International Road Transport Union (IRU)

International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the world road transport organisation. We represent the entire industry – bus, coach, truck and taxi, and drive the sustainable mobility of people and goods across the planet.

We connect societies with safe, efficient, green mobility and logistics.

As the voice of more than 3.5 million companies operating mobility and logistics services in over 100 countries, we lead solutions to help the world move better. IRU’s work supports trade, economic growth, jobs, safety, the environment and communities. 

At the heart of IRU are millions of journeys across the planet every day: people and goods moving to where they need to be, in buses, coaches, taxis or trucks, for all, or even just a small part, of their journey.

Our Vision 
Be the global leader in connecting societies with safe, efficient, green mobility and logistics

Our Mission
IRU brings together business, partnering with those who regulate, serve and use our industry by:
● Being the trusted voice for mobility and logistics
● Facilitating the transport of people and goods 
● Championing excellence in road transport

Our beliefs
● Prosperity – promoting better mobility and logistics. A more connected world is key to building prosperous economies so IRU and our partners promote clear and transparent standards necessary to build prosperity and growth. 

● People – Standing up for our communities. People are at the heart of our industry so IRU makes our roads safer for all, and tackles the root causes of the increasingly acute driver shortage by fostering harmonised rules and standards designed to ensure safer, fairer working conditions, and a better image of the industry. 

● Environment – Building a more sustainable world. The world is facing a climate emergency, so IRU and our partners advocate a transport, mobility and logistics world in which sustainability becomes a universal, empowering tool to guarantee business success.
Internship Tasks:

JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Market Intelligence Analyst, the incumbent will support the Strategic Marketing and Intelligence (SMI) team in maintaining and improving IRU online Intelligence offer to ensure IRU becomes a recognised centre of data excellence in the industry and to support our Activities, notably Advocacy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Market scanning and data collection (40%)
Maintain up-to-date IRU online observatory on country information on road traffic, blockades and additional information useful for journey planning:
● collect relevant information from our members’ network and from governmental/official sources on road transport day to day country news
● activate internal (Key Account Managers) and external stakeholders to proactively gather updated information 
● summarise the information in order to propose a clear and short overview of the key messages/news 

Strategic Marketing (60%)
Support the SMI team in the on-going effort to support the Intelligence Platform content development by:
● ensure good quality data is reached for the existing services by regularly updating datasets
● identifying, mapping and prioritising relevant data based on internal and Member needs,
● competition and benchmark analysis of Intelligence services
● develop presentations to support key internal messages, 
● support actively the identification of possible partnerships with external data providers or partners (Academia, Research Institutes, International Organisations, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
● University degree in Business or related fields
● Knowledge of digital business strategy
● Knowledge of the logistics industry
● Understanding of both corporate and NGO environments
● Excellent command of English, another language is a plus

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS & BEHAVIOURS
● Strong analytic and critical thinking skills
● Drive for results 
● Content creation skills
● Natural communication and interpersonal abilities
● Strong work ethic is a must and team spirit
● Professional and positive attitude, customer oriented approach
● Hands-on with an ability to anticipate, understand the sense of urgency 
● Cross-functional collaboration to be successful in a matrix organisation
2020-10-19 | Berlin, Germany – Biennial World Congress
2018-11-06 | Muscat, Oman – Biennial world congress
2016-11-30 | Brussels, Belgium – Road Transport Conference
2014 | Cologne, Germany – International IRU Taxi Forum
2013-06-12 | Amman, Jordan – Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference
2013 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2013 | Vilnius, Lithuania – IRU EU Road Transport Conference
2013 | Kortrijk, Belgium – European Bus and Coach Forum
2012-11-10 | Cologne, Germany – International Taxi Forum / International IRU Taxi Forum
2012-10-18 | Brussels, Belgium – Seminar
2012-09-29 | Brussels, Belgium – Road Transport Conference
2012-02-29 | Brussels, Belgium – Workshop on Long Distance Bus and Coach Transport in Europe / IRU EU Road Transport Conference
2012 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2012 | Alexandria, Egypt – IRU-LAS-AULT International Seminar
2011-09-07 | Brussels, Belgium – Meeting on the Role and Place of Collective Passenger Transport by Buses, Coaches and Taxis in the EU Transport System and Policy
2011-06-16 | Tbilisi, Georgia – Euro-Asian road transport conference
2011 | Kortrijk, Belgium – European Bus and Coach Forum
2011 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2011 | Cairo, Egypt – IRU-LAS-AULT International Seminar
2010-12-01 | Brussels, Belgium – EU presidency road transport conference
2010-11-05 | Cologne, Germany – International taxi forum / International IRU Taxi Forum
2010-03-25 | Istanbul, Turkey – Euro-Asian bus and coach forum
2010-02-26 | Geneva, Switzerland – Symposium of lawyers
2010-01-29 | Brussels, Belgium – International meeting
2010-01-28 | Brussels, Belgium – Driver competence seminar
2010-01-27 | Brussels, Belgium – Image and employment in road transport seminar
2010 | Alexandria, Egypt – IRU-LAS-AULT International Seminar
2010 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2009-12-02 | Brussels, Belgium – European bus and coach day workshop
2009-10-25 | Cairo, Egypt – Seminar on Arab and international road transport agreements and their role in developing Arab foreign trade / IRU-LAS-AULT International Seminar
2009-10-16 | Kortrijk, Belgium – European bus and coach forum
2009-10-09 | Copenhagen, Denmark – International taxi forum / International IRU Taxi Forum
2009-06-11 | Almaty, Kazakhstan – Euro-Asian road transport conference
2009-05-27 | Leipzig, Germany – Workshop on road transport
2009-03-31 | Brussels, Belgium – Joint seminar on enforcement of EU road transport legislation
2009-03-25 | Warsaw, Poland – Meeting on the revival of the silk road
2009-01-29 | Geneva, Switzerland – International meeting
2009 | Kortrijk, Belgium – European Bus and Coach Forum
2009 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2008-11-07 | Cologne, Germany – International taxi forum / International IRU Taxi Forum
2008-05-15 | Istanbul, Turkey – Biennial world congress
2008-04-30 | St Petersburg, Russia – Symposium of lawyers
2008 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2007 | Kortrijk, Belgium – European Bus and Coach Forum
2007 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2007 | Warsaw, Poland – Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference
2006-05-18 | Deauville, France – Symposium of lawyers
2006-03-14 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Biennial world congress
2006 | Moscow, Russia – IRU CIS Road Transport Conference
2006 | Cologne, Germany – International IRU Taxi Forum
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
Active in drawing up such international conventions as:

