Expertise Development - Training

Enhance the quality and success of rail training activities through professional dialogue, exchange of experience, evaluation of methods and technical equipment

Education, Innovation and Research

The aim of the Education, Innovation & Research working group is to share and to carry out global and regional research which bring innovation and have practical application to the industry within the railway sector. Read more...

Major events

Railway Talents

The Rail Talent Working Group partners with rail entities, training centres, universities and educational institutions in a global effort to provide a one-stop portal to education, training and learning resources for all rail stakeholders. Read more...

Railway training centres network

The Railway companies are confronted with important challenges in the future years, which will affect the competencies and skills of railway staff. Therefore, the training providers and HR partners have the task to provide services that enable the railway companies to keep step with these challenges by meeting the current and future training and workforce development needs. The Railway Training Centres Network is a working group composed by global training providers and HR experts, which aims at enhancing workforce development through sharing best practice in rail training, talent and development across the entire industry. Read more...

Expertise Development - Training Projects

All Expertise Development - Training projects

IRaTCA Training sessions for UIC AP members

Training Asia Pacific

Training centre networks

Training Expertise Development

General context

One of the dimensions of the sustainable strategy is the social dimension in which training, education and workforce development plays an important role. The Talent and Expertise Development Platform is here to accompany and anticipate the transformations that are happening in the railways, as the demands on railway organisations are changing: liberalisation, internationalisation, technical harmonisation with the emerging of new technologies, as well as the demographic challenges.

Strategic objectives

Aimed at establishing a well-trained and motivated workforce for a competitive and innovative rail sector at a global level, the core objective of the Talent and Expertise Development Platform is to support UIC members in:

Identifying new challenges for talent development and training on an international level,
Highlighting research findings in talent development which bring innovation and have practical applications for the industry,
Attracting, developing and retaining railway talent,
Enhancing collaboration among the railway training centres to establish a more in-depth cooperation,
Promoting excellence in railway training through best practice models.

Training Expertise Development