The cooperation between Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket) and National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) is realized on the basis of the Agreement on Cooperation concluded on 5 September 2003, applicable for 6 years.

 

The initiative covered the employees of regional offices from both road administrations  – Skane (Scania) in Sweden and Branch in Gdańsk in Poland as well as the employees of central offices – respectively in Borlange and in Warsaw. However, the access to the effects of the cooperation is granted to all the employees, both in Vägverket and GDDKiA.

 

The priority topics of the cooperation include:

• Maintenance of roads;

• Environment protection;

• Safety in road traffic;

• Bridge technologies;

• Inteligent Transport Systems.

 

 

 

The goal of cooperation is the exchange of technical knowledge and experience in the area of preparation, construction and exploitation of the of the road network, administered by both institutions. Each topic is conducted by a separate technical group, consisting of the employees from the abovementioned regional and central offices of both road administrations. These employees have a possibility of mutual transferring the technical documentation, organizing common seminars or workshops, technical missions, participating in trainings or audits.

 

Cooperation between Vägverket and GDDKiA is coordinated by their organizational units dealing with international contacts. At least once a year the meeting of Steering Committee is organized, composed of the representatives of so called „high level” of both administrations. This Committee makes the assessment of the work of those technical groups and makes the decisions as to the scope and direction of further, mutual contacts.

 

More information to be found at the websites of:

Ziemowit Cyndrowski – Wydział Współpracy Międzynarodowej GDDKiA
tel. 022 375 86 33
e-mail: zcyndrowski@gddkia.gov.pl  

 

 

 

Cooperation between the Holland Road Administration (Rijkswaterstaat - RWS) and the National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) is realized on the basis of the Agreement on Cooperation in the area of road transport concluded on 12 April 1994  and the Arrangement Protocols within the frames of the Dutch „Road Partnership” programme signed on 2 October 2007.

 

 

The agreed topics of cooperation include:

• Management in projects and risk management;

• Contract managements;

• Aspects of natural environment in the light of the Union law;

• Management in human resources;

• Eurocodes in bridge designing;

• Management in traffic and safety in road traffic;

• Trainees’ exchange.

 

 

 

Within the frames of the topics listed above, the seminars, conferences (international included), technical visits and professional training intended for exchanging experience and extending the knowledge of employees in GDDKiA all over Poland.

  

The cooperation is managed by Polish-Dutch Steering Committee, the meetings of which are held twice a year. The coordination of cooperation from the Polish side is dealt with by the International Cooperation Division of GDDKiA and from the Dutch side – management of the „Road Partnership” programme.

 

More information to be found at the websites of:

Barbara Szymańska
Wydział Współpracy Międzynarodowej GDDKiA
tel. 022 375 86 33
e-mail: bszymanska@gddkia.gov.pl