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Implemented by: Study Tour of South African Officials in Germany Public Transport Governance May 08 – 14, 2016 Berlin & Frankfurt am Main, Germany Welcome to Germany! Dear Participants of the South African Delegation, Programme Overview We are very pleased to welcome you to the study tour “Public Transport Governance” in Germany. Time Institution Group is welcomed by In cooperation with the German – South African “Governance Support Programme”, which is financed by the Federal Ministry Sunday, May 08, 2016 for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Connective 9:35 Arrival Cities together with GIZ’s Sustainable Urban Transport Project developed a study tour oriented on your demands in relation to 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch at NH Hotel, Landsberger Allee 26-32, 10249 Berlin (Phone: +49 30 4226130) current topics of public transport challenges in South Africa. The 14:30 Tour: “Discover Berlin by Public Transport” study tour is an activity of the South African-German Governance Support Programme and financed by BMZ. 18:00 Spree River boat tour - Meeting point: Märkisches Ufer Welcome dinner at “Restaurant Boat Patio” on the River Spree, 20:00 – 21:30 The study tour aims at developing an understanding of relevant Helgoländer Ufer / Kirchstraße, 10557 Berlin governance arrangements for public transport in Germany. This will include information about the delineation of functions and Monday, May 09, 2016 intergovernmental cooperation between the three spheres of Introductory session at the German Institute of Ur- Mr Michael Funcke-Bartz (moderator of the study 09:00 – 11:15 government and state owned entities – municipal, federal state ban Affairs (DIFU), Zimmerstraße 13-15, 10969 Berlin tour) and national level – with regard to planning and operations. To get Introduction to governmental and administrative an insight into the complex public transport system in Germany, Dr Wulf Holger Arndt (research associate mobility structures and public transport you will meet and talk to different public and private stakeholders. and infrastructure) www.difu.de/en German Institute of Urban Affairs (DIFU), 11:15 – 13:00 & Mr Marc-Andor Lorenz (representative of Zimmerstraße 13-15, 10969 Berlin the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital You will also learn about the fiscal architecture of public financing & Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure) www.bmvi.de/en/ for city-level urban transport. Focal areas will be, amongst others, Infrastructure (BMVI) the shape and nature of public grants as well as the relationship between the public and the private sector. You will get to know 13:15 – 14:15 Lunch at “Veli’s Restaurant”, Stresemannstraße 99, 10963 Berlin how to plan an integrated transport concept and how to include Financing public transport Dr Axel Stein (KCW consultant and expert in spatial the public within these planning mechanisms. The study tour will 14:30 – 17:00 KCW – Competence Centre Competition, and traffic planning) www.kcw-online.de/en encourage you to discover existing good practices and innovative Bernburger Straße 27, 10963 Berlin approaches in the public transport sector. Evening at individual disposal We will strive to make this study tour an interesting and memorab- Tuesday, May 10, 2016 le experience for you and hope that you will gain valuable insights and experiences from the meetings and discussions in Germany. Traffic management Representative of the Traffic management We furthermore hope that you can make use of these experiences 09:00 – 11:30 Traffic management centre VMZ – Traffic, Manage- centre VMZ (tbc) in your area of responsibility to support sustainable public trans- ment, Future, Ullsteinstraße 114, 12109 Berlin www.vmzberlin.com/en port governance in South Africa. 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at “Chefétage”, Inselstraße 8, 10179 Berlin Your Connective Cities team 2 3 Programme Overview Time Institution Group is welcomed by Time Institution Group is welcomed by Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Thursday, May 12, 2016 Organisation of public transport at city level Mr Burkhard Horn (head of transport division, Inter-municipal traffic systems Senate Department for Urban Development and SenStadt) & Mrs Stephanie Landgraf Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) - Mr Jörg Puzicha (secretary RMV Service/RMS) the Environment (SenStadt), Am Köllnischen Park 3, (transport division, SenStadt) 15:00 – 17:00 13:30 – 17:00 Regional transport alliance Rhein-Main, www.rmv.de/en 10179 Berlin www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/en Am Hauptbahnhof 6, 60329 Frankfurt am Main & Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) – municipal trans- & Mr Timo Kerßenfischer (BVG) port operator, Berlin www.bvg.de/en 19:00 Dinner at NH Hotel, Vilbeler Str. 