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1. Short term measures |
1. Formation of a competent Ministry of Transportation at the
Republican level, with competent ministers.
2. Considering that the existing laws which regulate rail transport
are quite vague, [actually, the duties and rights of both the
Federal and Republican ministries] it is necessary that these
duties and rights be fully clarified, which includes the issues
of establishing jurisdictions correctly and fairly.
3. The forming of expert teams within the Transportation Ministries.
These teams will observe the system, formulate and propose strategic
decisions, and formulate railroad transport developmental policies.
4. The management board, general director and, high and middle
management positions need to be reconstituted, due to former
embezzlement of the financial resources. These monies were formerly
received by ZTP from two different sources:
The Budget of the Republic of Serbia for financing ongoing
operations and investing in the maintenance of rail road infrastructure,
according to the Law of Rail Transportation in Republic of Serbia
(Congressional Record of the Serbian Legislature nr. 38/91)
A special trade tax of 3%, emplaced by the Law of obtaining
finances for the realization of regular and safe rail transport
(Congressional Record of the Serbian Legislature nr. 67/93,
53/95, 54/96, 5/97)
5. The Government should name a competent and expert General
Manager who shall form a multidisciplinary management team.
This team, together with the Management board, shall approach
the reforms in ZTP in a professional, responsible and moral
way. They will be required to successfully realize technical,
technological and economically justified decisions.
6. In addition to naming the new general manager there will
also be an assistant to the general manager to be posted, above
and beyond the present assistants. This person shall be an expert
whose task will be the creation of the future organization for
construction and maintenance of the infrastructure.
7. Urgent initiation of basic changes in railroad traffic are
required. The state shall give the impulse and start serious
reforms in the way of competitive market rules and, employing
professional and efficient management.
8. In addition to these changes, it is necessary to accomplish
the basic restructuring of rail transportation as soon as possible.
The goal is to split the rail transport entity into two groups
- infrastructure and operations, which has been accomplished
in all European rail authorities and, in some countries of the
former Yugoslavia as well.
9. Once again, verify the business and developmental policies
of ZTP Belgrade.
10. Change the Management board and General Manager of ZJZ.
[ZJZ is the governing body of all railroad organizations in
Serbia and Montenegro] their future roles in business coordination
between ZTP Belgrade and Public company of rail roads of Montenegro
should be reconsidered due to federal restructuring.
11. An audit is urgently required to verify the work, involvement
and the final effects of our experts in commissions and forums
within international institutions. The most urgent requirement
is to evaluate the method in which these people are delegated
into those institutions.
12. Resolve the management of external documents which are of
interest for operations of rail transport organizations. This
is due to legal realigning domestic regulations with European
regulations, within the rail transport sector.
13. Documents, directives technical regulations, standards,
rules and regulations issued by international and regional institutions
should be available to a wider circle of experts.
14. Verify all debts of ZTP Belgrade both in the country and
abroad.
15. Initiate basic changes to the organization of current and
developmental maintenance and, static and dynamic capacities
of the railroad.
16. Establishment of a program of critical repair of critical
places on the rail road network.
17. Create new plans for the revitalization of the rail road
network, separation of tracks and, emplace measures requiring
the strict obeisance of them.
18. Reconstruction of following elements is required: safety-signal
facilities, relay devices, power supply devices, auto-stop devices
and, automatic track blocks. Optic signals on the rail road
crossings should be changed as well.
19. Initiate reconstruction and repair of electro-technical
facilities through gradual renewal of the current contact network
and the replacement of old parts. In cases where insufficient
or low-quality networks have been installed, initiate full replacement
thereof.
20. Initiate revitalization of the telecommunication system
and develop it as the basis of the future computerized system.
Included within this revitalization would be:
Renewed underground cable system
Renewed telephonic dispatching system
Refurbish the radio dispatching system and, the system of
local radio networks
With modernization, to establish the telecommunications network
of the railroad authority of Yugoslavia as a circle of integrated
communications networks which will be included in the unique
European rail road network.
21. Initiate reconstruction and modernization of towing and
towed vehicles:
Repair or replace the machinery needed for the economical
recovery traffic sequencing system. This should be accomplished
in rail road heavy freight transport as well in order to fulfill
planned transportation development polices;
Establish all conditions for regular and urgent repairs of
rail road machinery (vehicles) within domestic repair firms;
Verification of conditions and requirements for ongoing maintenance
of rail road machinery in rail road workshops;
Equip towing vehicles [locomotives] with missing devices for
safe transport (anti- sleep devices, auto stop devices, speedometers,
radio dispatch devices; most of which are available in domestic
production;
Reconstruction of 30 diesel-electric locomotives series 641-300
within domestic repair firms (this operation includes the import
of diesel engines and certain follow-up devices).
22. Reorganize efforts on commercialization of rail road real
estate.
23. Re-establish rational organization and functioning of rail
road traffic according to current capacities and requirements.
24. Plan the budgetary capacities in order to achieve maximum
effect and establish efficient control of budgetary expenditures.
25. To ensure the successful repair of tracks, rail road machinery
and electro-technical facilities, it is necessary to audit ZTPs
relationships with its partner firms according to competitive
market principles.
26. Increase technical and work discipline and heavily punish
any kind of theft of destruction of the firms property.
27. Organize and initiate several courses of training in the
field of management, marketing and, quality control systems
for the entire management team of ZTP.
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