Annual report 2011.
Date: 2012-09-05
Institutions: European Union Agency for Railways
Subjects: European Union Agency for Railways, activity report

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Annual Report

2011

doi:10.2821/15144

ISBN:978-92-9205-022-1

European Railway Agency – Annual Report 2010

List of acronyms

AAR 

ABAC

AWP

CAF

COTIF

CR TSI

CSIs

CSMs

CSTs

DMI

DNV

DREAM

EC

ECM

ECVVR

EMC

ERA

ERADIS

ERATV

ERTMS

ESO

ETCR

ETCS

EU

Eurostat

GSMR

HR

ICS

IM

IT

JPCR

MoU

Annual Activity Report

The web-based accounting system developed for the Directorate-General for the Budget

Annual Work Programme

Common Assessment Framework

Convention relative aux Transports Internationaux Ferroviaires

Conventional Rail, Technical Specification for Interoperability

Common Safety Indicators

Common Safety Methods

Common Safety Targets

Driver Machine Interface

Det Norske Veritas

Database for Railway Economic Analysis Management

European Commission

Entity in Charge of Maintenance

European Centralised Virtual Vehicle Register

Electomagnetic compatibility

European Railway Agency

ERA Database on Interoperability and Safety

European Register of Authorised Types of Vehicles

European Rail Traffic Management System

European Standardisation Organisation

European Training Centre for Railways

European Train Control System

European Union

The statistical office of the European Union

Global System for Mobile Communications (Railway)

Human Resources

Internal Control Standards

Infrastructure Manager

Information Technology

Joint Programming Committee Rail (for EN Standards)

Memorandum of Understanding

Timing

Output in 2011

staff  
planned

staff actual  
at 31/12

Achieved in 2011

1 per semester

Audit reports and follow-ups (2), ex-post tran-
saction checks (auditor)

Follow up + Ex-post check

on-going

On-going advice to AO and AODs on the de-
velopment of key components of the internal 
control system of the Agency. 

last quarter

Annual assessment on the ICS implementation 
(quality officer)

last quarter

Updating and monitoring of risk register, risk 
management assessment

on-going

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process mapping, quality manual and activities 
to improve stakeholder satisfaction

Conflict of Interest policy 

Internal Control Standards (ICS) 
report

Quality review of risk register 
+ risk managemtn framework 
review

Quality project started, 50% 
achievement of the CAF self 
assessment according to project 
plan 2011/2012 (as planned)

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The recruited Head of Directorate (Executive Director's office) took over the post from June 2011 on but the hand-over of the task to 
manage the Annual Work Programme from the Cross Acceptance Unit did not influence the output. The Quality Officer changed to 
Administration Unit with the end of the year. As she stayed member of the Common Assessment Framework project group, no delay 
was caused neither. The staff member foreseen for the communication office could not be recruited delaying the start of the work on 
the communication strategy to 2012.

In 2011 there was no valid opportunity for recruiting contract agents (5 posts for general support) foreseen for dealing with 
temporary peaks in workload and/or replacing staff on long-term absences. 

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