At the European Union Agency for Railways, we have a clear responsibility: to support a safe, interoperable and high-performing European railway system.
Over the past months, during my first year of mandate as Executive Director, I have taken an important step to strengthen how we meet that responsibility. We have modernised the Agency’s organisation - not as an end in itself, but to ensure that we can deliver more, and deliver better, for the European railway agenda and the citizens it ultimately serves.
What emerged was a consistent message: we have strong expertise, strong commitment, and a strong sense of mission - but we can further improve how we connect these strengths to deliver impact.
This is what the new organisation is designed to do.
This evolution is fully anchored in our Single Programming Document and the growing ambition placed on the Agency. Europe is asking more from rail - from accelerating ERTMS deployment to supporting cross-border operations, digitalisation and capacity. It is therefore also asking more from us. (....)