T-XT8292 – Agreement on the International Carriage of Passengers by Road by Means of Occasional Coach and Bus Service (ASOR);
T-XT7009 – Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP);
T-XT5609 – Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR);
T-XT7322 – Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road (CVR);
F-XD9557 – Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution;
T-XT5901 – Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets, 1959 (TIR Convention);
T-XT5719 – European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR);
T-XT8214 – International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods;
T-XT7888 – Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR);
T-XT7894 – Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road (CVR).
Memorandum of Understanding with: D-XD3153 – Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO); F-XF2514 – Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC); B-XB0462 – World Customs Organization (WCO). Affiliate member of: B-XB2745 – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Links with:
F-XF2441 – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);
E-XE2442 – European Commission (EC);
B-XB2183 – ILO;
H-XE2497 – Inter-State Economic Committee of the Economic Union of the Commonwealth of Independent States (ISEC);
F-XF1393 – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
B-XB2136 – International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT);
F-XD0695 – International Transport Forum (ITF);
C-XC3023 – OECD;
F-XF8317 – Trans-European North-South Motorway Project (TEM);
E-XK0978 – Transport Corridor from Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
E-XE4161 – UNEP;
E-XE6309 – United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL);
E-XE5951 – United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND);
E-XE1146 – United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (Committee of Experts on TDG and GHS);
E-XE4176 – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), especially through E-XE1684 – Committee on Inland Transport and ‘Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures’;
E-XE4177 – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
B-XF2527 – World Trade Organization (WTO).

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
In liaison with technical committees of: B-XB2314 – International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Close collaboration with: F-XF2356 – Association Européenne des Concessionnaires d’Autoroutes et d’Ouvrages à Péage (ASECAP). Participant of: F-XF6051 – United Nations Global Compact. Represented in: F-XJ9320 – European Citizens’ Mobility Forum (ECMF). 

Links with:
B-XB2636 – Alliance internationale de tourisme (AIT);
U-XF5408 – Business Partners for Development (BPD);
D-XJ6084 – Camara Interamericana de Transportes (CIT);
E-XE0801 – CLECAT;
C-XC2394 – Comité international des transports ferroviaires (CIT);
U-XF5344 – Earth Council Alliance (ECA);
D-XD3674 – European Tour Operators Association (ETOA);
E-XE6695 – European Travel and Tourism Advisory Group (ETAG);
D-XD4394 – European Travel Commission (ETC);
B-XC1916 – Fédération internationale des associations de transitaires et assimilés (FIATA);
B-XB1386 – Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA);
B-XB1149 – International Air Transport Association (IATA);
B-XB2765 – International Association of Public Transport;
B-XB1396 – International Bar Association (IBA);
B-XB1490 – International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);
B-XB2110 – International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA);
D-XD5058 – International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA);
B-XB2418 – International Road Federation (IRF);
D-XD2713 – International Union of Professional Drivers;
B-XB2772 – International Union of Railways;
D-XD9429 – Union of Road Transport Associations in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Region (BSEC-URTA);
B-XB3404 – United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations (UFTAA);
B-XC3112 – World Road Association (PIARC).
Member of: Bureau international des containers et du transport intermodal (BIC)
Member of: Confederation of Organizations in Road Transport Enforcement (CORTE)
Member of: Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
Member of: European Logistics Platform (ELP)
Member of: European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)
Member of: European Tourism Manifesto
Member of: Fédération des Institutions Internationales établies à Genève (FIIG)
Member of: Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)
Member of: Network for the European Private Sector in Tourism (NET)
Memorandum of Understanding with: Arab Union of Land Transport (AULT)

Members
Active and Associate (172) in 81 countries:

Member Countries & Regions
United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran Islamic Rep, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea Rep, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, Mongolia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syrian AR, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Yemen, North Macedonia

Member Organizations
European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, Association of European Vehicle Logistics, European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes, European Secure Parking Organisation, Transfrigoroute International