{"id":1624,"date":"2020-01-17T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zits\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2020-01-17T22:44:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T21:44:18","slug":"assembly-of-the-intelligent-transport-systems-croatia-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fpz.unizg.hr\/zits\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"Assembly of the Intelligent Transport Systems Croatia Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assembly of\nthe Association of Intelligent Transport Systems Croatia held on 20 December\n2019. An overview of the work in the past period was given by President Prof.\nSadko Mand\u017euka, who emphasized, among other things, the following activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Within the\nobjectives of encouraging and promoting the development of intelligent\ntransport systems in the Republic of Croatia, including promoting the\nimportance of intelligent transport systems in the field of efficiency, safety\nand quality of transport services, and supporting the harmonized development of\nintelligent transport systems in the Republic of Croatia, the most significant\nevent was the achievement of full membership in the Thematic Innovation Council\nof the Government of the Republic of Croatia for Transport and Mobility. Within\nthis body, ITS Croatia actively participates in several activities, and in\nparticular in defining the scope of new calls within project Increasing the\ndevelopment of new products and services arising from R&D activities,\nfinanced by the Operational Program Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020 from\nthe European Regional Development Fund. Also, the President of the Association\nis a member of the Permanent Council for ITS Development in the Republic of\nCroatia, as an advisory body of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and\nInfrastructure. In the past, there have been several meetings of this body,\ndefining the policy and operational procedures for Croatia’s involvement in the\nEuropean funding programs for ITS projects. The most significant was the\nCrocodile2Croatia project. This project is in its final stages and has been\nlaunched at the European level to equalize ITS between all entities in the road\nsector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Within the\nobjective of stimulating scientific and professional work in the field of\nintelligent transport systems, the work of the Association is closely connected\nwith the activities of the ITS Department at the Faculty of Transport and\nTraffic Sciences. Most of the employees of the Department are also members of\nthe Association, so this is achieved in a certain way through the existing\nprojects of the Department. Besides, members of the Association are teachers\nfrom the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Rijeka, who through their scientific\nand research activities, also increase the corpus of knowledge in the field of\nITS. In the previous period, the Association itself organized a scientific and\nexpert workshop: Cooperative Systems in Transport and Traffic under the high\nauspices of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, co-organized by the Faculty of\nTransport and Traffic Sciences and the Croatian Section of the IEEE. The\nassociation has supported multiple EU and domestic project applications. It\nshould be emphasized that in this sense, the Association had one project within\nthe National Road Safety Program named “Application of innovative\nsupporting technologies for traffic accidents investigation” lead Ass. Prof.\nPero \u0160korput.             <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. In the context of\nthe goal of cooperating with ITS associations in Europe and the world, the past\nperiod has been very intense. Our Association was a co-organizer of the\nKorea-Croatia Business Forum “2017 ITS ROADSHOW”. The corresponding\nMemorandum of Understanding was also signed at the meeting. As a thank for this\nevent, ITS Korea organized and funded a visit to the Republic of Korea and the\ncapital of Seoul. We have also intensified our cooperation with ITS Slovenia\nassociation. Organized by ITS Slovenia, we visited the relevant institutions\nand entities in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of\nSerbia.             <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. In the area of cooperation\nwith the economy, ITS Croatia emphasized organization appearance for Croatian\ncompanies (Viatel Ltd, Mobilisis Ltd) at TEN-T 2019 Days event in Ljubljana. Also,\nseveral meetings held with stakeholders in the field of traffic information\nprovision in the Republic of Croatia.             <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. As part of public\ndissemination activities about the development of intelligent transport systems,\nit improved the website, which is now much more informative. There were more\nappearances by members of the Association in other electronic and print media,\nwhere they emphasized the importance of our Association. One such performance\nwas by Ass. Prof. Pero \u0160korput at Croatian TV regarding the project\n“Application of innovative support technologies for traffic accident investigation\n“.             <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. The President\ncommended the members of the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Rijeka, who\nsignificantly expanded their membership.             <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Assembly elected a\nnew leadership<\/a> with a new (old) President, Prof.\nSadko Mand\u017euka, who has submitted the appropriate work plan for the next\nperiod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the\nAssembly, the traditional banquet was held for members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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