Appoint­ment of Ms Jane­ta Toma as gene­ral mana­ger of the Euro­pean Inland Water­way Trans­port (IWT) Plat­form as of 1st of Octo­ber 2023

Jane­ta Toma, an eco­no­mist, holds a MSc in Mari­ti­me Affairs from the World Mari­ti­me Uni­ver­si­ty in Mal­mo, Swe­den. She has over 15 years of expe­ri­ence in water­bor­ne trans­port domain. Throug­hout her care­er, she has con­tri­bu­ted to EU trans­port poli­cy and pro­ject deve­lo­p­ment and imple­men­ta­ti­on, col­la­bo­ra­ting with insti­tu­ti­ons and orga­niza­ti­ons across natio­nal, regio­nal, and EU levels. Ser­ving as poli­cy and pro­ject offi­cer for the Euro­pean Com­mis­si­on, various EU agen­ci­es, and enti­ties she play­ed an instru­men­tal part in devi­sing rele­vant initia­ti­ves bene­fiting the com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness and sus­taina­bi­li­ty of water­bor­ne trans­port sec­tor. Her exten­si­ve invol­vement has equip­ped her with a tho­rough under­stan­ding of EU trans­port and infra­struc­tu­re poli­ci­es and prio­ri­ties, inclu­ding hori­zon­tal aspects like social and envi­ron­men­tal sus­taina­bi­li­ty, inter­na­tio­nal affairs, and rese­arch & inno­va­ti­on. Fur­ther­mo­re, she’s well-versed in the intri­ca­ci­es of the IWT sec­tor, under­stan­ding its com­plex inter­play with stake­hol­ders, its legal frame­work and insti­tu­tio­nal gover­nan­ce, mar­ket dyna­mics, and pre­va­lent challenges.

Jane­ta Toma joi­n­ed the IWT Plat­form as a Seni­or Poli­cy Offi­cer in mid-September 2022, actively con­tri­bu­ting the imple­men­ta­ti­on of IWT pro­jects and initia­ti­ves. By 2023, she repre­sen­ted the IWT Plat­form in the Sus­tainable Trans­port Forum and beca­me a Mem­ber of the Dele­ga­tes Group to the co-programmed Part­ner­ship on Zero Emis­si­ons Water­bor­ne Trans­port (ZEWT) Board.

Start­ing 1^st of Octo­ber 2023  she will be respon­si­ble for streng­thening and ensu­ring the effi­ci­ent ope­ra­ti­on of the IWT Plat­form, over­see­ing the Brussels office, coor­di­na­ting various com­mit­tees and ensu­ring stake­hol­der enga­ge­ment and representation.

Paul Goris, Pre­si­dent of the IWT Plat­form, com­men­ted “We are con­fi­dent that Jane­ta Toma’s appoint­ment posi­ti­ons us stron­gly to fur­ther con­so­li­da­te the IWT Plat­form and con­tri­bu­te towards addres­sing upco­ming chal­lenges in the IWT sec­tor. We extend our con­gra­tu­la­ti­ons and assu­re her of our full trust and sup­port in her new role as Gene­ral Mana­ger of the IWT Plat­form”.