 1988 to play a political role towards the European Union

Close cooperation between the technical and political

dimension of the Railway system

Technical plateform for UIC Members but also for International

organisations based in Europe (IEA, UNEP, OECD/ITF, ERA, ...)

UIC ORGANISATION

WITH AND FOR THE MEMBERS

By and for the Members UIC Platforms, Forums, expression of the Members’needs and wishes

UIC: the only place where, in a fragmented environment, where stakeholders

can work together on a SYSTEM vision

1 Department SYSTEM, 5 Units

(Track and structures, Train Track Interaction Rolling Stock,

Operation and Control Command Signalling (CCS), Energy Management)

1 Department Fondamental Values

(Safety, Security, Research, Sustainable Development, Expertise Development)

2 Departments Business (Passenger, Freight)

DISSEMINATION – INFORMATION – COMMUNICATION

52 weekly issues

5000 readers

600 articles per year

TRANSMISSION

Thank you for your kind attention

Bernard Schmitt Freight Department

schmitt@uic.org

www.uic.org