CV – Mr. Peter ter Meulen

Petrus (Peter) Wilhelmus ter MEULEN

Phone / Fax: + 31 20 5708930 / + 31 20 5708989
E-mail: peter.termeulen.nl@irsa-association.org

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Wide variety of skills and experience in general police duties (specialty: traffic enforcement, education/communication and engineering). Initiator of the organization of a worldwide network for traffic police officers on a strategic, functional and operational level. Initiator of a working relationship between the Traffic Police of the 15 European capitals and the European Commission D-7 in 1994, which is now called TISPOL.

Instructor of many traffic police officers specialists (worldwide) in using the latest technological developments in enforcement, education/communication and engineering, and in particular drugs/alcohol and driving. Working in many developing countries to improve traffic enforcement, the handling of collisions, post-accident situations and the establishment of Traffic Investigation Units. Initiator of the World Road Safety Network and International Road Safety Academy, in 2004. The Academy trains the trainers in developing countries and introduces new technology, programs and good practices to reduce crash fatalities and severe injuries. President of the Institute for Traffic Care, which organisation has a DPI and ECOSOC Consultative status within the United Nations.

CURRENT POSITION AND ACHIEVEMENT

President / CEO IRSA – Association since 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005
Founder and Caretaking Chairman of the pre-established International Road Safety Academy, based in Amsterdam. www.irsa-association.org

2001
Appointed as member of the UN WHO Steering Committee, called ‘Joined Bone Decade’, to design a road safety strategy for the next decade for developing countries.

2000
Appointed as Director-General of the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL). Resigned in January 2002 to continue the work of improving the quality of traffic policing in other parts of the world – in particular third world countries.

1999
Founder and Project leader for the establishment of the European Traffic Police
Network (TISPOL), www.tispol.org

1998
Founder and Director of the foundation: Institute for Traffic Care (ITC), in which ‘best practice’ traffic police knowledge, expertise in relation to enforcement/education and engineering became available for all partners in the field of Road Safety. Further information: www.itctraffic.com.
Resigned 1 June 2005.

1970-1998
Police officer within the Police Region Amsterdam in various functions, and during 22 years traffic related.

EDUCATION

General Police Subjects

1997-1999: Academic study in Policy, Safety and Policing
1997: Assistant Public-Prosecutor
1991: Inspector of Police
1981: Sergeants’ Training Course
1972: Initial Police Training Course

Traffic Related Subjects

1994-1997: Various management courses
1993-1997: Various courses for Project leadership
1987: Study Traffic-Management
1979-1982: Various traffic studies
1978: Various driving and motorcycle courses

Other Specialist Subjects

2002
Senior-consultant for the WHO to improve the enforcement tasks through advising for training of traffic police senior staff members of the Ethiopian national traffic police.

2002
Senior-consultant for the World Bank to strengthen the enforcement of traffic regulations through training of traffic police staff and provision of traffic police equipment for the GIBDD Training Centre and for operational divisions of the traffic police force in Moscow, Russia. The program finished in 2005.

1999
Senior-consultant for the World Bank to advise the Government in Lahore – Pakistan, to implement a new road safety strategy with all the stakeholders in the field of road safety and to advise the police authorities with respect to improving enforcement of traffic laws.

1999
Author of the EU-PHARE section: “Best Practice of Traffic Police Knowledge”.

1994-1997
Various courses in relation to the function of Project Leader and Policy maker.