Wednesday 3 March 2021

17th UIC Covid-19 Task Force web-conference held on 2 March 2021

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The 17th meeting of the UIC Covid-19 Task Force was attended remotely on 2 March 2021 by around 50 participants from across the globe.

Marc Guigon, Chair of the Task Force, welcomed the participants and gave an overview of presentations to come, with a particular focus on digital vaccination certificates and travel passes in view of facilitating travel in the coming months.

A series of interesting presentations were delivered by representatives from ERA (European Union Agency for Railways), IATA (International Air Transport Association) and Israel Railways.

The key themes of the presentations included:

  • European Digital Passenger Locator Form – ERA’s involvement, Stefan Jugelt, Head of the development of the technical standards for telematics applications for passengers and freight, ERA
    Focus on developing a more efficient collection and storage of passenger data through the Personal Locator Form
  • Airlines’ Global Approach to Health Credentials Marie Masserey, Head Industry Architecture, IATA
    Focus on building a solution that demonstrates the vision of an open standard-based approach (IATA Travel Pass) so that passengers can potentially share their passport and health data with airlines and border authorities
  • Vaccine and general impact on the population and traffic Robert Simhaev, Emergency Preparedness Manager, Security Division, Israel Railways
    Focus on the current situation in Israel where a significant percentage of the population has been vaccinated or holds a Green Pass, facilitating access to more services
  • Comments from other TF members

All guidance documents can be consulted on UIC’s dedicated Covid-19 webpage, which is regularly updated with the latest video, news articles, webinars and other audiovisual material: https://uic.org/covid-19

As a reminder, the Task Force LinkedIn group is open to members. Feel free to join the group and share your thoughts: https://lnkd.in/eEKqfW2

The next Task Force web-conference is scheduled to take place on 30 March 2021. Members are asked to give details of their expectations of future meetings.

For any further questions or proposals for contributions to these Task Force meetings, please email: covid19@uic.org

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