On September 07, 2017 at the premises of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine the Fourth Steering Committee Meeting of the Twinning Project “Support to Improving the Safety of Multimodal Dangerous Goods Transport in Ukraine” was held.
The project is implemented in joint cooperation with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of the Kingdom of Spain, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea of the French Republic and the General Inspectorate of Road Transport of the Republic of Poland.
The goal of the project is to improve the multimodal dangerous goods transport system in Ukraine including road, rail, sea and river (IWW) as well as multimodal connections in line with the European rules and standards.
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Yuriy Lavrenyuk welcomed the participants as well as expressed the gratitude to the European experts for the fruitful cooperation and support in development of state policy on carriage dangerous goods including road, rail, sea and river transport.
Transport Project Manager of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Teodora Andreeva commented the quarterly report and admitted that is important not only to reflect the statistical indicators but also to achieve the components of the project and stressed the importance of strengthening the cooperation between the partners of the Twinning project which would contribute to the achievement of compulsory results as well as also expressed the readiness of the EU Delegation to Ukraine to continue providing the necessary support and assistance during the project implementation.
Team Leader Environment and Economic Development of Public Technical Assistance Department of the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) Alejandro Bueno thanked both parties for active cooperation and focused the attention on successful project implementation issues.
MS Project Leader from the Republic of Poland, Acting Deputy General Inspector of Road Transport Lukasz Bryla and Junior Project Leader, Head of the Mission for Transport of Dangerous Goods of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea Claude Pfauvadel that translation of international regulatory acts in the sphere of carriage dangerous goods into Ukrainian language and subsequent publication on the Government’s web portal is important for further project implementation. Furthermore, it was expressed the gratitude for establishing the working groups to coordinate the project implementation, assigned to each component.
RTA, Deputy Director of General Inspectorate of Road Transport of the Republic of Poland Michal Pierzchala and RTA counterpart Anton Schelkunov presented the project quarterly report, outlined realized activities of all components and defined plans for the next reporting period. In particular, admitted that the law on the transport of dangerous goods was finalized and presented for comment to stakeholders.
At the same time a question was raised regarding the workshop on preventing the emergence of adverse cases and its consequences of the transport of dangerous goods for representatives of the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety. It also was emphasized the need to hold a preliminary meeting with all stakeholders on further revision of the law on the transport of dangerous goods.
Representatives of the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP), Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety and other stakeholders also took part in the event.
On behalf of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union the event was attended by the Senior Consultant on the Twinning Coordination Sector of the Projects Management Unit Yuliia Fedyna.
For reference:
according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Initiation, Preparation and Implementation of the Twinning projects” as of October 11, 2016 No 700 the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service coordinates the implementation of Institution Building Instrument Twinning in Ukraine. In addition, according to the relevant regulatory acts the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service is the national coordinator of institution building instrument TAIEX and CIB programme implementation in Ukraine.
In order to provide effective coordination of Twinning, TAIEX instruments and CIB programme the Twinning Programme Administration office in Ukraine was created, its functions are executed by the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to Standards of the European Union.
