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EU Transport Policy: Sharing Knowledge with Belarus. On the invitation of the Office for a Democratic Belarus, a group of Belarusian experts on transport visited Brussels on May 17-21, 2010. The delegation that consisted of two former Ministers of Transport of the Republic of Belarus, Assistant Professor of Logistics and Pricing Policy of the Belarusian State Economic University, Head of the Auditing Department of ―MinskTrans – the largest public transport company in Belarus - and a Board Member of the Belarusian Union for Transport Workers participated in a training course: ―EU Transport Policy: Sharing Knowledge with Belarus". During the visit, the delegation had the chance to meet key European experts on transport, Belarus and the region and visit various EU institutions and regional and international transport associations based in Brussels. They visited the Council of the European Union and the European Commission‘s Directorate-General (DG) for Transport and Mobility, DG Research and DG for External Relations. In addition, the delegation held meetings with representatives of the International Union for Public Transport (IUTP), the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), the Head Office of European Cities and Regions Networking for Innovative Transport Solutions (POLIS), and the STIB, the largest Belgian urban public transport company.