Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum OSCE-UNECE Roundtable December 2011

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1 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe List of Participants Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum OSCE-UNECE Roundtable December 2011 ARMENIA Mr. Artur Sargsyan Deputy Head Foreign Relations and Programmes department, Ministry of Transport and Communication, Republic of Armenia AUSTRIA Mr. Gerhard Schilk Project Manager / Strategy and Programme Management via donau - Österreichische Wasserstraßen -Gesellschaft mbh gerhard.schilk@via-donau.org BELGIUM Mr. René Van Bever Director General Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport rene.vanbever@mobilit.fgov.be CANADA Dr. Garland Chow Associate Professor, Sauder School of Business Director, Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems & Freight Security - Sauder, University of British Columbia garland.chow@ 1

2 FRANCE Mr. Jacques Colliard Head of Security Division UIC International Union of Railways Mme. Ghislaine de Hartingh-Boca Ministry of Ecology, Transport Department of Security in Transport GEORGIA Mr. Gogita Gvenetadze Deputy Head of Transport Policy Department Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Ms. Ekaterine Tsimakuridze Deputy Director Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Land Transport Agency GERMANY Mr. Daniel Arzani Desk Officer / Civil Emergency, crisis management and transport security Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development daniel.arzani@bmvbs.bund.de Ms. Heike Jantsch Counsellor Permanent Mission of Germany to the OSCE heike.jantsch@diplo.de GREECE Mr. Dimitrios A. Tsamboulas Professor Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, National Technical University of Athens dtsamb@central.ntua.gr KAZAKHSTAN Mr. Argyn Iskakbekov Director Law Department, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan pr_ud@mtc.gov.kz 2

3 Mr. Usen Suleimenov Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the International Organizations in Vienna Ms. Aigerim Bozzhigitova Attache Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the International Organizations in Vienna KYRGYZ REPUBLIC Mr. Yrysbek Bariev Director State Transport Inspection under the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Kyrgyz Republic LITHUANIA Ms. Dalia Kadisiene Counsellor Economic Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania THE NETHERLANDS Mr. Roeland van Bockel Senior Policy Associate / Convenor CEN TC 379 supply chain security Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands roeland.van.bockel@rws.nl RUSSIAN FEDERATION Mr. Sergei Naumenko Head of the Department Department for Transportation Safety and Special Programmes at the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation sedenvv@mintrans.ru Mr. Gennady Denisyuk Deputy Director Department for Transportation Safety and Special Programmes at the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation sedenvv@mintrans.ru 3

4 Mr. Dmitry Kasatkin Chief of Division Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir Konovalov Senior Counsellor Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mr. Deni Musaev Second Secretary Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation SLOVAK REPUBLIC Mr. Peter Caky Counsellor Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of Slovak Republic / Department of Water Transport peter.caky@mindop.sk Mr. Juraj Nahly Counsellor Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of Slovak Republic / Department of Water Transport juraj.nahly@mindop.sk SWITZERLAND Mr. Umberto de Pretto Deputy Secretary-General International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto.DePretto@iru.org Mr. Juha Hintsa Chairman/Senior Researcher Cross-border Research Association juha@cross-border.org TAJIKISTAN Dr. Khamidullokhen Farerov First Deputy Minister Ministry of Economic Dvelopment and Trade 4

5 Mr. Rushonoi Mirzosharipov Chief Specialist Ministry of Transport Economic Analysis and Forcasting Division TURKEY Ms. Elif Çalişkan Second Secretary Permanent Mission of Turkey to the OSCE UKRAINE Mr. Viktor Puzhalov Deputy Director / Department for Safety Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine transafe@mtu.gov.ua Ms. Daria Shabanova Division for certification of foreign products State Enterprise "State Transport Research and Planning Institute" daryashabanova@ukr.net UNITED KINGDOM Mr. Andrew Cook Head of International Rail Security Policy Department of Maritime and Land Transport Security Department for Transport, UK Andrew.cook@dft.gsi.gov.uk Dr. Andrew Grainger Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Nottingham University Business School University of Nottingham Andrew.Grainger@nottingham.ac.uk UZBEKISTAN Mr. Rustam Khakimov OSCE Desk Officer Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan/ Department for the United Nations and International Organisations oon@tiv.uz Mr. Muminov Abdusamad Deputy Head Ministry for foreign economic relations, investments and trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan International Transport Department 5

6 OSCE PARTNERS FOR CO-OPERATION ISRAEL Mr. Michael Cale Senior Clinical and Traffic Psychologist CogniTo Ltd INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Mr. David Reid Vice Chairman Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA EMEA) Mr. Sergey Trubarov Head of Department / Transport policy and market infrastructure department Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) dtpri@evrazes.ru Mr. Laurence Brown Executive Director Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) laurence.brown@tapacmea.com Mr. Istvan Valkar Director General Danube Commision Secretariat secretariat@danubecom-intern.org Ms. Eva Molnar Director / Transport Division UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Eva.Molnar@unece.org Mr. Robert Nowak Economic Affairs Officer UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Robert.Nowak@unece.org Ms. Azhar Jaimurzina Secretary of the Working Party on Inland Waterways UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Azhar.Jaimurzina@unece.org Mr. Helmut Meelich UN Economic Commission for Europe - Trans-European Railway (UNECE TER) TER Project Co-ordinator meelich@uneceter.sk 6

7 Ms. Susanne Aigner Deputy Director Compliance and Facilation Directorate World Customs Organization (WCO) OSCE SECREATARIAT Mr. Goran Svilanović Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Mr. Gabriel Leonte Economic and Environmental Adviser Mr. Roel Janssens Economic Adviser Mr. Ruslan Urazalin Economic Affairs Officer Ms. Petronela Durekova Project Assistant Ms. Jelena Suvorova Intern OSCE FIELD OFFICES Ms. Zarina Ligay Senior Programme Assistant / Economic and Environmental Department OSCE Centre in Astana zarina.ligay@osce.org Ms. Zeinep Isakova Senior Programme Assistant OSCE Office in Bishkek Zeinep.Isakova@osce.org Ms. Firuza Hojieva Environmental Program Assistant / Economic and Environmental Department OSCE Office in Tajikistan firuza.hojieva@osce.org 7

8 Ms. Umida Sharifbaeva Programme Assistant / Economic ad Environmental Dimension OSCE Project Co-ordimator in Uzbekistan Umida.Sharifbaeva@osce.org 8

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