The VRS organization
Politics, management and operations together form the network.
The cities and districts that are members of the VRS send their representatives to the Association Assembly of the Zweckverband VRS (ZV VRS) as a political body. The members of the association assemblies are grouped into political groups, the numerical composition of which is determined by the results of the local elections. Responsibility for the tasks of the special-purpose association lies with the chairman of the association. The special-purpose association itself does not have any staff, but is wholly owned by VRS GmbH, which implements its tasks.
The organs of the special-purpose association are the association assembly and the association chairman:
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The members of the Association Assembly are elected by the representative bodies of the Association members for their term of office from among themselves or from among their employees. The Association Assembly is convened in writing by its chairman as required, but at least twice a year. The dates and agendas of the meetings as well as the public meeting documents are published in the electronic meeting service of the ZV VRS are made available.
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The association assembly elects the association chairman from among the main administrative officials or, with the consent of their superior, from among the general representatives or senior employees of the association members for a term of six years, but for no longer than the duration of his office. The association chairman manages the day-to-day business of the special-purpose association in accordance with the law, the association's articles of association and the resolutions of the association meeting. He represents the special-purpose association in and out of court. On 14.11.2014, the District Administrator of the Rhein-Sieg district, Sebastian Schuster, was elected as the head of the ZV VRS association.
Duty of disclosure and publication pursuant to Section 16 of the German Anti-Corruption Act (KorruptionsbG)
Pursuant to Section 16 sentence 3 of the German Anti-Corruption Act (KorruptionsbG), the chairman of the association is obliged to provide information on the profession exercised and consultancy contracts, memberships of supervisory boards and other supervisory bodies within the meaning of Section 125 para. 1 sentence 5 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), membership of governing bodies of independent public or private-law divisions of the authorities and institutions listed in Section 1 (1) and (2) of the State Organization Act (Landesorganisationsgesetz), membership of governing bodies of other private-law companies and functions in associations or comparable bodies.The corresponding overview of the activities of the Chairman of the Association, District Administrator Sebastian Schuster, is available on the website of the Rhein-Sieg district or can be downloaded here as a PDF file: District Administrator Schuster
VRS GmbH takes over the management tasks in the VRS:
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All tasks and competencies of the association are organizationally bundled in VRS GmbH. VRS GmbH is legally independent and works with its own staff and resources to perform a wide range of tasks relating to local public transport in the region. The core tasks of VRS GmbH are
- Verbundtarif: Adaptation and further development of the Verbundtarif, taking into account sub-market and target group-related requirements (example: SchülerTicket)
- Sales: adaptation and further development of a sales system tailored to the various customer needs (example: customer-oriented electronic ticket)
- Marketing/market research: Conducting target group and submarket-related market research and implementing suitable marketing strategies throughout the network
- Communication: Network-wide advertising, sales promotion and network-wide passenger information
- Information technology: Creation of the network timetable and further development of electronic timetable and fare information, taking into account current media (example: VRS app)
- Revenue sharing: distribution of the ticket revenue generated among all transport companies using the network tariff depending on passenger volume
- Mobility management: Supporting local authorities and transport companies in the development, promotion and marketing of cross-modal offers
- Press and public relations: Preparation and dispatch of press releases and organization of press conferences, interviews and other media appearances on current events and developments. Creation of newsletters and publications. Strategic and political communication.
VRS GmbH ensures the mobility of citizens through the integrated organization of public transport and the networking and integration of transport systems and modes of transport. VRS GmbH is closely linked to the political level via the special-purpose association assembly and to the operational level of the transport companies via an advisory board.
The transport companies in the VRS are responsible for operating the bus and train lines:
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The municipal transport companies and the rail transport companies form the operational level of the VRS on the basis of cooperation and revenue-sharing agreements.
The transport companies are involved via the VRS Advisory Board and bring all company-relevant topics to the special-purpose association assembly via this body. The entrepreneurial expertise of the transport companies is therefore one of the pillars of decision-making within the transport association.
The VRS brings together the municipal transport companies of the local authorities, all other transport companies with their own concession and all rail transport companies with their own revenue responsibility. Topic-related work is carried out together with VRS GmbH in various working groups.
Current statutes and regulations of the VRS special-purpose association:
The meeting system of the VRS special-purpose association
Information about the committees and the municipalities and districts that their members represent. Detailed information on elected representatives. Current dates as well as public agendas, resolutions and minutes: All information can be found quickly and easily in our meeting system.