Vision: We develop harmonized rolling stock specifications to improve operating economics and performance

Mission: We will achieve this vision by action along seven areas:

Detailed description of our tasks:

1. 1. Being representative of European rolling stock procurement departments – We are representing 6 European organisations with wide knowledge on writing specifications for the procurement of rolling stock based on operations and tender experiences, and are open for other sector participants purchasing rolling stock (an integrated Railway operator, a leasing company or a contractor (regional authorities)) to participate.
   2. Being visible for the rail sector – We deliver added value internally (to the management of our companies) and externally (to the European Railway sector) by delivering ‘Specifications’ or other knowledge collecting documents like ‘Statements’ and publish these via our website and social media.
   3. Being well organised – Our Working Groups once formed by the Steering Group organise themselves led by a chair as a facilitator. The chair is supported by a member of the Steering Group which gives the framework to the working methods. The Requirements Management Working Group supports the Working Groups, in particular, on the formal quality of the requirements.
   4. Being focused – We focus on the areas where the diversity and the costs are large. We also focus on new topics – related to new technologies, new processes / roles or new challenges. We avoid double work (no double specifications) and close the gap where no regulations or standards are available. We harmonise topics where we expect potential for economy of scale, time, quality, performance and total cost of ownership. We scope the content of a EuroSpec, so it is possible to deliver the (new) EuroSpec in a short time.
   5. Being aligned – We are aligned with the recent status of the European regulations, standards and other initiatives in harmonisation so we prevent duplicate work. We are using the right vocabulary (EU ontology), already defined in European and International Standards, but also developed by ERA. We are getting our specifications used in future European TSIs and European Standards.
   6. Being cooperative and cross-fertilising – We exchange our good and poor experiences. We exchange common positions on regulations, standards and other technical documents on rolling stock (and its interfaces). We are open to discuss, exchange and receive input on our freely available documents with the industry, other operators, entities and all other interested stakeholders. We write our ‘specifications’ based on the experiences of individual members, and we built the final documents on consensus. We practice a lessons learnt process by sharing experience and knowledge of ours and look for convergence. But we also accept differences, and the fact that we do not always reach consensus on each requirement.
   7. Being collaborative – We are supportive in providing input from EuroSpec to European innovation and research projects and studies.  We are willing to use output from these projects to make it usable for procurement of railway rolling stock via EuroSpec.  We create a common picture of future needs. The needs can be built around specific domains. We support and speed up the European and international standardisation processes by aligning the operators’ needs in advance and making them transparent via the EuroSpec specifications.