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What are the current developments in the organization and the missions of road administrations?

21 October 2010, Budapest (Hungary)

The PIARC Council held its 2010 meeting in Budapest at the invitation of the Ministry of National Development and the PIARC Hungarian National Committee.

Presentations made on the occasion of the conference-discussion of the Council

Pays	Orateur	Titre
France	François CAZOTTES	L'organisation routière en France
Norway	Terje Moe GUSTAVSEN	The Public Administration Reform in Norway
People's Rep. of China	Dongchang DAI	Moving Towards SustainableTransport Development in China
Poland	Aleksandra CYBULSKA (au nom de Lech WITECKI)	Current Organization and Main Activities of General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways in Poland
Switzerland	Alain CUCHE (au nom de Rudolf DIETERLE)	The Swiss motorway network - New competencies for the Federal Roads Office as the result of a redistribution of financing and duties between the federal government and the cantons
Italy	Stefano GRANATI	The new Anas model and its regulatory and operational possible evolution
Finland	Jukka HIRVELÄ	Current organization developments
Portugal	Alberto MORENO	The Road Infrastructure Sector Regulation 2007-2010
Japan	Nobuyuki KITANI (au nom de Michio KANAI )	Recent Improvements in Japanese Road Administration
Sweden	Torbjörn SUNESON	From Road Administration to Transport Administration - Radical Change in Sweden
Bolivia	Roberto SANDOVAL	Politicas Viales in Bolivia
Remarks by Jeffrey PANIATI, USA

Other presentations

On 20 October, two presentations outside the scope of the Conference-discussion have raised many questions:

Collusion and corruption in the road sector (a study of the World Bank Global Road Integrity Initiative ), by Marc JUHEL (Banque mondiale),
Cycle of integrity model (output of the PIARC TC B1 Good governance of road administrations), by Alexander WALCHER (Austria).

Technical tours - 22 October

Presentation of the two tours
Balázs Szirányi, Secretary of the Hungarian National Committee
Tour 1 - Mária Valéria bridge in Esztergom
Gyulia Kolozsi, Via-Pontis Ltd