National Committees represent PIARC (World Road Association) at national level. In 2022, 47 National Committees are active in 48 countries.
A
ALGERIA
The Algerian Road Association (ARAL ) has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 1998 .
Chair
CHIALI Farouk
Président de l'ARAL
Secretary
HAOUCHINE Ali
Secrétaire général de l'ARAL
ARGENTINA
The Fundación CENATTEV has held the function of National Committee from 1987 to 2011 . Since September 2011 , this function is taken over by the Asociación Argentina de Carreteras (AAC).
Chair
ALBRIEU CIPOLLINA Emma Lía
Coordinadora de Proyectos y Gerenta Ejecutiva de Planeamiento y
Concesiones
Vice President(s)
RUSSOMANNO Daniel Gerardo
Presidente
Secretary
LORDI Haydée Alicia
Secretaria Técnica del Comité Nacional PIARC
Activity reports 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND
It is in 1989 that the Australian and New Zealand Committee (Austroads International Committee ) was established.
Chair
SCALES Neil
Director General
Secretary
ALLAN Geoff
Chief Executive
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
AUSTRIA
The Austrian National Committee (Österreichisches Nationalkomitee des WeltStraßenverbandes PIARC ) was created in 1973 , in view of the World Road Congress in Vienna (1979).
Chair
WALCHER Alexander
Managing Director
Secretary
MATIASEK Florian
Senior Counsellor
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
B
BELGIUM
The Belgian National Committee, established in 1932 , is one of the oldest PIARC National Committees.
Chair
WILLAME Étienne
Directeur général
Secretary
PLAK Paul
Administrateur - Directeur de Projets
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
BENIN
The Committee of Benin (AIPCR-CONABE ) was set up in 2006 .
Chair
AYADJI Omonlade Hodonou Sourou Jacques
Directeur général des Infrastructures
Président du Comité national
Secretary
D'ALMEIDA Maximin C.
Chef du Service Programmation et Suivi Evaluation (C/SPSE) à la Direction Générale des Infrastructures de Transport (DGIT)
BULGARIA
The Bulgarian Forum for Transport Infrastructure was recognized as a National Committee in 2018 .
Chair
MIHAYLOV Nikolay
Chair
Secretary
KATSAROV Ivan
Bulgarian Forum for Transport Infrastructure
BURKINA FASO
The Committee of Burkina Faso (CB-AIPCR) was created in 2002 . It also accommodates a Technology Transfer Centre.
Chair
TRAORE Ali
Président Directeur général
Secretary
SIGUE Issiaka
Consultant Transport terrestre
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2015
C
CAMEROON
The Cameroonian Road Association (ACR) was created in 2004 .
Chair
AWOH NDANG Denis
Inspector General in charge of Technical Issues
CANADA
The new Canadian National Committee is TAC/ATC.
Chair
TAYYARAN Mohammad R.
Manager, Engineering - West Group
Secretary
WELLS Sarah
Executive Director
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
CANADA-QUÉBEC
The PIARC Québec Committee , created in 1995 in view of the XXth World Road Congress in Montreal, is an integral part of the AQTR.
Chair
THIBAULT Martin
Vice-président régional, Transports et développement urbain
Secretary
RAINVILLE Josée
Secrétaire PIARC-Québec
Comité National Canada-Québec
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2015 - 2016
CHILE
The Asociación Chilena de Carreteras y Transporte (ACCT) has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 2011 .
Chair
ROPERT DOKMANOVIC Miguel
Chairman
Vice President(s)
MILLÁN PÉREZ Germán
Presidente
Secretary
STÖBERG Jorge
Senior Advisor, International Affairs
Executive Secretary of the Board Chilean Association of Roads and Transport
CONGO
The Congolese national Committee (CO.NA.CO ) was set up in 2005 .
Chair
ONANGA Blaise
Directeur général
Activity report 2006 - 2012
CZECH REPUBLIC
The Czechoslovak National Committee, created in 1932 , became the "Czech National Committee" in 1993 .
