9:30 Registration
Session 1: Opening of the Event
10:00 Opening and welcoming remarks of Fabrizio Zarcone, Country Manager, and Hatem Chahbani, Task Team Leader of the E-tolling Team
10:10 Allocution of representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communication
10:20 Allocutions of Mr. Oleg Asenov, RIA Board Member
10:30 Coffee Break
Session 2: The Bulgarian E-tolling Scheme
11:00 RIA: Philosophy and objectives of the Bulgarian e-tolling scheme (Mr. Oleg Asenov)
11:20 World Bank: Technicalities of the E-tolling system
- E-tolling system Route passes / Vignettes; Enforcement (Mr. Andrzej Kowalski)
- Principles of how tariffs are set (Mr. Christian Birle)
- Impacts of Toll on commodities prices and coach fares (Mr. Hatem Chahbani)
- International, particularly European, experience (Mr. Mike Hayward)
12:00 Questions and Answers
12:45 Closing of the Event
13:00 Lunch