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PIARC (World Road Association), founded in 1909 and comprising 125 member governments from all over the world, is the global forum for exchange of knowledge and experience on roads, road transport policies and practices. With consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the Association is contributing to a stable and sustainable global development of the road and transport sector.

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  • Automated vehicles: PIARC is on board!

    Road safety, infrastructure design, network operation, road equipment... and even organization of administrations: autonomous vehicles will be a disruptive force for the road sector. The World Road Association

    • 01/10/2018
  • Final Proceedings of Seoul Congress available for free access online!

    The Final Proceedings of the 25th World Road Congress held in Seoul (South Korea) in November 2015 are now available for free of charge. For the first time, the World Road Association makes

    • 11/29/2016
  • New Executive Committee and New President

    At its meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on 21-22 September 2016, the Council of the World Road Association (PIARC) elected its new President and the New Executive Committee for the 2017-2020 period.

    • 10/06/2016
  • General Report of the 2015 Seoul Congress

    The General Report of the XXVth World Road Congress , which was held in Seoul (South Korea ) in November 2015, is now available online. It presents the key findings and conclusions of the

    • 09/15/2016
  • PIARC President at ITF 2016

    The World Road Association's President, Mr Oscar de Buen Richkarday, was invited to the 2016 edition of the International Transport Forum. Oscar de Buen Richkarday during the session "Inclusive

    • 05/31/2016
  • Road Safety Manual acknowledged by the United Nations

    The World road association (PIARC) is proud that its Road Safety Manual has been acknowledged on 15 April 2016 in the United Nations' resolution A/70/L.44 on road safety. The UN General Assembly

    • 05/02/2016
  • The World Road Association has launched its new Strategic Plan

    The World Road Association (PIARC) has launched its new Strategic Plan by organizing kick-off meetings for all its 18 Technical Committees. About 350 experts participated in the meetings in order to discuss

    • 04/01/2016
  • Live from Santiago (Chile)

    The 2014 World Road Association Annual Meetings were held from 27 to 31 October in Santiago (Chile) in the welcoming premises of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

    • 11/25/2014
  • XIVth International Winter Road Congress

    A large success for the XIVth International Winter Road Congress held in the Principality of Andorra, with over 1500 participants to the Congress and 3000 visitors to the Exhibition coming from 48 countries

    • 03/04/2014
  • Road Safety Manual

    The World Road Association recently allocated to the ARRB Group Group (Australia) the contract to produce the contents of the second edition of the PIARC Road Safety Manual to be released in 2014 in

    • 04/22/2013
  • Road Network Operations Manual and ITS

    Technical Committee 2.1 Road Network Operations chaired by Jacques Ehrlich (France) has been assigned, among others, the project to revamp the electronic version of the Road Network Operations Manual

    • 04/22/2013
  • PIARC/REAAA Cooperation

    Secretary General Jean-François Corté represented PIARC at the 14th Conference of REAAA (Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia) and at the meetings of REAAA Council, both held in Kuala Lumpur

    • 04/22/2013
  • New Executive Committee and New President

    At its meeting in Lucerne (Switzerland) on 24-25 October, the Council of the World Road Association elected its new President and the New Executive Committee for the 2013-2016 period. Election of the

    • 11/15/2012