Author - Daniele D'Onofrio

TOLEDO, SPAIN (4th – 5th May 2016). AECA-ITV, the Spanish association representing 54 organisations performing mandatory periodical technical of in-use vehicles in Spain, has organized the ITV Spanish Congress on May 4th and 5th 2016 in Toledo. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the congress had the attendance of local authorities, together with foreign and international institutions and CITA. A book has been given to the attendees to commemorate the event. The main topics of the congress were the new legal framework at national, European and international level; pollutant emissions; the new technologies; road safety, social communication and inspector training.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (20^th April 2016) Invited by the MEP Mr. Ertug, member of EMIS committee (Emission Measurement in the Automotive Sector), CITA has presented, during a working lunch on sustainable emissions testing, the results and conclusions of the SET study at the European Parliament. (more…)

ZAGREB, CROATIA (17^th – 18^th march 2016) Last week, the PTI Workshop organized by CVH, RDW and BASt took place in Zagreb. The Centar za vozila Hrvatske (CVH) is the CITA member that will host the 2017 CITA international Conference and General Assembly. (more…)

Inquiry of the accident cause “technical defect” in Europe. Development of a proceeding guideline. This workshop is organized by the Traffic Accident Research Unit at Technical University of Dresden (VUFO) and commissioned by the Federal Highway Research Institute of Germany (BASt). (more…)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (29 February 2016). CITA has attended the 3^rd meeting of the informal working group (IWG) on PTI, hosted by NIIAT in Moscow, last 29^th of February. (more…)

CITA is glad to inform you that the 2016 annual meeting of the CITA Regional Advisory Group Asia/Australasia and Working group 8 on 2-3 wheeler (RAG AA – WG 8) will be held on 25-26 May 2016, in the Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, Korea. (more…)

GENEVA - SWITZERLAND. On 3rd March 2016, ITU and UNECE have convened the Symposium on The Future Networked Car, within the 86th Geneva International Motor Show. Intelligent transport systems and automated driving are fast moving towards widespread commercialization and market acceptance. (more…)

GENEVA – SWITZERLAND (22^nd – 23^rd February 2016). Every year 1.25 million lives are lost worldwide as a result of road crashes and 20 to 50 million more are injured. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims at halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2020. In 2015, the UN Secretary General appointed his Special Envoy for Road Safety, Mr. Jean Todt, in effort to raise attention on need for greater road safety. To contribute to this objective, and on the occasion of the 78th session of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety has hosted on the 22^nd of February at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, a Road Safety Workshop. (more…)

What we are and where we're going. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (18^th February 2016). We are proud to present our Annual report 2015 and to announce the launch of a new logo, to reveal our newly designed website, as part of the ongoing evolution of CITA. The Annual report 2015  is a compendium of our activities for the year 2015 and it can be downloaded quickly and easily, or read online. (more…)

WASHINGTON – USA (13th January, 2016) Last Wednesday, CITA has attended the Global Road Safety Facility – GRSF partnership meeting, at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington. GRSF partnership meeting is organized by the World Bank and plays an important role in the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. In fact, the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) is a plan dedicated to the vital issue of road safety, and the activities, measures, and findings that can improve road safety the world over, with emphasis on accelerating and reinforcing the capacity of low and middle-income countries to implement affordable road safety programs. The strategic plan for 2013-2020 reaffirms the GRSF's mission and sets out how it will contribute to the decade of action, leveraging the global expertise of the World Bank, and working in close collaboration with donors and partners. (more…)