Participants at the this Summit highlighted that the main challenge for development of rail transport in the Western Balkanks is the lack of human resources and an urgent need for additional training and education.
Sixty rail experts, universities, and government representatives gathered to discuss how to keep the talent in the region and spur innovation and technological development in the rail sector. The next step will be the establishment of the Regional Centre of Rail Excellence. The centre will promote the EU standards and norms relevant to the rail sector, as stipulated in ANNEX I to the Transport Community Treaty.
To kickstart the process of establishing the Regional Centre of Rail Excellence, Albrail and thirteen railway companies and educational institutions signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Railway Excellence.
Regional railway operators and academia/educational institutions took part in a panel discussion focused on rail excellence and the integration of the Western Balkans’ rail system into the EU’s. Moreover, the Summit was a forum to enhance the policy agenda and contribute to a safer, more efficient, interoperable, digitalised, sustainable, and green development rail transport in the region.
albrail.al, 23.02.2023
