TCDD Tasimacilik A.S. (Coordinator)

Within the scope of Law No. 6461 on Liberalisation of Turkish Railway Transport, TCDD was designated as the infrastructure operator and TCDD Tasimacilik A.S. was established as the railway train operator on 1 January 2017.

Within the scope of railway train operation; TCDD Tasimacilik A.S.'s main fields of activity are :

- Passenger Transport (High-speed trains, conventional passenger trains, suburban trains)

- Freight Transport and Logistics Services

In addition to these activities; repair, maintenance and renewal of railway vehicles used in transport are also part of these main activities.

It also provides training and certification activities at Eskişehir Railway Training and Examination Centre of TCDD Tasimacilik A.S.

The General Directorate of TCDD Tasimacilik A.S. has 15 branches, 7 Regional Directorates (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Sivas, Malatya, Adana, Afyonkarahisar) and 2 Management Directorates (Yüksek

High Speed Train and Marmaray).

Regional Directorates have a large number of workshops with different capacities for maintenance and repair of rolling stock. High Speed Train Maintenance The workshop located in Ankara-Etimesgut is one of the biggest workshops in Europe. In order to realise these main activities, TCDD Tasimacilik A.S. has approximately 16000 personnel to carry out maintenance and operation activities.

Vocational and technical training activities for railway professionals and personnel;

- TCDD and TCDD Tasimacilik A.S Training Centres

- Rail System Technologies Departments of Vocational and Technical High Schools,

- Rail System Technology Programmes of Vocational Schools of Universities.

TCDD and TCDD Tasimacilik A.S. take an active role in the implementation and execution of all these education and training programmes and have significant experience and key role in this. As TCDD and TCDD Tasimacilik A.S., our European Union Projects in which we are involved in vocational and technical education projects are as follows:

- Strengthening Vocational Qualifications Authority and National Qualifications System in Turkey Project (UYEP - Strengthening National Qualifications System Project): In coordination with the National Vocational Qualifications Authority, professional standards and qualifications of railway professionals at different levels were determined.

- Establishment of National Qualification System and Voc-Test Centre in Railway Transport Sector (RAYTEST - Project for Establishment of National Qualification System and VOC-Test Centre in Railway Transport Sector): A VOC-TEST centre was established for vocational training and qualification certificate in accordance with national vocational trainings.

- Strengthening Vocational Education and Training System Project (MEGEP - Project for Improving the Quality of Vocational and Technical Education in Turkey): Contribution was made to the preparation of training modules in the field of rail system technology.

- Improving the Quality of Vocational Education and Training in Turkey (IQVET - METEK - Improving the Quality of Vocational and Technical Education in Turkey Project): Contributed to the preparation of training modules in the field of rail system technology.

- Railway Operation in RAILVET / ECVET ECVET - RAILVET (Revision of Rail Systems Technology Operation Modules and Adaptation to European Credit Transfer System): Within the scope of the project, the operating systems of the rail systems technology field were revised and transition to the European credit transfer system was planned.

- Investigation of the European Union Railway Safety Management System (ABDEYS-European Union Railway Safety Management Systems Investigation Project): Certification of railway staff and managers, trainers and experts working for safety management system components were trained and learning mobility was provided.

TCDD Tasimacilik A.S. Eskisehir Railway Training and Examination Centre in relation to the studies carried out outside the European Union projects;

- Accredited by TÜRKAK with accreditation number AB-0260-P.

- Authorised by VQA (VOA) with code number YB-0194.

- Authorised by the General Directorate of Railway Regulation for training and examination procedures.

- All on-the-job training programmes have been revised.

- Defines pre-employment vocational training processes.

Association of Railway Engineers

Founded in 2010, the Association of Railway Engineers (DEMUHDER) is a non-profit organisation. The association has more than 420 engineers from different geographical regions, different business units, different specialisations and jobs in the railway sector. The main purpose of the association;

- To ensure coordination between engineers in the railway sector,

- To support engineers established in the Turkish railway market to improve their professional skills and knowledge,

- To follow the international ‘state of the art’ and to co-operate in the application of international railway standards and technologies to Turkish legislation,

- To unite national railway experts under one roof,

- To create a platform for co-operation and exchange of information among members,

- Supporting members to find the position most compatible with their skills and potential,

- To follow railway technologies and developments at national and international level, to publish related activities and to support to implement and produce the highest technology

- Creating a bridge link between universities, state institutions and private actors,

- Organising events (e.g. courses, seminars, trainings, workshops, conferences)

- Organising or participating in social activities

- To ensure the development of the national railway sector,

- Provision of expert support in the field of vocational and technical training of railway professionals,

- Supporting R&D activities of the railway sector,

- To support the development of the certification and certification processes of the sector,

- To make scientific publications related to the railway sector,

Demuhder's Activities related to MAPDAR Project:

Certification and Certification Processes:

- TSI 1299 Technical Specification for Interoperability Seminar 28.04.2016

Scientific Publications:

- Maintenance and Certification of Railway Vehicles - ECM (Maintenance Responsible Body) - This book was written by Dr. Ömür Akbayır, member of Demuhder and published by Demühder.

