Driving recovery, Meet the Drivers, New e-learning models

We look ahead to the next chapter: recovery and what our industry needs to survive and drive the recovery efforts. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  No images? Click here   “Road transport companies are the glue that holds all mobility networks and supply chains together. If we let these vital companies disappear, we also let hopes for an economic recovery disappear. " UMBERTO DE PRETTO  IRU Secretary General     UNECE and IRU highlight the benefits of TIR during COVID-19 UNECE and IRU issued a series of recommendations to facilitate border crossing operations, including the benefits of TIR as a vital instrument to relaunching trade post COVID-19. Read more     Flexible vouchers needed for coach travel and tourism customers IRU together with the Network for the European Private Sector in Tourism (NET), called on European decision makers to allow travel agents and transport companies to provide customers with vouchers that could be used flexibly within a certain period of time. Read more       Meet The Drivers   We have been talking to drivers who are still on the road. Read their stories on our feed.  See our Twitter feed     COVID-19 drives new e-learning models With the recent focus on distance learning following the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting confinement measures, e-learning solutions for road transport professionals are key. Read our interview with Hans Dewit, Director at the Belgian Bus and Coach Training Center         Join one of the upcoming webinars organised by IRU   Thu 7 May 11:00 CEST After the pandemic: preventing cargo theft   Thu 14 May 11:00 CEST Cargo loading and securing for safe and efficient transport   Tue 19 May 11:00 CEST Performance management in road transport       IRU member stories   IRU members ATA and UPS CEOs nominated to White House Economic Revival Group American Trucking Associations (ATA) CEO, Chris Spear and UPS CEO, David Abney, have been selected to join the White House Economic Revival Group formed to plan for the post COVID-19 economic recovery. Read more       COVID-19 has severely impacted people and business all over the world and IRU is continuing to monitor the situation and post regular updates. COVID-19 Info Hub       Any feedback or suggestion about the newsletter? We would love to hear from you. Send us your feedback       IRU La Voie Creuse 16 1211 Geneva Switzerland You receive this communication because you, or someone with whom you have business dealings, have registered or given to IRU your email address for registration purposes into our contact database. International Road Transport Union (“IRU”) is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the applicable data protection rules, in particular the Swiss data protection act (“SDPA”) and, to extent applicable the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/79 (“GDPR”). For that purpose, IRU has developed a Global Privacy Policy (“GPP”), which provides the legally required information relating to IRU processing activities of personal data and where you can obtain detailed information on the processing of your personal data. View privacy policy.   Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe