Enhancing the cooperation between Railway Stakeholders for improving safety culture

Overview

European Union flagThe project leading to this application has received funding from the European Commission under grant agreement No 862249.

TWINNING II aims at the improvement of the safety culture in the European rail sector.

The consortium partners will provide:

  • A method for identifying strengths and areas for improvement of safety culture, so that each Railway Undertaking /Infrastructure Manager involved in the project is assisted in the enhancement of its safety culture.
  • Methods, recommendations and suggestions for improvement in areas where performance falls short of European and aligned international practice.

TWINNING II concentrates on practical experience with other specialists in safety culture, and between the members of the consortium.

Facts and figures

Acronym

TWINNING II

EU Contributions

249.886€


Duration

18 months

Project start date: 01/01/2022

Project end date: 30/06/2023

Partners

11 partners

from 5 countries

Project coordinator

International Union of Railways

Grant agreement

MOVE/C4/SUB/2020-62/SI2

#862249

Objectives

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Development of safety awareness/culture/commitment within organizations, with special focus on training activities, identification and management of blocking points for the development of a safety culture

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Identification and exchanges of technical failures and organizational aspects, as well as behavioral variabilities related to operational activities that may be critical for safety

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Share of strategies and techniques for effective occurrence reporting, analysis of incident and accident data, and identification of their benefits

Sharing knowledge on safety systems, processes, tools and behaviors

Cross-border integration of safety processes used in different countries

Peer review exercises, including the training activities for a homogeneous and high-level approach, actions aimed to produce useful guidelines on peer review

Consortium

Advisory board

The advisory board includes the NIB Management Committee and ERA Ops/Safety.

Documents and download

TWINNING II - Brochure

TWINNING II – Brochure

News

Second peer review for the Twinning II European project

Second peer review for the Twinning II European project

The Twinning II project’s objective is to “enhance the cooperation between railway stakeholders for improving safety culture”, and within this framework, the European project team carried out its second peer review from 20 to 24 February, thanks to the CFL Group’s...

First Peer Review for the Twinning II European project

First Peer Review for the Twinning II European project

The team of the European project Twinning II (whose objective is to “enhance the cooperation between railway stakeholders for improving safety culture”) carried out its first peer review from 20 to 25 November, thanks to ÖBB INFRA’s commitment, who decided to actively...

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