- Compliance Inspections and Safety Management for European Union Railway Companies and Infrastructure Managers - This book was written by Dr İ.Müjdat Başaran and Türker Ahi and published by Demühder.

- Quarterly International Refereed Journal: ‘Railway Engineering’

Fair, Workshops and Seminar:

- ISERSE 2013 - 2nd International Symposium on Rail Systems

- Eurasia Rail 2016 Istanbul

- Railway Accidents Workshop - 2016

- Eurasia Rail 2019 Izmir

The members of the association have played an active role in all of the high-speed railway projects and processes carried out in our country.

Ataturk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School

Atatürk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School is the largest Vocational and Technical High School in Eskişehir. The main mission of the school is to train qualified vocational staff for our country and prepare them for higher education. Ataturk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School has 2 school types (Anatolian Vocational Programme, Anatolian Technical Programme). There are 9 fields in the Anatolian Vocational Programme. These are Furniture and Interior Design, Machine Technology, Metal Technology, Printing, Metallurgical Technology, Information Technologies, Rail Systems Technology, Industrial Automation Technology, Electrical-Electronics Technology and Motor Vehicle Technology. There are 3 fields in the Anatolian Technical Programme: Machine Technology, Industrial Automation Technology and Rail Systems Technology. At Atatürk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Full Day - Full Year Education Programme is implemented. In this context, open vocational high school and face-to-face education programmes are carried out in the evenings. Atatürk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School continues its education in a large educational campus with approximately 2500 students and 250 staff. The school staff is highly experienced in preparing, managing and successfully executing EU projects. Teachers and administrators at the school have a great expertise in educational techniques and VET methods.

CERTIFER SA

CERTIFER SA is a French company, one of the world leaders in the field of independent assessment of railway and urban transport.

It is 51% regulated by the CERTIFER association, a non-profit organisation, and 49% by Apave Développement. There are 550 experts specialised in this structure.

It provides services in the fields of Rolling Stock, Control Command and Signalling, Infrastructure, Energy, Maintenance, Global Systems.

CERTIFER SA Group companies include the following companies:

CERTIFER ALGERIE, a company incorporated under the laws of Algeria and based in Algeria.

CERTIFER AMERICA LATINA is a CERTIFER organisation operating as an Independent Safety Assessment and Certification Body.

CERTIFER AUSTRALIA is a CERTIFER organisation operating as an Independent Safety Assessment and Certification Body.

CERTIFER ASIA is CERTIFER's commercial office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

BELGORAIL was established in June 2004 to meet regulatory and voluntary certification requirements in the railway sector and joined the Certifer Group in 2017.

CERTIFER ITALIA is an Italian company based in Pisa that carries out independent safety assessments according to Italian regulations.

CERTIFER TURKEY Turkey is a company incorporated and established in Ankara under the laws of the Republic of Turkey.

CERTIFER SA Accreditations:

CERTIFICATION ORGANISATION # 5-0572 CERTIFER SA is accredited by COFRAC (French Accreditation Committee), ‘certification of products and services’ unit.

INSPECTION ORGANISATION # 3-1213 CERTIFER SA COFRAC (French Accreditation Committee), accredited by the ‘inspection’ unit with a certificate of authorisation.

CERTIFICATION ORGANISATION # 335-PROD Belgorail is accredited by the ‘Certification’ department of BELAC (Belgian Accreditation Body) in Brussels under reference.

AUDIT COMPANY # 335-INSP Belgorail is accredited under reference 335-INSP by the ‘Audit’ department of BELAC (Belgian Accreditation Body) in Brussels.

CERTIFYING ORGANISATION #275B CERTIFER Italia is accredited by the ‘Certification’ department of ACCREDIA (Italian accreditation committee) under reference #EN/.

ISO/IEC 17065:2012, under reference #275B.

AUDITING AGENCY # 076E CERTIFICATE Italy, accredited by ACCREDIA (Italian accreditation committee) ‘Auditing’ department under reference 076E.

CERTIFER Turkey, TURKAK (Accreditation Agency of Turkey), ISO/IEC 17020, has been accredited under reference type ESI-0458-M as an inspection body within the scope of non-destructive testing.

Services Provided by CERTIFER SA

Notified Body (NoBo)

Designated Body (DeBo)

Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)

Assessment Body (AsBo)

Entity in Charge of Maintenance (ECM)

Urban Addition

Fire Behaviour

Test Organisation

Established ETCS laboratory and certification

Non Destructive Testing (NDT)

Independent Control Engineer / Independent Certifier (IC/ICE)

Cyber security

NOTIFIED BODY

CERTIFER and BELGORAIL are Notified Bodies (NoBo) by the European Commission for High Speed and Conventional Railway Interoperability under the European directive 2008/57/CE.

