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EUMedRail project supports railway revitalisation

EUMedRail project supports railway revitalisation

Published: 12 March 2018 Updated: 12 October 2022

The Minister of Transport praises EUMedRail project to support railway revitalisation

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Minister Youssef Fenianos praises the EUMedRail project to support railway revitalisation.

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[From left to right: Aleksandr Kuzmenko (OTIF), Peter Mihm (ERA), François Davenne (OTIF), Youssef Fenianos (Ministry of Public Works and Transport), Ziad Nasr (RPTA), Charbel Challita (UNDP)]

The first meeting of the EuroMed Transport rail Project (EUMedRail), organised by the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) along with Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) was hosted by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport with the Railway and Public Transport Authority (RPTA), today, in Beirut, Lebanon.

The meeting discussed the EUMedRail Action Plan for Lebanon 2018-2020 that will support decision makers in the revitalisation of the Tripoli-Beirut railway line and the reform of the RPTA.

The Minister of Public Works and Transport in Lebanon Youssef Fenianos expressed his satisfaction that the country is taking an active role in the EUMedRail project and benefiting from the international technical support offered. As well as training opportunities the project also offers a network of international experts that can support the implementation of the Tripoli-Beirut railway project.

The EUMedRail team also highlighted the institutional capacity building actions and seminars offered to the Ministry and RPTA during the implementation meeting of the EUMedRail project. The EUMedRail delegation formally invited Lebanese participation in the Action Plan conference being held on 23 and 24 April in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The conference will be a forum to present the National Railway Action Plans, the future railway projects, the state of implementation of the Action 12 of the Regional Transport Action Plan and co-operation activities with ERA.

BACKGROUND - The EUMedRail project, funded by the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (DG NEAR) of the European Commission, has a budget of 2 million euros from 2017 – 2020. The project enables technical assistance to be given to the Euro-Mediterranean countries.

For more information, please contact: Peter Mihm or Charbel Challita