Sofia hosted the International Road Safety Conference “On the Road to Vision Zero”. The event was organized by the Bulgarian Branch Association Road Safety (BBARS), in collaboration with the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) and the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). The Road Infrastructure Agency is the Chairman of CEDR for 2025. The forum was held with the support of the University of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geodesy. The event coincided with the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week, which gave it additional weight and international importance.

Program

First session  “Strategies for Vision Zero”, Moderator: Ivan Tabakov, UACEG

Einar Schuch – CEDR

Suzy Charman – iRAP

Malina Kroumova – Chairperson of SARS

Ivica Jujnovic (TBC) – UNECE TEM Project Manager

Goran Temovski – Transport Community

Second session “Road Safety Investment Strategies”, Moderator: Malina Kroumova –Chairperson of SARS

Assen Antov – Senior Transport Specialist – EIB

Michael Tessitore – P.E., World Bank, Senior Transport Specialist and Dr. Dina Tzonevska, Road Infrastructure Agency, Chief Expert

Photis Matsis, PWD, Cyprus

Assoc. Prof. Marko Sevrovic – Head of Transport Planning Department at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb

Third session  “Practical Insights: What We Do and How We Do It, Moderator: Mike Wilson, CEDR

Representatives of CEDR Working Groups:

Uros Brumec (Slovenian Infrastructure Agency)

Bas Janssen (Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands)

Viktoras Lapinas (Via Lietuva, Lithuanian Road Administration)

Mate Verdes (Kozut, Hungary)

Fourth session “Practical Insights: What We Do and How We Do It, part 2”, Moderator: Nikolay Ivanov – Chairman of the Management Board of BBARS

Tatiana Mihailova – Automobile Club of Moldova

Prof. Borislav Hristov – Head of Chair for Road and Transportation Sciences at the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Berlin

Vladimir Vorotovic – ERTICO