We therefore intervene in the assessment of subsystems and interoperability components for all areas detailed in the Technical Specification for Interoperability (STI):

Rolling stock, Control Centre and Signalling, Infrastructure, Urban Integration, Energy, Operation and maintenance and global system.

We carry out the evaluation of documentation, audits, manufacturing visits and can also witness the tests carried out by the applicant or by an independent company.

laboratory according to the selected module.

FIRST CERTIFICATION ELIGIBLE FOR ECM CERTIFICATION UNDER THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE

Before certifying the organisations responsible for maintenance, CERTIFER carries out an initial documentary assessment. It carries out on-site audits and inspections to check that maintenance processes are well implemented and CERTIFER confirms its conformity.

If the opinion is positive, an ECM certificate for maintenance activities is issued for 5 years.

POST-CERTIFICATION PROCESS

During the validity period of the certificate, CERTIFER will carry out an on-site audit and inspection at the ECM's site every year.

TRAINING:

CERTIFER, a major player in railway certification with projects in nearly 50 countries, offers 22 years of business, technical and regulatory experience to its customers.

University of Zagreb (UNIZG)

The University of Zagreb (UNIZG) (founded in 1669) is the oldest and largest university in Southeast Europe. As a comprehensive Central European public university, the University of Zagreb offers education and research in all scientific fields (arts, biomedical, biotechnology, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences) and a wide range of courses at all levels of study, from undergraduate to postgraduate. With 30 Faculties and 3 Arts Academies, it is the country's flagship educational institution and a place where more than 7900 teachers and 72480 students develop knowledge and acquire skills. The University excels not only in teaching but also in research, contributing more than 50% of the annual research output in Croatia and 80% of the scientific productivity of all Croatian universities. The central strategic issue of the future development of the University of Zagreb is that it is a research-oriented institution with high quality teaching. Accordingly, the focus will be on master's and doctoral programmes covering all fields of science and arts, promoting inter- and transdisciplinarity and translational research, nurturing a culture of innovation and knowledge transfer. This should result in better cross-sectoral harmonisation at local and regional levels. The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (UNIZG FTTS) was established in 1984 as an independent scientific, teaching and research institution. UNIZG FTTS has 190 employees, of which 120 are scientific researchers, 30 researchers and 40 technical staff. UNIZG FTTS has four locations:

Vukelićeva 4 (administrative and lecture rooms), Campus Borongaj (researcher, lecture rooms and laboratories), Kušlanova 2 (laboratory and lecture rooms) and Airport Lučko (hangar, lecture rooms, flight simulators and maintenance facility). Overall, we have 21 laboratories covering almost all research in the field of transport and traffic sciences. At the moment,

UNIZG FTTS is a leading scientific and research institution in Croatia, covering about 80% of the entire country research output

and is the leading institution for training in the field of transport and traffic sciences. UNIZG FTTS has expertise in the field of transport and maintenance, which includes knowledge on passenger transport, cargo transport, transport technology and transport management. Furthermore, the current study programme Transport covers important strategic objectives such as:

modal shift, green transport, intermodal transport, integrated passenger transport systems. We cover all three cycles of the Bologna process: bachelor, master and doctoral education.

Technical Content Team

TCTeam GmbH (Technical Content Team) is an independent technical documentation service provider based in Bonn and founded in March 2010. It offers preparation, consulting and evaluation services and specialises in rail vehicle technology.

We are a company that is consistently committed to technical competence and customer orientation. Our focus is on the preparation of operation and maintenance documentation, the development of documentation concepts and the provision of technical training. We enjoy what we do - commitment, fun and enthusiasm are very important to us. To ensure that our customers can count on a high level of dedication, we promote an open, friendly and admirable corporate culture and continuously improve our technical competence. This is our basis for employee and customer satisfaction.

‘Team’ is part of the company name and is the key to success: Every team member contributes to success by contributing their different skills. Nevertheless, we all share the same passion for technology. We communicate directly and openly among ourselves and with our customers. The hierarchy is flat and unmobilised. We foster a working environment that allows concentration, creativity and personal freedom. We consistently use advanced technologies for a professional and direct communication with our customers at all times, without any fear of contact in the workplace. We constantly fulfil our customers' requirements and do their projects ourselves.

Our employees not only share a passion for technology, but also their deep professional experience. Our editorial team consists of engineers and technicians who can rely on vast experience in the fields of technical documentation and maintenance of rail vehicles. Our certified technical editors and specialists in graphic design and information technology complete the profile of our company. We encourage personal contact and therefore maintain a constant dialogue among ourselves and with our customers. In doing so, we attach great importance to a friendly and direct communication. We see ourselves as experts in our speciality: rail transport technology. This is where we offer high-quality services. We do not offer any standardised products of the same type or duplicated services. For us, quality is measured by the satisfaction of our various customers. Focusing on the customer and the project is the basis for a successful outcome. A ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach is not our tool of choice. We listen, follow and think ahead, making your questions and problems our own. We offer a wide range of experience and competences. This enables us to respond precisely to the special requirements of different customers.