28 May 2010
IRF Geneva elects new chairman Kiran Kapila
KK Kapila, the Chairman and Managing Director of Delhi-based consultancy firm ICT Ltd., has been elected new Chairman of IRF. Already a member of the IRF Geneva Board of Directors, and Vice-Chairman since 2007, Kapila's election earned him the distinction of becoming the first non-European to be elected to this key responsibility.
26 May 2010
IRF Geneva Elects New Chairman: Kiran Kapila - a Man with Global Vision and a Global Mission
Lisbon, 25th May, 2010: As the world's foremost road experts and industry leaders began to gather in Lisbon for the 16th IRF World Meeting, the Federation's Geneva Programme Centre proceeded with the election of a new Chairman to guide the organisation into the next decade.
04 December 2009
Landmark IRF/gTKP/TARA Rural Roads Convention and gTKP Workshop on Governance held in Arusha, Tanzania
This highly successful Rural Roads Convention, held in Arusha, Tanzania from 25-27 November 2009, attracted some 215 delegates from 30 countries covering all continents. Participants were drawn from a comprehensive range of backgrounds, including politicians, policy makers, academics, partners in development, road users and leading representatives from the private sector, civil society and international organisations.
09 October 2009
Cairo Seminar on Road Safety and Public-Private Partnership Brings Together Exceptional Cast of International Experts
Geneva, Friday October 9, 2009 - An important Seminar, being organised by the International Road Federation (IRF) in Cairo Egypt on 12th and 13th October 2009, will unite an exceptional cast of international speakers and experts around two of the key challenges facing the road sector today.
India's Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Mr. Kamal Nath on September 23, 2009 launched the National Campaign for "Reduction of Road Fatalities" a joint initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and International Roads Federation (IRF), a Washington and Geneva based worldwide organization for advocacy for development of safe roads with members from 90 countries across six continents, at jam packed centrally located Stein Auditorium of India Habitat Centre (IHC) in New Delhi.
17 July 2009
Innovative Practices for Greener Roads
The IRF is proud to present its latest publication, which highlights a series of projects, products and practices illustrating exemplary commitment to the environment by our members throughout the world.
10 April 2009
Roads to Recovery
"Our wealth did not create our transport infrastructure; it is our transport infrastructure which created our wealth".
These words of John F. Kennedy should inspire our sector as it adjusts to a time of unprecedented challenges and critical transition. Roads are, indeed, the circulatory system of our planetary economy.It is not by neglecting investment in these vital arteries that we can effectively heal the ills brought about by the global financial crisis.