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MERIT began in early 2004 and was finished in summer 2005.
MERIT is a project on driving instructor standards which is 100% funded by the European Commission. The project will culminate in a series of recommendations which will be used by the European Commission for drafting a Directive on minimum requirements for driving instructors in the European Union.
• Institut Gute Fahrt, Austria (project manager)
• CIECA (project secretariat)
• VTI, Sweden
• Traffic Test, Netherlands
• EFA (European Driving Schools’ Association)
• DFA (German Driving instructors Academy)
• Central driving instructor and examiners’ college, Norway
:: Supervision by the European Commission: Annie CANEL
:: Gregor BARTL, Institut Gute Fahrt, Austria – project management
:: Nick SANDERS, CIECA, International – project secretariat
:: Kay SCHULTE, DVR (German Road Safety Council), Germany
:: Esko KESKINEN, Turku University, Finland
:: John WHITMORE, Performance Consultants, UK
:: Lauk WOLTRING, Innovation, Advice & Training, Netherlands
:: Marc PANNACCI, Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs, Luxembourg
:: Albert ALUMA, RACC Automobile Club, Spain
:: Norbert HAUSHERR, Austrian Driving Schools’ Association, Austria
:: Robert KOTAL, Traffic Academy of Bohemia, Czech Rep.
:: Sakari HOPIA, Finnish Driving Schools’ Association, Finland
:: Gérard ACOURT, ECF (Ecole de Conduite Française), France
:: Gerhard von BRESSENSDORF & Lars GUNNARSON, EFA (European Driving Schools’ Association), EU
:: Ian EDWARDS, A2om, UK