Based in Brussels, the role of the Secretariat is to assist the Members and the Board in performing day-to-day work, facilitating the operation of Thematic Groups and Task Forces, implementing projects and organisational tasks and disseminating and advertising on ECTRI’s activities and results.
The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General responsible for the overall organisation of ECTRI’s activities, report to the Board and implementation of the decisions.
Caroline Alméras is a senior European public affairs specialist with +20 years' experience in EU public relations, legal advising and advocacy in the transport research field. After working several years as a lawyer at the European Commission then at the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), she joined the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) in 2003 in charge of developing the activities of the association. In 2009, she was recruited as Deputy Director for European and International affairs at the French Institute for Transport Research (INRETS, now University Gustave Eiffel). The year after she was appointed Secretary General of ECTRI. From then, she is responsible for the strategic development, representation and overall management of the ECTRI Association. In this capacity, she is also actively engaged in several European projects such as SETRIS, SKILLFUL, BE OPEN, TRA and TRAVISIONS where she coordinates several activities. In April 2018, she was appointed member of the TRB International Cooperation Committee (A0010) and a year later co-chair of that Committee. In April 2020, she became co-chair of the newly created TRB International Coordinating Council (A0020C). Caroline speaks English and French.
Contact:
caroline(dot)almeras(at)ectri(dot)org
+32 (0) 2 508 14 13
Ana Pereira is an Environmental Engineer and holds a Masters Degree in Landscape and Spatial Planning from the University of Evora, in Portugal. Prior to joining ECTRI, Ana did a traineeship with the EMAS service at the European Economic and Social Committee and worked as Programme Officer for ANEC, supporting the activities of the Traffic sector and MarketWatch project. She started in ECTRI in September 2015, as Project Officer. Since January 2022, as ECTRI Project and Communication Manager, she is in charge of the communication, the support to the Members and liaison with external partners and the follow-up of activities and projects of the Association. You can contact her in English, French and Portuguese.
Contact:
ana(dot)pereira(at)ectri(dot)org
+ 32 (0) 2 500 56 87
Giuseppe Loveno Garofalo holds a Dual Degree of Arts in European and International Sciences from the University of Trento (Italy) and the Metropolitan University of Prague (Czechia). Before his role in ECTRI, Giuseppe worked as a Junior Project and Policy Officer at PROSAFE, where he managed market surveillance campaigns and research projects on energy labelling and ecodesign technical aspects. Later, he joined ECSITE as an Associate Project Manager and oversaw initiatives to increase the uptake of STEM education. He speaks Italian and English and has a good understanding of French.
Contact:
giuseppe(dot)garofalo(at)ectri(dot)org
+32 (0)2 500 56 88