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main Innovative public transport initiatives Members of the German Partnership for Sustainable Friday, May 13, 2016 17:30 – 20:30 GIZ Representation, Reichpietschufer 20, Mobility (GPSM) 10785 Berlin; including dinner buffet www.german-sustainable-mobility.de/en 09:30 – 11:00 tbd Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Presentations of the GIZ Sector Programme Mrs Jutta Zinnel (GIZ Executive Director for “Transport Policy Advisory Services“ & GIZ Southern Africa) & GIZ Representatives of the Level of cities’ association and cross-city overview 12:00 – 14:00 Mr Thomas Kiel (research associate transport) TRANSfer ZA, GIZ office, Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg GIZ Sector Programme „Transport Policy Advisory 09:30 – 11:00 Deutscher Städtetag - Association of German Cities, www.staedtetag.de/en 1-5, 65760 Eschborn; including lunch Services“ and the TRANSfer project team Hausvogteiplatz 1, 10117 Berlin Internal planning workshop II and evaluation at GIZ Planning mechanisms, communication and capa- 14:00 – 18:00 Mr Michael Funcke-Bartz (moderator) city development related to citizen participation Mr Matthias Trénel (secretary ZebraLog) office, Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5, 65760 Eschborn 11:30 – 13:00 ZebraLog – Agency for cross-media citizen participa- www.zebralog.de tion, Chausseestraße 8, 10115 Berlin 19:30 Farewell Dinner at the traditional “Apfelweinwirtschaft Wagner“, Schweizer Str. 71, 60594 Frankfurt am Main 13:30 – 14:15 Lunch at NH Hotel, Landsberger Allee 26-32, 10249 Berlin Saturday, May 14, 2016 Internal planning workshop I at NH Hotel, Lands- Day at individual disposal 14:15 – 17:15 Mr Michael Funcke-Bartz (moderator) berger Allee 26-32, 10249 Berlin Check-out NH Hotel at 12:00 pm Travelling to the City of Frankfurt am Main by train: ICE – Sprinter Train Return to South Africa (bus to the airport leaves at 17:00 from NH Hotel,Vilbeler Str. 2, 60313 Frankfurt 18:03 – 21:42 20:00 Dinner at the ICE bistro on board am Main) Thursday, May 12, 2016 Governance structure and planning processes at Mrs Kirsten Anlauf (traffiQ) 09:30 – 13:00 city level at traffiQ - private transport operator, NH www.traffiq.de Hotel, Vilbeler Str. 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch at NH Hotel, Vilbeler Str. 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main (Phone: +49 69 9288590) 4 5 Sunday, May 08, 2016 Monday, May 09, 2016 On the day of arrival, the participants will have the oppor- The vibrant German capital Berlin is the most populous 9:00 – 11:15: Introductory session at the German tunity to discover Berlin’s public transport system. They will city in Germany and has approximately 3.5 million urban Institute of Urban Affairs (DIFU), Berlin undertake a tour using different modes of transport and residents. It serves as a good example to demonstrate how a acquire knowledge about the public transport system in city is providing customer-oriented access to mobility. The introductory session will give the participants an Berlin. Divided into three smaller sub-groups, each group opportunity to share their expectations as well as their will be accompanied by a guide who is more of a Berlin After the public transport tours, the participants will be visions and views about challenges with regard to public public transport system user than a tourist guide, enabling invited to experience Berlin from a different perspective. On transport. Moderator Michael Funcke-Bartz will introduce the participants to gain first-hand experience of the local a one-hour boat tour on the River Spree, they will have the the programme and objectives of the study tour. public transport system from a user’s perspective. The tour opportunity to explore the highlights of the government dis- is inspired by the “Discover Berlin by Sustainable Transport” trict and historical sights of Berlin such as the Berliner Dom, (GIZ, 2014) guide. Nikolai Quarter, Museum Island, the Government Quarter, 11:15 – 13:00: German Institute of Urban Affairs and the Reichstag – the seat of the German Parliament. (DIFU) and Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), Berlin The German Institute of Urban Affairs is the largest research institute addressing urban issues in the German-speaking Dr Wulf-Holger Arndt, a research associate of the DIFU’s area. It is a training and information provider for various mobility and infrastructure division, will give an overview urban actors. One of its major research and subject areas is of governmental and administrative structures in Germany mobility and infrastructure. and explain the responsibilities in relation to the transport system. Mr Marc-Andor Lorenz of the Federal Ministry of The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Transport and Digital Infrastructure in Berlin will talk about is the highest German federal government responsible for national responsibilities and financing mechanisms within transport and digital