The World Bank transport team in collaboration with the Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW) and the Roads Infrastructure Agency (RIA) are organizing a public information event presenting the philosophy and technicalities of the E-tolling system, which is expected to go live in 2020.
In 2015, upon the request of the Government of Bulgaria, the World Bank undertook reimbursable advisory services (RAS) for the development of a comprehensive E-Tolling Vision. The Council of Ministers accepted the report and chose the option of E-tolling all heavy vehicles above 3.5 tones, transforming the paper vignette for passenger cars into the electronic vignette for better enforcement and revenue collection.
RIA subsequently signed a contract with Kapsch Traffic Solutions to serve as its E-Tolling contractor. The Word Bank was selected to help with institutional strengthening and capacity building, as well as the technical assistance for successful implementation of the National E-Tolling program.
This public information event will bring together various stakeholders from the public and private sectors, the civil society, as well as international partners and diplomatic corps.
9:30 Registration
Session 1: Opening of the Event
10:00 Opening and welcoming remarks of Fabrizio Zarcone, Country Manager, and Hatem Chahbani, Task Team Leader of the E-tolling Team
10:10 Allocution of representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communication
10:20 Allocutions of Mr. Oleg Asenov, RIA Board Member
10:30 Coffee Break
Session 2: The Bulgarian E-tolling Scheme
11:00 RIA: Philosophy and objectives of the Bulgarian e-tolling scheme (Mr. Oleg Asenov)
11:20 World Bank: Technicalities of the E-tolling system
12:00 Questions and Answers
12:45 Closing of the Event
13:00 Lunch
