eSafety Compendium

ANNEX 2: SUMMARY OF CONSULTATIONSAll major road safety stakeholders have been consulted. The consultation process, with anemphasis on industrial issues, consisted of two eSafety High-Level Meetings and an eSafetyWorking Group of some 40 experts. The Member States were consulted through the High-Level Group on Road Safety, in collaboration with DG TREN.The eSafety High-Level Meetings and the eSafety Working GroupIn April 2002, the Commission organised, together with the automotive industry and otherstakeholders, a High-Level Meeting on eSafety.The HL Meeting had representatives from the following stakeholders: automobilemanufacturers, equipment suppliers, motorway operators, telecommunication operators,service providers, insurance industry, road safety and user organisations, road authorities,emergency service providers, Member States and the European Commission.As a result of this meeting, the partners decided to establish an eSafety Working Groupconsisting of some 40 experts, and mandated it to propose a strategy for accelerating theresearch, development, deployment and use of ICT-based intelligent active safety systems forimproving road safety in Europe. This Working Group had a limited membership, butnevertheless had participants from all important stakeholders.The eSafety Working Group concluded its work in November 2002 and published its FinalReport, with 28 Recommendations. This Final Report was discussed by the Second eSafetyHigh-Level Group in November 2002, with the following conclusions:This 2nd High-Level meeting, gathering some 60 representatives from industries, EuropeanCommission and other public authorities discussed the Final Report of the eSafety WorkingGroup made the following conclusions:(1) Approved the Final Report as a basis for the next steps in the public-private eSafetyinitiative(2) Decided to establish an eSafety Forum as a more permanent body for promotingeSafety and monitoring progress(3) Made the e-Call the 1st priority in eSafety(4) Acknowledged the Commission’s plans to bring forward a Communication withcommunity actions in 2003(5) The 2nd High-Level Meeting made also conclusions related to acting together oneSafety, role of the Member States, the e-Call, Human-Machine Interaction, eSafetyuser Demand, the eSafety Forum and the next stepsThe High-Level Group on Road SafetyThe High-Level Group on Road Safety, consisting of representatives from the Member States,was given a full briefing on the eSafety initiative in November 2002. Furthermore, the RoadPlatform Meeting, consisting mainly of Member States road authorities and motorwayoperators, were briefed of the initiative in March 2003. In both meetings the Member States27