Safety Culture Peer Review

UIC aims to promote international Safety Culture Peer Reviews by supporting members with annual planning, providing tailored materials, and fostering understanding of their value among railway companies.

Carried out by volunteer members, a Safety Culture Peer Review aims to strengthen the effectiveness of the safety culture and thus improve safety performance.
Aims to identify the reality of safety practices, safety perceptions and safety behaviours, of all categories of actors and staff into the organisation
A Peer Review exercise is conducted with a Host Company, a team of Reviewers & a Team Leader who meet all levels of the organisation to conduct interviews, focus groups and observations.
The Reviewers and the Team Leaders are trained in the use of the ERA Safety Culture Model and in understanding the basics of Safety Culture and HOF.

Peer Reviews are currently being developed in the rail sector
The experience gained from an EU project (Twinning II), and ERA experimentations
Total of 9 Peer Reviews in Europe by UIC and ERA
3 recent Peer Reviews performed in SNCF, LISEA, MESEA and Eurotunnel (UK)
Peer Reviews to come: DB Cargo France
Solid references: Safety Culture Peer Review Handbook & Peer Review Methodology (UIC & ERA)

Training sessions (with ERA) for a pool of Reviewers (2 days) and Team Leaders (3 days), mastering the Safety Culture Model
Regular update of the Safety Culture Peer Review Handbook
Regular update of Peer Review Methodology (UIC & ERA)
For each Peer Review: a detailed confidential report, summarising strengths & areas for improvement
New ! Enhancing the outcomes of Peer Reviews, for members and the railway sector
*Peer Review results and recommendations to be analysed, to identify overall trends in safety culture that are useful to all, while keeping the field data confidential.

Integrate the HOFs in Safety Management
Improve the overall performance of the Safety System
Foster the exchange of best practices from the field, between peers, in terms of safety culture
The Host Company: obtains a full report on its organisation’s strengths and areas of improvement