Chair
NEUVIRT Vaclav
Managing Director
D
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ASODOCAT was recognized as a National Committee in 2015 .
Chair
ESCOTO Mayobanex
Ing.
E
ECUADOR
The Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Ingeniería del Transporte has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 2013 .
Chair
TORRES ESPINOZA Milton Rodrigo
Presidente
Activity reports 2014 - 2015
F
FRANCE
The French National Committee was created in 1953 .
Chair
OLLINGER Éric
Adjoint de la sous-direction de la gestion du réseau routier non concédé et du trafic
Secretary
DANIEL Yolande
Mme
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
G
GERMANY
The German National Committee, closely linked to Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen und Verkehrswesen ( FGSV) , 1955 .
Secretary
ROHLEDER Michael
Forschungsgesellschaft fur Strassen und Verkehrswesen e. V. (FGSV)
Activity reports 2004 - 2006 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
GREECE
The Hellenic National Committee was established in 1987 .
Chair
KARNESIS Yannis
Head of Division
Secretary
MARAGOUDAKI Rafaela
General Secretariat of Infrastructure
Activity reports 2012 - 2013 - 2015 - 2016
H
HUNGARY
The Hungarian National Committee was established in 2001 .
Chair
SZILVAI Jozsef
Chairman Hungarian National Committee
Secretary
SZIRANYI Balazs
Secretary of the PIARC Hungarian National Committee
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008
I
INDIA
Since 1937 , the Indian Roads Congress
Secretary
NIRMAL Sanjay Kumar
Director General and Special Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, INDIA
Secretary General, Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, INDIA
IRELAND
The Transport Infrastructure Ireland has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 2012 .
Chair
WALSH Peter
Chief Executive Officer
Secretary
DALY Albert
Head of Research and Standards
ITALY
The Italian National Committee, established in 1932 , is one of the oldest PIARC National Committees.
Chair
SIMONINI Massimo
Administrateur Délégué - Directeur Général
Vice President(s)
SCHINTU Massimo
Direttore Generale
SIGNORINI Paolo Emilio
Chef Département Infrastructures
Secretary
CROCCO Domenico
Responsabile organismi internazionali e legislazione comunitaria
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
IVORY COAST
The Ivorian National Committee, CNCI-Route, was created in 2018 .
Chair
KOUASSI Paulin Maxime Yao
Président du Comité/ Conseiller technique du DG
Secretary
TRAORE Brahima
Coordonnateur du Projet C2D
J
JAPAN
The Japan Road Association (JARA ), acting as National Committee, was created in 1947 .
Chair
TOKUYAMA Hideo
President
Secretary
ANDO Yuko
Secretary
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
K
KOREA (Rep.)
The Korean National Committee was created in 2007 .
Chair
LEE Seonha
Professor
Secretary
KANG Eva
Assistant Manager
Activity Reports 2008 - 2009 - 2011 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
M
MADAGASCAR
The Malagasy Committee, CMGAIPCR , was created in 2001 .
Chair
RANDRIANANDRASANA Hajaniaina
40, rue Gourbyère Samuel Stephani -
Amparibe
MALAYSIA
The Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM) was recognized as National Committee in 2014 .
Chair
ZULKEFLY SULAIMAN Dato Ir. Mohamad
Senior Director
Secretary
BIN ESA Ibrahim
Director of Road Facilities Maintenance Branch
Activity report 2015 - 2016
MALI
In 2006 , Mali created its National Committee, the CM-AIPCR.
Chair
DAOU Abdoulaye
Directeur national des Routes
Secretary
DIALLO Cheick Oumar
Conseiller technique
MEXICO
The AMIVTAC (Mexican Road Association) was recognized as a National Committee in 2005 .
Chair
SÁNCHEZ ARGÜELLES Jesús Eutimio
Presidente
Secretary
LOPEZ MONTIEL Dagoberto
Gerente Técnico
Activity Report 2011 - 2015 - 2016
MOROCCO
It is in 1984 that the AMPCR (Permanent Moroccan Association for Road Congresses) was created.
