Letter from our President and Vice President

We always listen intently to our members and act on suggestions where we can identify clear room for improvement. This was presented during a recent webinar.

• Complete the top-down review, including working with a Design Thinking specialist to help provide structure to the strategy and objectives set for the future of EuRA.

• Continue to listen to and act upon member feedback and data analytics in all EuRA matters.

Hello to all fellow EuRA members,

I hope you’re enjoying a busy summer (possibly not quite as hectic as last year) and managing to work in an air conditioned office from time to time. There are definitely significant advantages and disadvantages to occasionally working from home during the sunny summer months.

Now that the dust has settled and hopefully all the follow-up has been completed on the wonderful EuRA conference in Dublin, the Executive Group has had time to reflect on the areas we thought went well and identify particular areas for improvement. Two weeks after the conference the EuRA team met in person to analyse the feedback gathered from the app and from the survey –thank you for taking the time to evaluate.

As with this particular update, or anything else EuRA related, if you have any suggestions or comments, please feel to get in touch with us anytime.

Our post-conference board meeting also included a chance to welcome new members (Markus, Jeremy and Johanna, as well as our first ever global representative Marie) and an emotional farewell to our outgoing President Michele.

We continued our top-down review, including the strategic look for the next 25 years of the Association.

So the remit for Isabel and I over the next year is clear – to influence the strategic direction of the Association, protecting everything that makes EuRA the success it is today whilst it continues to evolve and flourish for another 25 years and beyond.

Our aim is to achieve the following:

• Continue to collaborate with all industry associations –namely on The Coalition for Greener Mobility project (member’s participation is welcomed!)

• Maximise the time and expertise of the EG members by working in subject specific groups.

• Add and update the MIM programme modules.

• Look to make tangible progress when discussing Artificial Intelligence and APIs.

• Outline the succession plan of the Association’s executive leadership and EuRA team.

We’ll also update you regularly on the progress we make and ensure that the EuRA members remain at the heart of everything we do.

Hope to see you soon.

Alistair and Isabel