The midterm conference was organized within the framework of the project “Improvement of the public transport services in the CBC region through the integration of public transport modes, development of railway infrastructure and harmonization of transport procedures” supported by IPA CBC Hungary – Serbia program, on 05/10/2022 at the Joint Municipal Office of Kiskunhalas in Hungary.

Morning session was thematically focused on the presentation of the history, importance the development of the railway infrastructure of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line as well as the good practices concerning the development of the logistic centres on this line in Serbia. The afternoon round table was dedicated to the presentation and discussion between project partners on the state-of-the-art of the project activities . The detailed program is given below:

Program of Midterm Conference (05.10.2022.)

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09:30-09:55 Reception of guests
10:00-10:15 Welcome speech – Róbert Fülöp, mayor of Local Government of Kiskunhalas 10:20-10:40 The future role of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line for the Hungarian national economy from a logistical aspect – Mr. György Firbás strategic logistics expert, Pannonia Institute Ltd.
10:45-11:15 Railway infrastructure developments along the Budapest-Kiskunhalas-Kelebia(-Belgrade) railway line – Mr.Vilmos Oszter senior researcher, scientific associate, ITS 11:20-11:40 Presentation of a logistics center operating in Serbia – Mr. Milan Vučinić, Alma Mons
11:45-12:30 Lunch
12:40-14:30 Round table discussion about the progress of the project

Representatives of all project partners participated in the conference. The previous results of
the project, the challenges faced by the members of the project team, as well as the upcoming
project tasks within the project were analyzed.