Chair
ISMAILI Abdellah
Directeur Général des Routes et du Transport Terrestre
Secretary
EL KARKOURI Said
Chef du Centre National des Etudes et Recherches Routières
Activity Report 2011 - 2014
MONGOLIA
Mongolian Road Association was recognized as a National Committee in 2015 .
Chair
BYAMBAA T.
Sukhbaatar District, 1st khoroo, Lux center, #402
N
NIGER
The Nigerien National Committee, CN-NIGER-AGEPAR-PIARC , was created in 2019 .
Chair
NAKOIRA ABBA Mahamadou Bachirou
Directeur des Routes et Ouvrages d'Art
P
PARAGUAY
Asociación Paraguaya de Carreteras (APC) 2017 .
Chair
FLORENTIN Hugo
Presidente
POLAND
Polski Kongres Drogowy / Polish Road Congress Polish Road Congress was recognized as a National Committee in 2017 .
Chair
KOTLAREK Zbigniew
President of the Managing Board
PORTUGAL
The Portuguese National Committee was created in 1952 following the IXth World Road Congress in Lisbon (1951).
Secretary
BOTELHO Isabel
Senior Advisor
NEVES SOARES Rui
Direção de Serviços de Gestão de Contratos e Concessões
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2014
R
ROMANIA
The Professional Association of Roads and Bridges (APDP) has been acting as a National Committee since 2001 .
Chair
LUCACI Gheorghe
Professor
Vice President(s)
ANTON Valentin
Professor
Secretary
GRIGORAȘ Artemiza
Secretary General
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
S
SENEGAL
In 2007 , Senegal created its National Committee, the CNS-AIPCR.
Chair
DIOUF Allé
Directeur de la SSIC
LAYE Mohamed
Chef de la division des grands travaux routiers
SLOVAKIA
The Slovak National Committee was created in 1996 .
Chair
SEDIVY Jan
Chairman
Secretary
HANTAK Marian
Secretary
Activity Reports 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012
SLOVENIA
The Slovenian National Committee was established in 1999 .
Chair
HERGA Ljiljana
Chair of National Committee PIARC Slovenia
Secretary
PENGAL Bine
Assistant researcher
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
SPAIN
The Spanish National Committee, established in 1934 , is one of the oldest PIARC National Committees.
Chair
NAVAREÑO ROJO Álvaro
Director Técnico de la DG de Carreteras
Secretary
BARDESI ORUE-ECHEVARIA Alberto
Director
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
SWITZERLAND
Switzerland is among the first member countries having created a National Committee in 1932 .
Chair
MAGNIN André
Ingénieur cantonal
Secretary
BÜRKI Pascal
Directeur
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
T
TANZANIA
The Tanzania Roads Association (TARA) has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 2018 .
Chair
HAULE Joseph Odo
Chairperson
Secretary
BISHANGA Hagai K. S.
Honorary Secretary
TUNISIA
The Tunisian Road Association (ATR), formed in 2018, was recognized as a National Committee in 2019 .
Chair
BERGAOUI SRIHA Aïda
Consultante
Vice President(s)
MACHTA Kaouther
Enseignante
Secretary
KSENTINI Ahmed
Maître-assistant de l'Enseignement supérieur
SIFAOUI Lilia
Directrice
U
UNITED KINGDOM
The very first British individual and collective members paid their subscription in... 1925 !
Chair
OGDEN David
Business Director
Secretary
WARD Justin
General Secretary and Head of Policy & Technical
Activity reports 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AASHTO has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 2011 .
Chair
TYMON Jim
Executive Director
Secretary
GEE King W.
Director of Safety and Mobility
Activity reports 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
URUGUAY
The Asociación Uruguaya de Caminos has fulfilled the role of National Committee since 2011 .
Chair
GOLOUBINTSEFF Boris
Presidente
